In plain English
Neurology is a residency of its own rather than an internal medicine fellowship. On the public record it shares a classification with psychiatry: the two are filed together beneath psychiatry and neurology, even though they are separate trainings and separate professions.
Neurologists diagnose and manage. The operating is done by neurological surgeons, a different specialty with a much longer residency. Vascular and interventional neurology, epilepsy, neuromuscular medicine, movement disorders and sleep medicine are fellowships taken after residency.
Because the classification is shared, a count of psychiatry and neurology is not a count of neurologists. The sub-specialty codes are what separate them, and both populations are large enough that mixing them changes an addressable market by a factor rather than a margin.
Training and credentials
Medical school, then a year of general clinical training and three years of neurology residency - four in total - then board certification.
Where they practise
Hospital stroke and neurology services, neurology groups, infusion and neurodiagnostic clinics, academic centres.
Neurologists on the public record
Counted from what providers file about themselves, with suppression applied before anything is counted, refreshed 2026-10-05. Names, specialties and practice locations are public; work email and phone are for signed-in customers.
| State | On record | With work email | With practice phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 3,002 | 2,169 72% | 3,002 |
| New York | 2,275 | 1,636 72% | 2,275 |
| Florida | 2,144 | 1,386 65% | 2,144 |
| Texas | 1,939 | 1,325 68% | 1,939 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,328 | 993 75% | 1,328 |
| Illinois | 1,144 | 894 78% | 1,144 |
| Massachusetts | 1,059 | 870 82% | 1,059 |
| Ohio | 952 | 733 77% | 952 |
Closely related, and where to find them.
Closely related
- Psychiatrist The prescribing profession in mental health, and how it is filed on the record.
- Neurosurgeon Brain and spine surgery - small, hospital-bound, and mostly spine in practice.
- Physiatrist (PM&R) The physician specialty of function and non-surgical musculoskeletal care.
Find them
- Neurologists list counts by state, the fields a record carries, a sample record.
- Physicians physician data by specialty, state and employer.
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