Doctors in Wake Forest, NC
Active healthcare providers in Wake Forest 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
Wake Forest ranks 30th among 412 North Carolina cities by CMS provider count, holding 0.6% of the state's NPIs, led by Mental Health Counselor.
- 1,105
- NPPES providers in city
- 30th
- of 412 NC cities
- 0.6%
- of North Carolina providers
- 22.4%
- in top 3 specialties
Wake Forest ranks #11 of 10 North Carolina cities for Mental Health Counselor.
Where Wake Forest ranks among North Carolina cities
Provider count vs every North Carolina city in CMS NPPES (412 cities)
1,105 Top 7% higher than 93% of 412 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Wake Forest
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Mental Health Counse…
Mental Health Counselor
86 providers
- Speech-Language Path…
Speech-Language Pathologist
81 providers
- Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist
80 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
79 providers
- Pharmacist
Pharmacist
59 providers
- Family Nurse Practit…
Family Nurse Practitioner
39 providers
- Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant
39 providers
- Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
39 providers
- General Practice Den… 28
General Practice Dentistry
28 providers
- Professional Counselor 28
Professional Counselor
28 providers
What this shows Mental Health Counselor is the largest specialty (86 providers, 7.8% of the city), followed by Speech-Language Pathologist.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Wake Forest has more, and fewer, of than North Carolina average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across North Carolina , Wake Forest over-indexes psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner at 3.3× the state average and under-indexes student in an organized health care education/training program at 0.31×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than North Carolina average
Less common here than North Carolina average
How to read this directory & data limitations
Wake Forest, North Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,105 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 Wake Forest - 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 Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest is weighted toward Mental Health Counselor (86 clinicians, followed by Speech-Language Pathologist with 81 and Physical Therapist with 80). 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 North Carolina's population, Wake Forest reports roughly 10.2 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.
Of North Carolina's most common specialties, Internal Medicine Physician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Wake Forest practice address, a coverage gap Wake Forest patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Wake Forest 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 Wake Forest
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mental Health Counselor | 86 | 7.8% |
| 2 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 81 | 7.3% |
| 3 | Physical Therapist | 80 | 7.2% |
| 4 | Clinical Social Worker | 79 | 7.1% |
| 5 | Pharmacist | 59 | 5.3% |
| 6 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 39 | 3.5% |
| 7 | Physician Assistant | 39 | 3.5% |
| 8 | Occupational Therapist | 39 | 3.5% |
| 9 | General Practice Dentistry | 28 | 2.5% |
| 10 | Professional Counselor | 28 | 2.5% |
| 11 | Behavior Technician | 27 | 2.4% |
| 12 | Pediatrics Physician | 26 | 2.4% |
| 13 | Marriage & Family Therapist | 24 | 2.2% |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physician | 23 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Chiropractor | 22 | 2.0% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 3)
| Name |
|---|
| Stephen Blakeman, M.A. Clinical Psychologist |
| George Blalock, R.PH. Pharmacist |
| Larry Bobbitt Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Jonathan Boes, D.D.S. Dentist |
| Cameron Bohmer Hearing Instrument Specialist |
| Catherine Boles, DDS General Practice Dentistry |
| Jonne Boone, LCSW, BCD Clinical Social Worker |
| Matthew Boulos, D.O. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Joan Bourdon, P.T. Physical Therapist |
| Nicole Bourne, OTR/L Occupational Therapist |
| Robley Bowman, MA LPA Mental Health Counselor |
| Lydia Boyd Campbell, MD, MPH Internal Medicine Physician |
| Heather Braddock Acevedo, M.D. Pediatrics Physician |
| Suzanne Brady, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Kiaya Branch, LCSWA Clinical Social Worker |
| Barbara Brandes, MD Pediatrics Physician |
| Jordan Brichford, PT Physical Therapist |
| Angela Bridges, M.S.W., L.C.S.W Clinical Social Worker |
| Eugene Bridges, M.D. Psychiatry Physician |
| Lauren Bridges, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Jasen Brisson, MSPT Physical Therapist |
| Elzia Broussard, MD Pediatrics Physician |
| Channette Brown Social Worker |
| Elizabeth Brown, OTR/L Occupational Therapist |
| Jennifer Brown, MS, OTR/L Occupational Therapist |
| Lauren Brown Athletic Trainer |
| Tiffany Brown School Counselor |
| Tracey Browning, LMFTA Marriage & Family Therapist |
| Kofi Bruce Mensah, MD Family Medicine Physician |
| Anita Bryant, LCAS, CADC Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| Ashley Bryant, PMHNP-BC Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Karenmarie Bryant, LCAS Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| Manuel Bulauitan, M.D. Family Medicine Physician |
| Steven Bumgarner, DDS Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry |
| Angela Burnett, MA, NCC, LCMHC Mental Health Counselor |
| Peyton Burns Medical Physician Assistant |
| Haley Burton, FNP Family Medicine Physician |
| Philip Burton Family Medicine Physician |
| Catherine Busam, LPC Professional Counselor |
| Jewel Butler, MA LPC Mental Health Counselor |
| Azelin Buttitta, CRNA Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse |
| Fedoria Bynum, LCMHC Mental Health Counselor |
| Margaret Cahill, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Laura Cairns, CCC/SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Paola Nicole Caldas Font, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician |
| Krista Caldwell, DPT Physical Therapist |
| Nicole Caldwell, MA-CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Sarah Callison, DPT Physical Therapist |
| Hanna Calvo Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Nicole Cameron, MD Pediatrics Physician |
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Other North Carolina cities with provider coverage in the CMS NPPES registry.
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