NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Louisiana

540 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Louisiana, 12 per 100,000 residents, the 51st highest rate of 51. Baton Rouge and New Orleans have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 11 of 11.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 152W00000X · method

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

Baton Rouge has the most, 55

  1. Baton Rouge55
  2. New Orleans49
  3. Lafayette32
  4. Shreveport28
  5. Metairie25

Optometrist records in Louisiana

  1. Jennifer Vaught, O.D.Kenner, LA 700651033204128
  2. Robbilyn Verges, ODCovington, LA 704331376279356
  3. Keeley Verrett, O.D.New Orleans, LA 701251922267301
  4. Cary Vincent, ODTerrytown, LA 700561568460533
  5. Genny Vo, ODNew Orleans, LA 701211710353719
  6. Anh Vu, O.D.La Place, LA 700681841381084
  7. Ashley Vu, ODGretna, LA 700531396425906
  8. Peter Vu, ODMetairie, LA 700031225519655
  9. Wendy Waguespack, O.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091447319058
  10. Donald Walker, ODShreveport, LA 711291386639110
  11. James Walker, O.D.Winnfield, LA 714831477534147
  12. Julia Wall-Hayes, ODSulphur, LA 706631760936702
  13. Richard Walters, ODAlexandria, LA 713031881655082
  14. Pete Wardell, ODNatchitoches, LA 714571467495382
  15. Sandra Warner, O.D.Destrehan, LA 700471831249457
  16. Stephen Warren, O.D.Bogalusa, LA 704271659471340
  17. Brandon Wax, ODOakdale, LA 714631902815046
  18. Paige Weaver, ODAbbeville, LA 705101356223929
  19. Renee Weaver, ODNew Orleans, LA 701211679200596
  20. Dustin Weidert, ODLutcher, LA 700711083341515
  21. John Weil, O.D.Marrero, LA 700721780771048
  22. Stephen Welcker, O.D.Belle Chasse, LA 700371346301876
  23. Dick Whitaker, ODFerriday, LA 713341235212457
  24. Stephanie White, O.D.Harahan, LA 701231407925845
  25. Oliver Whitney, ODMandeville, LA 704711912903162
  26. Weston Whitworth, ODShreveport, LA 711181083284129
  27. Ernest Wilbur, ODNew Orleans, LA 701141760453625
  28. Jeffrey Wilhite, O.D.Marrero, LA 700721639424997
  29. Megan Williams, ODNew Orleans, LA 701181174141303
  30. John Wise, O.D.Crowley, LA 705261447322326
  31. Jason Wonch, ODSlidell, LA 704601225190440
  32. Katherine Wonch, O.D.Mandeville, LA 704481710154430
  33. Gregory Woodall, O.D.Homer, LA 710401225157878
  34. Christopher Wroten, O.D.Hammond, LA 704031902919913
  35. Sarah Wroten, O.D.Denham Springs, LA 707261073626099
  36. Chuemai Yang, O.D.Metarie, LA 700021902111511
  37. Justin Zachary, ODBaton Rouge, LA 708061508478025
  38. Christina Zamora, ODAlexandria, LA 713031174147383
  39. Michael Ziegler, O.D.Jennings, LA 705461407920341
  40. Jennifer Zwinck, O.D.Covington, LA 704331265523278

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152W00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 51 of 51 per resident

  1. Utah14
  2. North Carolina14
  3. Georgia13
  4. Louisiana12
  5. 50 states and D.C.19

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 71.9% 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. Louisiana77.6%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file419 of 540 · 77.6% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file329 · 60.9% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more355 · 65.7% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2010 · the 329 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 152W00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

540 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 12 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Baton Rouge has 55 of them (10%).

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. Arkansas531
  2. Nevada550
  3. Puerto Rico506
  4. Utah470

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Georgia13.0
  2. Guam10.4
  3. North Carolina13.7
  4. Virgin Islands13.8

The largest states

  1. California8,308
  2. Texas5,006
  3. Florida3,594
  4. New York3,535
  5. Illinois2,697

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.