Doctors in Silver Spring, MD
Active healthcare providers in Silver Spring sourced from the CMS NPPES weekly file, no proprietary ratings, no editorial scores. NPI counts, specialty distribution, and primary practice addresses refreshed each release.
Where this city sits in the corpus
Silver Spring ranks 4th among 280 Maryland cities by CMS provider count, holding 4.2% of the state's NPIs, led by Home Health Aide.
- 6,365
- NPPES providers in city
- 4th
- of 280 MD cities
- 4.2%
- of Maryland providers
- 28.1%
- in top 3 specialties
Silver Spring ranks #2 of 10 Maryland cities for Home Health Aide.
Where Silver Spring ranks among Maryland cities
Provider count vs every Maryland city in CMS NPPES (280 cities)
6,365 Top 1% higher than 99% of 280 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Silver Spring
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Home Health Aide
Home Health Aide
861 providers
- Behavior Technician
Behavior Technician
534 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
391 providers
- Pharmacist 272
Pharmacist
272 providers
- Physical Therapist 221
Physical Therapist
221 providers
- Speech-Language Path… 219
Speech-Language Pathologist
219 providers
- Internal Medicine Ph… 178
Internal Medicine Physician
178 providers
- Mental Health Counse… 170
Mental Health Counselor
170 providers
- Family Nurse Practit… 145
Family Nurse Practitioner
145 providers
- General Practice Den… 138
General Practice Dentistry
138 providers
What this shows Home Health Aide is the largest specialty (861 providers, 13.5% of the city), followed by Behavior Technician.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Silver Spring has more, and fewer, of than Maryland average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Maryland , Silver Spring over-indexes nurse's aide at 3.9× the state average and under-indexes student in an organized health care education/training program at 0.34×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Maryland average
- Nurse's Aide 3.9×
- Home Health Aide 3×
- Case Manager/Care Coordinator 1.7×
- General Practice Dentistry 1.4×
Less common here than Maryland average
How to read this directory & data limitations
Silver Spring, Maryland appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 6,365 registered healthcare providers spanning 20 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Silver Spring - 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 Silver Spring 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 2023 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Silver Spring is weighted toward Home Health Aide (861 clinicians, followed by Behavior Technician with 534 and Clinical Social Worker with 391). 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 Maryland's population, Silver Spring reports roughly 103 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.
For Silver Spring 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.
Which specialties are most common in Silver Spring
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Health Aide | 861 | 13.5% |
| 2 | Behavior Technician | 534 | 8.4% |
| 3 | Clinical Social Worker | 391 | 6.1% |
| 4 | Pharmacist | 272 | 4.3% |
| 5 | Physical Therapist | 221 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 219 | 3.4% |
| 7 | Internal Medicine Physician | 178 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Mental Health Counselor | 170 | 2.7% |
| 9 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 145 | 2.3% |
| 10 | General Practice Dentistry | 138 | 2.2% |
| 11 | Professional Counselor | 127 | 2.0% |
| 12 | Social Worker | 123 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Dentist | 105 | 1.6% |
| 14 | Registered Nurse | 101 | 1.6% |
| 15 | Case Manager/Care Coordinator | 100 | 1.6% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 90)
| Name |
|---|
| Rachel Park Pharmacist |
| Stephen Park, DDS Dentist |
| Won Park Pharmacist |
| Alana Parker, M.ED. School Psychologist |
| Candice Parker, LMT Contractor |
| Colin Parker Professional Counselor |
| Joye Parker Counseling Psychologist |
| Pamela Parker, MD Pediatrics Physician |
| Patricia Parker, LCADC Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| Steven Parker, DDS General Practice Dentistry |
| Mark Parkhurst, M.D. Internal Medicine Physician |
| Stephanie Parkhurst, PH.D. Clinical Psychologist |
| Kimberly Parmar Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Alyssa Parness, COTA Occupational Therapy Assistant |
| Patricia Parra Moreno, LICSW Social Worker |
| Priya Parthasarathy, DPM Podiatrist |
| Elisabeth Pascal Mental Health Counselor |
| Natalie Pascoe, MBA Cardiology Technician |
| Nur Pasha Counselor |
| Tiffany Passie, PA Medical Physician Assistant |
| Shana Paster Behavior Analyst |
| Bela Patel, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Darshna Patel, DDS General Practice Dentistry |
| Hetal Patel, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Jayanti Patel, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Jigesh Patel, DC Chiropractor |
| Kashyap Patel, D.D.S Dentist |
| Khushboo Patel, PT Physical Therapist |
| Khyati Patel Physical Therapist |
| Miral Patel, DPT Physical Therapist |
| Neel Patel, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Neha Patel Pharmacist |
| Palak Patel, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Paras Patel, R.PH. Pharmacist |
| Rajal Patel, M.D. Radiation Oncology Physician |
| Rajatkumar Patel, PHARM.D Pharmacist |
| Samridhi Patel, MBBS Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician |
| Sweta Patel, D.O Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician |
| Trupti Patel, D.O. Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Phyllida Paterson, M.D. Psychiatry Physician |
| Archana Patil Physical Therapist |
| Justine Patipe Home Health Aide |
| George Patrick, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Sharhonda Patrick Home Health Aide |
| Rhonda Patterson Behavior Technician |
| Lache Patty Behavior Technician |
| Patricia Paul, R.N. Registered Nurse |
| Scott Paul, M.D. Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Physician |
| Nereida Paulino Lorenzo, PA-C Medical Physician Assistant |
| Adina Paulk, M.D. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
Nearby Cities in Maryland
Other Maryland cities with provider coverage in the CMS NPPES registry.
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