Doctors in San Luis Obispo, CA
Active healthcare providers in San Luis Obispo sourced from the CMS NPPES weekly file — no proprietary ratings, no editorial scores. NPI counts, specialty distribution, and primary practice addresses refreshed each release.
3,343 healthcare providers across 20 specialties
San Luis Obispo, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 3,343 registered healthcare providers spanning 20 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in San Luis Obispo — 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 Luis Obispo practice location on file.
The provider mix in San Luis Obispo is weighted toward Mental Health Counselor (546 clinicians, followed by Marriage & Family Therapist with 320 and Counselor with 143). 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 Luis Obispo reports roughly 8.6 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 Luis Obispo patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist — searching by specialty narrows the 690-taxonomy roster to clinicians with the relevant training, and each provider page links to NPI, state licensing boards, and the NPPES registry for credential verification. 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 NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly, so listing details may be out of date; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients. Nothing on this page substitutes for consulting a licensed clinician about your personal health decisions.
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Healthcare Providers (Page 34)
| Name |
|---|
| NEIL KURTZ Mental Health Counselor |
| JOSEPH KURTZMAN, B.A Mental Health Counselor |
| RACHEL KYLER, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| THOMAS KYLER, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| CHRISTOPHER L'ESPERANCE, MA, LMFT Marriage & Family Therapist |
| ALEC LA CHAPELLE Community Health Worker |
| NADINE LA FLEUR, PSY.D. Psychologist |
| MICHAEL LA PUMA, DMD Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Dentist) |
| DOMINICK LACOVARA, L.C.S.W. Clinical Social Worker |
| VERONICA LAGUNA Case Manager/Care Coordinator |
| PATRICE LALONDE, NURSE PRACTITIONER Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
| SAMANTHA LALUSH, RD Registered Dietitian |
| CODY LAMACCHIA-MEEKS Rehabilitation Practitioner |
| SALLY LAMAS Mental Health Counselor |
| MARK LAMORE Health Educator |
| STEFAN LAMPE, M.D. Psychiatry Physician |
| REBECCA LAND Health Information Technician |
| SCOTT LANDERS, PHARMD Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist |
| ELINA LANDIN Health Educator |
| JANINA LANDON Licensed Psychiatric Technician |
| WILSON LANG Pharmacist |
| GAIL LANKES, COTA Occupational Therapy Assistant |
| DANIEL LAPIDUS, D.D.S Dentist |
| PAIGE LAPP Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| JOEL LARDIZABAL, M.D. Cardiovascular Disease Physician |
| BRADLEY LAROSE Counselor |
| JANA LARSEN Health Information Technician |
| KAREN LARSON, LPT Mental Health Counselor |
| MEGAN LARSON, A.U.D Audiologist |
| RYAN LARSON Case Manager/Care Coordinator |
| ALAN LATTA, D.D.S. General Practice Dentistry |
| TINA LAU-VACA, PPS Counselor |
| DEREK LAURITZEN, M.D. Ophthalmology Physician |
| DEREK LAURITZEN Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| LINDSEY LAW, IBCLC Lactation Consultant (Non-RN) |
| JAMES LAWLER, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| DAVID LAWRENCE, M.D. Cytopathology Physician |
| RYAN LAWRENCE, PT Physical Therapist |
| NIKOLE LAYTON Mental Health Counselor |
| DAVITI LAZARASHVILI Day Training/Habilitation Specialist |
| CHRISTOPHE LE RENARD, MD Pediatrics Physician |
| JUSTEN LEAGUE, LPT Licensed Psychiatric Technician |
| HEATHER LEAL Case Manager/Care Coordinator |
| HEIDI LEAL Interpreter |
| SHANE LEAL Mental Health Counselor |
| LAUREN LEDERER, LMFT Marriage & Family Therapist |
| AUSTIN LEE Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| CHRISTOPHER LEE, ACSW Clinical Social Worker |
| MEGAN LEE Mental Health Counselor |
| NATASHA LEE Counselor |
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