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 6 of 66.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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. Leslie BarrenaMedical Physician Assistant1518817998
  2. Jennifer Barrett, CADC-1Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1659091866
  3. Carmelita Barros, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1922200310
  4. Lisa BarryLicensed Vocational Nurse1356766851
  5. Elizabeth BarsilyMarriage & Family Therapist1902761661
  6. Daniel Bartholomew, PTPhysical Therapist1336209782
  7. Georgia BartlettCounselor1659404317
  8. Kalene BartoloneDoula1407730187
  9. Andrea BartonBehavior Technician1255107785
  10. Myesha BartonMental Health Counselor1104123348
  11. Martha Bartzen, R.N., PHNCommunity Health Registered Nurse1497971220
  12. Mihir Barvalia, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1568723922
  13. Briana Bashaw-WoodMental Health Counselor1861380495
  14. May Basheer, DDSDentist1346993466
  15. Waseem BasheerGeneral Practice Dentistry1376155317
  16. Saif Basheer RassamPharmacist1659939007
  17. Nudrede BasseAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1346737939
  18. Scott BassinsonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1497248959
  19. Heather BastenPeer Specialist1326855016
  20. Anna Liza Baston, NURSE PRACTITIONERNurse Practitioner1649588005
  21. Delane BatenkoMassage Therapist1740886423
  22. Carisa BatesMental Health Counselor1548899347
  23. Mickey BaumRehabilitation Registered Nurse1326877812
  24. Valerie BaumanSpeech-Language Pathologist1417696006
  25. Arlin BautistaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1972143618
  26. Lourdes Bautista, RDNRegistered Dietitian1043025448
  27. Samantha BautistaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1992392625
  28. Michele BawdenMental Health Counselor1396068797
  29. Kathryn BaxAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1245593755
  30. Lori Baxter, LCSWClinical Social Worker1205031473
  31. Paul Bayat, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1902964836
  32. Annabell Bazzi, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1366228967
  33. Samaa BazziPeer Specialist1417590811
  34. Sandra BealRehabilitation Practitioner1740314103
  35. Delane BeanerAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1003227307
  36. Melissa BeasBehavior Technician1588543011
  37. Glen Beato, P.T.Physical Therapist1265557334
  38. Michelle BeattieLicensed Vocational Nurse1902347511
  39. Lisa BeatyAthletic Trainer1861939779
  40. Paul Beauparlant, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1356546337
  41. Yandery BecerraBehavior Technician1710552211
  42. Gerardo Becerra-AgostinoMarriage & Family Therapist1932489754
  43. Kimberly BeckerAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1942754460
  44. Viktoria BedalliProfessional Counselor1255116273
  45. Deborah Bedoya, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1497145072
  46. Jeffrey BeebeBehavior Technician1841951100
  47. Nancy Beecham, R N CGerontology Registered Nurse1801007299
  48. Christina Begley Hollman, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1790843746
  49. Albert Behrend, M.D.Surgery Physician1750428918
  50. Dean Bejaoui, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1316680432

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.