NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in El Cajon, CA

3,277 individual NPPES records list a practice address in El Cajon, 72nd of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 524, 16% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 3 of 66.

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El Cajon in California

  • Rank in California72nd of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.3% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups35.6% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, El Cajon has 4.8× the state's share of addiction (substance use disorder) counselor records and 0.44× its share of internal medicine physician records.

Providers in El Cajon, alphabetically

  1. Cindy AlmedaBehavior Analyst1811495732
  2. Maria AlmerazMental Health Counselor1396293494
  3. Hind Almjamaie, RPHPharmacist1437757424
  4. Zahara AlmosawiAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1760151294
  5. Sarah AlmuftiPharmacist1255955415
  6. Qamar AlmwaliBehavior Technician1255098224
  7. Assra AlnaemBehavior Technician1679041776
  8. Hisham Alnajjar, RVT, RDMS (AB)Vascular Specialist/Technologist Cardiovascular1558147785
  9. Omar AlnakibbSocial Worker1235941840
  10. Jessica Alnarraie, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1023418589
  11. Mustafa AlokailiMilitary Health Care Provider1225579360
  12. Marisela AlonzoAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1730009325
  13. Waseem Alpatty, DDSDentist1811355332
  14. Maiada AlsaadPharmacist1447984505
  15. Noor Alsabbagh-YaqoobPharmacist1508540899
  16. Marwah AlsaeedPharmacist1730870338
  17. Lina AlsaeghMarriage & Family Therapist1134862048
  18. Maria Elda Alsayeh, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1417172537
  19. Tiba AlshakarchiPharmacist1255163465
  20. Mohammed Alshammary, MDInternal Medicine Physician1194217539
  21. Shahda AltaeeCommunity Health Worker1063199263
  22. Reid AlthausBehavior Technician1518838705
  23. Wendy Alva, CPNP, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1023085560
  24. Elena AlvarezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1700422425
  25. Ivy AlvarezMarriage & Family Therapist1083265821
  26. Amanda Alvarez-Hughes, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1760021026
  27. Areej Alwahab, MDPediatrics Physician1497138002
  28. Basheer AlwanPharmacist1144881624
  29. Lisa AlyadakoProsthetist1891480547
  30. Alisia AlyasPhysician Assistant1437768017
  31. Amanda AlyassPharmacist1528767571
  32. Mohammed AlzawenyBehavior Analyst1811868532
  33. Christina AmbrizMarriage & Family Therapist1891169579
  34. Lindsay AmengAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1699320135
  35. Shaghayegh Ameri AlhosseiniMarriage & Family Therapist1821467176
  36. Christina Ames-Cotto, AMFTAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1932617644
  37. Rachelle Amini, PSY.D.., M.S.W.Family Psychologist1124139381
  38. Joel AnchetaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1043105331
  39. Melba Ancheta, RNRegistered Nurse1518153832
  40. Dina AnderiaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1932563467
  41. Bronwen Anders, MDSpecialist1295855898
  42. Robert Andersen, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1770891301
  43. Adrienne AndersonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1295280634
  44. Breanna Anderson, M.A., BCBABehavior Analyst1417399924
  45. Matthew Anderson, PA-CPhysician Assistant1144733544
  46. Megan Anderson, MS, APCCSchool Counselor1023848512
  47. Jim Andrews, O.D.Optometrist1336363852
  48. Taylor AndrewsMental Health Counselor1528680790
  49. Rosemarie Ang, RNRegistered Nurse1417235110
  50. Graciana AngeliniCase Manager/Care Coordinator1619738275

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

El Cajon, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 3,277 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 El Cajon - 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 El Cajon 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 El Cajon is weighted toward Behavior Technician (524 clinicians, followed by Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor with 452 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 192). 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, El Cajon reports roughly 8.4 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 El Cajon 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 El Cajon, CA?

There are 3,277 registered healthcare providers in El Cajon, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in El Cajon?

The most common specialties in El Cajon are Behavior Technician, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Pharmacist. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 524.

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.