NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Wilmington, NC

6,526 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Wilmington, 9th of 412 North Carolina cities. The largest group is clinical social worker: 750, 11% of the city's records, against 8% across North Carolina. Page 102 of 131.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Wilmington

  1. Clinical Social Worker750
  2. Physician Assistant369
  3. Behavior Technician352
  4. Mental Health Counselor312
  5. Physical Therapist283
  6. Pharmacist233
  7. Nurse Practitioner224
  8. Speech-Language Pathologist224

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Wilmington in North Carolina

  • Rank in North Carolina9th of 412 cities by records
  • Share of the state3.3% of North Carolina's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups22.5% of all records
  • Clinical Social Worker rank5th of the 10 North Carolina cities with the most

Compared with North Carolina as a whole, Wilmington has 2.1× the state's share of hospitalist physician records and 0.74× its share of pharmacist records.

Providers in Wilmington, alphabetically

  1. Marissa RussellBehavior Technician1518504562
  2. William Russell, M.D.Specialist1689674954
  3. Katherine Russell-Ladd, FNPNurse Practitioner1487280640
  4. Jennifer Russo, DPTPhysical Therapist1053644930
  5. Sabrina Russo, RDNRegistered Dietitian1023590593
  6. Jerry Rutledge, LCSWClinical Social Worker1245594977
  7. Brandi Ryan, LMTMassage Therapist1962645432
  8. Brandon Ryan, PA-C, NREMT-PPhysician Assistant1285825208
  9. David Ryan, NPNurse Practitioner1982006110
  10. Kaeli Ryan, PT, DPT, LAT, ATCPhysical Therapist1841031192
  11. Karen Ryan, LCSWClinical Social Worker1154134229
  12. Kathleen Ryan, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1417537135
  13. Rebecca Ryan, MS/CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1053655944
  14. Tara Ryan, LCASAAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1497524714
  15. Betty Saavedra Ospina, LMTMassage Therapist1083574669
  16. Edith Saffo, NPNurse Practitioner1235296013
  17. Erin Sagers, PAPhysician Assistant1033804299
  18. Benjamin Sahlie, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1598562779
  19. Megan Sahraie, MSOT, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1265891915
  20. Gabriel Salazar, LCASAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1902124498
  21. Hannah Salefsky, PA-CPhysician Assistant1013551886
  22. Kimberly Salene, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1124139373
  23. Pedrina Salinas, NPNurse Practitioner1477857746
  24. Blair Salling, MPTPhysical Therapist1295886471
  25. James Salling, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1659475291
  26. William Salling, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1134295561
  27. Siena SallustioBehavior Technician1508712696
  28. Tiffany Salter, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.A.Clinical Social Worker1891249470
  29. Monique Samayoa, LCSWA, LCASAClinical Social Worker1215522560
  30. Jayme SamplerMental Health Counselor1194462861
  31. Jordan Sampogna, FNPNurse Practitioner1417680604
  32. Christine Samuel, PA-CPhysician Assistant1982367348
  33. Bonnie Sanchez, RD, LDN, CDCESRegistered Dietitian1295915130
  34. Christian Sanchez, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1013250992
  35. Hector Sanchez, MDInternal Medicine Physician1124446513
  36. Felipe Sanchez Castro, PTPhysical Therapist1164204871
  37. Amanda Sanders, PA-CPhysician Assistant1356106132
  38. India Sanders, L.AC., L.M.B.T.Acupuncturist1871831826
  39. John Sanders, MD, MPHInfectious Disease Physician1184717183
  40. Kenton Sanders, MDHospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1043204449
  41. Yadvinder Sandhu, MDChild & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician1902046832
  42. Lauren SandySpeech-Language Pathologist1619774171
  43. Denise Sanfilippo, DNP, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1659859437
  44. Christine Sanford, NPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1538161617
  45. Whiyie Sang, M.D.Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician1952756389
  46. Mandy Sangani, APRNNurse Practitioner1972259075
  47. Eduardo Sanmiguel, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1639176829
  48. Wendis Santana, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1376744227
  49. Andre Santangelo, DCChiropractor1649218843
  50. Lesley SantangeloClinical Social Worker1689382038

The largest North Carolina cities

  1. Charlotte23,603
  2. Raleigh16,309
  3. Durham13,451
  4. Winston Salem10,040
  5. Greensboro8,190

All of North Carolina →

How to read this directory

Wilmington, North Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 6,526 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 Wilmington - 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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington is weighted toward Clinical Social Worker (750 clinicians, followed by Physician Assistant with 369 and Behavior Technician with 352). 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, Wilmington reports roughly 60.2 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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington, NC?

There are 6,526 registered healthcare providers in Wilmington, NC, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Wilmington?

The most common specialties in Wilmington are Clinical Social Worker, Physician Assistant, Behavior Technician, Mental Health Counselor, Physical Therapist. Clinical Social Worker has the most providers with 750.

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.