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 123 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. Emma Wallace, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1740367739
  2. John Wallace, MDPsychiatry Physician1457526808
  3. Leshonda Wallace, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1851403257
  4. Morgan WallaceAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1952072076
  5. Stephen Wallace, D.D.S.,M.H.S.,P.A.Periodontics1104820174
  6. Christina Waller, LCSWClinical Social Worker1194041509
  7. Allan Walls, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1629126487
  8. Christin Walsh, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1033461868
  9. Sophia WalshBehavior Technician1831901560
  10. Susan Walsh, PHARMD, RPHPharmacist1285931626
  11. Lena WalsheClinical Social Worker1962334144
  12. Rebecca Walter, LPCC, LCMHCMental Health Counselor1386156404
  13. Courtney Walters, ODOptometrist1871245662
  14. Kenneth Walters, MDSurgery Physician1619005469
  15. Leighann Walters, RPHPharmacist1912286477
  16. Dana Walton, PT, DPT, CWSPhysical Therapist1881411965
  17. Laurence Wang, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1447210786
  18. Yifeng Wang, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1881584894
  19. Robert Wann, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1528422268
  20. Elizabeth WannstedtBehavior Technician1659818979
  21. Rachel Wanzer, OTA/LOccupational Therapy Assistant1487057022
  22. Cheryl Ward, M.A., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1558416958
  23. Christine Ward, NPNurse Practitioner1730111824
  24. Elizabeth Ward, PAPhysician Assistant1649219338
  25. Joshua Ward, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1477060614
  26. Margaret Ward, DNP, PMHNP-BCNurse Practitioner1922786045
  27. Michael Ward, MDFamily Medicine Physician1013912229
  28. Natalie Ward, IBCLCLactation Consultant (Non-RN)1609348945
  29. Penelope Ward, PSYDClinical Psychologist1194707364
  30. Susan Ward, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1275816787
  31. Wade Ward, DMDEndodontics1750434585
  32. Jeffrey Warhaftig, MDInternal Medicine Physician1851330567
  33. Andrew Warner, COTA/LOccupational Therapy Assistant1437584315
  34. Deborah Warner, PAPhysician Assistant1295701944
  35. Acacia Warren, M.ED., LCMHCAMental Health Counselor1326875071
  36. Lewis Warren, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1568469120
  37. Olivia WarrenBehavior Technician1558961417
  38. Perihan Warren, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1659755098
  39. Thomas Warren, PSY.DCase Manager/Care Coordinator1396892709
  40. Leo Warshauer, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1366475386
  41. Kaitlin Warta, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1316444979
  42. Valerie Warthen, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1245754068
  43. Jenny Warwick, O.D.Optometrist1427429323
  44. Xandria Washam, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1518797000
  45. Jamie Washington, LPC-AMental Health Counselor1376997015
  46. Carrie Waters, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTPhysician Assistant1285789610
  47. Pearlie Watkins, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1821261819
  48. Sarah WatkinsBehavior Technician1245157841
  49. Steven Watkins, R.PH.Pharmacist1003115932
  50. Erin Watlington, M.A., M.DIV,, LPCProfessional Counselor1679943542

The largest North Carolina cities

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

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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.