Doctors in Somerville, MA
Active healthcare providers in Somerville 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
Somerville ranks 24th among 400 Massachusetts cities by CMS provider count, holding 0.9% of the state's NPIs, led by Clinical Social Worker.
- 1,839
- NPPES providers in city
- 24th
- of 400 MA cities
- 0.9%
- of Massachusetts providers
- 27.9%
- in top 3 specialties
Somerville ranks #11 of 10 Massachusetts cities for Clinical Social Worker.
Where Somerville ranks among Massachusetts cities
Provider count vs every Massachusetts city in CMS NPPES (400 cities)
1,839 Top 6% higher than 94% of 400 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Somerville
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
214 providers
- Mental Health Counse…
Mental Health Counselor
189 providers
- Social Worker
Social Worker
110 providers
- Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse
96 providers
- Case Manager/Care Co… 79
Case Manager/Care Coordinator
79 providers
- Physical Therapist 76
Physical Therapist
76 providers
- Counselor 72
Counselor
72 providers
- Pharmacist 66
Pharmacist
66 providers
- Student in an Organi… 56
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
56 providers
- Speech-Language Path… 46
Speech-Language Pathologist
46 providers
What this shows Clinical Social Worker is the largest specialty (214 providers, 11.6% of the city), followed by Mental Health Counselor.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Somerville has more, and fewer, of than Massachusetts average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Massachusetts , Somerville over-indexes community health worker at 5.5× the state average and under-indexes internal medicine physician at 0.49×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Massachusetts average
- Community Health Worker 5.5×
- Case Manager/Care Coordinator 4.5×
- Licensed Practical Nurse 2.3×
- Social Worker 2.2×
Less common here than Massachusetts average
How to read this directory & data limitations
Somerville, Massachusetts appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,839 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 Somerville - 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 Somerville 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 Somerville is weighted toward Clinical Social Worker (214 clinicians, followed by Mental Health Counselor with 189 and Social Worker with 110). 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 Massachusetts's population, Somerville reports roughly 26.3 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 Massachusetts's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Somerville practice address, a coverage gap Somerville patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Somerville 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 Somerville
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical Social Worker | 214 | 11.6% |
| 2 | Mental Health Counselor | 189 | 10.3% |
| 3 | Social Worker | 110 | 6.0% |
| 4 | Registered Nurse | 96 | 5.2% |
| 5 | Case Manager/Care Coordinator | 79 | 4.3% |
| 6 | Physical Therapist | 76 | 4.1% |
| 7 | Counselor | 72 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Pharmacist | 66 | 3.6% |
| 9 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 56 | 3.0% |
| 10 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 46 | 2.5% |
| 11 | Community Health Worker | 34 | 1.8% |
| 12 | Occupational Therapist | 33 | 1.8% |
| 13 | Internal Medicine Physician | 33 | 1.8% |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physician | 32 | 1.7% |
| 15 | Psychologist | 32 | 1.7% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 33)
| Name |
|---|
| Abigail Strauss, OD Optometrist |
| Sheila Strock, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Duncan Stuard Case Manager/Care Coordinator |
| Ingo Stubbe, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Lucy Subler, RN Home Health Registered Nurse |
| Beth Sullivan, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Trisha Sullivan, CLMT Massage Therapist |
| Anthony Sullo Physical Therapy Assistant |
| Penelope Summerall Counselor |
| John Summersby Mental Health Counselor |
| Meera Sunder, MD Family Medicine Physician |
| Ksenia Sundukova, DMD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Darcey Surette, LMFT Marriage & Family Therapist |
| Stephanie Surma, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Rebecca Suschitzky, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Andrea Svartstrom Nutritionist |
| Angela Swain, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Mei-Lien Swanson Mental Health Counselor |
| Martha Sweezy, PHD Clinical Social Worker |
| Emilie Swenson Social Worker |
| Cleona Sylvain Mental Health Counselor |
| Monica Tague, RN Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse |
| Daniel Tahsoh Pharmacy Technician |
| Yucheng Tai Mental Health Counselor |
| Nikki Takemori, DPT, PT Physical Therapist |
| Henry Talberth, DMD General Practice Dentistry |
| Angela Talkowski Counselor |
| Mary Talmo, D.M.D General Practice Dentistry |
| Manish Tandon, MD Gastroenterology Physician |
| Jessica Tang Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Tammy Tang Counselor |
| Julie Tapia Clinical Social Worker |
| Anna Tarkoff, MA Clinical Social Worker |
| Selwyn Tate, DC Chiropractor |
| Ashlie Taylor, LMT Massage Therapist |
| Isabella Taylor Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Joseph Tebandeke Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Brian Tedesco, D.P.M. Podiatrist |
| Brendan Teebagy Dentist |
| Cynthia Tefft, NP Nurse Practitioner |
| Julohn Teixeira, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Dineen Tennihan, RN Registered Nurse |
| Linda Terella-Morse Physical Therapist |
| Maria Terra, APRN Adult Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Susan Teta, MSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Ann Marie Teuber, LMFT Marriage & Family Therapist |
| Michael Thackrey, MD. Family Medicine Physician |
| Xia Thai, PHARM.D. Pharmacotherapy Pharmacist |
| Arati Thapa, MSW INTERN Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Thuvaraka Thayaparan Dentist |
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