NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician in California

536 NPPES records list pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician with a practice address in California, 1.4 per 100,000 residents, the 19th 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 10 of 11.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207LP2900X · 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, 33

  1. Los Angeles33
  2. San Diego33
  3. Stanford28
  4. Sacramento20
  5. San Francisco18

Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician records in California

  1. Shikha Sharma, MD, PHDSan Jose, CA 951191194257527
  2. Bhumika Sherdiwala, M.D.Union City, CA 945871316331218
  3. Samir Sheth, MDRoseville, CA 956611720245830
  4. Brian Shih, MDValley Village, CA 916071063483162
  5. Daniel Shin, MDLos Angeles, CA 900571801090188
  6. Philip Shin, MDHarbor City, CA 907101922270560
  7. Laura Simons, PHDPalo Alto, CA 943041285818179
  8. Kristen Slater, PSYDStanford, CA 943051831406081
  9. Kevin Smith, MDSan Diego, CA 921111457388225
  10. David Smolins, MDRedwood City, CA 940631164500658
  11. Leonard Soloniuk, M.D.Moreno Valley, CA 925551356353247
  12. Julie Sowerby, DOChico, CA 959281578596557
  13. William Spalding, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331558652305
  14. Thomas Specht, M.D.Truckee, CA 961611396795001
  15. Alicja Steiner, M.D.San Diego, CA 921011851309314
  16. Charles Stevens, M.D.El Centro, CA 922431003001363
  17. Gwendolyn Stritter, MDPortola Valley, CA 940281902087828
  18. Amaad Sulahria, DOSacramento, CA 958171851928246
  19. Joon Sung, MDAnaheim, CA 928071891862611
  20. Barry Swerdlow, M.D.Thousand Oaks, CA 913601891701785
  21. Vivianne Tawfik, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041679716252
  22. Natacha Telusca, MDStanford, CA 943051245557636
  23. James Teng, MDBaldwin Park, CA 917061912074923
  24. Abdullah Terkawi, MDStanford, CA 943051285044511
  25. Rajender Thakran, M.D.Apple Valley, CA 923071619988300
  26. Shabeen Tharani, M.D.San Jose, CA 951191437285624
  27. Chitta Thiagarajah, M.D.Lancaster, CA 935341982696944
  28. Kenneth Thomas, M.D.Van Nuys, CA 914051689626566
  29. Kevin Toliver, M.D.San Diego, CA 921081346202850
  30. Westin TomSan Francisco, CA 941431992209134
  31. Caitlin Tourje, M.D.Camarillo, CA 930101033571872
  32. Ngoc Truong, DOCarlsbad, CA 920111841634797
  33. Jonelon Tsang, MBBSSan Jose, CA 951281245499045
  34. Carlos Untal, M.D.San Luis Obispo, CA 934051316923998
  35. Brandon Valine, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371699891184
  36. Clayton Varga, MDSan Diego, CA 921101629060694
  37. Andrew Vargas, MDEmeryville, CA 946081932594793
  38. Gregory Vassilev, MDVan Nuys, CA 914051073539748
  39. Mary Vijjeswarapu, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481962765180
  40. William Von Kaenel, M.D.Fresno, CA 937101336201011
  41. Katrina Von Kriegenbergh, MDTorrance, CA 905051013270867
  42. Van Vu, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926471194807115
  43. Robert Wagner, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371720094055
  44. David Wahba, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933091730335548
  45. Mark Wallace, MDSan Diego, CA 921031427098102
  46. Lawrence Wan, M.D.Murrieta, CA 925631003826488
  47. Amy Wang, MDLa Jolla, CA 920931053948638
  48. Christina Wang, M.D.Martinez, CA 945531548555014
  49. Tony Wang, M.D.Ventura, CA 930031437536521
  50. William Wang, MDAnaheim, CA 928071528130853

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207LP2900X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 19 of 51 per resident

  1. Maryland1.4
  2. Ohio1.4
  3. Mississippi1.4
  4. California1.4
  5. Washington1.4
  6. Connecticut1.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207LP2900X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

82.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 82.3% 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. California82.8%
  2. United States82.3%

Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file444 of 536 · 82.8% here, 82.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file367 · 68.5% here, 72.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more273 · 50.9% here, 51.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 367 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207LP2900X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

536 NPPES records list pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician (207LP2900X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 1.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 33 of them (6%).

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. Florida384
  2. Texas382
  3. New York309
  4. Illinois203

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Washington1.4
  2. Mississippi1.4
  3. Ohio1.4
  4. Maryland1.4

The largest states

  1. Florida384
  2. Texas382
  3. New York309
  4. Illinois203
  5. Pennsylvania200

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.