NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Rheumatology Physician in California

62 NPPES records list pediatric rheumatology physician with a practice address in California, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 22nd highest rate of 46. Los Angeles and Palo Alto have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2080P0216X · 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, 14

  1. Los Angeles14
  2. Palo Alto14
  3. San Diego8
  4. Orange6
  5. San Francisco6

Pediatric Rheumatology Physician records in California

  1. Bracha Shaham, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271184710097
  2. Elizabeth Shaw, DOOakland, CA 946111881729275
  3. Robert Sheets, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231013088772
  4. Andrew Shulman, M.D., PH.D.Orange, CA 928681760649842
  5. Deepika Singh, MDMadera, CA 936361275844946
  6. Bernhard Singsen, M.D.Oakland, CA 946091457462327
  7. William Soulsby, MDSan Francisco, CA 941581396108718
  8. Anne Stevens, MD, PHDPalo Alto, CA 943041457432700
  9. Sukesh Sukumaran, MDMadera, CA 936361598068736
  10. Ilona Szer, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231629149489
  11. Robert Watson, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958161902814056
  12. John Whelan, MD PHDSanta Monica, CA 904041083681258

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0216X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 22 of 46 per resident

  1. Rhode Island0.2
  2. Michigan0.2
  3. Alabama0.2
  4. California0.2
  5. Kentucky0.2
  6. Tennessee0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0216X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

40.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 48.9% 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. California40.3%
  2. United States48.9%

Pediatric Rheumatology Physician records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file25 of 62 · 40.3% here, 48.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file11 · 17.7% here, 24.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more36 · 58.1% here, 53.1% nationally
  • Median graduation year2009 · the 11 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2080P0216X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

62 NPPES records list pediatric rheumatology physician (2080P0216X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 14 of them (23%).

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. Ohio53
  2. New York50
  3. Texas40
  4. Pennsylvania36

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee0.2
  2. Indiana0.1
  3. Michigan0.2
  4. North Carolina0.1

The largest states

  1. Ohio53
  2. New York50
  3. Texas40
  4. Pennsylvania36
  5. Missouri29

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.