NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Birmingham, AL

15,795 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Birmingham, 1st of 241 Alabama cities. The largest group is students in training: 2,038, 13% of the city's records, against 7% across Alabama. Page 220 of 316.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Birmingham in Alabama

  • Rank in Alabama1st of 241 cities by records
  • Share of the state23.4% of Alabama's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups22.2% of all records
  • Students in training rank1st of the 10 Alabama cities with the most

Compared with Alabama as a whole, Birmingham has 2× the state's share of acute care nurse practitioner records and 0.39× its share of family medicine physician records.

Providers in Birmingham, alphabetically

  1. Michael Peters, PHARMDPharmacist1790661478
  2. Shelbi PetersBehavior Technician1023719572
  3. Timothy PetersInternal Medicine Physician1467897470
  4. Tolulope Peters, M.DChild & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician1942567185
  5. Daniel Petersen, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1396366134
  6. Alison Peterson, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1225661952
  7. Asa PetersonOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1801207378
  8. Diane Peterson, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1184834343
  9. Jerreshia PetersonBehavior Technician1881418820
  10. Kristen Peterson, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1932510369
  11. Tayler Peterson, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1588458178
  12. Todd PetersonEmergency Medicine Physician1316154636
  13. Claire Petitt, MDDermatology Physician1083280267
  14. Simona Petra Dunlap, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1871597526
  15. Bragan Petrey, CRNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1851563407
  16. Kathryn Petricevic, CRNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1912650011
  17. Erin Petrie, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1134749062
  18. Ashley Petrunic, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1629491949
  19. Savannah Petrus, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1154116473
  20. Susan Petrus, CD, LCCEDoula1053064105
  21. Sarah Petrusnek, RNCritical Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner1588322101
  22. Brian Pettie, O.D.Optometrist1891802120
  23. Laquetta Pettway, MDInternal Medicine Physician1376588095
  24. Margaret Petty, RBTBehavior Technician1215409420
  25. Ashley Petty-Burnley, DNP, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1841504693
  26. Eleanor Petyak, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1477303329
  27. George Petznick, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1356426035
  28. Paul Petznick, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1194800870
  29. Krystle Pew, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1891140299
  30. Robert Pewitt, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1508837261
  31. William Pewitt, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1912917436
  32. Charles PeytonUrology Physician1205195195
  33. Krystin Pezent, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1457936338
  34. Maureen Pezzementi, D.M.D.General Practice Dentistry1598835514
  35. Marie Pfarr, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1811301781
  36. Nicole Pfaudler, LCSWPsychiatry Physician1790719771
  37. Jordan Leigh Pfeffle, MS, RD, LDRegistered Dietitian1447088513
  38. Alyssa Pfister, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1649487307
  39. Cristina Pfister, DNPCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1134048531
  40. Neil Pfister, MD, PHDRadiation Oncology Physician1497118806
  41. Bradleigh Pfitzer, RN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1396229860
  42. Kathleen Pfitzer, DPTPhysical Therapist1689139008
  43. Matthew Pflederer, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1659614196
  44. Sheetal Phadnis, M.D.Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician1154762417
  45. Dangquang PhamRegistered Nurse1366236341
  46. Nicholas Pham, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1902690787
  47. Vincent Pham, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1750554564
  48. Xuan-Dao Pham, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1851360234
  49. Peter-Trung Phan, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1356640601
  50. Kelly PharisObstetrics & Gynecology Nurse Practitioner1497391668

The largest Alabama cities

  1. Mobile6,309
  2. Huntsville5,555
  3. Montgomery3,661
  4. Tuscaloosa2,313
  5. Dothan2,099

All of Alabama →

How to read this directory

Birmingham, Alabama appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 15,795 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 Birmingham - 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 Birmingham 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 Birmingham is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (2,038 clinicians, followed by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with 812 and Registered Nurse with 661). 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 Alabama's population, Birmingham reports roughly 309.2 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 Birmingham 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 Birmingham, AL?

There are 15,795 registered healthcare providers in Birmingham, AL, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Birmingham?

The most common specialties in Birmingham are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 2,038.

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.