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 2 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. Edward Adelstein, M.D.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1790796142
  2. Abiola Adesola, MDPediatrics Physician1609446731
  3. Shady Adib Keleh, M.D.Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician1669737227
  4. Florence Adimora-Nweke, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1184042038
  5. Charlene Adkins, M.D.Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1730135500
  6. Cary Adkisson, F.N.P.Family Nurse Practitioner1659843530
  7. Henry AgbonpoloBehavior Technician1306778964
  8. Ajay Aggarwal, M.D.Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1417062217
  9. Ankita Aggarwal, MDHematology & Oncology Physician1457921264
  10. Archna Aggarwal, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1649255936
  11. Arpit Aggarwal, M.D.Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician1326351586
  12. Reza AghaeiInternal Medicine Physician1144944612
  13. Aman Aher, MDPediatrics Physician1700729647
  14. Joni Ahern, NPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1033570205
  15. Pauline Aherrera, MDSurgery Physician1083281893
  16. Arfa AhmadHospitalist Physician1548756372
  17. Lindsay Ahmad, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1386587400
  18. Salman Ahmad, M.D.Surgical Critical Care Physician1083638225
  19. Zafar Ahmad, P.A.Physician Assistant1629382668
  20. Khulood Ahmed, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1588827893
  21. Moeez Ahmed, MDInternal Medicine Physician1770475311
  22. Saqib Ahmed, MDInternal Medicine Physician1376978064
  23. Sara AhmedNeurology Physician1487388872
  24. Humera Ahsan, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1114157443
  25. Jalaj AhujaPsychiatry Physician1144671876
  26. Abudumijiti Aibaidula, MDNeurological Surgery Physician1912690835
  27. Osaigbokan Aihie, MDDermatology Physician1790476554
  28. Edgar Ailor, M.D.Otolaryngology Physician1710130711
  29. Susan Ailor, MDDermatology Physician1245327949
  30. Noor Ul Ain, MDInternal Medicine Physician1043152259
  31. Chelsey AitkenChiropractor1063880391
  32. Fnu AiyshaEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1962281329
  33. Nwamaka Akabogu, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1346736311
  34. Ademola Akanji, MDInternal Medicine Physician1467334938
  35. Deepthi Akella, DOOtolaryngology Physician1023906864
  36. Omotola Akinkunmi, MDPsychiatry Physician1508435900
  37. Natalie Akins, LPCCounselor1902325012
  38. Cetin Akpolat, MDPediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist Physician1205511631
  39. Ibrahim Al AliDriver1760281216
  40. Mohammad Al Bataineh, MDGeriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1235700659
  41. Hasan Al Hameedi, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1194654954
  42. Alhareth Al Juboori, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1225370828
  43. Qamar Al Tinawi, MBBSEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1629641881
  44. Yazan Al-Kharabsheh, MDSurgery Physician1992692081
  45. Mustafa Al-Sabbagh, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1063753291
  46. Mohannad Al-Samarraie, M.DOphthalmology Physician1013257575
  47. Alanoud Alaasmi, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1548090483
  48. Leticia Alaniz, MDInternal Medicine Physician1699705095
  49. Deepak AlapatiGeriatric Psychiatry Physician1750709705
  50. Daniel Albarran, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1629508221

The largest Missouri cities

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

All of Missouri →

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.