NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician in Colorado

17 NPPES records list cornea and external diseases specialist physician with a practice address in Colorado, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 2nd highest rate of 44. Aurora and Colorado Springs have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Colorado license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207WX0120X · method

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

Aurora has the most, 7

  1. Aurora7
  2. Colorado Springs3
  3. Denver1
  4. Lone Tree1
  5. Longmont1

Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician records in Colorado

  1. Peter Andrews, M.D.Loveland, CO 805371316984255
  2. Nitin Chopra, MBAColorado Springs, CO 809091376006007
  3. Karen Christopher, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451669715876
  4. Michael Erlanger, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451588683015
  5. Clayton Falknor, MDColorado Springs, CO 809091164625018
  6. Christopher Gelston, MDLone Tree, CO 801241780611814
  7. Christopher Hampton, MDWheat Ridge, CO 800331629530191
  8. Marcus Neuffer, M.D.Usaf Academy, CO 808401982820130
  9. Brittany Perzia, MDAurora, CO 800451184298283
  10. Travis Redd, MD, MPHAurora, CO 800451518351451
  11. James Sbarbaro, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809071972781805
  12. Robert Snip, M.D.Telluride, CO 814351457406365
  13. Michael Taravella, MDAurora, CO 800451477631737
  14. Aimee Verner, M.D.Longmont, CO 805031063859817
  15. Victoria Wang, MDAurora, CO 800451588304976
  16. Michael Wildes, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451396163929
  17. Ronald Wise, MDDenver, CO 802021386636843

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207WX0120X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Colorado ranks 2 of 44 per resident

  1. Alaska0.4
  2. Colorado0.3
  3. Missouri0.2
  4. Oregon0.2
  5. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207WX0120X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

94.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 95.6% 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. Colorado94.1%
  2. United States95.6%

Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician records in Colorado, measured

  • In a Medicare file16 of 17 · 94.1% here, 95.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file13 · 76.5% here, 85.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more5 · 29.4% here, 28.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2013 · the 13 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207WX0120X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

17 NPPES records list cornea and external diseases specialist physician (207WX0120X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Colorado: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Aurora has 7 of them (41%).

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. Pennsylvania17
  2. Florida19
  3. Missouri15
  4. Illinois20

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon0.2
  2. New York0.1
  3. Massachusetts0.1
  4. California0.1

The largest states

  1. California54
  2. Texas33
  3. New York29
  4. Illinois20
  5. Florida19

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.