NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Rochester, NY

20,520 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Rochester, 4th of 1,009 New York cities. The largest group is licensed practical nurse: 1,843, 9% of the city's records, against 4% across New York. Page 44 of 411.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Rochester

  1. Licensed Practical Nurse1,843
  2. Students in training1,700
  3. Registered Nurse904
  4. Mental Health Counselor827
  5. Family Nurse Practitioner803
  6. Pharmacist737
  7. Clinical Social Worker689
  8. Physician Assistant630

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Rochester in New York

  • Rank in New York4th of 1,009 cities by records
  • Share of the state3.8% of New York's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups21.7% of all records
  • Licensed Practical Nurse rank2nd of the 10 New York cities with the most

Compared with New York as a whole, Rochester has 3.4× the state's share of hospitalist physician records and 0.55× its share of social worker records.

Providers in Rochester, alphabetically

  1. Chynna Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1720689664
  2. Courtney BrownRegistered Nurse1013615483
  3. Damara Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1659586618
  4. Daniel Brown, LMSWSocial Worker1518148352
  5. Denika BrownLicensed Practical Nurse1326781618
  6. Denise BrownRegistered Nurse1518597962
  7. Diamond Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1669290540
  8. Dominique Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1053933218
  9. Donald Brown, PTPhysical Therapist1508403015
  10. Duncan Brown, RNRegistered Nurse1295902195
  11. Dwight Brown, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1053646430
  12. Eboeny Brown, DOULADoula1720891351
  13. Elisabeth Brown, LMHCMental Health Counselor1417150392
  14. Elizabeth Brown, MDFamily Medicine Physician1861415838
  15. Emily Brown, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1376299727
  16. Emily Brown, RN, IBCLCLactation Consultant (Registered Nurse)1154215887
  17. Ernestine BrownFamily Nurse Practitioner1205112836
  18. Geoffrey Brown, PHARMDPharmacotherapy Pharmacist1144875212
  19. Heather Brown, M.S. CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1568412070
  20. Holly Brown, RN, NPP, CSPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1255545588
  21. Ja'Vonna Brown, R.N.Community Health Registered Nurse1407269061
  22. Jayden Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1821648569
  23. Jean Brown, RNRegistered Nurse1720793847
  24. Jennifer BrownRegistered Nurse1508288911
  25. Jessica Brown, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1205509361
  26. Karen Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1912139536
  27. Kari Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1083923619
  28. Kelly Brown, RDHDental Hygienist1376805804
  29. Kristina Brown, PTSpecialist1003954298
  30. Kyle BrownSocial Worker1336757624
  31. Latanya Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1194339085
  32. Lauren Brown, PAPhysician Assistant1689595266
  33. Linda Brown, PTPhysical Therapist1659508349
  34. Marc Brown, MDMOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician1508893165
  35. Marche BrownLicensed Practical Nurse1255838777
  36. Margaret Brown, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1467488692
  37. Marilyn Brown, MDPediatric Gastroenterology Physician1568497329
  38. Mark Brown, MDFamily Medicine Physician1679704183
  39. Mark BrownDriver1891260618
  40. Mary Brown, NPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1538353164
  41. Matthew Brown, MDFamily Medicine Physician1396780359
  42. Maureen BrownLicensed Practical Nurse1326511783
  43. Melissa Brown, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1235158056
  44. Michael Brown, PAMedical Physician Assistant1508820119
  45. Molly BrownPhysical Therapist1659941607
  46. Nicholas Brown, PAMedical Physician Assistant1609229673
  47. Pamela Brown, O.D.Optometrist1053416941
  48. Pamela Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1366764896
  49. Patricia Brown, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1043539208
  50. Patricia Brown, L.P.NLicensed Practical Nurse1073984209

The largest New York cities

  1. New York98,468
  2. Brooklyn64,057
  3. Bronx32,017
  4. Buffalo13,287
  5. Staten Island12,351

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How to read this directory

Rochester, New York appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 20,520 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Rochester - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Rochester practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Rochester is weighted toward Licensed Practical Nurse (1,843 clinicians, followed by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program with 1,700 and Registered Nurse with 904). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to New York's population, Rochester reports roughly 104.8 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

Of New York's most common specialties, Specialist is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Rochester practice address, a coverage gap Rochester patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Rochester patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Rochester, NY?

There are 20,520 registered healthcare providers in Rochester, NY, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Rochester?

The most common specialties in Rochester are Licensed Practical Nurse, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Registered Nurse, Mental Health Counselor, Family Nurse Practitioner. Licensed Practical Nurse has the most providers with 1,843.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.