NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Nurse Specialist in California

163 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in California, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 26th highest rate of 51. Stanford and San Diego have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 1 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 364S00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Stanford has the most, 21

  1. Stanford21
  2. San Diego16
  3. Los Angeles15
  4. San Francisco11
  5. Palo Alto7

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in California

  1. Christina Andrade, RN, CNSSanta Rosa, CA 954031790089506
  2. Otica Appenzeller, MSN,RN,CNSSan Diego, CA 921031003517285
  3. Kimberly Arviv, RN, MS, CNS, PMHNPStanford, CA 943051639519192
  4. Alicia Bakkum, NPConcord, CA 945201982793220
  5. Nina Bellatorre, RN, CNSPalo Alto, CA 943041851329072
  6. Tyana Besada, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRNDowney, CA 902411932056231
  7. Barbara BigelowRancho Mirage, CA 922701790227122
  8. Sasha Binford, R.N., AGCNS-BCSan Francisco, CA 941431144003732
  9. Lena Birch, NPBerkeley, CA 947101871780551
  10. Jennifer Bloomquist, R.N., C.N.S.San Diego, CA 921611134132699
  11. Cheryl Bowers, RN, CNSLivermore, CA 945501023038759
  12. Leah Brown, RN CNSSan Diego, CA 921231336915206
  13. Veronica Bruce, CNSSouth Lake Tahoe, CA 961501326323999
  14. Evelyn BurrussFresno, CA 937211104044171
  15. Marian Callanan, CNSStanford, CA 943051265484984
  16. Winifred Carnegie, RNLos Angeles, CA 900731962577049
  17. Mary CastorBeverly Hills, CA 902101992676597
  18. Renee Center, RN, MSN, CNS, CENVallejo, CA 945901548679442
  19. Debbie Cenzon, RN, CNSTorrance, CA 905021942901913
  20. Mary Champagne, CNSStanford, CA 943051558497701
  21. Jose Chavez, DNP RN ACCNS-AG CCRNValley Village, CA 916071992311757
  22. Laura Chechel, MSN, RN, CNSSan Diego, CA 921201053290106
  23. Souling ChouLa Jolla, CA 920371740980457
  24. Eileen Choy, RN, CNSSan Francisco, CA 941101073791091
  25. Ja-Yee Chu, DNP, CNS, RN, PHNLos Angeles, CA 900271013646421
  26. Judy Chu, CNSPalo Alto, CA 943051245689538
  27. Kristopher Klein Clemeno, MSN, RN, CNSSacramento, CA 958251518469352
  28. Sara CohenOakland, CA 946111790359883
  29. Jessica CorleySan Diego, CA 921281285353607
  30. Natalieann Costanzo, N.PHarbor City, CA 907101518038876
  31. Edward Covey, RNFAMission Viejo, CA 926911578607792
  32. Maureen Craig, RN, MSN, CNNSacramento, CA 958171093039638
  33. Keesha Cravanas, CNSOakland, CA 946071124216890
  34. Rachel Daniels, CNSSan Francisco, CA 941221285478859
  35. Pamela Davidson, CNSBonita, CA 919021326256520
  36. Elissa Dewolfe, CNSOakland, CA 946111851678510
  37. Natalie Dickson, CNSStanford, CA 943051689023293
  38. Lynn Doering, R.N.Los Angeles, CA 900951972735876
  39. Joyce Ekong, CNSRedlands, CA 923731124622758
  40. Ezihe Ekpemiro, CNS-BC, AGCNSOakley, CA 945611881457653
  41. Janette Elliott, RN, MSPalo Alto, CA 943041154390284
  42. Forrest Fogelberg, CRNFASanta Maria, CA 934541639248545
  43. Roberta Freeman, CNSLos Angeles, CA 900951891985479
  44. Ana-Maria GalloSan Diego, CA 921281376258392
  45. Patricia Gambol, APNGLong Beach, CA 908061144201138
  46. Gopika Ganesh, RN, CNSSan Rafael, CA 949031891440996
  47. Kathleen Gibson, RN, CNS, CWOCNStockton, CA 952131912000209
  48. Cheryl Goldfarb-Greenwood, R.N., MN, CNSPalo Alto, CA 943041548663164
  49. Dawn Gould, RN, MSN, CNSRoseville, CA 956611457423824
  50. Cecilia Gray, CLINICAL NURSE SPECILos Angeles, CA 900331871015834

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 364S00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 26 of 51 per resident

  1. Texas0.5
  2. Nebraska0.5
  3. Virginia0.4
  4. California0.4
  5. North Carolina0.4
  6. Alaska0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 364S00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

22.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 34.9% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. California22.1%
  2. United States34.9%

Clinical Nurse Specialist records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file36 of 163 · 22.1% here, 34.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file15 · 9.2% here, 20.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more84 · 51.5% here, 60.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 15 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 364S00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

163 NPPES records list clinical nurse specialist (364S00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Stanford has 21 of them (13%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Illinois162
  2. Texas151
  3. Minnesota140
  4. Ohio234

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Carolina0.4
  2. Virginia0.4
  3. Louisiana0.4
  4. Maryland0.3

The largest states

  1. Ohio234
  2. Illinois162
  3. Texas151
  4. Minnesota140
  5. Oklahoma73

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

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.