Doctors in Delaware: 2,661 enrolled in Medicare
Delaware has 2,661 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 253 per 100,000 residents, 8th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Newark, 977 in our physician files. Per capita Delaware is strongest in radiologists (3rd, 17.5 per 100,000), internal medicine physicians (5th, 47.5 per 100,000), ophthalmologists (5th, 7.3 per 100,000) and podiatrists (5th, 6.7 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Delaware physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Delaware, largest first. Rank is among the states and DC (51 in all) by clinicians per 100,000 residents. Where we have a state page or a list for the specialty, the name links to it.
| Specialty | Delaware | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 1,126 | 107 | 15th | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 628 | 59.7 | 14th | 40.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 500 | 47.5 | 5th | 30.9 |
| Family Physicians | 354 | 33.7 | 23rd | 28.7 |
| Radiologists | 184 | 17.5 | 3rd | 11.1 |
| Chiropractors | 169 | 16.1 | 18th | 11.8 |
| Emergency Physicians | 165 | 15.7 | 18th | 13.5 |
| Cardiologists | 132 | 12.5 | 6th | 8.7 |
| Optometrists | 131 | 12.5 | 25th | 10.9 |
| Anesthesiologists | 115 | 10.9 | 36th | 13.3 |
| OB/GYNs | 108 | 10.3 | 23rd | 10.1 |
| Psychiatrists | 92 | 8.7 | 19th | 8.4 |
| General Surgeons | 90 | 8.6 | 13th | 6.9 |
| Ophthalmologists | 77 | 7.3 | 5th | 5.3 |
| Neurologists | 75 | 7.1 | 8th | 5.5 |
| Podiatrists | 70 | 6.7 | 5th | 4.7 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 65 | 6.2 | 49th | 7.4 |
| Hospitalists | 53 | 5.0 | 40th | 7.1 |
| Gastroenterologists | 53 | 5.0 | 15th | 4.7 |
| Oncologists | 47 | 4.5 | 29th | 5.0 |
| Pulmonologists | 47 | 4.5 | 6th | 3.4 |
| Nephrologists | 47 | 4.5 | 2nd | 2.9 |
| Physiatrists | 42 | 4.0 | 4th | 2.7 |
| Pathologists | 41 | 3.9 | 21st | 3.8 |
| Dermatologists | 40 | 3.8 | 23rd | 4.0 |
| Pediatricians | 39 | 3.7 | 30th | 3.8 |
| Urologists | 30 | 2.9 | 35th | 3.0 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 30 | 2.9 | 7th | 2.1 |
| Critical care physicians | 27 | 2.6 | 6th | 1.8 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 27 | 2.6 | 1st | 1.4 |
| ENTs | 25 | 2.4 | 42nd | 2.9 |
| Endocrinologists | 25 | 2.4 | 12th | 2.1 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 24 | 2.3 | 2nd | 1.4 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 21 | 2.0 | 3rd | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 16 | 1.5 | 5th | 1.1 |
| Rheumatologists | 14 | 1.3 | 36th | 1.6 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 13 | 1.2 | 19th | 1.2 |
| Neurosurgeons | 11 | 1.0 | 49th | 1.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 11 | 1.0 | 49th | 1.6 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 9 | 0.9 | 14th | 0.7 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 9 | 0.9 | 12th | 0.7 |
| General practice physicians | 8 | 0.8 | 28th | 1.2 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 6 | 0.6 | 17th | 0.5 |
| Hematologists | 6 | 0.6 | 7th | 0.3 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 4 | 0.4 | 32nd | 0.6 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 4 | 0.4 | 3rd | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 4 | 0.4 | 8th | 0.2 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 3 | 0.3 | 30th | 0.3 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 3 | 0.3 | 24th | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 2 | 0.2 | 17th | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 2 | 0.2 | 12th | 0.2 |
Counts are one row per NPI under the clinician's primary Medicare specialty, from the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026. Rates use the Census Bureau's July 2024 estimate for Delaware. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. Delaware ranks lowest per capita in orthopedic surgeons (49th, 6.2 per 100,000).
Where Delaware physicians practice
In the 2,587 clinicians Delaware has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 40% are women and 28% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2005. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Delaware |
|---|---|---|
| Newark | 977 | 38% |
| Wilmington | 619 | 24% |
| Dover | 325 | 13% |
| Lewes | 199 | 7.7% |
| Seaford | 85 | 3.3% |
Largest practice groups in Delaware
Groups ranked by the number of Delaware clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 76% of Delaware physicians with a group on file are in a group of 50 or more listed clinicians, against 80% across the US.
| Practice or health system, as CMS prints it | Delaware clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| Christiana Care Health Services Inc | 851 |
| Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc | 167 |
| Beebe Physician Network INC. | 150 |
| The Nemours Foundation | 128 |
| Anesthesia Services PA | 40 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Delaware doctors
2,661 MD and DO clinicians in Delaware are enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026, one per NPI, in the state of their main practice location. That is 253 per 100,000 residents, 8th of 51 among the states and DC. Physicians who bill no Medicare patients are not in the file.
Nurse Practitioners are the largest group in Delaware, with 1,126, then physician assistants with 628. Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are counted in their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
We sell national lists, one CSV per specialty for $295, or every specialty in one file for $995. We don't sell a state-only file. City, state and ZIP are on nearly every row, so keeping the Delaware rows is one filter in any spreadsheet.
States with a similar count per capita
Specialty email lists
National CSVs, one per specialty. City, state and ZIP are on the rows, so any state is one filter away.