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 8 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. Olivia Amin-Bashier, RNRegistered Nurse1942097563
  2. Armon AminiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528684214
  3. Melayna Amison, CRNPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1063986347
  4. Hafsa Ammar, PTPhysical Therapist1730878497
  5. John Ammon, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1215973524
  6. James Ammons, DNP, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1588230569
  7. Rachel Ammons, PA-CPhysician Assistant1114531852
  8. John Amos, O.D.Optometrist1942313911
  9. Jesus AmparoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1346061470
  10. Minerva Amputch-Young, MS, LPC, NCCProfessional Counselor1215384946
  11. Priam Amrit, RNRegistered Nurse1407662372
  12. Ellen AmrockStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1326483595
  13. Stephanie Amuso, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1285904557
  14. Amitha Ananth, M.D.Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician1487952099
  15. Abubakar AndaniRegistered Nurse1417758947
  16. Emma Andersen, PA-CPediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician1487582490
  17. Aliyah Anderson, RBTBehavior Technician1598641029
  18. Alysia AndersonPhysician Assistant1508797143
  19. Amanda Anderson, PAPhysician Assistant1871358879
  20. Ashley AndersonAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1215487905
  21. Barbara Anderson, DMDDentist1861653123
  22. Brian Anderson, PAPhysician Assistant1306079215
  23. Christina Anderson, CRNPNurse Practitioner1346709813
  24. Douglas AndersonSurgery Physician1073756201
  25. Frank Anderson, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1356502629
  26. Gerald Anderson, PHDPsychologist1447236658
  27. Hilary Anderson, M.D.Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1053775726
  28. James Anderson, CERTIFIED ALCOHOL DRMental Health Counselor1750433488
  29. Jarad Anderson, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1952922759
  30. Jeffrey Anderson, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1528095007
  31. John Anderson, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1326011719
  32. Joseph Anderson, MDAnesthesiology Physician1194466201
  33. Katherine Anderson, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1619618485
  34. Kelli AndersonOccupational Therapist1295748945
  35. Lauren Anderson, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1629718648
  36. Luke AndersonRegistered Nurse1235051426
  37. Maggie AndersonBehavior Technician1063019818
  38. Matthew Anderson, MDOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician1093338618
  39. Michael Anderson, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1063207744
  40. Molly AndersonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1841982006
  41. Myles Anderson, MDInternal Medicine Physician1982223749
  42. Olivia Anderson, CRNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1780341818
  43. Parker Anderson, DNP, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1285574194
  44. Sarah Anderson, DOAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1639630882
  45. Scott Anderson, M.D.Surgery Physician1740355619
  46. Sharon Anderson, DPTPhysical Therapist1093126054
  47. Shelley Anderson, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1255980181
  48. Victoria Anderson, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1629396940
  49. Virginia Anderson, RDNRegistered Dietitian1740861434
  50. Martha Anderton, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1902949936

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.