George David Shida, O.D.
Optometrist · Sandy Springs, GA
George David Shida, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Sandy Springs, Georgia, and NPI 1508834516, issued on Mar 8, 2006. Check the license (Georgia OPT 000917, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- George David Shida
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- OPT 000917 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 901 Abernathy RD, Sandy Springs, GA 30328
- Phone
- (404) 252-1702
- Enumerated
- Mar 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (404) 303-8843
- Medicaid IDs
- 823239700A GA
410348887A GA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050304000053); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify George David Shida in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license OPT 000917Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
77% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
65 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 43% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost18 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $2,118.54
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lumenis BE inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Eye 1St Holdings LLCSandy Springs, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
George David Shida among 1,430 optometrist records in Georgia
George David Shida, O.D. is one of 1,430 optometrist records with a practice address in Georgia. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2007 among the 830 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a Georgia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
14 optometrist records list a practice address in Sandy Springs
They are 14 of the 1,073 NPPES records with a practice address in Sandy Springs, and 1,430 optometrist records in Georgia.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nhung Brandenburg, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303281396706263
- Jose Goncalves, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303281578681441
- Sari Gruber, O.D.Sandy Springs, GA 303281649452459
- Benjamin Hampton, ODAtlanta, GA 303281649471723
- Wesley Hansen, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303281619003571
- Maurice Joseph, ODAtlanta, GA 303281104022870
- Anar Maurya, O.D.Atlanta, GA 303281932167467
- Jeffrey Mellom, ODAtlanta, GA 303281588792816
Common questions
What is George David Shida, O.D.'s NPI number?
George David Shida, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508834516, issued on Mar 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is George David Shida, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 901 Abernathy RD, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328. Phone: (404) 252-1702. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify George David Shida, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number OPT 000917, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does George David Shida, O.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, George David Shida, O.D. had 65 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it 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.