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 2 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. Meshia Azad, DDSPediatric Dentistry1639387079
  2. Jennifer Bacani, LACAcupuncturist1255087177
  3. Mihyun BackBehavior Technician1669322459
  4. Tiffany Bae, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1659015923
  5. Melissa Baker Jones, PSY.D., LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1679609895
  6. Mandeep Bal, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1023192358
  7. Erica Balkhi, M. A. CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1013147982
  8. Eric Ball, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1316032972
  9. Chase Ballou BallouBehavior Technician1487527826
  10. Mahsa BarkhiMarriage & Family Therapist1730986274
  11. Carol Barnes-Blanks, MDFamily Medicine Physician1720009152
  12. Scott Baron, P.APhysician Assistant1104861384
  13. Guadalupe BarreraBehavior Technician1740146992
  14. Stephen BarsamianPhysical Therapy Assistant1801184569
  15. Lyra BartonBehavior Technician1477404861
  16. Zakia BashirPeer Specialist1902607328
  17. Mahasta BastaniLicensed Vocational Nurse1639880297
  18. Roxana Baxter, MSPA-CMedical Physician Assistant1427285949
  19. Chyle Beaird, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1043374473
  20. Summer BegayBehavior Technician1508783846
  21. Sareh BehzadipourMarriage & Family Therapist1548067465
  22. Jenna BeilbyBehavior Technician1649165689
  23. Ira Bell, M.D.Dermatology Physician1336114545
  24. Manuel BelloBehavior Technician1932021458
  25. Ashley BeltBehavior Technician1770453458
  26. Katherine BenaventePhysical Therapist1801455316
  27. George Benedetto, RPHPharmacist1609316009
  28. Karen Benik, M.D.Dermatology Physician1447226386
  29. Madison Benz, PA-CPhysician Assistant1841080934
  30. Jessica Berghauser, M.A., BCBABehavior Analyst1386189082
  31. Alan Berman, M.DEmergency Medicine Physician1396773636
  32. Eliza Berris, DDSDentist1639601578
  33. Gabrielle BertolinoBehavior Technician1497628648
  34. Angeline BettsBehavior Technician1760372544
  35. Valentina Bien-AimeBehavior Technician1194698522
  36. Katherine BillingsSpeech-Language Pathologist1326520867
  37. Cassandra BillionMarriage & Family Therapist1578847331
  38. Kayla BilliouClinical Social Worker1669007167
  39. Lauren Birkinshaw, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1750859310
  40. Anita Birosel-McQuiggPharmacist1659941656
  41. Michael Bissiri, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1215250600
  42. Lauren BittleBehavior Technician1558226381
  43. Debora Bitton, DDSDentist1841561982
  44. Soleil Black, M.S., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1043824865
  45. Michele Blanscet, P.T.A.Physical Therapist1083022503
  46. Mark Boling, L.ACUPAcupuncturist1861224453
  47. Heather Borsuk, IBCLCLactation Consultant (Non-RN)1396019824
  48. Brianna BosleyBehavior Technician1578375044
  49. Mona Bourbour Shirazi KordiPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1265385496
  50. Mathilde Bourgon CoudouxDoula1174113344

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.