NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Santa Ana, CA

8,904 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Santa Ana, 18th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,625, 18% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 148 of 179.

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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 Santa Ana

  1. Behavior Technician1,625
  2. Mental Health Counselor684
  3. Marriage & Family Therapist678
  4. Clinical Social Worker433
  5. Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor407
  6. Registered Nurse281
  7. Counselor247
  8. Social Worker216

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

Santa Ana in California

  • Rank in California18th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.9% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups33.5% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Santa Ana has 12.5× the state's share of community health registered nurse records and 0.50× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.

Providers in Santa Ana, alphabetically

  1. Kerri Serrano, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1417074477
  2. Samantha SerranoBehavior Technician1952104747
  3. Stacy Serrano, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1750047890
  4. Victoria Serrano MedinaRehabilitation Practitioner1285270918
  5. Alexis SerratoHealth Information Technician1477294486
  6. Janet SerratoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1760663710
  7. Norma SerratoCommunity Health Worker1912157959
  8. Stephanie Servin, ASWClinical Social Worker1619446044
  9. Geeta Seth, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1114946498
  10. Daisy SevillaRehabilitation Practitioner1538615315
  11. Aubrey SextonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1528624723
  12. Afnan SeyamBehavior Technician1700469483
  13. Afrooz SeyediAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1902790124
  14. Mihaela Shabdeen, MDFamily Medicine Physician1497730147
  15. Diana Shabtai, M.A.Mental Health Counselor1457489213
  16. Maxwell ShackMental Health Counselor1619836020
  17. Reza Shafee, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1275586992
  18. Richard ShaferPeer Specialist1518661099
  19. Anil Shah, M.D.Specialist1619997368
  20. Aqeela Shah, DDSDentist1689809410
  21. Archana Shah, MDInternal Medicine Physician1508867136
  22. Ashay ShahCounselor1558646018
  23. Krinaben ShahPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1881112696
  24. Prachi Shah, MDPediatrics Physician1861028714
  25. Puja Shah, FNP, CMSRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1659639144
  26. Pirouz Shahbazian, DDSDentist1871845636
  27. Payman Shahin, D.C.Chiropractor1710016704
  28. Armenak ShahnazaryanDentist1174220503
  29. Alissa Shahrokh, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1346194172
  30. Kamran Shahsavari, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1841485877
  31. Ali Shahverdiani, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1063943579
  32. Azadeh Shakerian, M.A.Family Psychologist1235320573
  33. Sarah ShamblinBehavior Technician1366098196
  34. Bidyarani ShamurailatpamSpeech-Language Pathologist1760923668
  35. Praachi ShanMarriage & Family Therapist1205684909
  36. Kathleen Shanahan, MA, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1629532221
  37. Susan ShannonCounselor1205052826
  38. Ashlee Shapiro, PA-CPhysician Assistant1316304561
  39. Fran Shapiro, MA, OTR LOccupational Therapist1376595330
  40. Avinash Sharma, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1396107520
  41. Sumity SharmaDentist1912186362
  42. Deborah Sharman, MFT IIMarriage & Family Therapist1740444918
  43. Joshua SharpBehavior Technician1881581973
  44. Katherine Sharp, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1235784000
  45. Madison SharpBehavior Technician1255108056
  46. Arnold Shatz, M.D.Urology Physician1962589556
  47. Cindy Shaw, PTPhysical Therapist1992761605
  48. Diane Shaw, CADAC LLAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1225698954
  49. Zoe SheaBehavior Technician1194682278
  50. Jennifer Shea-EvansAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1538793286

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Diego52,937
  3. San Francisco38,143
  4. Sacramento33,083
  5. San Jose20,925

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How to read this directory

Santa Ana, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 8,904 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 Santa Ana - 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana is weighted toward Behavior Technician (1,625 clinicians, followed by Mental Health Counselor with 684 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 678). 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, Santa Ana reports roughly 22.9 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, Internal Medicine Physician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Santa Ana practice address, a coverage gap Santa Ana patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana, CA?

There are 8,904 registered healthcare providers in Santa Ana, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Santa Ana?

The most common specialties in Santa Ana are Behavior Technician, Mental Health Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,625.

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.