NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist in Missouri

27 NPPES records list corneal and contact management optometrist with a practice address in Missouri, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 13th highest rate of 51. Saint Louis and Kansas City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Missouri license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 152WC0802X · method

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

Saint Louis has the most, 4

  1. Saint Louis4
  2. Kansas City2
  3. Washington2
  4. Arnold1
  5. Columbia1

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist records in Missouri

  1. Thomas Altenbernd, O.D.Saint Louis, MO 631291134237365
  2. Lawrence Aurich, O.D.Grandview, MO 640301578649547
  3. Thebe BagwasiSaint Charles, MO 633031124037320
  4. Frank Bier, O.D.Manchester, MO 630111356454060
  5. Charles Bruce, ODWashington, MO 630901609868140
  6. Ralph Butler, O.D.Jefferson City, MO 651011184759284
  7. Raneat Cohen, O.D.Columbia, MO 652011407017155
  8. Mark Dalton, O.D.Sullivan, MO 630801942291547
  9. David Davidson, O.D.Arnold, MO 630101740217462
  10. Gary Delancey, O.D.Ellisville, MO 630211164413415
  11. Ira Ettinger, O.D.Washington, MO 630901659421303
  12. Robert Goerss, O.D.O Fallon, MO 633661386640050
  13. Gerald Gosnell, O.D.Kansas City, MO 641121144262536
  14. Charles Hornby, O.D.Monett, MO 657081598712242
  15. Amir Jalali, ODMexico, MO 652651346334166
  16. Jeffrey Laferla, O.D.Kansas City, MO 641521093823924
  17. Timothy Lischwe, M.D.Osage Beach, MO 650651730184151
  18. Todd Lucas, O.D.Saint Louis, MO 631181841326535
  19. Kevin Lydon, O.D.Saint Peters, MO 633761114056231
  20. Morio Miyamoto, O.D.Saint Louis, MO 631011588722748
  21. Marlin Neil, O.D.Saint Louis, MO 631411508086166
  22. Cathy Phillips, ODPacific, MO 630691326016601
  23. Scott Sander, O.D.Lees Summit, MO 640811982795480
  24. Thomas Sandler, O.D.St Peters, MO 633761972645919
  25. Rebecca Stilley, O.D.Joplin, MO 648041235224676
  26. Jessica Tu, ODSt Louis, MO 631211255867149
  27. Rick Unsell, ODParkville, MO 641521811039910

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152WC0802X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Missouri ranks 13 of 51 per resident

  1. Massachusetts0.4
  2. Montana0.4
  3. Ohio0.4
  4. Missouri0.4
  5. Maine0.4
  6. Pennsylvania0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152WC0802X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

66.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 65.8% 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. Missouri66.7%
  2. United States65.8%

Corneal and Contact Management Optometrist records in Missouri, measured

  • In a Medicare file18 of 27 · 66.7% here, 65.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file16 · 59.3% here, 47.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more16 · 59.3% here, 74.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year1995 · the 16 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 152WC0802X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

27 NPPES records list corneal and contact management optometrist (152WC0802X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Missouri: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Saint Louis has 4 of them (15%).

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. Virginia27
  2. Indiana24
  3. Massachusetts31
  4. Tennessee23

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Ohio0.4
  2. Pennsylvania0.4
  3. New York0.4
  4. California0.4

The largest states

  1. California161
  2. Texas112
  3. New York82
  4. Florida75
  5. Pennsylvania55

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.