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 55 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. Carole Gelker, PHDPsychoanalyst1780899419
  2. Alexandra GeltmanCommunity Health Worker1508547068
  3. Michelle GemanaruPsychologist1336035807
  4. Nabil GemayelInternal Medicine Physician1619091691
  5. Nancy Gemayel, PSY.DForensic Psychologist1881907236
  6. Kendall Georgatsos, ACSWSocial Worker1982367843
  7. Marisa GeorgeHealth & Wellness Coach1568386837
  8. Mary George, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1811011299
  9. Matthew GeorgeCase Manager/Care Coordinator1588842983
  10. Evan Georgieff, DDSDentist1144367699
  11. John GeraAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1184242265
  12. Janell GerardoMental Health Counselor1538533864
  13. Amal Gergis-Aquino, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1881986412
  14. Melinda GernerttBehavior Technician1205505310
  15. Jason GerryMarriage & Family Therapist1255886438
  16. Christopher GettlesonCommunity Health Worker1952931495
  17. Bahaar GhaffarianBehavior Technician1902792807
  18. Milad GhaleheiMental Health Counselor1558098541
  19. Firouzeh Gharaee, D.CChiropractor1346414687
  20. Maryam Ghasemyeh, D.D.S.Dentist1538382825
  21. Corinna GhassemyBehavior Technician1659175446
  22. Ameerah GhaznaviSocial Worker1629444187
  23. Tatiana Gheybi, PA-CPhysician Assistant1487380275
  24. Navid Ghods, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1962834879
  25. Micheline Ghurabi, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1447298013
  26. Jennifer Giang, D.M.D.General Practice Dentistry1831248061
  27. Erin Giangrande, DPT, PTPhysical Therapist1710916838
  28. Carolyn Giardini, QASPBehavior Analyst1326551383
  29. Daniel GibbsMental Health Counselor1457543134
  30. Jacqueline GibbsLicensed Vocational Nurse1104141811
  31. Carroline GibsonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1881948321
  32. Jill Gibson, P.T.Physical Therapist1477672095
  33. Robert Gibson, P.A.Physician Assistant1457634008
  34. Barbara Gibson-Paul, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1104982321
  35. Amy Giese, FNPNurse Practitioner1902506892
  36. Crystal GilPhysician Assistant1255064390
  37. Gabriel GilSocial Worker1548341027
  38. Juan Gil, L.V.NLicensed Vocational Nurse1437593902
  39. Star Gil Richter SchmidBehavior Technician1952046443
  40. Rebeca Gilad, PH.D.Health Educator1174883599
  41. Lisa Gilbert, LCSWClinical Social Worker1114496965
  42. Allison GildenAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1114699733
  43. Ashley GilesMental Health Counselor1699167122
  44. Jennifer Gililland, B.A. H.A.D.Hearing Instrument Specialist1144651233
  45. Andrea GillAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1134987522
  46. Katharine Gill, OTR/LPediatric Occupational Therapist1619208725
  47. Susan Gill, LMMidwife1093816530
  48. Eric GillesCounselor1174189971
  49. Christina GillettAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1427889831
  50. Thomas GilliamRehabilitation Practitioner1235789355

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.