NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Columbia, SC

11,200 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Columbia, 1st of 200 South Carolina cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,090, 10% of the city's records, against 4% across South Carolina.

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

The 8 largest groups in Columbia

  1. Behavior Technician1,090
  2. Family Nurse Practitioner662
  3. Pharmacist586
  4. Mental Health Counselor468
  5. Professional Counselor413
  6. Clinical Social Worker377
  7. Students in training357
  8. Physical Therapist291

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Columbia in South Carolina

  • Rank in South Carolina1st of 200 cities by records
  • Share of the state13% of South Carolina's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups20.9% of all records
  • Behavior Technician rank1st of the 10 South Carolina cities with the most

Compared with South Carolina as a whole, Columbia has 2.4× the state's share of behavior technician records and 0.57× its share of speech-language pathologist records.

Providers in Columbia, alphabetically

  1. Hareg AbateStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1922692425
  2. Stephanie Abdalla, LISW-CPClinical Social Worker1457424913
  3. Adila Abdul-Karim, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1245616598
  4. Khadijah Abdul-QaweeBehavior Technician1033909171
  5. Siraj Abdullah, D.O.Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1235450685
  6. Oluwafunmilayo Abe, LMSWSocial Worker1679235048
  7. Frances Able, PHARMDPharmacist1851600068
  8. Mary AbleBehavior Analyst1689298531
  9. Osama Aboulkhair, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1053916064
  10. Katherine Abraham, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1407243926
  11. Adam Abram, MDOtolaryngology/Facial Plastic Surgery Physician1649230632
  12. Casey AbramsAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1639940919
  13. Charles Abrams, RRTGeneral Care Registered Respiratory Therapist1861667198
  14. Ruth Abramson, PHDGenetic Counselor (M.S.)1427105709
  15. Nour Abu Abdo, PHARMDPharmacist1487125266
  16. Mohammad Abudalou, MDGastroenterology Physician1164084653
  17. Ghassan Abuhamad, MDVascular Surgery Physician1972575298
  18. Roger AccoDental Hygienist1164164513
  19. Edward AcevedoBehavior Analyst1942971965
  20. Julie Ackerman, LISW CPClinical Social Worker1952725699
  21. Mary Ackerman, MDHematology & Oncology Physician1912988536
  22. Cherry Ackermann, PHARMDPharmacist1871861369
  23. Megan Ackerson, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1942614607
  24. Katrina Acree, RPHPharmacist1023316973
  25. Iris Acuna Ulloa, MA, BCBABehavior Analyst1164207445
  26. Dale Adair, MDPsychiatry Physician1861506321
  27. Alston Adams, MDOtolaryngology Physician1962030585
  28. Ashanti AdamsBehavior Technician1912708637
  29. Charles Adams, PH.D., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1245250364
  30. Cindy AdamsBehavior Technician1053295709
  31. Constants Adams, LPCMental Health Counselor1861816522
  32. Elizabeth Adams, MPTPhysical Therapist1134244387
  33. Jaime AdamsAnesthesiology Physician1720413230
  34. James Adams, DPTPhysical Therapist1902396856
  35. Jesse AdamsRegistered Nurse1841035201
  36. Julian Adams, M.D.Neurology Physician1639180946
  37. Kosha Adams, MA, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1235161589
  38. Michelle AdamsBehavior Technician1275332876
  39. Morgan Adams, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1326326398
  40. Netra Adams, LISW-CPClinical Social Worker1043738016
  41. Pinckney AdamsProfessional Counselor1316476021
  42. Richard Adams, M.D.Maternal & Fetal Medicine Physician1427241157
  43. Robert AdamsEmergency Medicine Physician1508397605
  44. Roslyn Adams, AGENTCase Manager/Care Coordinator1306681804
  45. Samantha Adams, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1326592072
  46. Shannon AdamsBehavior Technician1700691227
  47. Stacy AdamsBehavior Technician1699661462
  48. Thomas Adams, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1790767168
  49. Timothy Adams, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1891749107
  50. Lauren Adams TealStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700433893

The largest South Carolina cities

  1. Charleston10,840
  2. Greenville10,264
  3. Spartanburg3,328
  4. Florence2,634
  5. Myrtle Beach2,599

All of South Carolina →

How to read this directory

Columbia, South Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 11,200 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 Behavior Technician (1,090 clinicians, followed by Family Nurse Practitioner with 662 and Pharmacist with 586). 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 South Carolina's population, Columbia reports roughly 208.4 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, SC?

There are 11,200 registered healthcare providers in Columbia, SC, 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 Behavior Technician, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Mental Health Counselor, Professional Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,090.

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.