NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Santa Monica, CA

5,151 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Santa Monica, 32nd of 812 California cities. The largest group is marriage & family therapist: 496, 10% of the city's records, against 6% across California. Page 29 of 104.

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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 Monica

  1. Marriage & Family Therapist496
  2. Clinical Social Worker240
  3. Family Medicine Physician192
  4. Physical Therapist191
  5. Acupuncturist176
  6. Students in training172
  7. Clinical Psychologist169
  8. Internal Medicine Physician168

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

Santa Monica in California

  • Rank in California32nd of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.5% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups18% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Santa Monica has 5.8× the state's share of hospitalist physician records and 0.59× its share of pharmacist records.

Providers in Santa Monica, alphabetically

  1. Martin FloresLicensed Vocational Nurse1548183858
  2. Oscar FloresMedical Physician Assistant1154130110
  3. Yvette Flores, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1518973551
  4. Mercedes Floresislas, LCSWClinical Social Worker1083862791
  5. Michael Florman, DDSOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1124093760
  6. Chiquita Flowers, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1972595700
  7. Russell FlowersCase Manager/Care Coordinator1619093309
  8. Sharon Flynn, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1154543882
  9. Emily Foecke Munden, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1326898313
  10. David Fogelson, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1215037874
  11. Stephanie Fogelson, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1770066193
  12. Mary FokInternal Medicine Physician1801356589
  13. Carol Follette, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1932310240
  14. Calvin Fong, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1609309764
  15. Vanessa Font, L.A.CAcupuncturist1225578065
  16. Christian Ford-Rodriguez, CATC-RAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1659940658
  17. Sheila Forman, PHDClinical Psychologist1235418070
  18. Constance Forrest, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1740681055
  19. Robert Forster, P.T.Physical Therapist1063639037
  20. Carlyn Fostakowsky, R.N., M.S.N., N.P.Acute Care Nurse Practitioner1760754659
  21. Kristi Foster, MFCMarriage & Family Therapist1154653509
  22. Delila Foulad, M.D.Dermatology Physician1083146732
  23. Caroline Fournier, MOT, OTR/LPediatric Occupational Therapist1265910376
  24. Conor Fowler, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1871120170
  25. Lauren Frails, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1548975568
  26. Daniel Franc, MDNeurology Physician1548589799
  27. Joe FranceschiPhysician Assistant1487199428
  28. Rodney Francis, M.D.Gynecology Physician1245254366
  29. Maria Melissa Francisco, DDSDentist1790014306
  30. Bridgette Francois, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1972925238
  31. Alexander Frank, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1629409438
  32. Gerard Frank, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1982639571
  33. Charles Frankel, M.D.Gastroenterology Physician1558310805
  34. Isabelle FranklinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1427672161
  35. La Tanya FranklinLicensed Vocational Nurse1952276545
  36. Shekinah FranklinLicensed Vocational Nurse1285595348
  37. Thomas FranklinProfessional Counselor1356850689
  38. Kittie Frantz, RN, CPNP-PCPediatric Nurse Practitioner1881669307
  39. Harriet FraserDoula1295681930
  40. Mary Frazier-Wilzig, DDSDentist1609985324
  41. Hal Frederick, MDBody Imaging Physician1720065931
  42. Danae Frederico, PA-CPhysician Assistant1417408865
  43. Benjamin FreedGeneral Practice Dentistry1134431513
  44. Marcia Freedland, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1689222846
  45. Douglas Freedman, MDOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician1801846423
  46. Carole Freeman, MFTIMarriage & Family Therapist1154502953
  47. Yvonne Freiberger, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1467015107
  48. Alex Freitas, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1326004284
  49. Aubrey FreitasAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1114550167
  50. Ronald Freund, M.D.Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician1326399247

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 Monica, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 5,151 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 Monica - 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 Monica 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 Monica is weighted toward Marriage & Family Therapist (496 clinicians, followed by Clinical Social Worker with 240 and Family Medicine Physician with 192). 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 Monica reports roughly 13.2 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, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Santa Monica practice address, a coverage gap Santa Monica patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Santa Monica 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 Monica, CA?

There are 5,151 registered healthcare providers in Santa Monica, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Santa Monica?

The most common specialties in Santa Monica are Marriage & Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker, Family Medicine Physician, Physical Therapist, Acupuncturist. Marriage & Family Therapist has the most providers with 496.

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.