NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician in California

27 NPPES records list pediatric hospice and palliative medicine physician with a practice address in California, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 30th highest rate of 41. Palo Alto and Los Angeles have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2080H0002X · method

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

Palo Alto has the most, 8

  1. Palo Alto8
  2. Los Angeles4
  3. Orange3
  4. Burbank1
  5. Encino1

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician records in California

  1. Toluwalase Ajayi, MDSan Diego, CA 921031316175912
  2. Sandra Aziz, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041891226965
  3. Justin Baker, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041750592580
  4. Eleanor Chang, M.D.Santa Ana, CA 927061619198447
  5. Sarah Dabagh, MDFountain Valley, CA 927081538600317
  6. Chuong Dang, M.D.Oakland, CA 946111740522408
  7. Sabrina Derrington, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900271710155346
  8. Mary Deutsche, MDLos Angeles, CA 900341376754721
  9. Nahid Esani, M.D.Burbank, CA 915051902023989
  10. Louise Glaser, MDSacramento, CA 958161215015946
  11. Erin Halman, MDOrange, CA 928681851853055
  12. Daniel Kadden, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271760019285
  13. Sarah Keating, M.D.Orange, CA 928681831509421
  14. Katrin Lalezarzadeh, D.O.Encino, CA 914361942414024
  15. Grant Lin, MD, PHDPalo Alto, CA 943041790313641
  16. Alexa Manrriquez, MDTorrance, CA 905031538720420
  17. David Mauser, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041811420821
  18. Thomas McNalley, MDSan Francisco, CA 941581861501116
  19. Jessica Moriarty, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041245625060
  20. Alexis Morvant, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041902218878
  21. Rajul Parikh, M.D.Stockton, CA 952071306067012
  22. Sandra Smith-Lang, MDManhattan Beach, CA 902661124239835
  23. David Steinhorn, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951184649154
  24. Tyler Tate, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041235405150
  25. Teresa Vente, DOPalo Alto, CA 943041639518814
  26. Jeffrey Wong, MDOrange, CA 928681316130321
  27. Muhammed Zuhdi, MDWest Hollywood, CA 900481740408772

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080H0002X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 30 of 41 per resident

  1. Texas0.1
  2. New Hampshire0.1
  3. Pennsylvania0.1
  4. California0.1
  5. Kentucky0.1
  6. Louisiana0.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080H0002X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

44.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 50.9% 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. California44.4%
  2. United States50.9%

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file12 of 27 · 44.4% here, 50.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file9 · 33.3% here, 40.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 33.3% here, 46.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2080H0002X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

27 NPPES records list pediatric hospice and palliative medicine physician (2080H0002X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Palo Alto has 8 of them (30%).

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. Texas24
  2. New York22
  3. Florida21
  4. Massachusetts15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Jersey0.1
  2. Ohio0.1
  3. Missouri0.2

The largest states

  1. Texas24
  2. New York22
  3. Florida21
  4. Massachusetts15
  5. Ohio13

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.