NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in San Francisco, CA

38,143 individual NPPES records list a practice address in San Francisco, 3rd of 812 California cities. The largest group is students in training: 3,035, 8% of the city's records, against 4% across California. Page 14 of 763.

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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 Francisco

  1. Students in training3,035
  2. Marriage & Family Therapist2,542
  3. Community Health Worker1,674
  4. Counselor1,414
  5. Clinical Social Worker1,358
  6. Internal Medicine Physician1,318
  7. Pharmacist1,180
  8. Behavior Technician1,003

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

San Francisco in California

  • Rank in California3rd of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state3.9% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups19% of all records
  • Students in training rank2nd of the 10 California cities with the most

Compared with California as a whole, San Francisco has 3.8× the state's share of community health worker records and 0.15× its share of behavior technician records.

Providers in San Francisco, alphabetically

  1. Joshua AlmedaMassage Therapist1134830060
  2. Angelica Almeida, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1245377472
  3. Janaina Almen, RNRegistered Nurse1861743510
  4. Elizabeth Almendares VelasquezLicensed Vocational Nurse1740837988
  5. Damian Almiron Bonnin, MD, PHDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1497457519
  6. Elinore AlmsBehavior Technician1063913820
  7. Rebecca Alon, NC, FMCHCHealth Educator1902386063
  8. Gloria AlonzoContractor1417378316
  9. Lorraine AlonzoAssistant Behavior Analyst1982233474
  10. Nelson AlonzoRehabilitation Practitioner1609509215
  11. Faisal Alosamey, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1851124135
  12. Claire Ann AlotaCommunity Health Worker1932628138
  13. Rachel Aloy, DCChiropractor1699624098
  14. Alla Alperin, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1386772168
  15. Anne Alpers, PHDCounseling Psychologist1821673674
  16. Leila Alpers, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1881706935
  17. Bernard Alpert, M.D.Specialist1578680450
  18. Nelson Alphonso, MDSurgery Physician1992759187
  19. Yousef AlqasieerStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700626611
  20. Javier Alquicira MartinezBehavior Technician1114469418
  21. Nouf Alrashid, MS, MAStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1699269100
  22. Rasim AlsaaidMassage Therapist1366764631
  23. Bassell Alsad, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1720920986
  24. Sarah AlsammanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1407650641
  25. Russul AlshaibaniStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1043186554
  26. Abdullah Alshammari, MD, FRCSCOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician1437982477
  27. Saifuldeen Raad Ab Alshather, RPHPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1538771928
  28. Amany Alshibli, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1174265136
  29. Jessica Alsofrom, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1811286347
  30. Laura Alsterlind, M.ED., BCBABehavior Analyst1508256710
  31. Aleta Alston-ToureCommunity Health Worker1861900334
  32. Valerie Alt, ASWCounselor1417232679
  33. Gustavo AltamiranoNurse's Aide1912302969
  34. Mae Carmela AltavasFamily Nurse Practitioner1508261686
  35. Deborah Altemus, DODermatology Physician1821180993
  36. Isaac AlterStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1033040910
  37. Yaffa AlterCounselor1437342730
  38. Betsy Althaus, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1366650657
  39. Ghazi Althubaiti, MDPlastic Surgery Physician1528373735
  40. Luisa AltieriCommunity Health Worker1699167064
  41. Thor AltlandDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1790605368
  42. Allison Altman, PHDClinical Psychologist1346063682
  43. Myra Altman, PHDClinical Psychologist1528548526
  44. Jay Alton, AA, RASIStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1770858201
  45. Abdulmalik AlturkiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053926139
  46. Catherine AlvaradoBehavior Analyst1235081217
  47. Cristyn AlvaradoBehavior Technician1932775269
  48. Jennifer AlvaradoCommunity Health Worker1144007956
  49. Juanita AlvaradoCounselor1790981926
  50. Margarita Alvarado, M.D.Gynecology Physician1417974858

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Diego52,937
  3. Sacramento33,083
  4. San Jose20,925
  5. Fresno19,440

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How to read this directory

San Francisco, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 38,143 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 Francisco - 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 Francisco 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 Francisco is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (3,035 clinicians, followed by Marriage & Family Therapist with 2,542 and Community Health Worker with 1,674). 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 Francisco reports roughly 97.9 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.

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

For San Francisco 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 Francisco, CA?

There are 38,143 registered healthcare providers in San Francisco, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in San Francisco?

The most common specialties in San Francisco are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Marriage & Family Therapist, Community Health Worker, Counselor, Clinical Social Worker. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 3,035.

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.