Teruo Watanabe, O.D.
Optometrist · Monrovia, CA
Teruo Watanabe, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in Monrovia, California, and NPI 1952402026, issued on Sep 25, 2006. Check the license (California 5612T, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Teruo Watanabe
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 5612T CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 525 S Myrtle Ave Ste 107, Monrovia, CA 91016
- Phone
- (626) 359-3937
- Enumerated
- Sep 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 14, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (626) 358-5030
- Medicaid ID
- SD0056120 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080512000233); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Southern California College Of Optometry, 1973
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Teruo Watanabe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 5612TCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $60.89
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. 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
- Teruo Watanabe OD IncMonrovia, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Teruo Watanabe among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Teruo Watanabe, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 67% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 optometrist records list a practice address in Monrovia
They are 15 of the 17,347 NPPES records with a practice address in Monrovia, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Margaret Boyamian, ODMonrovia, CA 910161366882920
- Cindy Chiang, O.D.Monrovia, CA 910161770647695
- Shung Kim, O.D.Monrovia, CA 910161669446381
- Jessica Ly, O.D.Monrovia, CA 910161851711139
- Hannah Morales, O.D.Monrovia, CA 910161295709111
- William Overman, O.D.Monrovia, CA 910161023169331
- Bonnie Peng, ODMonrovia, CA 910161114968245
- Minh Shaw, O.DMonrovia, CA 910161558526988
Common questions
What is Teruo Watanabe, O.D.'s NPI number?
Teruo Watanabe, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1952402026, issued on Sep 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Teruo Watanabe, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 525 S Myrtle Ave Ste 107, Monrovia, CA, 91016. Phone: (626) 359-3937. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Teruo Watanabe, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 5612T, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.