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 77 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. Elisha MedranoMental Health Counselor1285448555
  2. Kimberly Meehl, M.S., LPC, NCCProfessional Counselor1174719801
  3. George MeekPhysical Therapist1689146821
  4. Ashley Meeker, CRC, LPCAMental Health Counselor1083032213
  5. Hailee Meeker, LCMHCA, LCASAMental Health Counselor1578415915
  6. Willard Meeks, LCMHCProfessional Counselor1144208927
  7. Melissa Meglin, BABehavior Technician1972273944
  8. Karishma Mehta, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1811575780
  9. Brianna Meier, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1558725374
  10. Elizabeth Meine, MDPediatrics Physician1861570269
  11. Frederick Meine, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1346226354
  12. Madeleine Meinhold, RDNRegistered Dietitian1861019291
  13. Dean Meisel, MDInternal Medicine Physician1982716502
  14. Samantha MeiselBehavior Technician1295507085
  15. Emily Meister, PTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1952576001
  16. Daisy Mejia, CFY-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1083014948
  17. Lisa Mejia, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1508394347
  18. Thomas Melin, M.D.Neurological Surgery Physician1386787174
  19. Jennifer Mellis, PTPhysical Therapist1386995108
  20. Robert Mellis, DDSDentist1689753626
  21. Jonathan Melo, DOFamily Medicine Physician1437737715
  22. Isaias Melo-Lizardo, MDFamily Medicine Physician1477579514
  23. Katherine MeltonCounselor1326688862
  24. Miranda MeltonSchool Psychologist1942874763
  25. Brenda Melvin, NPNurse Practitioner1154352730
  26. Paige MenardStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1255252425
  27. Ruby Menchaca, MS, LCMHCAMental Health Counselor1508584848
  28. Mackenzie Mendenhall, RDNRegistered Dietitian1659195410
  29. Elena Mendez, NP-CAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1982008553
  30. Israel Mendez, PA-CPhysician Assistant1275155186
  31. Dennis Mendleson, L.P.C.S., A.C.H.Mental Health Counselor1093838682
  32. Stacy MenefeePhysical Therapist1275603904
  33. John Meng, DPTSports Physical Therapist1215752456
  34. Tizita Mengistu, PHARMDPharmacist1881079598
  35. Carrie Menke, MS LPCMental Health Counselor1770764219
  36. Evanne MercerPhysical Therapy Assistant1790500296
  37. Rena Mercer, PTPhysical Therapist1144497066
  38. David Meredith, D.C.Chiropractor1043423338
  39. Cynthia Merrell, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1033142765
  40. Gerald Merrell, PAPhysician Assistant1467400556
  41. Sariah MerrickPhysician Assistant1255003794
  42. Nicole Merrigan, MA, LPAPsychologist1528302825
  43. Matthew Merrill, FNPNurse Practitioner1801356282
  44. Melissa Merritt, OTROccupational Therapist1104305838
  45. Stacie Merritt, PTPhysical Therapist1104668144
  46. Brittany Merryman, LCSWAMental Health Counselor1487490082
  47. James Mertesdorf, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1891789756
  48. Patrick Merwin, COTA/LOccupational Therapy Assistant1316105455
  49. Srinivas Rao MesineniPharmacist1043597057
  50. Sarah MessickBehavior Analyst1477073427

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.