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 5 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. Michael Attisha, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1235941329
  2. Mark AttoDriver1881241321
  3. Samar Atto, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1053450155
  4. Rawan Auday, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1376414151
  5. Luis AvelinoPhysical Therapy Assistant1194423368
  6. Vanessa AvilaBehavior Technician1215585054
  7. Maria AvilesAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1154065902
  8. Liberty AwaCommunity Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist1275000143
  9. Alan Awdisho, D.O.Internal Medicine Physician1164795498
  10. Aeven Awraha, OPTICIANContact Lens Technician/Technologist1326340845
  11. Andi Ayala-CastilloBehavior Technician1902687783
  12. Muhammad Azam, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1740244367
  13. Raid AzezDriver1033894902
  14. Widad AzizBehavior Technician1750063640
  15. Kirsten BaasBehavior Technician1487462552
  16. Liana BabayanBehavior Analyst1003324641
  17. Nats Babel, EDDClinical Psychologist1316371479
  18. Kristin BabendreierCase Manager/Care Coordinator1114488798
  19. John Bacino, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1770645152
  20. Regina BadilloAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1174228340
  21. Brittany Bagdasarian, M.S. CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1518646322
  22. Tylar BaileyAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1144886128
  23. Steven Baileys, DDSDentist1366610651
  24. Mohamed Baiou, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1447542659
  25. Alison Baker, D.P.T.Physical Therapist1497079198
  26. Megan Baker, MFTMental Health Counselor1386074763
  27. Sarah BakerBehavior Technician1265199236
  28. Shawna Baker, ATCSpecialist1861547028
  29. Terry BakerCounselor1336423698
  30. Toni BakerAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1396228714
  31. Sandor Bakki, CAS IIAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1639293657
  32. Valeria BalderasBehavior Technician1952252025
  33. Brian Bales, D.C.Chiropractor1811948342
  34. Marisol Balistreri, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1649608324
  35. Sol Baltazar De DelgadoBehavior Technician1235968280
  36. Lakai Banks-Dean, MDAddiction Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1346746930
  37. Taylor BanttariRegistered Nurse1548090467
  38. Kaelanie BanuelosStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1912778861
  39. Yad BapirAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1346959814
  40. Mary Ellen BaracerosClinical Social Worker1467593103
  41. Irma BarajasClinical Social Worker1114699469
  42. Neveen BarakatPharmacist1437573136
  43. Peter Barbara, RPHPharmacist1851691729
  44. Maria Barboza, RNRegistered Nurse1477925485
  45. Eszter Barbuscia, CMTMassage Therapist1164060760
  46. Renelia Bardales RomanRehabilitation Practitioner1033866520
  47. Adrienne BarkerCounselor1609109206
  48. Lori Barnes, IMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1801929468
  49. Rachel Barnes, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1689407652
  50. Asereth BarrazaBehavior Technician1518469535

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.