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 266 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. Esperanza Soriano-Sanchez, M.ED, ALCMental Health Counselor1134013915
  2. Karol Sornsin, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1316910680
  3. Erin Sorrell, CRNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1619345253
  4. Sarah SorrellRegistered Dietitian1609420710
  5. Anna SorrellsBehavior Technician1356032189
  6. Anna Sorrells, RBTBehavior Technician1700649076
  7. Annalise Sorrentino, MDPediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics) Physician1790772515
  8. Melissa SorsbyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1710715750
  9. Eric Sorscher, MDHematology & Oncology Physician1962421842
  10. Adam Sosnowchik, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1477859858
  11. James Sosnowchik, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1588674048
  12. Ashlee Soto, CRNPWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1932996535
  13. Isabela Soto LopezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053003632
  14. Nada Souccar, DDSOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1700453602
  15. Cori SoudBehavior Analyst1174193460
  16. Amber SouersAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1164928214
  17. Juliah SouthClinical Social Worker1184479875
  18. Emily Southall, PAPhysician Assistant1285184234
  19. Kyle SouthallAthletic Trainer1396296190
  20. Madelaine SouthallStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1750025060
  21. Amanda Southwell, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1902675119
  22. Jonathan Southworth, DOFamily Medicine Physician1831161611
  23. Andrezza Souza, M.D.Neurology Physician1699111989
  24. Joseph Sowder, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1245342013
  25. Sara Sowder, CRNPCritical Care Neonatal Nurse Practitioner1710456702
  26. Ardy SoweStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1477295442
  27. John Sowell, RPH, PHDPharmacist1902895212
  28. Haley Sox, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1083322341
  29. Rebecca SpadoniAudiologist1376790030
  30. Robert Spafford, RNCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1164986444
  31. Stephanie Spain, CRNPNurse Practitioner1235166240
  32. David Spalding, MDRheumatology Physician1235114976
  33. Emily SpanglerVascular Surgery Physician1114243003
  34. Davida Spann, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1245627322
  35. James SpannDiagnostic Radiology Physician1306051164
  36. Juliana SpanovaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1992449557
  37. Bethany SparksStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1629872296
  38. Eric Sparks, M.D.Surgery Physician1376837872
  39. Helen Sparks, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1326025693
  40. Jessica SparksNurse Practitioner1437550175
  41. Jimmy Sparks, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1073606042
  42. John Sparks, D.C.Chiropractor1992872097
  43. Kansas SparksAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1619429081
  44. Mary SparksStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1336585892
  45. Sarah Sparks, CRNPNurse Practitioner1609375450
  46. Shanique SparksBehavior Technician1053298398
  47. Virginia Sparks CainSpeech-Language Pathologist1841170164
  48. James Sparrow, MDAnesthesiology Physician1487606844
  49. Yalonda SpatesFamily Nurse Practitioner1043908569
  50. Savannah Spaulding, RNRegistered Nurse1962296897

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.