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 6 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. Julie Artemova, PTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1205398237
  2. Emily Arth, LCSWSocial Worker1669851838
  3. Clark Arthur, DDSDentist1114087616
  4. Erin Arthur, MA, LPCMental Health Counselor1134351398
  5. Senthil Arun, BDS, DMD, MSD, PHDOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1699065359
  6. Tanisha Arya, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1013601293
  7. Toshani Arya, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1699469312
  8. Kala Aryal AcharyaFamily Nurse Practitioner1205671492
  9. George Asal, R.PHPharmacist1700817731
  10. Shala Asal, RPHPharmacotherapy Pharmacist1962445692
  11. Jessica Asbury, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1427762335
  12. Catherine Ashbaugh, APRNAdult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist1053345736
  13. Robert Ashbaugh, MED, LPCProfessional Counselor1851960850
  14. Davida Asher, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1376977355
  15. Irving Asher, MDNeurology Physician1518933555
  16. Morgan Asher, RD, LDRegistered Dietitian1700331444
  17. Pamela Ashley, M.H.SSpeech-Language Pathologist1043738024
  18. Komal Ashraf, D.O.Epilepsy Physician1457580490
  19. Samir Ashraf, D.O.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1912138926
  20. Karen Ashrafzadeh, RNNurse Massage Therapist (NMT)1245156934
  21. Shannon Ashworth, DOPediatrics Physician1356007363
  22. Nicholas Aspinall, PA-CPhysician Assistant1487491296
  23. Larry Aston, L.C.S.W.Clinical Social Worker1568665081
  24. Basar Atalay, MD, PH.D.Neurological Surgery Physician1710639364
  25. Tania Atanassova, MDNeurology Physician1841033891
  26. Ezgi Atilgan, MDInternal Medicine Physician1407532286
  27. Angela AtkinsonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1235078445
  28. Kelly Atkinson, NP-CAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1598351462
  29. Jeanine Atwell, M.S.Professional Counselor1821222787
  30. Jared Atwood, D.D.S.Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist)1891006557
  31. Matthew AtwoodStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1669249595
  32. Daniel Au, M.D.Urology Physician1346771151
  33. Mallory Aughtman, LMSWSocial Worker1609651041
  34. Urvaksh Avanthsa, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1134069966
  35. Christa Avenell, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1174845333
  36. Harold AverillStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1124720883
  37. Stacie Avery, PA-CPhysician Assistant1023079407
  38. Stephanie Avey, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1841981859
  39. Mario Awadala, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245171602
  40. Adam Awwad, MDSurgery Physician1497323547
  41. Samantha Ayers, DOULADoula1396496188
  42. Connor Aylor, MDSurgery Physician1598608747
  43. Adeyinka Ayo-Oke, MD,MPHObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1225775158
  44. Briauna Azan, D.N.A.P., C.R.N.A.Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1316505761
  45. Zeeshan Azeem, MDNephrology Physician1295291409
  46. Nge-Nwie Azefor, CRNA-APRNCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1790491371
  47. Carla Baaklini, MDOphthalmology Physician1932858966
  48. Carolyn Babbitt Stuckey, LPCCounselor1679006696
  49. Adam BabcockSurgery Physician1922785161
  50. Akram Babkir, MDHospitalist Physician1891340741

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.