Doctors in Saint Joseph, MO
Active healthcare providers in Saint Joseph sourced from the CMS NPPES weekly file, no proprietary ratings, no editorial scores. NPI counts, specialty distribution, and primary practice addresses refreshed each release.
Where this city sits in the corpus
Saint Joseph ranks 15th among 321 Missouri cities by CMS provider count, holding 1.1% of the state's NPIs, led by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
- 1,211
- NPPES providers in city
- 15th
- of 321 MO cities
- 1.1%
- of Missouri providers
- 23.5%
- in top 3 specialties
Saint Joseph ranks #7 of 10 Missouri cities for Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
Where Saint Joseph ranks among Missouri cities
Provider count vs every Missouri city in CMS NPPES (321 cities)
1,211 Top 5% higher than 95% of 321 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Saint Joseph
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
115 providers
- Family Nurse Practit…
Family Nurse Practitioner
94 providers
- Pharmacist
Pharmacist
75 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
64 providers
- Internal Medicine Ph…
Internal Medicine Physician
50 providers
- Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist
49 providers
- Speech-Language Path… 40
Speech-Language Pathologist
40 providers
- Family Medicine Phys… 38
Family Medicine Physician
38 providers
- Professional Counselor 35
Professional Counselor
35 providers
- General Practice Den… 32
General Practice Dentistry
32 providers
What this shows Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the largest specialty (115 providers, 9.5% of the city), followed by Family Nurse Practitioner.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Saint Joseph has more, and fewer, of than Missouri average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Missouri , Saint Joseph over-indexes psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner at 3× the state average and under-indexes professional counselor at 0.60×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Missouri average
Less common here than Missouri average
- Professional Counselor 0.60×
- Speech-Language Pathologist 0.72×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Saint Joseph, Missouri appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,211 registered healthcare providers spanning 20 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Saint Joseph - 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 Saint Joseph 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 2023 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Saint Joseph is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (115 clinicians, followed by Family Nurse Practitioner with 94 and Pharmacist with 75). 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, Saint Joseph reports roughly 19.5 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.
Of Missouri's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Saint Joseph practice address, a coverage gap Saint Joseph patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Saint Joseph 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.
Which specialties are most common in Saint Joseph
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 115 | 9.5% |
| 2 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 94 | 7.8% |
| 3 | Pharmacist | 75 | 6.2% |
| 4 | Clinical Social Worker | 64 | 5.3% |
| 5 | Internal Medicine Physician | 50 | 4.1% |
| 6 | Physical Therapist | 49 | 4.0% |
| 7 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 40 | 3.3% |
| 8 | Family Medicine Physician | 38 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Professional Counselor | 35 | 2.9% |
| 10 | General Practice Dentistry | 32 | 2.6% |
| 11 | Chiropractor | 24 | 2.0% |
| 12 | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | 23 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Physical Therapy Assistant | 21 | 1.7% |
| 14 | Registered Nurse | 21 | 1.7% |
| 15 | Nurse Practitioner | 20 | 1.7% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 22)
| Name |
|---|
| Helyn Strickland, DMIN; MTS; MS Professional Counselor |
| Joyce Stroud, OD Optometrist |
| Anna Strueby, APRN Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Steyr Stubenrauch, CRNA Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Avery Sumner Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Daniel Sunderland, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Evangeline Suppes Clinical Social Worker |
| Dorairaj Suresh, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| Jeremy Sybert, PT Physical Therapist |
| Ali Syed, DO Psychiatry Physician |
| Admir Syla, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Julie Szymankowski, CIT Mental Health Counselor |
| Ruju Talati Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Amy Tally, PMHNP Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Lung Tan, D.P.M. Podiatrist |
| Christian Tanner, FNP-C Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Isadore Tarantino Dermatology Physician |
| Alana Taylor, FNP-C Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Della Taylor, APRN-BC Gynecology Physician |
| Mason Taylor Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Richard Taylor, M.S. Psychologist |
| Ronald Taylor, D.D.S., M.S. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) |
| Shirley Taylor, EDD Psychologist |
| Alexander Teano Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Teresa Tedesco, DDS Dentist |
| Gabriele Teem, MSW LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Chernet Teklemichael, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Jordan Terrell, DO Family Medicine Physician |
| Brynde Thomas, FNP-C Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Elizabeth Thomas Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Jennifer Thomas, BCBA Behavior Analyst |
| Holly Thomas-Chapman, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Amber Thompson Occupational Therapy Assistant |
| Joey Thompson, LMSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Kaitlin Thompson Registered Nurse |
| Kera Thompson, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Byron Thornton, M.D. Internal Medicine Physician |
| Michelle Thornton, PLPC Professional Counselor |
| Bailey Thuston, DPT Physical Therapist |
| Treiy Tinich, STUDENT Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Robert Tobin, M.D. Ophthalmology Physician |
| Irakli Todua, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Rachel Tolliver Counselor |
| Julie Trapp, RPH Pharmacist |
| Patrick Trauernicht, DDS General Practice Dentistry |
| Brittany Traut Pharmacist |
| Corey Trease, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| Jose Trevino, APRN Family Nurse Practitioner |
| William Trout, DDS General Practice Dentistry |
| Charoskhon Turabova Diagnostic Neuroimaging (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician |
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Other Missouri cities with provider coverage in the CMS NPPES registry.
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