Doctors and health care providers in Big Canoe, GA
10 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Big Canoe, 330th of 336 Georgia cities. The largest group is physician assistant: 1, 10% of the city's records, against 3% across Georgia.
The 8 largest groups in Big Canoe
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Big Canoe in Georgia
- Rank in Georgia330th of 336 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Georgia's records
- Specialties present10 taxonomy codes
- Top three groups30% of all records
- Physician Assistant rank11th of the 10 Georgia cities with the most
Providers in Big Canoe, alphabetically
- Ann Brannen, CCC,SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1396108353
- Robert Cargile, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1346227410
- Charles Hackett, PH.D.Marriage & Family Therapist1194211631
- Ann Lafontaine, MA, RD, LDRegistered Dietitian1669570917
- Elizabeth Mauldin, LCSWClinical Social Worker1316027931
- Sally Ragonesi, P.T.Physical Therapist1366597130
- Samuel RelyeaPhysician Assistant1730980012
- John Ross, MDAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1245409085
- Matthew Smolen, DCChiropractor1730999327
- William Zinney, DDSPeriodontics1659409878
How to read this directory
Big Canoe, Georgia appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 10 registered healthcare providers spanning 10 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Big Canoe - 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 Big Canoe 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 Big Canoe is weighted toward Physician Assistant (1 clinicians, followed by Speech-Language Pathologist with 1 and Physical Therapist with 1). 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 Georgia's population, Big Canoe reports roughly 0.1 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.
Of Georgia's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Big Canoe practice address, a coverage gap Big Canoe patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Big Canoe 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.
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Common questions
How many doctors are in Big Canoe, GA?
There are 10 registered healthcare providers in Big Canoe, GA, covering 10 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Big Canoe?
The most common specialties in Big Canoe are Physician Assistant, Speech-Language Pathologist, Physical Therapist, Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician, Emergency Medicine Physician. Physician Assistant has the most providers with 1.
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.