NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optician in Connecticut

240 NPPES records list optician with a practice address in Connecticut, 6.6 per 100,000 residents, the 2nd highest rate of 51. Groton and Newington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Connecticut license search. Page 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 156FX1800X · method

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

Groton has the most, 14

  1. Groton14
  2. Newington12
  3. Norwich10
  4. Wallingford10
  5. Farmington9

Optician records in Connecticut

  1. Carol SandersonNew Britain, CT 060511861582413
  2. Meaghan Sanderson, L.O.New Britain, CT 060511073867206
  3. Madelin SantosWallingford, CT 064921366209041
  4. Maryann Santos, LICENSED OPTICIANGlastonbury, CT 060331831791623
  5. Renee Scatton, LOWallingford, CT 064921790081131
  6. Josiah Scovel, LOCromwell, CT 064161811755564
  7. Nathaniel SenderoffMeriden, CT 064501184815136
  8. Daniel SequeiraBrookfield, CT 068041811736895
  9. Stephanie ShefferFarmington, CT 060321770214561
  10. Morgan Shehan, LICENSED OPTICIANWest Hartford, CT 061071972322352
  11. Angel Sierra, OPTICIANHartford, CT 061061679629679
  12. Charlene SiroisNorth Windham, CT 062561649628793
  13. Rebecca SotoEast Windsor, CT 060881588203301
  14. Jessica St. Germaine, LOGroton, CT 063401356077382
  15. John Stepensky, L.O.New Britain, CT 060511083831937
  16. Sopheak TangWallingford, CT 064921841990637
  17. Margaret TexidorCheshire, CT 064101073115044
  18. Michael Thompson, L.O.Manchester, CT 060421598125775
  19. Doreen TorresNaugatuck, CT 067701255888376
  20. Peter Traygis, LOEnfield, CT 060821740461714
  21. Roger Troie, LOWethersfield, CT 061091649449034
  22. Patricia Turbert, L.OPutnam, CT 062601235940990
  23. Dalip Turkeshi, LDORidgefield, CT 068771902697899
  24. James ValinskyMeriden, CT 064501942660220
  25. Joseph VanhooseStratford, CT 066141124572813
  26. David VarkerStratford, CT 066141063968915
  27. Melbin Velasco, LICENSED OPTICIANHartford, CT 061141386039253
  28. Edward Vergara, LODerby, CT 064181942315916
  29. Dominick VolpeDanbury, CT 068101497141436
  30. Brendan Walsh, LICENSED OPTICIANHartford, CT 061141427114222
  31. Ryan Weaver, LO, ABOC, NCLECPutnam, CT 062601255856845
  32. Sheldon Weinstein, L.O.New Britain, CT 060511083968630
  33. Neal Wetmore, L.OGlastonbury, CT 060331255483269
  34. Christopher Wicke, L.O.Berlin, CT 060371992893051
  35. Christopher Willette, L.O.Newington, CT 061111023772415
  36. Kathrine Williams, LONewington, CT 061111881563971
  37. David Wojcik, LOBranford, CT 064051487778445
  38. John Woodcock, JrNorwich, CT 063601316482094
  39. Erica YorgensenNorwich, CT 063601013365238
  40. Tetiana Zolotarevych KramerNaugatuck, CT 067701356191803

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Connecticut ranks 2 of 51 per resident

  1. Kentucky6.7
  2. Connecticut6.6
  3. Ohio6.2
  4. Montana6.1
  5. 50 states and D.C.2.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1800X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

2.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.7% 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. Connecticut2.1%
  2. United States0.7%

Optician records in Connecticut, measured

  • In a Medicare file5 of 240 · 2.1% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 0.4% here, under 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more168 · 70.0% here, 54.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 156FX1800X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

240 NPPES records list optician (156FX1800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Connecticut: 6.6 per 100,000 residents against 2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Groton has 14 of them (6%).

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 Jersey241
  2. South Carolina247
  3. Virginia219
  4. Georgia265

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky6.7
  2. Ohio6.2
  3. Montana6.1
  4. New York5.8

The largest states

  1. New York1,141
  2. Ohio729
  3. Florida654
  4. California334
  5. Kentucky304

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.