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 256 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. Dana Sheridan, LCSWClinical Social Worker1639336555
  2. Cathy Sherk, CRNPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1124293741
  3. Megan Sherod, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1477738706
  4. Daniel SherrerAnesthesiology Physician1922202753
  5. Joseph Sherrill, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1164442208
  6. Lanette Sherrill, CRNPCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1861414963
  7. Phillip Sherrill, DPTPhysical Therapist1972041382
  8. Julessa Sherrod, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1831930684
  9. Melody Sherwood, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1508079740
  10. Adit ShethDentist1750075792
  11. Dongsheng Shi, PMHNPRegistered Nurse1730717604
  12. Henry Shiau, M.D.Pediatric Gastroenterology Physician1669890075
  13. Shayan Shiehzadegan, DOInterventional Pain Medicine Physician1396481107
  14. Kathleen Shields, CRNPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1780169037
  15. Jennifer ShiflettRegistered Nurse1770436347
  16. Sahana ShiggaonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1184329229
  17. Yazen ShihabStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1487349163
  18. Ikjoon ShinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1417843517
  19. Jay Shin, PHARMDPharmacist1104421809
  20. Sungkyung ShinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1801589874
  21. Manila Shinde, BDS, MDS, MSOral and Maxillofacial Radiology Dentistry1215806815
  22. Andrew Shine, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1275276099
  23. Nancy Shinouda, MDHospitalist Physician1972894582
  24. Lindsey ShipleyInternal Medicine Physician1477059830
  25. Lindsay ShipmanPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1992309165
  26. Stacey Shipman, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1205920725
  27. Julie Shirah, LICSWClinical Social Worker1942025762
  28. Stirling Shirah, MDInternal Medicine Physician1295916237
  29. Sherrer Shirey, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1427069574
  30. Arianna Shirk, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1700089794
  31. Benjamin ShirleyPhysician Assistant1528843794
  32. Kelley Shirley, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1235258674
  33. William Shirley, M.D.Pediatric Otolaryngology Physician1568556280
  34. Hamid ShirwanyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1740985894
  35. Margaret ShiverAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1831895168
  36. Max Shiver, MDInternal Medicine Physician1184623241
  37. Mykel Shiver, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1467202218
  38. Caitlin Shoemake, CRNPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1326596255
  39. Callie Shoemaker, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1659816197
  40. Sarah Shoemaker, CRNPNurse Practitioner1598823973
  41. Taylor Shoemaker, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1295192813
  42. Shondra Sholar, PHARMDPharmacist1790749729
  43. Mohamed ShoreibahGastroenterology Physician1134110455
  44. Andrew Short, CRNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1801395165
  45. Glori Short, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1588687776
  46. Kara Short, CRNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1194262899
  47. Quinn Short, PHARMDPharmacist1720864671
  48. Roland ShortAnesthesiology Physician1245351162
  49. Susan Short, CRNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1992811152
  50. Carl Shory, MDGeneral Practice Physician1558525618

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.