NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Columbus, GA

5,517 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Columbus, 5th of 336 Georgia cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 975, 18% of the city's records, against 7% across Georgia. Page 26 of 111.

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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 Columbus

  1. Behavior Technician975
  2. Social Worker359
  3. Community Health Worker317
  4. Family Nurse Practitioner260
  5. Pharmacist257
  6. Mental Health Counselor178
  7. Family Medicine Physician172
  8. Professional Counselor172

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

Columbus in Georgia

  • Rank in Georgia5th of 336 cities by records
  • Share of the state3.3% of Georgia's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups29.9% of all records
  • Behavior Technician rank2nd of the 10 Georgia cities with the most

Compared with Georgia as a whole, Columbus has 19.5× the state's share of community health worker records and 0.41× its share of internal medicine physician records.

Providers in Columbus, alphabetically

  1. Olivia DehanPhysical Therapist1750047445
  2. Carissa Dehner, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1467704320
  3. Michael Dehner, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1275903239
  4. Rogelio Dela Cruz, MDPediatric Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician1386610210
  5. Destiny DelavellanoBehavior Technician1275154361
  6. Kenneth Delay, M.D.Urology Physician1699092056
  7. Sabrina Delgado, MA, BCBABehavior Analyst1417517749
  8. Kezia DeloachSocial Worker1346478047
  9. Hannah DelvillaggioBehavior Technician1669323101
  10. Lauren Demarest, NP-CAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1144663170
  11. Simachew DemelashInternal Medicine Physician1639813991
  12. Julia Demonet, RPHPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1285989053
  13. Michael Dempsey, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1962575597
  14. William Denamur, D.M.D.General Practice Dentistry1528244886
  15. Ashlyn DenardBehavior Technician1427923283
  16. Gabriel Denes, PH.D.Counseling Psychologist1700986957
  17. Carrie DennardCommunity Health Worker1558731190
  18. Benjamin Dennis, M.D.Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1417119173
  19. Sydney Densel, DPTPhysical Therapist1598635575
  20. Chiquita DensonCommunity Health Worker1659062792
  21. Shaquandra Denson, RBTBehavior Technician1386467819
  22. Phyllis DentSocial Worker1134314834
  23. Roger DentCommunity Health Worker1306113709
  24. Samantha DentCase Manager/Care Coordinator1477188035
  25. Lowanda Dent-Johnson, PHD, CANPNurse Practitioner1063645497
  26. Cindy Deplonty, ODOptometrist1821016445
  27. Samantha Depue, M.ED. CCC-SLP, BCBASpeech-Language Pathologist1114041613
  28. Saul Dermer, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1164591293
  29. Kishor Desai, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1386643229
  30. Nitin Desai, MDInternal Medicine Physician1497926430
  31. Parth Desai, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1770140303
  32. Vaishanavi Desai, FNPNurse Practitioner1790479095
  33. Kayla Desrosiers, AU.D.Audiologist1790424661
  34. Alexandra DeverMental Health Counselor1669994216
  35. Brittany Devine, MS, LAPC, NCCMental Health Counselor1790136273
  36. Austin Devonshire, RBTBehavior Technician1710685995
  37. Courtney Deyampert, BCBABehavior Analyst1285479774
  38. Arachelvi Dhandayuthapani, MDNephrology Physician1861422743
  39. Magen DiazBehavior Technician1649920455
  40. Maria Diaz, N/AStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1619700184
  41. Nadia DiazPhysical Therapist1972374874
  42. Dayra Diaz-GonzalezBehavior Analyst1518475367
  43. Gabriela Diaz-GonzalezBehavior Technician1295312734
  44. John Diblasi, D.C.Chiropractor1154597789
  45. Andrew Dickens, MDAnesthesiology Physician1366405292
  46. Brittni Dickenson, MED-CSDSpeech-Language Pathologist1003147828
  47. Hilda Dickerson, RDLDRegistered Dietitian1992188916
  48. Tandra DickersonCommunity Health Worker1558638064
  49. Diana Didenko, RBTBehavior Technician1518538966
  50. Carline DieBehavior Analyst1003222696

The largest Georgia cities

  1. Atlanta31,476
  2. Augusta7,009
  3. Marietta6,900
  4. Savannah5,692
  5. Decatur5,079

All of Georgia →

How to read this directory

Columbus, Georgia appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 5,517 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 Columbus - 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 Columbus 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 Columbus is weighted toward Behavior Technician (975 clinicians, followed by Social Worker with 359 and Community Health Worker with 317). 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 Georgia's population, Columbus reports roughly 50 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 Columbus 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 Columbus, GA?

There are 5,517 registered healthcare providers in Columbus, GA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Columbus?

The most common specialties in Columbus are Behavior Technician, Social Worker, Community Health Worker, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 975.

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.