NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Otolaryngology Physician in California

1,212 NPPES records list otolaryngology physician with a practice address in California, 3.1 per 100,000 residents, the 36th 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 25 of 25.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207Y00000X · 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, 128

  1. Los Angeles128
  2. San Diego73
  3. San Francisco68
  4. Sacramento67
  5. Stanford47

Otolaryngology Physician records in California

  1. Gary Zerlin, MDBakersfield, CA 933011801873765
  2. Emily Zhang, MDPalo Alto, CA 943051215566518
  3. Qi Zhang, M.D.Ukiah, CA 954821194085324
  4. Zhipeng Zhang, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900891053865949
  5. Nina Zhao, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171073923710
  6. Melissa Zheng, MDOakland, CA 946111932630027
  7. Allen Zhou, MDStanford, CA 943051407435910
  8. Alisa ZhukhovitskayaLos Angeles, CA 900951023436490
  9. Daniel Zinder, M.D.Camp Pendleton, CA 920551295850170
  10. Larry Zinn, MDLa Mesa, CA 919421164940086
  11. Evany Zirul, DOFresno, CA 937201962580779
  12. Kenneth Zuckerman, M.D.Irvine, CA 926181639286347

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Y00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 36 of 51 per resident

  1. Mississippi3.2
  2. Virginia3.1
  3. Alabama3.1
  4. California3.1
  5. Indiana3.1
  6. Michigan3.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Y00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 79.4% 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. California79.9%
  2. United States79.4%

Otolaryngology Physician records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file968 of 1,212 · 79.9% here, 79.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file818 · 67.5% here, 66.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more759 · 62.6% here, 57.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 818 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207Y00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,212 NPPES records list otolaryngology physician (207Y00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 3.1 per 100,000 residents against 3.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 128 of them (11%).

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. Texas790
  2. New York765
  3. Florida659
  4. Pennsylvania531

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alabama3.1
  2. Virginia3.1
  3. Indiana3.1
  4. Michigan3.1

The largest states

  1. Texas790
  2. New York765
  3. Florida659
  4. Pennsylvania531
  5. Illinois482

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.