Doctors and health care providers in Sterling, VA
1,057 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Sterling, 36th of 351 Virginia cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 136, 13% of the city's records, against 5% across Virginia. Page 22 of 22.
The 8 largest groups in Sterling
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Sterling in Virginia
- Rank in Virginia36th of 351 cities by records
- Share of the state0.7% of Virginia's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups26.9% of all records
Compared with Virginia as a whole, Sterling has 3× the state's share of behavior analyst records and 0.45× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.
Providers in Sterling, alphabetically
- Dian Yu, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1639527682
- Farhad Zangeneh, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1114936937
- Roya Zarnegar, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1114013059
- Jordan ZebertPharmacy Technician1528857463
- Rolando ZeladaAssistant Behavior Analyst1720543085
- Blake Zelickson, M.D., PH.D.Dermatology Physician1902292394
- Emily ZorcSpeech-Language Pathologist1245942077
The largest Virginia cities
- Richmond14,083
- Virginia Beach9,147
- Charlottesville7,000
- Fairfax6,584
- Norfolk5,993
How to read this directory
Sterling, Virginia appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,057 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 Sterling - 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 Sterling 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 Sterling is weighted toward Behavior Technician (136 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 77 and Physical Therapist with 71). 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 Virginia's population, Sterling reports roughly 12.2 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 Sterling 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.
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Common questions
How many doctors are in Sterling, VA?
There are 1,057 registered healthcare providers in Sterling, VA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Sterling?
The most common specialties in Sterling are Behavior Technician, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Behavior Analyst, Dentist. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 136.
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.