NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Planada, CA

15 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Planada, 757th of 812 California cities. The largest group is general practice dentistry: 3, 20% of the city's records, against 2% across California.

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Planada in California

  • Rank in California757th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state<0.1% of California's records
  • Specialties present11 taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups46.7% of all records
  • General Practice Dentistry rank11th of the 10 California cities with the most

Providers in Planada, alphabetically

  1. Katherine Bass, PHARM. DPharmacist1871047555
  2. Thomas Bass, PHARMDPharmacist1609339639
  3. Maxine Fotadar, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1952660326
  4. Elena Garcia Quezada, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1144068586
  5. Stephanie Hernandez, AGNPNurse Practitioner1003380452
  6. John Lee, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1407839970
  7. Jerry Lewis, PAMedical Physician Assistant1801879341
  8. Eva Lomeli, LCSWClinical Social Worker1396145611
  9. Ronald Marquez, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1750365037
  10. Ramaa Maruthachalam, MDFamily Medicine Physician1437369170
  11. Shirley Ann Pasia, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1679982979
  12. Angelica Puente, RNRegistered Nurse1659951663
  13. Moniqua Rico, CPH.T, CHWCommunity Health Worker1811772171
  14. Jelin Truong, MDFamily Medicine Physician1124002688
  15. John Wanzo, D.D.S.Dentist1669587382

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

Planada, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 15 registered healthcare providers spanning 11 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Planada - 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 Planada 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 Planada is weighted toward General Practice Dentistry (3 clinicians, followed by Family Medicine Physician with 2 and Pharmacist with 2). 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. Per-capita density calculations require a state population baseline, which is currently unavailable for this geography.

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

For Planada 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 Planada, CA?

There are 15 registered healthcare providers in Planada, CA, covering 11 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Planada?

The most common specialties in Planada are General Practice Dentistry, Family Medicine Physician, Pharmacist, Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner. General Practice Dentistry has the most providers with 3.

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.