NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pulmonary Disease Physician in California

1,443 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in California, 3.7 per 100,000 residents, the 38th 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 14 of 29.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RP1001X · 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, 153

  1. Los Angeles153
  2. San Diego100
  3. San Francisco96
  4. Stanford50
  5. Sacramento47

Pulmonary Disease Physician records in California

  1. Eric Kleerup, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951215956636
  2. Mark Klein, MDSalinas, CA 939011093718165
  3. Walter Klein, M.D.Moreno Valley, CA 925551366645491
  4. Nicholas Klimberg, MDSalinas, CA 939011225490188
  5. Spencer Koerner, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481053541201
  6. James Kohan, MDEscondido, CA 920251063568947
  7. Sanjivan Kohli, MDSan Juan Capistrano, CA 926751801129663
  8. Nicholas Kolaitis, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431891060067
  9. Steven Kolodny, M.D.Palos Verdes Estates, CA 902741831460369
  10. Gary Kong, MD, MPHBurbank, CA 915051740388891
  11. Amarin Kongchalalai, MDMontclair, CA 917631649376534
  12. John Koostra, M.D.Monterey, CA 939401922058437
  13. Richard Kops, M.D.Concord, CA 945201871504530
  14. Brian Korotzer, MDBellflower, CA 907061730256751
  15. Bunchong Kosolcharoen, M.D.Lakeport, CA 954531932111770
  16. Sara Kossuth, D.O.West Hills, CA 913071417930603
  17. Gunnayya Chetty Kota, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926481215043997
  18. Aditya Kotecha, M.D.Torrance, CA 905051811375371
  19. Laura Koth, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431952367815
  20. Ewa Kraish, M.D.Pasadena, CA 911051265756860
  21. Jerrold Kram, M.D.San Leandro, CA 945781205922093
  22. Thomas KravisSan Francisco, CA 941331386006880
  23. Anita Kriplani, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900571952472037
  24. Doddanna Krishna, M DLancaster, CA 935341285725945
  25. Ganesh Krishna, M.DMountain View, CA 940401407890742
  26. Pramod Krishnamurthy, MDDublin, CA 945681902067085
  27. Donald Kroe, M.D.Pasadena, CA 911061811963762
  28. James Krueger, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061992893408
  29. Kristina Kudelko, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051447413216
  30. Joseph Kuei, MDMonterey Park, CA 917541588659759
  31. Brooks Kuhn, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171851528947
  32. Gilbert Kuhn, M.D.Santa Monica, CA 904041144317629
  33. Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951295050466
  34. Ashok Kumar, M.D.Hawthorne, CA 902501518963032
  35. Avnee KumarSan Diego, CA 921031750745394
  36. Rajapuram Kumar, MDMerced, CA 953481043393986
  37. Minggen Kuo, M.D.Whittier, CA 906021053505636
  38. Jeffrey Kupperman, M.D.Santa Barbara, CA 931051104810738
  39. Kristina Kury, M.D.Oakland, CA 946091154357713
  40. David Kwon, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371922425297
  41. Minhtruong Lai, MDSan Jose, CA 951241437204658
  42. Jason Lam, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958231841584158
  43. Jonathan Lamee, MDVentura, CA 930031417341959
  44. Daniel Lamorte, MDCamp Pendleton, CA 920551497218366
  45. Charles Landers, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231336132331
  46. Judd Landsberg, M.D.San Diego, CA 921611447365390
  47. Todd Lasman, MDRedwood City, CA 940631851479406
  48. Irina Lattanzi, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671700945441
  49. Kam Lau, MDRiverside, CA 925061821070632
  50. Robert Laughlin, MDBakersfield, CA 933011548209711

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RP1001X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 38 of 51 per resident

  1. Iowa3.9
  2. Arizona3.8
  3. South Carolina3.8
  4. California3.7
  5. Oklahoma3.7
  6. Arkansas3.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RP1001X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

84.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.0% 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. California84.4%
  2. United States85.0%

Pulmonary Disease Physician records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,218 of 1,443 · 84.4% here, 85.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,062 · 73.6% here, 74.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more795 · 55.1% here, 53.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2002 · the 1,061 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RP1001X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,443 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician (207RP1001X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 3.7 per 100,000 residents against 4.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 153 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. New York1,230
  2. Florida1,045
  3. Texas967
  4. Pennsylvania779

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oklahoma3.7
  2. Arkansas3.7
  3. South Carolina3.8
  4. Hawaii3.6

The largest states

  1. New York1,230
  2. Florida1,045
  3. Texas967
  4. Pennsylvania779
  5. Ohio659

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.