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 231 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. Petina RankinsRegistered Nurse1841431178
  2. Crystal Ransom, LICSWClinical Social Worker1851077200
  3. Erin RansomOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician1821433665
  4. Frederic Ransom, MDInternal Medicine Physician1063446680
  5. Marlon RansomBehavior Technician1841047230
  6. Lauren Ranson, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1295580660
  7. Anuradha Rao, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1497744197
  8. Nivedita Rao, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1942146022
  9. James RaperAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1669482709
  10. Jaron RaperEmergency Medicine Physician1528455110
  11. Anna Rasavong, RNRegistered Nurse1538765607
  12. Jayne Rasbury, PAPhysician Assistant1982637674
  13. Hannah Rashbaum, RBTBehavior Technician1114579810
  14. Saleem Rasheed, RRT, CRTTRegistered Respiratory Therapist1568794394
  15. Muhammad Rashid, M.DStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1790670156
  16. Salman Rashid, M.D.Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician1740561869
  17. Marie Rasmussen, RDNRegistered Dietitian1548148570
  18. Matthew Rasmussen, D.M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1124384409
  19. Amy Rast, LPCProfessional Counselor1649943762
  20. Hayden Rathel, DMDOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1992334270
  21. Abigail RatliffSocial Worker1902657430
  22. Danielle Ratliff, CRNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1700765526
  23. Ryan RauchStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528996964
  24. Benjamin Rauh, DOObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1467947481
  25. James Raulston, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1780004846
  26. Dhaval RavalCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1528214947
  27. Guendalina Ravello, PH.D MPHPsychologist1508966714
  28. Sujan RaviGastroenterology Physician1649584350
  29. Aishwarya Ravindran, M.B.B.S.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1477085256
  30. Isaac Ravizee, M.D.Specialist1053368639
  31. Winsome Ravizee, CRNPAmbulatory Women's Health Care Registered Nurse1699104638
  32. Amy Ray, LPCProfessional Counselor1457755001
  33. Brianna Ray, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1578481701
  34. David Ray, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1649491739
  35. Fletcher RayPharmacist1093199416
  36. Grace RaySpeech-Language Pathologist1598629545
  37. Heather Ray, D.P.T.Physical Therapist1922250034
  38. Jacob RayGerontology Nurse Practitioner1467927848
  39. Jennafer Ray, CRNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1679086326
  40. Kimberly Ray, RPHPharmacist1548333131
  41. Monica Ray, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1497277578
  42. Rachel Ray, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1487836516
  43. Starlit Ray, RBTBehavior Technician1558110106
  44. Trenton RayStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1154171841
  45. Sarah Rayborn, CRNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1619512308
  46. Barry Rayburn, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1083647200
  47. Arista Rayfield, PHDClinical Psychologist1194810499
  48. Ashfaq Razzaq, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1841550076
  49. Braden ReadPharmacist1700617974
  50. Russell Read, MDOphthalmology Physician1770518474

The largest Alabama cities

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

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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.