NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician in California

219 NPPES records list interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in California, 0.6 per 100,000 residents, the 31st highest rate of 51. San Diego and Los Angeles have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 1 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208VP0014X · method

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

San Diego has the most, 10

  1. San Diego10
  2. Los Angeles9
  3. San Francisco8
  4. Glendale6
  5. Newport Beach6

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician records in California

  1. Peter Abaci, MDLos Gatos, CA 950321447200761
  2. Hussein Abdulhadi, M.D.Santee, CA 920711629004890
  3. Nader Achackzad, M.D.Santa Clara, CA 950501831375302
  4. Sam Ahdab, M.D.West Covina, CA 917901992941397
  5. Roozbeh Ahmadi, M.D.Lodi, CA 952401134657943
  6. Patrick Akin, DOTurlock, CA 953821073072096
  7. Kais Alsharif, MDLong Beach, CA 908061730380007
  8. John Benjamin Arevalo, MD, MBASan Francisco, CA 941431629561170
  9. Ezell Askew, MDLodi, CA 952401699760769
  10. Kamyar Assil, MDThousand Oaks, CA 913601750321568
  11. Pari Azari, M.D.Clearlake, CA 954221942442132
  12. Hasan Badday, M.D.Irvine, CA 926181225293095
  13. Akash Bajaj, MDMarina Del Rey, CA 902921689752164
  14. Gary Baker, MDLakewood, CA 907121437167863
  15. Jason Berkley, D.O.Los Angeles, CA 900481033119250
  16. Clifford Bernstein, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481639199045
  17. Harjot Bhandal, MDSanta Rosa, CA 954031245611250
  18. Navneet Boddu, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231811917396
  19. Josif Borovic, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331114936390
  20. Michael Borrello, MDRedding, CA 960011265476857
  21. Roy Brownlow, MDSan Diego, CA 921091205949914
  22. Washington Bryan, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900251316073455
  23. Patrick Buchanan, M.D.Camarillo, CA 930101275828568
  24. Neil Butani, MDTustin, CA 927801518084854
  25. Joseph Cabaret, MDCamarillo, CA 930101689600041
  26. Elvia Cadena, PACampbell, CA 950081568949816
  27. Raul Calderon, M.D.Sherman Oaks, CA 914031134396492
  28. Hazmer Cassim, D.O.Rancho Mirage, CA 922701063611168
  29. Nu Chai, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941151073830477
  30. Chiwai Chan, D.O.Fountain Valley, CA 927081629051529
  31. George Chang Chien, D.O.Ventura, CA 930011346565280
  32. Christopher Charbonnet, M.D.Glendale, CA 912061225049968
  33. Balaji Charlu, MDNewport Beach, CA 926601609980432
  34. Lido Chen, MDLaguna Hills, CA 926531891781753
  35. Marc Cheng, M.D.Chino, CA 917101417018342
  36. Philip Chiou, MDLong Beach, CA 908061386810133
  37. Paul Chiu, MDAlhambra, CA 918011467440883
  38. Rohit ChoudharyPalmdale, CA 935511033505607
  39. Evan Chung, MDLoma Linda, CA 923501851928816
  40. Nabil Dahi, MDArcadia, CA 910071639369697
  41. Brandon Dairo, M.D.San Diego, CA 921101689092470
  42. Howard Dedes, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081679760094
  43. Raj Desai, MDValencia, CA 913551508258559
  44. Shishir Dhruva, MDRedding, CA 960011629045125
  45. Estela Diesfeld, MDVentura, CA 930031376652909
  46. Arul Doraiswamy, M.D.Hemet, CA 925431548283591
  47. Matthew Doty, D.O.Oroville, CA 959651538528674
  48. Lara Edinger, DOLos Angeles, CA 900241053645887
  49. Wladislaw Ellis, M.D.Grass Valley, CA 959491992702039
  50. Joseph Enayati, D.O.Los Angeles, CA 900351134454226

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0014X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 31 of 51 per resident

  1. Montana0.6
  2. Tennessee0.6
  3. New Hampshire0.6
  4. California0.6
  5. Missouri0.5
  6. New Mexico0.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0014X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

86.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 88.2% 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. California86.8%
  2. United States88.2%

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file190 of 219 · 86.8% here, 88.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file167 · 76.3% here, 76.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more111 · 50.7% here, 43.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 167 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208VP0014X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

219 NPPES records list interventional pain medicine physician (208VP0014X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 0.6 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). San Diego has 10 of them (5%).

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. Florida292
  2. New York144
  3. Georgia142
  4. Texas301

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee0.6
  2. Missouri0.5
  3. New Mexico0.5
  4. Idaho0.5

The largest states

  1. Texas301
  2. Florida292
  3. New York144
  4. Georgia142
  5. Illinois121

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.