Doctors in New York: 52,296 enrolled in Medicare
New York has 52,296 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 263 per 100,000 residents, 7th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in New York, 12,967 in our physician files. Per capita New York is strongest in podiatrists (2nd, 7.6 per 100,000), urologists (2nd, 4.2 per 100,000), nuclear medicine physicians (2nd, 0.4 per 100,000) and oncologists (3rd, 7.2 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
New York physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in New York, 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 | New York | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 15,195 | 76.5 | 42nd | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 11,320 | 57.0 | 17th | 40.8 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 8,058 | 40.6 | 8th | 30.9 |
| Family Physicians | 4,091 | 20.6 | 48th | 28.7 |
| Anesthesiologists | 3,725 | 18.7 | 4th | 13.3 |
| Psychiatrists | 2,893 | 14.6 | 6th | 8.4 |
| Emergency Physicians | 2,865 | 14.4 | 24th | 13.5 |
| Radiologists | 2,527 | 12.7 | 11th | 11.1 |
| Cardiologists | 2,525 | 12.7 | 4th | 8.7 |
| OB/GYNs | 2,485 | 12.5 | 10th | 10.1 |
| Hospitalists | 1,759 | 8.9 | 19th | 7.1 |
| Optometrists | 1,736 | 8.7 | 44th | 10.9 |
| Chiropractors | 1,720 | 8.7 | 40th | 11.8 |
| Neurologists | 1,560 | 7.9 | 4th | 5.5 |
| Podiatrists | 1,512 | 7.6 | 2nd | 4.7 |
| General Surgeons | 1,506 | 7.6 | 22nd | 6.9 |
| Ophthalmologists | 1,481 | 7.5 | 4th | 5.3 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 1,432 | 7.2 | 34th | 7.4 |
| Oncologists | 1,423 | 7.2 | 3rd | 5.0 |
| Gastroenterologists | 1,421 | 7.2 | 4th | 4.7 |
| Pathologists | 1,113 | 5.6 | 7th | 3.8 |
| Dermatologists | 1,049 | 5.3 | 5th | 4.0 |
| Pediatricians | 901 | 4.5 | 15th | 3.8 |
| Pulmonologists | 851 | 4.3 | 10th | 3.4 |
| Urologists | 826 | 4.2 | 2nd | 3.0 |
| Physiatrists | 822 | 4.1 | 3rd | 2.7 |
| ENTs | 737 | 3.7 | 7th | 2.9 |
| Nephrologists | 734 | 3.7 | 5th | 2.9 |
| Endocrinologists | 713 | 3.6 | 4th | 2.1 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 620 | 3.1 | 5th | 2.1 |
| Critical care physicians | 458 | 2.3 | 12th | 1.8 |
| Rheumatologists | 426 | 2.1 | 7th | 1.6 |
| Neurosurgeons | 383 | 1.9 | 18th | 1.7 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 383 | 1.9 | 5th | 1.4 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 329 | 1.7 | 24th | 1.6 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 322 | 1.6 | 8th | 1.2 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 311 | 1.6 | 9th | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 299 | 1.5 | 6th | 1.1 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 283 | 1.4 | 14th | 1.4 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 202 | 1.0 | 7th | 0.6 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 184 | 0.9 | 9th | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 182 | 0.9 | 3rd | 0.5 |
| General practice physicians | 172 | 0.9 | 21st | 1.2 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 116 | 0.6 | 35th | 0.7 |
| Hematologists | 113 | 0.6 | 8th | 0.3 |
| Nuclear medicine physicians | 81 | 0.4 | 2nd | 0.2 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 54 | 0.3 | 26th | 0.3 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 51 | 0.3 | 33rd | 0.3 |
| Micrographic dermatologic surgeons | 32 | 0.2 | 24th | 0.2 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 29 | 0.1 | 24th | 0.2 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 24 | 0.1 | 29th | 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 New York. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total. New York ranks lowest per capita in family physicians (48th, 20.6 per 100,000).
Where New York physicians practice
In the 49,466 clinicians New York has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 38% are women and 30% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2003. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of New York |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 12,967 | 26% |
| Brooklyn | 3,709 | 7.5% |
| Bronx | 3,067 | 6.2% |
| Rochester | 2,203 | 4.5% |
| Buffalo | 1,103 | 2.2% |
Largest practice groups in New York
Groups ranked by the number of New York clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 81% of New York 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 | New York clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| North Shore-Lij Medical PC | 3,296 |
| New York University | 3,219 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 2,211 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | 1,599 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | 1,489 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
New York by specialty
Questions about New York doctors
52,296 MD and DO clinicians in New York 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 263 per 100,000 residents, 7th 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 New York, with 15,195, then physician assistants with 11,320. 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 New York 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.