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 60 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. Annie Lewis, APRN, RN, COSMPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1811505480
  2. Demetrius LewisNursing Home Administrator1295093086
  3. Eugenia Lewis, MS, LPCProfessional Counselor1952702300
  4. Iysha Lewis, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1952015232
  5. Jamie Lewis, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1447758305
  6. Joseph Lewis, MDFamily Medicine Physician1366416166
  7. Latoya LewisSocial Worker1174773568
  8. Letida Lewis, SST ISocial Worker1942419346
  9. Roxanne Lewis, CPS-MHPeer Specialist1912797473
  10. Ruby Lewis, BCBABehavior Analyst1558699371
  11. Shaniece LewisCounselor1215204615
  12. Stephany Lewis, EDD, LPC, NCC, CPCSProfessional Counselor1255949293
  13. Traci LewisCommunity Health Worker1003362708
  14. Zeniya Lewis, RBTBehavior Technician1740028273
  15. Emily Leymeister, PA-CPhysician Assistant1386324424
  16. Steven LiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1255271185
  17. Jessica Lidvall, MA, CFY-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1316455025
  18. Lewis Lieberman, PH. D.Clinical Psychologist1861530263
  19. Melanie Lifhred, BAIBehavior Technician1336957422
  20. Dwayne LightseyMental Health Counselor1598163578
  21. Ralph LigonCounselor1972310944
  22. Whitney Ligon, M.S.Speech-Language Pathologist1992479877
  23. Shuntina Lilly, NURSE PRACTITIONERFamily Nurse Practitioner1619320306
  24. Taylor LimaBehavior Analyst1134789548
  25. Janet Lin, ATCAthletic Trainer1285041210
  26. Gwen Lindeman, RBTBehavior Technician1578362885
  27. Makyia LinderBehavior Technician1831995448
  28. Lauren Lindiakos, PTPhysical Therapist1669237467
  29. Jaycee LindseyBehavior Technician1003400888
  30. Kathy LindseyCommunity Health Worker1962718676
  31. Tonya LindseySocial Worker1609219609
  32. Lauren LipscombPharmacist1841717337
  33. Rebecca LipsettBehavior Technician1639649569
  34. Katlyn Liptak, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1639747975
  35. Jonathan Liss, M.D.Neurology Physician1386613743
  36. Emily Little, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1891046694
  37. Latashia LittleCase Manager/Care Coordinator1053980474
  38. Valerie Little, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1952628430
  39. Eugenia LittletonSocial Worker1578791737
  40. Homer LittletonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1912779943
  41. Julio Llanos, ATCAthletic Trainer1770812547
  42. Jesse Lockhart, PA-CPhysician Assistant1316121106
  43. Kelsay LockhartBehavior Technician1154895639
  44. Laretha LockhartDentist1801978572
  45. Latoya LockhartCommunity Health Worker1679994388
  46. Moti LockhartLicensed Practical Nurse1124905526
  47. Oneika Lockley, PP, B.SCase Manager/Care Coordinator1639665870
  48. Rafia Lodhi, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1891634184
  49. Andrew Loftin, AA-CAnesthesiologist Assistant1760815104
  50. Geranda Lofton, MS, RBTBehavior Technician1831658244

The largest Georgia cities

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

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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.