NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Santa Clara, CA

3,436 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Santa Clara, 67th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 301, 9% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 21 of 69.

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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 Clara

  1. Behavior Technician301
  2. Pharmacist266
  3. Marriage & Family Therapist190
  4. Students in training187
  5. Clinical Social Worker163
  6. Internal Medicine Physician140
  7. Physical Therapist131
  8. Mental Health Counselor104

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

Santa Clara in California

  • Rank in California67th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.4% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups22% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Santa Clara has 14.1× the state's share of registered respiratory therapist records and 0.50× its share of behavior technician records.

Providers in Santa Clara, alphabetically

  1. Monica GarciaBehavior Technician1003420423
  2. Nicole GarciaBehavior Technician1003587247
  3. Norma GarciaMarriage & Family Therapist1033441381
  4. Yvette GarciaBehavior Analyst1467938431
  5. Cristian Garcia HernandezRehabilitation Practitioner1225928005
  6. Aymie-Lee Garcia OrtizClinical Social Worker1164263869
  7. Vanessa Garcia-MoralesClinical Social Worker1265874283
  8. Terry Gardner, FNPWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1881796464
  9. Ashima Garg, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1477630309
  10. Elisha Garg, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1770960866
  11. Gus Garmel, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1235216177
  12. Laura Garzon RojasBehavior Technician1255982070
  13. Sofia Jo GasacaoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1609636273
  14. J. Richard Gaskill, MDOtolaryngology Physician1053498998
  15. Karen Gast, RPHPharmacist1518498294
  16. Sarah GatesRegistered Respiratory Therapist1306316690
  17. Penelope Gatton, PTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1366007015
  18. Sudha Gattupalli, MDHospitalist Physician1578640421
  19. Smita Gavaskar, MDHospitalist Physician1275605073
  20. Charlene Gaw, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1992333835
  21. Melinda Gaynor, RN, AG-CNSGerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist1255870630
  22. Assefa Gebremichael, PHARMD, PHDPharmacist1386961217
  23. Elaine Gee-Wong, M.A., LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1841605896
  24. Amanda Geiger, PCCProfessional Counselor1346917945
  25. Emily Geiger, AUDAudiologist1578256970
  26. Jacqueline Genna, M.S., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1366931305
  27. Shelby GermanyBehavior Technician1609540608
  28. Faezeh Ghaffari, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1952488892
  29. Parastoo Ghafouri Daryani, MDInternal Medicine Physician1215100573
  30. Gurkarn GhagOptometrist1407623192
  31. Helmi GhaliPharmacist1891076931
  32. Mehrnaz Ghasemiesfe, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1689134728
  33. Kamelia Ghazi, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1942660261
  34. Pradipta Ghosh, MDRheumatology Physician1538219936
  35. Jacqueline GiammonaBehavior Technician1154154714
  36. Bosco Giap, MDFamily Medicine Physician1528647302
  37. Jacob Gibbens, JAKE GIBBENSMaternal & Fetal Medicine Physician1891089298
  38. Arashpreet Gill, DOFamily Medicine Physician1164048575
  39. Deborah Gill, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1346353406
  40. Iqbal GillPharmacotherapy Pharmacist1528467396
  41. Ian GilletteRegistered Respiratory Therapist1649744129
  42. Elizabeth Gilmore, B.A, ATCAthletic Trainer1659460673
  43. Margaret Ginsburg, RNPPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1225129877
  44. James Gipson, DPTPhysical Therapist1013781756
  45. Simrunn Girn, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1154826972
  46. Marcus Givens, M. DOV.Case Manager/Care Coordinator1245905157
  47. Derrick GlasgowRehabilitation Practitioner1477269009
  48. Julie Glasson, MDPediatric Surgery Physician1063411643
  49. Emily GlickmanMental Health Counselor1164603536
  50. Christina GluszczakBehavior Technician1164027629

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 Clara, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 3,436 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 Clara - 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 Clara 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 Clara is weighted toward Behavior Technician (301 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 266 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 190). 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 Clara reports roughly 8.8 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, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Santa Clara practice address, a coverage gap Santa Clara patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Santa Clara 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 Clara, CA?

There are 3,436 registered healthcare providers in Santa Clara, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Santa Clara?

The most common specialties in Santa Clara are Behavior Technician, Pharmacist, Marriage & Family Therapist, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Clinical Social Worker. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 301.

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.