NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ophthalmology Physician in Alabama

234 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Alabama, 4.6 per 100,000 residents, the 47th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Mobile have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207W00000X · method

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

Birmingham has the most, 76

  1. Birmingham76
  2. Mobile30
  3. Huntsville23
  4. Dothan19
  5. Montgomery18

Ophthalmology Physician records in Alabama

  1. Kirk Sturridge, M.D.Dothan, AL 363051568616977
  2. Joseph Sugg, MDMobile, AL 366951538154968
  3. John Swan, MDMontgomery, AL 361061336124742
  4. Jason Swanner, MDHoover, AL 352161679593719
  5. Robert Tauscher, MDBirmingham, AL 352331992238851
  6. Andrew Terry, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081154316321
  7. Perin Thompson, MDFlorence, AL 356301669458725
  8. Warren Thompson, MDDothan, AL 363031962484790
  9. Helen Thrasher, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352331659472066
  10. Rollins Tindell, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061033104500
  11. Mark Tucker, M.D.Alexander City, AL 350101427006717
  12. Joseph Turner, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061366603631
  13. G Perrin Underwood, MDMontgomery, AL 361111780769927
  14. Michael Ursic, MDTuscaloosa, AL 354061649266867
  15. James Veal, M.D.Cullman, AL 350581760445092
  16. Andrew Velazquez, MDMountain Brk, AL 352131013930825
  17. Valerie Vick, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061093700569
  18. John Wallace, MDDothan, AL 363051992735302
  19. Michael Wallace, M.D.Auburn, AL 368301376922948
  20. Christopher Walton, MDMobile, AL 366081568564722
  21. Claude Warren, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081841285020
  22. Caroline Watson, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358051144756875
  23. Jeffrey Weeks, M. D.Opelika, AL 368011962613984
  24. Theron Wells, MDDothan, AL 363031457878662
  25. Daniel Wenzl, MDMuscle Shoals, AL 356611912016163
  26. Clark Witherspoon, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352941386673838
  27. Charles Woods, M.D.Decatur, AL 356011396748786
  28. Alex Wright, MDBirmingham, AL 352331043715832
  29. John Wright, MDMobile, AL 366081326571670
  30. E. M. Brendan WyattSelma, AL 367011538173646
  31. Wilfred Yeargan, MDTuscaloosa, AL 354061376531152
  32. Frank Young, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361111376547075
  33. Joseph Zarzaur, MDBirmingham, AL 352231568531648
  34. Peter Zloty, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061467490086

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207W00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 47 of 51 per resident

  1. Georgia4.9
  2. Arizona4.8
  3. Arkansas4.7
  4. Alabama4.6
  5. Indiana4.5
  6. Nevada4.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.6.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 77.8% 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. Alabama77.4%
  2. United States77.8%

Ophthalmology Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file181 of 234 · 77.4% here, 77.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file149 · 63.7% here, 65.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more153 · 65.4% here, 63.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year1999 · the 148 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207W00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

234 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician (207W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 4.6 per 100,000 residents against 6.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 76 of them (32%).

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. Kentucky239
  2. Iowa220
  3. Puerto Rico211
  4. Oklahoma208

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Indiana4.5
  2. Nevada4.5
  3. Arkansas4.7
  4. Arizona4.8

The largest states

  1. California2,899
  2. New York1,822
  3. Florida1,581
  4. Texas1,514
  5. Pennsylvania1,088

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.