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 18 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. Rachel SoltaniFamily Nurse Practitioner1164081006
  2. Ryan Somers, DPTPhysical Therapist1003033176
  3. Raul SosaBehavior Technician1285597211
  4. Ashlee Sourapas, LM, CPMMidwife1194370338
  5. Katrina Spadafore, PA-CPhysician Assistant1225505951
  6. Martha Spalding, P.T.Physical Therapist1164661328
  7. Imani SparksBehavior Technician1932050325
  8. Courtney Sparkuhl, LCSWSocial Worker1043581440
  9. Atalaya SprowlBehavior Technician1710855960
  10. Maryanna Staerk, MBA, LDNRegistered Dietitian1174759104
  11. Tracey Stahl, RNRegistered Nurse1063137248
  12. Karin Stanley, MA CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1558673004
  13. Raquel SteedBehavior Technician1508732702
  14. Valicia StoneBehavior Technician1992683866
  15. Philip Straw, D.C.Chiropractor1104929371
  16. Mary StricklandBehavior Technician1447189048
  17. Megan StrudwickSpeech-Language Assistant1023559150
  18. James Su, MDPediatrics Physician1457980278
  19. Dominique SukaniAssistant Health Information Record Technician1407401318
  20. Coreeliza Sun, ODOptometrist1568957678
  21. Zhixia SunAcupuncturist1548388986
  22. Rozie SundstedtSchool Counselor1255207908
  23. Shannon Swanson, MA, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1356513956
  24. Chabonik Sweet, M.S., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1164674909
  25. Douglas Szeto, D.M.D.Endodontics1083789309
  26. Dina TabibzadaPeer Specialist1366337107
  27. Karen Tafreshi, D.C.Chiropractor1144338898
  28. Philip Tagatac, DMDDentist1033832019
  29. Mohammad Taghavi, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1396822003
  30. Foroud Tale-Yazdi, D.D.S.Dentist1215082672
  31. Kanoko Tanaka, NMDNaturopath1396618393
  32. Kim Tang, M.D.Dermatology Physician1790746147
  33. David Tanouye, O.D.Optometrist1619099769
  34. Lin TaoMassage Therapist1437581709
  35. Jesse Tarin, LVNLicensed Practical Nurse1730782665
  36. Nicholas Tauaese, DCChiropractor1124840046
  37. Daniel Taylor, DPTPhysical Therapist1629595087
  38. Kyra TeatBehavior Technician1649841594
  39. Maria Cristina TeofiloRegistered Nurse1972896736
  40. Katherine TerhardtSpeech-Language Pathologist1255280160
  41. Darren Terry, D.P.T.Physical Therapist1336412998
  42. Fabiola TestaBehavior Technician1427934363
  43. Nadia Teymoorian, PSY.DMarriage & Family Therapist1922231620
  44. Christina ThaiHealth Information Technician1871991638
  45. Jeanette Thai, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1801905708
  46. Trayshon ThenarseBehavior Technician1528914058
  47. Emmalee ThielBehavior Technician1114897790
  48. Marica Thomas, L.AC.Acupuncturist1073830568
  49. Shelby ThomasBehavior Technician1780553446
  50. James Ticorat, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1992368930

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.