NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Columbia, MO

6,004 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Columbia, 4th of 317 Missouri cities. The largest group is clinical social worker: 311, 5% of the city's records, against 5% across Missouri. Page 18 of 121.

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

Columbia in Missouri

  • Rank in Missouri4th of 317 cities by records
  • Share of the state5.4% of Missouri's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups13% of all records
  • Clinical Social Worker rank4th of the 10 Missouri cities with the most

Compared with Missouri as a whole, Columbia has 2.5× the state's share of psychiatry physician records and 0.48× its share of occupational therapist records.

Providers in Columbia, alphabetically

  1. Jason Cafer, MDPsychiatry Physician1417069824
  2. Michael Cahalin, MEDCounselor1538166749
  3. Quanyu Cai, MDResearch Study Abstracter/Coder1629300207
  4. Stephanie Cain, MDAnesthesiology Physician1023748977
  5. Robert Calaluce, MDGeneral Practice Physician1235648551
  6. Vivian Calbert, COTAOccupational Therapy Assistant1366727232
  7. Charles Caldwell, MDClinical Pathology Physician1023065406
  8. Charlotte CaldwellPharmacist1114201571
  9. Paula Caldwell, MA, LPCProfessional Counselor1760948079
  10. Sarah Calhoun, MDFamily Medicine Physician1952404949
  11. Stephen Calloway, RPHPharmacist1164068912
  12. Austin CamblinPsychologist1699632489
  13. Holly Cameron, MA, LPCProfessional Counselor1013654078
  14. Nathaniel Cameron, MDOphthalmology Physician1306523139
  15. Lisa Camilleri, MDFamily Medicine Physician1740710128
  16. Douglas Camp, RPHPharmacist1467928176
  17. Austin Campbell, PHARMD, BCPPPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1053097246
  18. Clayton Campbell, MDFamily Medicine Physician1114408671
  19. Gregory Campbell, M.D.Otolaryngology Physician1598754566
  20. Jack Campbell, MDUrology Physician1649633736
  21. Kaylin Campbell, PA-CPhysician Assistant1689533226
  22. Rowenna CampbellLicensed Practical Nurse1922817428
  23. Tonya Campbell, PHARMDCompounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacist1114380987
  24. Curt Canine, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1932586971
  25. Meghan Canlas, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1235376914
  26. Sarah Canoy, MDPsychiatry Physician1639529746
  27. Sidney Cantrell, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1104829282
  28. Chastin Cantwell, PA-CPhysician Assistant1184968828
  29. Crystelle Canuto, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1063076313
  30. Abigail CapeDoula1346048212
  31. Gregory Caplinger, APRN-FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1912493495
  32. Lana Capps, LCSWClinical Social Worker1285894113
  33. Dasia Caraballo, MDPsychiatry Physician1063306462
  34. Bradford Cardonell, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1417299181
  35. Maggie Cardonell, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1093057630
  36. Michael Cardwell, M.D.Maternal & Fetal Medicine Physician1063419638
  37. Evan Carlen, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1437992179
  38. Terry Carlisle, PAPhysician Assistant1497798458
  39. Angeline Carmichael, LMTMassage Therapist1992998918
  40. Tiffany Carmichael, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1598301905
  41. Kayla CarneyBehavior Technician1568060143
  42. Megan Carney, PH.DPsychologist1114275526
  43. Paul Carney, MDNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician1750327938
  44. Normand Caron, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1609813344
  45. Nathan Carpenter, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1972346328
  46. William CarpenterPsychiatry Physician1164787594
  47. Sylvie Carpentier, D.C.Chiropractor1902936529
  48. Erin CarrRecreation Therapist1457140162
  49. Kimberly Carr, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1912498585
  50. Marion Carr, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1932751260

The largest Missouri cities

  1. Saint Louis27,605
  2. Kansas City13,759
  3. Springfield6,403
  4. Joplin2,443
  5. Chesterfield2,132

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How to read this directory

Columbia, Missouri appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 6,004 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 Columbia - 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 Columbia 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 Columbia is weighted toward Clinical Social Worker (311 clinicians, followed by Professional Counselor with 246 and Pharmacist with 222). 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 Missouri's population, Columbia reports roughly 96.9 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 Columbia 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 Columbia, MO?

There are 6,004 registered healthcare providers in Columbia, MO, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Columbia?

The most common specialties in Columbia are Clinical Social Worker, Professional Counselor, Pharmacist, Family Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine Physician. Clinical Social Worker has the most providers with 311.

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.