Doctors and health care providers in Amherst, OH
302 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Amherst, 164th of 711 Ohio cities. The largest group is licensed practical nurse: 20, 7% of the city's records, against 4% across Ohio. Page 7 of 7.
The 8 largest groups in Amherst
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Amherst in Ohio
- Rank in Ohio164th of 711 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Ohio's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups18.2% of all records
Compared with Ohio as a whole, Amherst has 4.8× the state's share of optometrist records.
Providers in Amherst, alphabetically
- Linda Zeller, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1003242884
- Wendy ZimmermanSpeech-Language Pathologist1992117261
The largest Ohio cities
- Columbus36,491
- Cincinnati31,362
- Cleveland30,748
- Toledo13,583
- Dayton12,431
How to read this directory
Amherst, Ohio appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 302 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Amherst - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Amherst practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Amherst is weighted toward Licensed Practical Nurse (20 clinicians, followed by Homemaker with 19 and Speech-Language Pathologist with 16). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Ohio's population, Amherst reports roughly 2.6 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
For Amherst patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.
Common questions
How many doctors are in Amherst, OH?
There are 302 registered healthcare providers in Amherst, OH, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Amherst?
The most common specialties in Amherst are Licensed Practical Nurse, Homemaker, Speech-Language Pathologist, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist. Licensed Practical Nurse has the most providers with 20.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.