NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ophthalmology Physician in West Virginia

106 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician with a practice address in West Virginia, 6 per 100,000 residents, the 30th highest rate of 51. Morgantown and Charleston have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search. Page 3 of 3.

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).

Morgantown has the most, 33

  1. Morgantown33
  2. Charleston15
  3. Huntington13
  4. Martinsburg6
  5. Parkersburg6

Ophthalmology Physician records in West Virginia

  1. Christian Warner, MDHuntington, WV 257051760972236
  2. Theodore Werblin, MDPrinceton, WV 247401356346662
  3. Paul Whitmore, M.D.Martinsburg, WV 254011073592689
  4. Lee Wiley, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061437127412
  5. Moseley Winkler, MDCharleston, WV 253041487886628
  6. Brian Wood, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265051366515421

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

West Virginia ranks 30 of 51 per resident

  1. Delaware6.3
  2. South Carolina6.1
  3. North Dakota6.0
  4. West Virginia6.0
  5. Nebraska5.9
  6. Utah5.9
  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.

69.8% 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. West Virginia69.8%
  2. United States77.8%

Ophthalmology Physician records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file74 of 106 · 69.8% here, 77.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file61 · 57.5% here, 65.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more61 · 57.5% here, 63.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year1996 · the 60 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

106 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician (207W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 6 per 100,000 residents against 6.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morgantown has 33 of them (31%).

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. New Mexico105
  2. New Hampshire99
  3. Maine98
  4. Nebraska117

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Dakota6.0
  2. Utah5.9
  3. South Carolina6.1
  4. Colorado5.8

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.