Doctors and health care providers in Surfside Beach, SC
129 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Surfside Beach, 76th of 200 South Carolina cities. The largest group is pharmacist: 18, 14% of the city's records, against 6% across South Carolina. Page 3 of 3.
The 8 largest groups in Surfside Beach
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Surfside Beach in South Carolina
- Rank in South Carolina76th of 200 cities by records
- Share of the state0.2% of South Carolina's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups28.7% of all records
Compared with South Carolina as a whole, Surfside Beach has 4.3× the state's share of chiropractor records.
Providers in Surfside Beach, alphabetically
- James Schendel, BCHISHearing Instrument Specialist1841666435
- Jerry Shepherd, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1508831371
- Liliana Shklyar, RPHPharmacist1750670725
- Jonathan Simons, PHDClinical Psychologist1659480333
- Tara SmithFamily Nurse Practitioner1801250253
- Sandra SolesPhysical Therapy Assistant1992815633
- Roy Sprinkle, D.P.M.Foot Surgery Podiatrist1720037070
- Andy SteierSchool Counselor1912319153
- Curtis StephensHearing Instrument Specialist1144838152
- Lori Stone, PHARMDPharmacist1891128195
- Gwendolyn Strickland, P.A.Medical Physician Assistant1447278569
- Susan Surratt, FNPFamily Medicine Physician1710996459
- Autumn Tami, PHARMDPharmacist1881020428
- Christopher Templeton, CPHTPharmacy Technician1174773691
- Suzanne Tenwesteneind, DCChiropractor1235291634
- Edward Thomas, D.C.Chiropractor1245479641
- Alfred Tomlinson, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1649229535
- Lisa Turbeville, O.D.Optometrist1720072325
- James Vest, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1780697151
- Tiffany Vinson, MDFamily Medicine Physician1336522648
- Gentry Weatherwax, PHARMDPharmacist1932824570
- Marjory Wells, CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWAdvanced Practice Midwife1962687160
- Kathleen Wester, MS, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1184438038
- David White, DMDPublic Health Dentistry1497820880
- Kimberly Williams, LDOOptician1679203426
- Danielle WirickPhysical Therapist1790340115
- David Wuischpard, RNPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1255119111
- Gretchen YanezPharmacist1164842696
- Eva Yu, LACAcupuncturist1841786845
The largest South Carolina cities
- Columbia11,200
- Charleston10,840
- Greenville10,264
- Spartanburg3,328
- Florence2,634
How to read this directory
Surfside Beach, South Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 129 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 Surfside Beach - 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 Surfside Beach 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 Surfside Beach is weighted toward Pharmacist (18 clinicians, followed by Chiropractor with 10 and General Practice Dentistry with 9). 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 South Carolina's population, Surfside Beach reports roughly 2.4 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 South Carolina's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Surfside Beach practice address, a coverage gap Surfside Beach patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Surfside Beach 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 Surfside Beach, SC?
There are 129 registered healthcare providers in Surfside Beach, SC, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Surfside Beach?
The most common specialties in Surfside Beach are Pharmacist, Chiropractor, General Practice Dentistry, Family Nurse Practitioner, Family Medicine Physician. Pharmacist has the most providers with 18.
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.