NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Bakersfield, CA

11,539 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Bakersfield, 12th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,677, 15% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 52 of 231.

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Bakersfield in California

  • Rank in California12th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state1.2% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups27.7% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Bakersfield has 4.1× the state's share of day training/habilitation specialist records and 0.38× its share of mental health counselor records.

Providers in Bakersfield, alphabetically

  1. Geronimo DesiderioDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1154650059
  2. Immaculate Desilva, PA-C, MPHMedical Physician Assistant1578186458
  3. Allison DesjarlaisCommunity Health Worker1144852740
  4. Vipul Dev, M.D.Plastic Surgery Physician1891702122
  5. Ned Devasia, MDInternal Medicine Physician1255435376
  6. Christina DevlinPharmacist1376941989
  7. Alexander DevoraAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1689139420
  8. Claudia DevoraCase Manager/Care Coordinator1003461625
  9. Stephen Devore, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1124155734
  10. Blake Devries, PHYSICAL THERAPISTPhysical Therapist1760182042
  11. Hollie Dewitt, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1518664960
  12. Pamela DewittBehavior Technician1174264212
  13. Moushumi DeyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1497208342
  14. Daisy DeytaBehavior Technician1255292876
  15. Cecilie Deza, M.D.Occupational Medicine Physician1538343041
  16. Baljit DhaliwalRegistered Nurse1750935284
  17. Dilpreet Dhaliwal, RNRegistered Nurse1558217786
  18. Gurtej Dhaliwal, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1295420990
  19. Harvir DhaliwalFamily Nurse Practitioner1386467942
  20. Kail Dhaliwal, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1477573012
  21. Loveleen DhaliwalRegistered Nurse1083440937
  22. Manreet Dhaliwal, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1609750645
  23. Sumandeep DhaliwalGeneral Practice Dentistry1306678719
  24. Lindsay Dhanens, FDN-PNutritionist1679348825
  25. Shravya Dharambhat, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1861246035
  26. Amandeep Dhillon, NURSE PRACTITIONERFamily Nurse Practitioner1306454640
  27. Amrit DhillonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1760179287
  28. Amritpal Dhillon, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1922796234
  29. Balwinder Dhillon, FNPNurse Practitioner1114792850
  30. Harbir Dhillon, BCBABehavior Analyst1669980959
  31. Harinder Singh DhillonPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1104634294
  32. Harmanjeet DhillonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1740978105
  33. Harsukh Nidhan Dhillon, MDHospitalist Physician1164919908
  34. Karampreet Dhillon, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1609656610
  35. Kuldeep Dhillon, RNRegistered Nurse1376471961
  36. Manpreet Dhillon, PHARMDPharmacotherapy Pharmacist1790121069
  37. Natasha DhillonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1578288825
  38. Parveen Dhillon, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1881381515
  39. Parwinder DhillonPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1043090707
  40. Rajinder DhillonClinical Social Worker1245656636
  41. Ravneet DhillonClinical Social Worker1376101048
  42. Sandaljit Dhillon, MDHospitalist Physician1780247486
  43. Kamaljit Dhindsa, FNPNurse Practitioner1083492094
  44. Ashok Dhokia, CPOProsthetics Case Management1730162637
  45. Radha Dhokia, CPOProsthetics Case Management1447591888
  46. Blexing Dias CuevasCommunity Health Worker1497586812
  47. Alfonso DiazStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1962807768
  48. Ammy DiazBehavior Technician1659056778
  49. Bianca DiazLicensed Vocational Nurse1639870488
  50. Chasity DiazBehavior Technician1154106284

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Diego52,937
  3. San Francisco38,143
  4. Sacramento33,083
  5. San Jose20,925

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How to read this directory

Bakersfield, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 11,539 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 Bakersfield - 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 Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield is weighted toward Behavior Technician (1,677 clinicians, followed by Case Manager/Care Coordinator with 906 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 611). 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 California's population, Bakersfield reports roughly 29.6 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 Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield, CA?

There are 11,539 registered healthcare providers in Bakersfield, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Bakersfield?

The most common specialties in Bakersfield are Behavior Technician, Case Manager/Care Coordinator, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,677.

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.