Shirin Esmail, OD
Optometrist · Chapel Hill, NC
Shirin Esmail, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and NPI 1124209671, issued on Nov 26, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 1950, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shirin Esmail
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 1950 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 140 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
- Phone
- (919) 968-3937
- Enumerated
- Nov 26, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 11, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 932-3290
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050420000180); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New England College Of Optometry, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 140 W Franklin St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Shirin Esmail in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 1950Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
18 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $154.34
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was CooperVision 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
- Inview Eye Care 2, OD, PLLCChapel Hill, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shirin Esmail among 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina
Shirin Esmail, OD is one of 1,480 optometrist records with a practice address in North Carolina. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 49% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 49% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2006 among the 1,060 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in North Carolina
There are 1,480 optometrist records in North Carolina.
All 1,480 in North Carolina → Every provider in Chapel Hill → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nancy Mize, ODChapel Hill, NC 275161215134044
- Stephanie Whitacre, O.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275161609871854
- Phillip Boykin, ODChapel Hill, NC 275171053712240
- Kyra Dorgeloh, ODChapel Hill, NC 275171437712767
- Donna Hillsgrove, O.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275171194783811
- John Marshall, ODChapel Hill, NC 275171104972116
- Michael Mendsen, ODChapel Hill, NC 275171144740788
- Heather O'Mara, ODChapel Hill, NC 275171962750828
Common questions
What is Shirin Esmail, OD's NPI number?
Shirin Esmail, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124209671, issued on Nov 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shirin Esmail, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 140 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516. Phone: (919) 968-3937. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shirin Esmail, OD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 1950, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Shirin Esmail, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shirin Esmail, OD had 18 Medicare Part D claims; 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.