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 74 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. Larenda BrooksCase Manager/Care Coordinator1861624991
  2. Nicole Brooks, LCSWClinical Social Worker1588943492
  3. Tanisha BrooksRegistered Nurse1437915535
  4. Toni Brooks, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1568952034
  5. Ilana Brosh, LCSWClinical Social Worker1578973749
  6. Mary BrosnanCritical Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner1306710207
  7. Leigh Brosof, PHDClinical Psychologist1609422799
  8. Lucas Broster, MD/PHDPsychiatry Physician1659804623
  9. Debbie Brostoff, PNPPediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician1164986766
  10. Zachary BrothersCounselor1669700100
  11. Christian Broughton, RNRegistered Nurse1093511552
  12. Janice Broughton, R.EEGTEEG Technician1821534462
  13. Paulette BroughtonCommunity Health Worker1023480522
  14. Alexandra BroussardBehavior Technician1891548582
  15. Dominique BroussardPsychologist1407431224
  16. Imari BroussardBehavior Technician1730680471
  17. Janessa BroussardPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1285159871
  18. Jia Broussard, ASWCounselor1346572658
  19. Sharon BroussardSpecialist1023765054
  20. Trenay Broussard, CPT-IPhlebotomy Technician1245185883
  21. Timothy Browder, M.D.Surgical Critical Care Physician1710965462
  22. Dennis BroweMental Health Counselor1164601621
  23. Roland BrowerPeer Specialist1780285726
  24. Adam Brown, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1770195679
  25. Aisha BrownAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1750501888
  26. Alexandrea Brown, CMTMassage Therapist1003266925
  27. Aleyah BrownHealth & Wellness Coach1568278950
  28. Allison Brown, DCChiropractor1497868764
  29. Amy BrownAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1376106435
  30. Andrew BrownCounselor1174670236
  31. Anita Brown, ASWCounselor1770165623
  32. Audrey Brown, MDSurgery Physician1538663224
  33. Bethany Brown, LCSWClinical Social Worker1033325170
  34. Bianca Brown, LCSWClinical Social Worker1407354871
  35. Brittany BrownCommunity Health Worker1104538545
  36. Bruce BrownAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1093687915
  37. Carolyn Brown, DDSPublic Health Dentistry1073687034
  38. Carroll Brown, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1831709773
  39. Carvel Brown, PHARMDPharmacist1093284796
  40. Chris BrownAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1609066372
  41. Christine Brown, PA-CPhysician Assistant1255610630
  42. Christopher Brown, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1104900901
  43. Clementine Brown, MA, MEDMental Health Counselor1033861810
  44. Courtney Brown, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1093282576
  45. Cristin Brown, RNRegistered Nurse1053262444
  46. David Brown, BDS,MDS,MSDEndodontics1245412154
  47. David Brown, MA, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1427446152
  48. Daytwon BrownBehavior Technician1114626629
  49. Debora Brown, AUDAudiologist1932143625
  50. Delia BrownMarriage & Family Therapist1710838388

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.