NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in San Diego, CA

52,937 individual NPPES records list a practice address in San Diego, 2nd of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 8,079, 15% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 265 of 1,059.

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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 San Diego

  1. Behavior Technician8,079
  2. Marriage & Family Therapist2,738
  3. Students in training2,098
  4. Clinical Social Worker2,036
  5. Mental Health Counselor1,778
  6. Pharmacist1,555
  7. Physical Therapist1,382
  8. Registered Nurse1,223

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

San Diego in California

  • Rank in California2nd of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state5.4% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups24.4% of all records
  • Behavior Technician rank2nd of the 10 California cities with the most

Compared with California as a whole, San Diego has 13.4× the state's share of independent duty corpsman records and 0.67× its share of general practice dentistry records.

Providers in San Diego, alphabetically

  1. Lindsay Elizondo, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1598309965
  2. Margaret Elizondo, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1386696466
  3. Amanda Elizondo-FesslerMarriage & Family Therapist1083278220
  4. Sam Eljammal, M.D.Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1669604310
  5. Eslam ElkarmoutyPharmacist1609315068
  6. Zakaria ElkhodaryRehabilitation Practitioner1588216196
  7. Amy Elkind, RNSchool Registered Nurse1417570607
  8. Jae ElkindMolecular Genetic Pathology (Pathology) Physician1922497700
  9. Jennifer Elkins, LCSWClinical Social Worker1730475575
  10. Shayna Elkins, FNPNurse Practitioner1760147128
  11. Daniel Elledge, PHDClinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist1558035071
  12. Lindsay ElledgeClinical Social Worker1619428828
  13. Rebecca EllensSpeech-Language Pathologist1720966419
  14. Adam Ellenthal, DDS, MPHPediatric Dentistry1447884861
  15. Kandace Eller, GNP-BCGerontology Nurse Practitioner1306271069
  16. Christopher Elleraas, D.C.Chiropractor1225027584
  17. Karen Ellerbrock, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1720569254
  18. Sharon EllermannSocial Worker1902294051
  19. Peter Ellew, B.A.Case Manager/Care Coordinator1770768244
  20. James Ellingson, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1477581262
  21. Jarrett Ellington, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1295921781
  22. Natalie Ellington, MDPediatric Pathology Physician1003202813
  23. Tamra EllingtonBehavior Technician1609698406
  24. Joyce Elaine Ellingwood, MSN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1730667049
  25. Alan Elliott, MDFamily Medicine Physician1093854796
  26. Amy Elliott, LMFT, MS, M.TH.Marriage & Family Therapist1265777635
  27. Carol ElliottAcupuncturist1396822524
  28. Carolyn Elliott, RNPCase Manager/Care Coordinator1225388325
  29. Catherine Elliott, PTPhysical Therapist1669687083
  30. Isabel Elliott, DOGeneral Practice Physician1922700566
  31. Jane Elliott, PHARMDPharmacist1184542995
  32. Kim Elliott, CTRSRecreation Therapist1083470736
  33. Olivia Elliott, PTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1497551360
  34. Rolf ElliottPharmacy Technician1225233786
  35. Ryan ElliottPsychiatry Physician1477318509
  36. Adell EllisDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1497837108
  37. Aliyah EllisBehavior Technician1982289369
  38. Amy Ellis, PSYDClinical Psychologist1912038696
  39. Angela Ellis, DOGeneral Practice Physician1740093525
  40. Brynn EllisDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1841376332
  41. Charles EllisAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1841064912
  42. Christina Ellis, PSYDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1871930602
  43. Cole Ellis, DCChiropractor1578694212
  44. Danielle Ellis, NONEBehavior Technician1649932658
  45. Donna Ellis, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1023087558
  46. Erica EllisSpeech-Language Pathologist1730599432
  47. Gina Ellis, LMP, MMT, LMTMassage Therapist1174155220
  48. Jason Ellis, D.C.Chiropractor1861455495
  49. Jonathan EllisAnesthesiology Physician1699152595
  50. Julie Ellis, LISWClinical Social Worker1568439297

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Francisco38,143
  3. Sacramento33,083
  4. San Jose20,925
  5. Fresno19,440

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How to read this directory

San Diego, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 52,937 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 San Diego - 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 San Diego 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 San Diego is weighted toward Behavior Technician (8,079 clinicians, followed by Marriage & Family Therapist with 2,738 and Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program with 2,098). 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, San Diego reports roughly 135.9 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 San Diego 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 San Diego, CA?

There are 52,937 registered healthcare providers in San Diego, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in San Diego?

The most common specialties in San Diego are Behavior Technician, Marriage & Family Therapist, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 8,079.

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.