NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Morro Bay, CA

172 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Morro Bay, 433rd of 812 California cities. The largest group is physical therapist: 27, 16% of the city's records, against 2% across California. Page 4 of 4.

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Morro Bay in California

  • Rank in California433rd of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state<0.1% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups29.1% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Morro Bay has 6.8× the state's share of physical therapist records.

Providers in Morro Bay, alphabetically

  1. Gina TaglieriBehavior Analyst1962125690
  2. Marlen Tanner, RDRegistered Dietitian1871828962
  3. Scott Taylor, DDSDentist1699923979
  4. Camille ThibodeauxLicensed Vocational Nurse1013740893
  5. Adela Thom, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1386360964
  6. Bruce Trubo, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1861508277
  7. Jerome Turner, D.D.S.Dentist1023119260
  8. Jennifer Van Beurden, R1464360322Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1689451569
  9. Patrick Vaughan, MDFamily Medicine Physician1316905672
  10. Colleen Vecchetti, MPTPhysical Therapist1659676849
  11. Richard Vonstein, DDSDentist1699946145
  12. Mark Ward, MDFamily Medicine Physician1639110257
  13. Clara Watson, PTPhysical Therapist1932731122
  14. Jenna Watson, D.C.Chiropractor1396182291
  15. John Watson, DCSports Physician Chiropractor1144228651
  16. John Wehrer, PTPhysical Therapist1831751742
  17. Greg WheelerPharmacist1023390317
  18. Julie Williams, PTPhysical Therapist1346439718
  19. Linda Williams, RN,BSN,PHN,MBACase Management Registered Nurse1992954960
  20. Michael Williams, PTPhysical Therapist1265464911
  21. Heather Willis, LCSWClinical Social Worker1093178246
  22. Saskia Wright, NPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1134662638

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

Morro Bay, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 172 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 Morro Bay - 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 Morro Bay 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 Morro Bay is weighted toward Physical Therapist (27 clinicians, followed by Marriage & Family Therapist with 12 and Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor with 11). 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, Morro Bay reports roughly 0.4 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.

Of California's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Morro Bay practice address, a coverage gap Morro Bay patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Morro Bay 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 Morro Bay, CA?

There are 172 registered healthcare providers in Morro Bay, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Morro Bay?

The most common specialties in Morro Bay are Physical Therapist, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor, Clinical Social Worker, Pharmacist. Physical Therapist has the most providers with 27.

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.