Forrest Health System

Primary specialty

Nutrition Support Registered NurseTaxonomy code 163WN1003X

Legal business name

FORREST HEALTH SYSTEM

Doing business as

Forrest General Hospital

Practice address

513 Brookwood Blvd Ste 506
Birmingham, AL 35209-6892

Phone

(877) 977-0557

NPI assigned

Jan 19, 2021

Last updated

Nov 11, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

Yes

Parent organization

MERIT HEALTH WESLEYAs reported in NPPES

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Prof. Christen Paul Daniels, DO RN

Title

Primary Physician

Phone

(601) 288-7000

Specialties & licenses 15

Addresses

Other identifiers 2

Other names 1

• Forrest General Hospital Doing business as

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://api.platform.athenahealth.com/9778/brand/1/csg/1/fhir/r4

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Jacob C. Parker, DO, MD

  • Other Specialist/Technologist
  • Hattiesburg, MS
  • NPI 1326510751

  Single Specialty

  NPD

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Registered Nurse in Birmingham, AL
• Providers in Birmingham, AL by specialty
• Registered Nurse in Alabama

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 11, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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