NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nephrology Physician in California

1,468 NPPES records list nephrology physician with a practice address in California, 3.8 per 100,000 residents, the 22nd highest rate of 51. Los Angeles and San Diego have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 30 of 30.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RN0300X · method

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

Los Angeles has the most, 151

  1. Los Angeles151
  2. San Diego75
  3. San Francisco70
  4. Sacramento57
  5. Stanford39

Nephrology Physician records in California

  1. Garrett YuLos Angeles, CA 900481780203976
  2. Jerry Yu, MDWildomar, CA 925951740523133
  3. Margaret Yu, MDStanford, CA 943051811173735
  4. Henry Yuan, M.D.Orange, CA 928691043442379
  5. Andrew Yue, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900271861792541
  6. Jimmy YueAlhambra, CA 918011932128618
  7. Lucia Yumena, M.D.Fremont, CA 945381508927633
  8. Fawad Zafar-Khan, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041699827873
  9. Michel Zakari, M.D.Glendale, CA 912041750361093
  10. Kirollos Zaki, D.ORiverside, CA 925051104270305
  11. Dalia Zaky Dawoud, MDRiverside, CA 925051508026386
  12. Warda Zaman, D.O.Greenbrae, CA 949041336534585
  13. Shahrzad Zarghamee, MDMountain View, CA 940401689651820
  14. Sijie Zheng, M.D.Oakland, CA 946111407061823
  15. Yan Zhong, M.D.San Diego, CA 921081467683540
  16. Susan Ziolkowski, MDStanford, CA 943051841566932
  17. Karen Zoller, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061508861535
  18. Brian Zwecker, M.D.Montebello, CA 906401629363106

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RN0300X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 22 of 51 per resident

  1. Texas3.8
  2. Virginia3.8
  3. Georgia3.8
  4. California3.8
  5. South Carolina3.8
  6. Michigan3.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RN0300X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

88.2% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.8% 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. California88.2%
  2. United States85.8%

Nephrology Physician records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,295 of 1,468 · 88.2% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,128 · 76.8% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more909 · 61.9% here, 54.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 1,128 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RN0300X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,468 NPPES records list nephrology physician (207RN0300X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 3.8 per 100,000 residents against 4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 151 of them (10%).

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. Texas1,159
  2. New York1,049
  3. Florida840
  4. Pennsylvania651

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina3.8
  2. Georgia3.8
  3. Virginia3.8
  4. Michigan3.7

The largest states

  1. Texas1,159
  2. New York1,049
  3. Florida840
  4. Pennsylvania651
  5. Illinois572

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.