NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Lake Forest, CA

1,008 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Lake Forest, 186th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 292, 29% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 13 of 21.

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

The 8 largest groups in Lake Forest

  1. Behavior Technician292
  2. Marriage & Family Therapist51
  3. Pharmacist43
  4. Physical Therapist38
  5. Chiropractor37
  6. General Practice Dentistry35
  7. Speech-Language Pathologist34
  8. Acupuncturist33

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Lake Forest in California

  • Rank in California186th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.1% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups38.3% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Lake Forest has 5.3× the state's share of speech-language assistant records and 0.26× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.

Providers in Lake Forest, alphabetically

  1. Nabila Mettias, SLPASpeech-Language Assistant1699538082
  2. Justin Michaels, O.DOptometrist1174576904
  3. Shelby MillerOccupational Therapist1144191362
  4. Connie MilneAttendant Care Provider1316592926
  5. Brooklyn MinorBehavior Technician1821923186
  6. Cristina MiramontesClinical Social Worker1013501436
  7. Thannya MirandaBehavior Technician1265040810
  8. Stephen Misch, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1306877584
  9. Melody Mitchel, CPNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1992849947
  10. Jaslyn MitchellBehavior Technician1639049216
  11. Lesli Mitchell, LCSWMental Health Counselor1942898259
  12. Peter Mitchell, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1366156945
  13. Shannon Mitchell, SLPASpeech-Language Assistant1588427967
  14. Soudabeh Moayedghyasy, D.M.DGeneral Practice Dentistry1760629539
  15. Rizwana Mohseni, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1013080621
  16. Mozhgan Molkara, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1720239197
  17. Kandis MollringBehavior Technician1548853674
  18. Consuelo Suarez MondragonBehavior Technician1548131220
  19. Nahid Moniri, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1871650903
  20. Jann Marc Monserrat, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1699255596
  21. Esmeralda MontejanoBehavior Technician1205721248
  22. Kimberly MontenegroBehavior Technician1235009911
  23. Keli MoormanBehavior Technician1396627519
  24. Alexxus MoralesBehavior Technician1215863063
  25. Angelina MoralesBehavior Technician1104778117
  26. Ishis MoranBehavior Technician1255255584
  27. Presley MorenoBehavior Technician1285504860
  28. Shannon MorrisBehavior Technician1114815495
  29. Jon Morrison, ODOptometrist1306817846
  30. Kathy Mortazavi, DDSDentist1851532626
  31. Ricka MoshrefOccupational Therapist1922433192
  32. Richard Moy, DPMFoot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist1700831971
  33. Kristi MukaiSpeech-Language Assistant1265177869
  34. Dezirae MunozBehavior Technician1053254086
  35. Roni MurphyBehavior Analyst1326870429
  36. Manasse MusakwaBehavior Technician1629944020
  37. Harriet Musoke-Helfer, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1528395183
  38. Madineth Muy, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1992807721
  39. Ashlee MyersBehavior Technician1124910989
  40. Lillian NabkelBehavior Technician1851248298
  41. Coleen NagrampaBehavior Analyst1003629031
  42. Sheila Namjoonik, PHARMDPharmacist1134448871
  43. Sahar Naraghi-AraniStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1669620290
  44. Annahi NaranjoBehavior Technician1336098748
  45. Pankaj Narkhede, D.D.S.; M.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1356368914
  46. Leyla NassarBehavior Technician1396544987
  47. Eli Navarrete, D.C.Chiropractor1134660509
  48. Fatana NehmatullahBehavior Technician1952912818
  49. Robert Nelson, PAPhysician Assistant1699785311
  50. Madeline NesheiwatBehavior Technician1265303598

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

Lake Forest, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,008 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 Lake Forest - 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 Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest is weighted toward Behavior Technician (292 clinicians, followed by Marriage & Family Therapist with 51 and Pharmacist with 43). 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, Lake Forest reports roughly 2.6 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.

Of California's most common specialties, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Lake Forest practice address, a coverage gap Lake Forest patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest, CA?

There are 1,008 registered healthcare providers in Lake Forest, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Lake Forest?

The most common specialties in Lake Forest are Behavior Technician, Marriage & Family Therapist, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Chiropractor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 292.

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.