Doctors in Vermont: 1,722 enrolled in Medicare
Vermont has 1,722 MD and DO clinicians enrolled in Medicare in the CMS file dated Aug 18, 2026: 266 per 100,000 residents, 6th of 51 (the states and DC), against 214 for the US. The most are in Burlington, 797 in our physician files. Per capita Vermont is strongest in pathologists (2nd, 8.6 per 100,000), emergency physicians (3rd, 24.8 per 100,000), psychiatrists (3rd, 19.4 per 100,000) and OB/GYNs (4th, 13.4 per 100,000).
By Ryan Doyle, founder of Doctor Email List. Published Oct 5, 2026.
Vermont physicians by specialty
Every specialty with at least one clinician in Vermont, 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 | Vermont | Per 100,000 | Rank | US per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioners | 637 | 98.2 | 23rd | 83.7 |
| Physician Assistants | 324 | 50.0 | 21st | 40.8 |
| Family Physicians | 294 | 45.3 | 5th | 28.7 |
| Internal Medicine Physicians | 220 | 33.9 | 14th | 30.9 |
| Emergency Physicians | 161 | 24.8 | 3rd | 13.5 |
| Chiropractors | 131 | 20.2 | 10th | 11.8 |
| Psychiatrists | 126 | 19.4 | 3rd | 8.4 |
| Anesthesiologists | 102 | 15.7 | 12th | 13.3 |
| OB/GYNs | 87 | 13.4 | 4th | 10.1 |
| Optometrists | 83 | 12.8 | 24th | 10.9 |
| Radiologists | 70 | 10.8 | 22nd | 11.1 |
| General Surgeons | 67 | 10.3 | 4th | 6.9 |
| Orthopedic Surgeons | 58 | 8.9 | 13th | 7.4 |
| Pathologists | 56 | 8.6 | 2nd | 3.8 |
| Cardiologists | 49 | 7.6 | 30th | 8.7 |
| Neurologists | 46 | 7.1 | 10th | 5.5 |
| Hospitalists | 44 | 6.8 | 30th | 7.1 |
| Oncologists | 36 | 5.6 | 10th | 5.0 |
| Ophthalmologists | 34 | 5.2 | 19th | 5.3 |
| Pediatricians | 31 | 4.8 | 13th | 3.8 |
| Dermatologists | 24 | 3.7 | 28th | 4.0 |
| Urologists | 23 | 3.5 | 10th | 3.0 |
| Gastroenterologists | 22 | 3.4 | 41st | 4.7 |
| Podiatrists | 21 | 3.2 | 38th | 4.7 |
| Pulmonologists | 21 | 3.2 | 31st | 3.4 |
| ENTs | 19 | 2.9 | 26th | 2.9 |
| Endocrinologists | 16 | 2.5 | 9th | 2.1 |
| Infectious Disease Physicians | 14 | 2.2 | 20th | 2.1 |
| Critical care physicians | 14 | 2.2 | 16th | 1.8 |
| Rheumatologists | 14 | 2.2 | 5th | 1.6 |
| Nephrologists | 13 | 2.0 | 44th | 2.9 |
| Physiatrists | 13 | 2.0 | 38th | 2.7 |
| Radiation Oncologists | 11 | 1.7 | 21st | 1.6 |
| Hospice and palliative care physicians | 10 | 1.5 | 4th | 0.7 |
| Plastic Surgeons | 7 | 1.1 | 38th | 1.4 |
| Vascular Surgeons | 7 | 1.1 | 35th | 1.2 |
| Neurosurgeons | 6 | 0.9 | 50th | 1.7 |
| Cardiothoracic Surgeons | 6 | 0.9 | 44th | 1.2 |
| Geriatric medicine physicians | 6 | 0.9 | 10th | 0.6 |
| Pain Management Physicians | 5 | 0.8 | 47th | 1.4 |
| Sports medicine physicians | 4 | 0.6 | 32nd | 0.7 |
| Colorectal surgeons | 4 | 0.6 | 12th | 0.5 |
| Hematologists | 4 | 0.6 | 6th | 0.3 |
| Osteopathic manipulative medicine physicians | 4 | 0.6 | 7th | 0.3 |
| Addiction medicine physicians | 4 | 0.6 | 3rd | 0.2 |
| Sleep medicine physicians | 3 | 0.5 | 14th | 0.3 |
| General practice physicians | 2 | 0.3 | 51st | 1.2 |
| Allergists | 2 | 0.3 | 50th | 1.1 |
| Preventive medicine physicians | 1 | 0.2 | 16th | 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 Vermont. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors and optometrists have their own files and are not in the MD and DO total.
Where Vermont physicians practice
In the 1,621 clinicians Vermont has across the physician specialty files we sell, counted once each, 45% are women and 29% offer telehealth. The median graduation year is 2006. These are the cities with the most of them.
| City | Clinicians | Share of Vermont |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington | 797 | 49% |
| Rutland | 107 | 6.6% |
| Bennington | 79 | 4.9% |
| Saint Albans | 59 | 3.6% |
| Berlin | 58 | 3.6% |
Largest practice groups in Vermont
Groups ranked by the number of Vermont clinicians the CMS file lists under them. 87% of Vermont 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 | Vermont clinicians listed |
|---|---|
| University of Vermont Medical Center Inc | 760 |
| Central Vermont Medical Center Inc | 85 |
| Rutland Hospital, INC. | 80 |
| Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Inc | 77 |
| Northwestern Medical Center Inc | 43 |
A health system can appear under more than one legal name, so a group here may be part of a larger one.
Questions about Vermont doctors
1,722 MD and DO clinicians in Vermont 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 266 per 100,000 residents, 6th 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 Vermont, with 637, then physician assistants with 324. 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 Vermont 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.