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 4 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. Myo Aung, MDGeriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1588741441
  2. Janele Auranicky, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1639379506
  3. Janice Austin-Taylor, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1891858825
  4. Edward Avakoff, D.D.S.Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1235347584
  5. Leslie AvalosMassage Therapist1699293209
  6. Shiva Avari, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1295812121
  7. Casey AvilaPhysical Therapist1659849339
  8. Cristina AvinaPediatric Occupational Therapist1477002368
  9. Rachel Aviv, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053794180
  10. Sapna Awale, P.T.Physical Therapist1326386764
  11. Josephine Ayson, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1659797322
  12. Sivaranjani Ayyanar, MDPsychiatry Physician1922620301
  13. Farnaz Azarbal, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1316236078
  14. Sabreen AzharMarriage & Family Therapist1326777590
  15. Sara Aziz, MDPediatrics Physician1568968022
  16. Teri Bach, MFTMental Health Counselor1265532790
  17. Laurie Bachand, MA, ATCAthletic Trainer1588621411
  18. Savannah BackwardSocial Worker1578232039
  19. Randeep Badwal, MDFamily Medicine Physician1538501218
  20. Eun-Jin Bae, PHARM.DPharmacist1790017515
  21. Linda Baffoe-Twum, RNAdministrator Registered Nurse1730053000
  22. Carrie Bailey, FNLPNutritionist1518533017
  23. Diana Bainbridge, CRNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1023516259
  24. Jennifer Baird, MASpeech-Language Pathologist1861957748
  25. Brian Baker, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1689753717
  26. Mike Baker, PA-CPhysician Assistant1588729115
  27. Rafi Balabanian, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1174559025
  28. Alexandra Balala, RSLDOptician1912562364
  29. Vanessa Mae BalcazarRegistered Nurse1679424626
  30. Ma Aileen Balce, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1467657437
  31. Esther Baldonado, MSN-FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1821437567
  32. Claire Ballard, PA-CPhysician Assistant1326110693
  33. Maya Ballis, PHARMDAmbulatory Care Pharmacist1730665407
  34. Robert Bammer, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1063598357
  35. Alia Bana, CNSOncology Clinical Nurse Specialist1164131033
  36. Kiana Banafshay, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1730949439
  37. Isabel Banales, DPTPhysical Therapist1528329190
  38. Tina Nihal BangaMarriage & Family Therapist1538487137
  39. Divya Bangalore Shyam SundarBehavior Technician1417656265
  40. Pedram BaniamerianChiropractor1710788450
  41. Josselyn Barajas CarrilloBehavior Technician1053917575
  42. Sarah BarakatMarriage & Family Therapist1922452283
  43. Sharon Barghi, DCChiropractor1679603120
  44. Lara BarkleyHealth Educator1669948550
  45. Kristine Baroa, RNGeneral Practice Physician1669342465
  46. Sumer Baroud, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1912647017
  47. Aura Barragan, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISClinical Psychologist1033443494
  48. Monica BarramedaMarriage & Family Therapist1508415779
  49. Amanda Barreira MartinsDoula1518771849
  50. Jessica Barrera, PPCase Manager/Care Coordinator1184475469

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.