NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Assistant in California

39 NPPES records list surgical assistant with a practice address in California, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 47th highest rate of 49. San Diego and Anaheim 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 246ZC0007X · method

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

San Diego has the most, 5

  1. San Diego5
  2. Anaheim2
  3. Fountain Valley2
  4. Oxnard2
  5. Pomona2

Surgical Assistant records in California

  1. Ziyad Alguraan, SA-CAnaheim, CA 928061104705318
  2. Elias AljamalLa Verne, CA 917501235596214
  3. Majd AlnosserAnaheim, CA 928011679943609
  4. Emerson Amaya, SA-CLos Angeles, CA 900371104715275
  5. Felix Argueta Carpio, SA-CHuntington Park, CA 902551407628761
  6. Thuc Bach, M.D.Alhambra, CA 918011518999374
  7. Dustin Briggs, CST, CSFAFountain Valley, CA 927081457547671
  8. Yngrid Castillo DuqueHighland, CA 923461174083315
  9. Larry ClarkBeverly Hills, CA 902101174884456
  10. Alejandro Del Cerro, SURGICAL ASSISTANTDowney, CA 902411346787959
  11. Yolanda Duany Suarez, CFSAFoster City, CA 944041003629122
  12. Tiffani Fanucchi, LEGrass Valley, CA 959451023784717
  13. Nicole Fudge, CSFASan Diego, CA 921211902791916
  14. Ernesto Galvan, CSA CFAWestminster, CA 926831295104511
  15. Harbans Gill, M.D (MBBS)Yuba City, CA 959931871973289
  16. Jillien GomezLakewood, CA 907121447643747
  17. Trevor Johnson, OTCEncinitas, CA 920241609102698
  18. Charles Kreuser, C.ST. A.S.CWest Hollywood, CA 900461720303860
  19. Maya LewisVista, CA 920841114624921
  20. Manuel Lizarraga, SA-CWest Hollywood, CA 900461346738911
  21. Kamika McKnight, CMAOxnard, CA 930301740587385
  22. Erick NunezSan Diego, CA 921541952868549
  23. Thomas Parra, CSFAOxnard, CA 930361659733079
  24. Iris Ramos Pineda, SA-CPomona, CA 917671730667486
  25. Pablo Rivera Cruz, SA-CStockton, CA 952061942877303
  26. Carmen Rodriguez, SA-CSan Diego, CA 921271760871560
  27. Lucy Salazar, SA-CChula Vista, CA 919101285211813
  28. Javad SalimiSan Jose, CA 951291225711914
  29. Mario Sanchez Pubill, SA-CPomona, CA 917681942723309
  30. Martin Sanchez TorresNorwalk, CA 906501396282752
  31. Ruth SerranoSan Diego, CA 921201821811282
  32. Katherine SimmonsSan Diego, CA 921211699127324
  33. John TonFountain Valley, CA 927081992696678
  34. Vanessa TorresHuntington Beach, CA 926471750983771
  35. Josue Villa Ruiz, SA-CSignal Hill, CA 907551972128312
  36. Lizbeth Villegas, SA-CSanta Monica, CA 904041649768235
  37. Betzabe Wintermute, SA-CSanta Clarita, CA 913901730645425
  38. Misganaw WubnehElk Grove, CA 957581487544581
  39. Jose Zamudio Escamilla, SA-CColton, CA 923241609389469

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 47 of 49 per resident

  1. West Virginia0.2
  2. South Dakota0.1
  3. New Jersey0.1
  4. California0.1
  5. Washington0.1
  6. Connecticut0.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

2.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.5% 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. California2.6%
  2. United States0.5%

Surgical Assistant records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 39 · 2.6% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 2.6% here, 0.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more26 · 66.7% here, 55.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

39 NPPES records list surgical assistant (246ZC0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). San Diego has 5 of them (13%).

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. South Carolina40
  2. Pennsylvania41
  3. Oklahoma42
  4. New Mexico35

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Jersey0.1
  2. Michigan0.2
  3. Massachusetts0.2
  4. Missouri0.2

The largest states

  1. Texas1,118
  2. Florida900
  3. Georgia325
  4. Virginia302
  5. Illinois261

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.