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 92 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. Caroline Peterson, O.D.Optometrist1134520687
  2. Cobern Peterson, MDAnesthesiology Physician1902801715
  3. Gajarah Peterson, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1467626788
  4. Lindsay Peterson, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1245980549
  5. Marla PetersonRegistered Nurse1740107630
  6. Nancy Peterson, OTOccupational Therapist1114359296
  7. Dana Peterson Dorsett, LCSWClinical Social Worker1063624088
  8. Anna PetroBehavior Technician1275426959
  9. Alexa PettitOccupational Therapist1255202230
  10. Troy Peverall, L.P.C., L.C.A.S.Professional Counselor1194888750
  11. Lauren Peyton, PA-CPhysician Assistant1518564012
  12. Elena Pezzuto, LICENSED CLINICAL SOSocial Worker1780814962
  13. Christie Pfalzgraf, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1437225109
  14. Konnor Pfeiffer, LCMHCAMental Health Counselor1598578304
  15. Cassidy PfisterStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1447190582
  16. Melissa Pfitzer, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1790775096
  17. Adam Pflum, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1649617416
  18. Brian Phelps, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1922354091
  19. Daniel Phelps, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1326190364
  20. Jenifer Phelps, NPNurse Practitioner1205856408
  21. Lisa Phelps, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1760534788
  22. Cody Phen, DMDOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1063100691
  23. Whitney Philemon, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1245589423
  24. Bridgette PhilibertBehavior Technician1306738919
  25. Amelia Phillips, VSP, MSW, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1508475336
  26. Dianne Phillips, LPCMental Health Counselor1386853836
  27. Jennifer Phillips, OTRLPediatric Occupational Therapist1174678759
  28. Krystal PhillipsFamily Nurse Practitioner1942130158
  29. Sidney Phillips, D.D.S., M.S., P.A.Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1518044718
  30. Zoie Phillips, PA-CPhysician Assistant1427699180
  31. Panida Piboolnurak, MDNeurological Surgery Physician1609087881
  32. Kelly Pickell, MA, LPA, LPC, CEDSPsychologist1881786945
  33. Tynisha PickettBehavior Technician1235905951
  34. John Picklesimer, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1497971659
  35. Zoya Picklesimer, LCAS, LPCMental Health Counselor1740553171
  36. Caitlin PiekloClinical Social Worker1376264267
  37. Devin Pierce, RBTBehavior Technician1467183046
  38. Evan Pierce, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1861521759
  39. Karl Pierce, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1164401600
  40. Kristen Pierce, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1083061592
  41. Linda Pierce, LCWS, ACSWClinical Social Worker1164554333
  42. Sarah Ann PierceBehavior Technician1225895931
  43. Virginia Pierce, RPHPharmacist1770880056
  44. Cynthia Pierson, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1952452567
  45. Eric Pierson, MDNephrology Physician1538375597
  46. Margaret Pierson, MDFamily Medicine Physician1962498147
  47. Noah Pierson, MDFamily Medicine Physician1679569693
  48. Margaret Pietruczuk, APRNPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1972995629
  49. Joyce Pietrzykowski, RDHDental Hygienist1871666131
  50. Dawn Piland, MS, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1902132913

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.