NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ophthalmology Physician in Kentucky

239 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 5.3 per 100,000 residents, the 38th highest rate of 51. Louisville and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky 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).

Louisville has the most, 79

  1. Louisville79
  2. Lexington55
  3. Paducah8
  4. Owensboro7
  5. Ashland6

Ophthalmology Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Ryan Smith, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091376980318
  2. Joern Soltau, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071528099835
  3. John Sparrow, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091043232192
  4. James Stearns, M.D.Henderson, KY 424201790780567
  5. Harry Stephenson, MDLouisville, KY 402071730111717
  6. S Stephenson, MDLouisville, KY 402051700870656
  7. Robert Strawn, MDEdgewood, KY 410171114952660
  8. David Strickland, M.D.Louisville, KY 402231184999500
  9. Gregory Sulkowski, M.D.Louisville, KY 402171811102080
  10. Bradford Tannen, MDLexington, KY 405081912108432
  11. Michael Tanner, MDLexington, KY 405091588026181
  12. Zachary Tarter, MDElizabethtown, KY 427011952980716
  13. Lloyd Taustine, MDLouisville, KY 402171437151099
  14. Austin Taylor, D.O.Pikeville, KY 415011083021554
  15. Jeffery Taylor, MDPaducah, KY 420011356318547
  16. Lawrence Tenkman, MDLouisville, KY 402151023207859
  17. Angelia Thompson, MDLexington, KY 405091427162395
  18. Nikolaos Trichopoulos, M.D.Louisville, KY 402151891900189
  19. Christopher TurskiLexington, KY 405081568040178
  20. Leila VagheiLouisville, KY 402061790896736
  21. Paras Vora, MDLexington, KY 405081336778570
  22. Bandana Waikhom, MDFlorence, KY 410421053576140
  23. Theodore Wandzilak, MDLouisville, KY 402171013909753
  24. Wei Wang, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021982090874
  25. Kenneth Weaver, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041689671430
  26. Michael Wehmann, M.D.Newport, KY 410711154632875
  27. Jennifer Wentworth, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421031033115431
  28. Justin West, M.D.London, KY 407411235591355
  29. Elizabeth Westin, ODLexington, KY 405091437199528
  30. Charles Wheeler, M.D.Pikeville, KY 415011154332922
  31. Laura Wilbanks, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021386024446
  32. Edmund Wilkins, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421041699770206
  33. Cody Williams, DOAshland, KY 411011376003145
  34. Johnny Williams, MDMayfield, KY 420661992759641
  35. Lori Williams, MDAnchorage, KY 402231588086508
  36. Van Williams, M.D.Fort Campbell, KY 422231750438339
  37. Spencer Witcher, MDGlasgow, KY 421411700876455
  38. Gary Wortz, MDLexington, KY 405041710055041
  39. Jacob Yunker, MDLouisville, KY 402411033247747

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

Kentucky ranks 38 of 51 per resident

  1. Kansas5.6
  2. Mississippi5.6
  3. Missouri5.5
  4. Kentucky5.3
  5. Tennessee5.1
  6. Oklahoma5.1
  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.

81.2% 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. Kentucky81.2%
  2. United States77.8%

Ophthalmology Physician records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file194 of 239 · 81.2% here, 77.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file157 · 65.7% here, 65.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more165 · 69.0% here, 63.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 157 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

239 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician (207W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 5.3 per 100,000 residents against 6.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 79 of them (33%).

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. Alabama234
  2. Iowa220
  3. Puerto Rico211
  4. Oklahoma208

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee5.1
  2. Alaska5.0
  3. Missouri5.5
  4. New Mexico5.0

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.