License Statistics


Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Physician 3,908 3,773 4,170 4,343 4,387
Physician - 3 Year Limited 350 293 354 311 346
Physician Assistant 648 592 642 664 738
Specialist Assistant 9 4 5 6 4



Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of July 6, 2009

Physician**

County Number County Number County Number
Full 3-yr Full 3-yr Full 3-yr
Albany 1,481 10 Jefferson 215 10 Saratoga 435 1
Allegany 38 0 Kings 4,796 102 Schenectady 424 4
Bronx 1,804 62 Lewis 27 0 Schoharie 18 0
Broome 591 5 Livingston 70 0 Schuyler 24 0
Cattaraugus 113 5 Madison 103 0 Seneca 15 0
Cayuga 97 2 Monroe 2,892 48 Steuben 168 1
Chautauqua 171 9 Montgomery 80 2 St. Lawrence 157 7
Chemung 256 3 Nassau 8,644 21 Suffolk 4,549 7
Chenango 60 0 New York 16,354 188 Sullivan 87 4
Clinton 206 0 Niagara 277 5 Tioga 38 0
Columbia 122 0 Oneida 541 4 Tompkins 237 3
Cortland 60 0 Onondaga 1,724 46 Ulster 322 1
Delaware 41 0 Ontario 267 2 Warren 250 1
Dutchess 849 2 Orange 864 15 Washington 36 0
Erie 2,867 76 Orleans 31 1 Wayne 79 2
Essex 36 1 Oswego 102 3 Westchester 6,196 62
Franklin 98 0 Otsego 301 2 Wyoming 37 0
Fulton 69 1 Putnam 229 0 Yates 30 0
Genesee 65 1 Queens 4,643 53 NYS TOTAL 67,292 790
Greene 47 0 Rensselaer 280 1 OTHER US 16,924 107
Hamilton 2 0 Richmond 1,395 15 NON-US 240 17
Herkimer 46 0 Rockland 1,236 2 TOTAL 84,456 914

Physician Assistant***

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 171 Jefferson 61 Saratoga 135
Allegany 14 Kings 792 Schenectady 79
Bronx 205 Lewis 6 Schoharie 8
Broome 65 Livingston 31 Schuyler 6
Cattaraugus 24 Madison 33 Seneca 7
Cayuga 14 Monroe 431 Steuben 28
Chautauqua 38 Montgomery 15 St. Lawrence 43
Chemung 28 Nassau 1050 Suffolk 850
Chenango 15 New York 508 Sullivan 16
Clinton 25 Niagara 55 Tioga 17
Columbia 37 Oneida 69 Tompkins 25
Cortland 15 Onondaga 257 Ulster 58
Delaware 12 Ontario 50 Warren 70
Dutchess 113 Orange 95 Washington 17
Erie 470 Orleans 3 Wayne 37
Essex 30 Oswego 21 Westchester 349
Franklin 23 Otsego 51 Wyoming 15
Fulton 17 Putnam 42 Yates 4
Genesee 18 Queens 879 NYS TOTAL 8,098
Greene 15 Rensselaer 63 OTHER US 1,615
Hamilton 4 Richmond 331 NON-US 7
Herkimer 17 Rockland 121 TOTAL 9,720

Specialist Assistant***

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 3 Jefferson 1 Saratoga 1
Allegany 0 Kings 8 Schenectady 0
Bronx 2 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 1 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 1 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 1 Monroe 2 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 9 Suffolk 4
Chenango 0 New York 4 Sullivan 0
Clinton 0 Niagara 1 Tioga 1
Columbia 0 Oneida 1 Tompkins 0
Cortland 0 Onondaga 0 Ulster 1
Delaware 0 Ontario 1 Warren 0
Dutchess 1 Orange 1 Washington 1
Erie 0 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 5
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 1 Yates 0
Genesee 1 Queens 5 NYS TOTAL 61
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 25
Hamilton 0 Richmond 1 NON-US 1
Herkimer 0 Rockland 3 TOTAL 87

* Location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the Office of the Professions; the address is not necessarily the licensee's practice address. Although licensees must be registered to use the professional title or to practice within New York State, being registered does not mean the licensee is actively doing so.

** Displaying both full and three-year limited licenses.

*** Registered physician assistants and registered specialist assistants practice only under the supervision of licensed physicians.



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