NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in St Louis, MO

1,420 individual NPPES records list a practice address in St Louis, 11th of 317 Missouri cities. The largest group is students in training: 100, 7% of the city's records, against 3% across Missouri. Page 20 of 29.

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St Louis in Missouri

  • Rank in Missouri11th of 317 cities by records
  • Share of the state1.3% of Missouri's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups17% of all records
  • Students in training rank7th of the 10 Missouri cities with the most

Compared with Missouri as a whole, St Louis has 3.2× the state's share of pediatrics physician records and 0.38× its share of pharmacist records.

Providers in St Louis, alphabetically

  1. David Parks, MDInternal Medicine Physician1649315219
  2. Carolina Parra Cantu, MDNeurology Physician1255016960
  3. Michelle ParrottDevelopmental Therapist1841416963
  4. Teralandur Parthasarathy, PH.D.Audiologist1841347341
  5. Emily Pasch, PTPediatric Physical Therapist1427113232
  6. Shelby Pascoe, LCSWClinical Social Worker1003216581
  7. Catherine Pasierb, LCSWClinical Social Worker1417125550
  8. Dhiren Patel, M.D.Pediatric Gastroenterology Physician1265747596
  9. Jay Patel, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1316359565
  10. Nibesh Pathak, M.DStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1669275095
  11. Swati PatoliaInfectious Disease Physician1982952560
  12. Kavita Patwardhan, MDInternal Medicine Physician1932942661
  13. Hannah Paul, LCSWClinical Social Worker1811763592
  14. Michelle Pavlak-Hawkins, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1174672679
  15. Debra Pearl, LCSWClinical Social Worker1801828223
  16. Peder PedersenDentist1134325343
  17. Ann Peick, M.D.Trauma Surgery Physician1518935568
  18. Julia Peled, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1518701812
  19. Jeffrey Pelizzaro, MPTOrthopedic Physical Therapist1245285998
  20. Peri Pepmueller, M.D.Rheumatology Physician1518054105
  21. Marybeth Pereira, MDRehabilitation Practitioner1053407270
  22. Orlando Perez-Franco, MDAnesthesiology Physician1568487379
  23. Austin Perkins, H.I.S.Hearing Instrument Specialist1831955525
  24. Christopher Perry, DOFamily Medicine Physician1164534434
  25. Joan Petersen, LCSWClinical Social Worker1003925876
  26. Kathleen Petersen, PH.D.Psychologist1518023803
  27. Zoe Peterson, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1003033572
  28. James Petterchak, MDForensic Pathology Physician1598832032
  29. Barbara Pfyl, D.C.Chiropractor1679662878
  30. Francisco Pherez, MDInfectious Disease Physician1386881902
  31. Nancy Phillips, MDAnatomic Pathology Physician1073527552
  32. Carolyn Philpot, GNP BCRegistered Nurse1225006612
  33. Andrew Pickens, MDPsychiatry Physician1366543746
  34. Donald Piekarski, DPMPodiatrist1477539633
  35. Joseph Pierchorowicz, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1679763163
  36. Ann Pietroburgo, OTR CHTHand Occupational Therapist1003926130
  37. Rebecca Pike, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1629553110
  38. Elisa Pincus, MDPediatrics Physician1548569734
  39. Amy Piontek, PHDAdministrator Registered Nurse1861016545
  40. Kathy Poelker, LPCCounselor1114089406
  41. Matthew Poeschl, M.D.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1912203118
  42. Edgar Theodore Polintan, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1477230670
  43. Patricia PomettoPhysician Assistant1366529265
  44. Simisolaoluwa Popoola, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1447140074
  45. Rafael Porfirio De AguiarStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1942144001
  46. Latrice PorterHome Health Aide1386173714
  47. Shulamit Portnoy, MDNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician1033115589
  48. Sharon Potts, COTAOccupational Therapy Assistant1447463252
  49. Matthew Powell, MDPediatrics Physician1306282785
  50. Shakira Powell, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1962842724

The largest Missouri cities

  1. Saint Louis27,605
  2. Kansas City13,759
  3. Springfield6,403
  4. Columbia6,004
  5. Joplin2,443

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How to read this directory

St Louis, Missouri appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,420 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 St Louis - 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 St Louis 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 St Louis is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (100 clinicians, followed by Clinical Social Worker with 78 and Pediatrics Physician with 63). 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, St Louis reports roughly 22.9 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, Family Nurse Practitioner is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a St Louis practice address, a coverage gap St Louis patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For St Louis 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 St Louis, MO?

There are 1,420 registered healthcare providers in St Louis, MO, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in St Louis?

The most common specialties in St Louis are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Clinical Social Worker, Pediatrics Physician, Internal Medicine Physician, Dentist. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 100.

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.