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 8 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. Sarah Adkisson, OTNeurorehabilitation Occupational Therapist1114698370
  2. Ione AdlaonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1922833623
  3. Annabeth Adler, ACSWMental Health Counselor1730542994
  4. Blake AdlerBehavior Technician1851009526
  5. David Adler, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1790315794
  6. Dustin Adler, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1104587658
  7. Eric Adler, M.DAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician1477699601
  8. Jennifer Adler, PHDClinical Neuropsychologist1164314753
  9. Jeremy Adler, PA-CPhysician Assistant1538154786
  10. Judy Adler, M.D.Nephrology Physician1326043894
  11. Lisa Adler, MDPsychiatry Physician1891115606
  12. Robert Adler, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1578769618
  13. Snow Adler, DOGeneral Practice Physician1962021923
  14. Nicholas AdlingtonBehavior Technician1538975438
  15. Noel AdmassachewCounselor1043967755
  16. Marci AdolfoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1013719004
  17. Aneyla AdonaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1336790120
  18. Nicole Adona, DNP, FNP-C, CPNPPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1023784881
  19. Giacomo Adoncecchi, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1437918943
  20. Madison AdornettoBehavior Technician1568162766
  21. Vincenzo Adragna, MA, MPCMental Health Counselor1245360445
  22. May AdranedaRegistered Nurse1245840727
  23. Jennifer Adrian, MA, SLP-CCCSpeech-Language Pathologist1861316127
  24. Francesca Adriano, MDFamily Medicine Physician1013065911
  25. Phillip Adriano, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1568576585
  26. Andrea Adriany, PTOrthopedic Physical Therapist1437375169
  27. Liezl AdriasAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1629587639
  28. Sandra Adsit, MDDermatology Physician1457350217
  29. William Adsit, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1922068311
  30. Jasper AdversaloStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1891673216
  31. Sherielaine Adviento, RDHDental Hygienist1053182758
  32. Ian AdyeCase Manager/Care Coordinator1821481276
  33. Sanela Adzic, PAPhysician Assistant1659127033
  34. Nicole AdzimaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1063845899
  35. Spoorthi AedmaBehavior Analyst1083423057
  36. Abhinay AeruvaBehavior Technician1144881921
  37. Niloofar Afari, PHDPsychologist1275557621
  38. Meskerem Afework, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1205342490
  39. Michon Affinito, PPSSchool Psychologist1154771590
  40. Suzanne Afflalo, MDFamily Medicine Physician1023166931
  41. Kathryn Affleck, PTPhysical Therapist1922026491
  42. Nicolette AffreBehavior Technician1508389529
  43. Hammad Afif, DDSDentist1932845385
  44. Charla Afoa, MS, MA, EDD, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1649657958
  45. Aileen Afshar, MDInternal Medicine Physician1134689946
  46. Ghazaleh Afshar, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1679774558
  47. Kamyar Afshar, D.O.Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1407050669
  48. Maryam Afshar, M.D.Dermatology Physician1992063036
  49. Pouya Afshar, M.D.Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1184958977
  50. Marjaneh Afshari, D.C.Chiropractor1730370180

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.