NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Palmdale, CA

2,077 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Palmdale, 108th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 293, 14% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 34 of 42.

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Palmdale in California

  • Rank in California108th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.2% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups27.3% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Palmdale has 10.5× the state's share of ambulatory care registered nurse records and 0.57× its share of family medicine physician records.

Providers in Palmdale, alphabetically

  1. Edwin SalazarAmbulatory Care Registered Nurse1548135452
  2. Iliana Salazar, MPARehabilitation Practitioner1811076771
  3. Maria Salazar, ACSWMental Health Counselor1720569833
  4. Michael SalazarBehavior Technician1346035326
  5. Wendy Salazar, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1891932190
  6. Chloe SaldanaRehabilitation Practitioner1932995347
  7. Stephanie SaldiviaProfessional Counselor1770059115
  8. Alpha SalinasPulmonary Function Technologist1447699038
  9. Claudia SalinasClinical Social Worker1538837158
  10. Cristian Salinas, APCCProfessional Counselor1972252666
  11. Katherine SalinasCase Manager/Care Coordinator1740062751
  12. Kimberly SalinasBehavior Technician1164253027
  13. Siba SamaanPharmacist1497320808
  14. Balasaranya SambathkumarStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1538956248
  15. Latisha Sampson, MSWClinical Social Worker1194035253
  16. Sean Samsami, PHARM DPharmacist1083274658
  17. Erika SamuelsBehavior Technician1790579217
  18. Schayenne SamuelsonMarriage & Family Therapist1720715055
  19. Christian SanchezAssistant Behavior Analyst1235788225
  20. Dalia Sanchez, LCSWMental Health Counselor1902694334
  21. Erika SanchezBehavior Technician1093631616
  22. Joshua SanchezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1366313298
  23. Kevin SanchezBehavior Technician1992667836
  24. Nicole SanchezClinical Social Worker1255194254
  25. Sonya Sanchez, RN, BSNRegistered Nurse1164162046
  26. Valerie SanchezBehavior Technician1154271492
  27. Violeta SanchezBehavior Technician1275295594
  28. Juliana Sanchez DiazBehavior Technician1235003369
  29. Giovanna Sanchez GonzalesBehavior Analyst1760061717
  30. Arianna SandersBehavior Technician1033089834
  31. Maureen Sanders, LCSWClinical Social Worker1437219425
  32. Michael SandersBehavior Technician1881164077
  33. Harika Sandhu, DOFamily Medicine Physician1770111403
  34. Jasbir Sandhu, MEDICAL DOCTORSpecialist1396789970
  35. Lisa Sandoval, MS CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1740593748
  36. Lisa SandovalRehabilitation Practitioner1104785617
  37. Paula Czarina Sandoval, FNP-BCMedical-Surgical Registered Nurse1447060041
  38. Viviana Sandoval GalvezBehavior Technician1770166415
  39. Nayeli Santana RodriguezClinical Social Worker1720812753
  40. Barbara SantiagoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1356826937
  41. Michael SantillanBehavior Technician1235809062
  42. Claudia SantosLicensed Vocational Nurse1477267698
  43. Esther SasakiPharmacist1407355100
  44. Fariborz Satey, MDPediatrics Physician1609986439
  45. Sabah Sattar, MDAnesthesiology Physician1437339082
  46. Brenda Saucedo, LMTMassage Therapist1386512309
  47. Corey SaxtonDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1912646183
  48. Michael SayerPharmacist1801361357
  49. Wazma SayiedRehabilitation Practitioner1356494975
  50. Katrina Scalzi, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1982116422

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

Palmdale, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 2,077 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 Palmdale - 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 Palmdale 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 Palmdale is weighted toward Behavior Technician (293 clinicians, followed by Marriage & Family Therapist with 151 and Case Manager/Care Coordinator with 124). 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, Palmdale reports roughly 5.3 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 Palmdale 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 Palmdale, CA?

There are 2,077 registered healthcare providers in Palmdale, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Palmdale?

The most common specialties in Palmdale are Behavior Technician, Marriage & Family Therapist, Case Manager/Care Coordinator, Clinical Social Worker, Pharmacist. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 293.

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.