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 91 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. Torey Sippio-James, RNRegistered Nurse1447750443
  2. Madelyn SipplinBehavior Technician1861231136
  3. Estella SisroeCommunity Health Worker1922588367
  4. Edith SistrunkAssistant Behavior Analyst1548727555
  5. Teresa Sistrunk, RBTBehavior Technician1891316550
  6. Dorothy Sizemore, MA, LPC, NCCProfessional Counselor1194851485
  7. Kaylee Skapinakis, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1619430154
  8. Jon Skelly, CNIMElectroneurodiagnostic Specialist/Technologist1497113849
  9. Katherine Skersick, PHARMDPharmacist1730791914
  10. Brittany SkibickiBehavior Technician1558136366
  11. Tonya SkidmoreBehavior Technician1912525312
  12. Andria SkinnerBehavior Technician1356134936
  13. Elizabeth Skinner, CPNPNurse Practitioner1578102711
  14. Lateasha Skinner, LPCProfessional Counselor1124486972
  15. Cameron Slane, DOOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1902435340
  16. Tiffany SlaterSpeech-Language Pathologist1205554060
  17. Angela Slaughter, M.ED., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1356200356
  18. Joy Slaughter, R.B.T.Behavior Technician1578027173
  19. Sean Slaughter, OTR/LPediatric Occupational Therapist1063718286
  20. Kaffie Sledge, LPCProfessional Counselor1285952218
  21. Ashleigh Slocumb, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1528855277
  22. Sarah Slubowski, MSSpeech-Language Pathologist1659552982
  23. Daya Small, RBTBehavior Technician1659207280
  24. Winifred SmallsAttendant Care Provider1356079750
  25. Martha SmilieCommunity Health Worker1386911899
  26. Alexis Smith, PHARMDPharmacist1912606294
  27. Alison Smith, M.A.Speech-Language Pathologist1407106198
  28. Anita Smith, M.ED., CHESHealth Educator1619397916
  29. Babette Smith, PTPhysical Therapist1346277951
  30. Bailey SmithBehavior Technician1376176560
  31. Branton SmithCase Manager/Care Coordinator1164931515
  32. Brently Smith, PA-CPhysician Assistant1790990844
  33. Brina Smith, APRNPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1598386641
  34. Cassandra SmithSocial Worker1285975474
  35. Cathy SmithProsthetics Case Management1841925518
  36. Channel Smith, STContractor1083455307
  37. Charisse SmithCase Manager/Care Coordinator1841769312
  38. Charlotte Smith, P.A.Physician Assistant1831122506
  39. Chervonne Smith, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1245754696
  40. China Smith, LAPCMental Health Counselor1508610742
  41. Chloe SmithSurgical Physician Assistant1093686974
  42. Chrystal Smith, L,C.S.W.Case Manager/Care Coordinator1932263217
  43. Courtney Smith, RBTBehavior Technician1225796170
  44. Cynthia Smith, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1699526665
  45. David Smith, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1063443463
  46. Deja SmithBehavior Technician1093277568
  47. Desiree SmithBehavior Technician1770226326
  48. Douglas Smith, PTPhysical Therapist1538173935
  49. Ebony Smith, RBTBehavior Technician1619544780
  50. Edward Smith, D.M.D.General Practice Dentistry1871655936

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.