NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Mississippi

412 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Mississippi, 14 per 100,000 residents, the 46th highest rate of 51. Hattiesburg and Southaven have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Mississippi license search. Page 8 of 9.

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).

Hattiesburg has the most, 21

  1. Hattiesburg21
  2. Southaven17
  3. Tupelo17
  4. Columbus16
  5. Jackson16

Optometrist records in Mississippi

  1. Bethany South, ODBay Springs, MS 394221316137052
  2. Brian Spencer, O.D.Pascagoula, MS 395811568522746
  3. Kraig Stasney, O.D.Picayune, MS 394661861598765
  4. Tonya Stewart, ODClinton, MS 390561962509620
  5. Gerald Stinson, O.D.Lexington, MS 390951427406123
  6. Glen Stone, O.D.Batesville, MS 386061992817597
  7. Tu Stone, O.D.Batesville, MS 386061316082944
  8. Evan Stout, O.D.Magee, MS 391111760731517
  9. Glen Stribling, ODCrystal Springs, MS 390591881685220
  10. Richard Stribling, O.D.Philadelphia, MS 393501245203850
  11. Trent Stribling, O.D.Philadelphia, MS 393501831745199
  12. William Strickland, O.D.Oxford, MS 386551093704223
  13. Kelsey Sykes, ODClinton, MS 390561184171423
  14. Kathleen Tariq, ODLaurel, MS 394401437670080
  15. Anna Taylor, O.D.Brandon, MS 390421912112780
  16. Lana Taylor, O.D.Oxford, MS 386551609032705
  17. Lowell Taylor, O.D.Grenada, MS 389011679646640
  18. Maggie Taylor, O.D.Coldwater, MS 386181306765912
  19. Sidney Taylor, O.D.Coldwater, MS 386181821511361
  20. Barry Tewis, O. D.Hattiesburg, MS 394011861540163
  21. Pamela Tharp, O.D.Jackson, MS 392131427121268
  22. Robert Tharp, O.D.Jackson, MS 392131881767531
  23. Angela Thomas, ODKosciusko, MS 390901669535761
  24. Bradley Thompson, O.D.Forest, MS 390741952432262
  25. Courtney Thompson, O.D.Jackson, MS 392131578819835
  26. Brenda Thornhill, O.D.Meridian, MS 393011982608477
  27. Sarah Thrower, ODHolly Springs, MS 386351780363580
  28. Charles Tillman, O.D.Eupora, MS 397441275630626
  29. Mark TomsikMoss Point, MS 395631679553697
  30. Megan Tomsik, ODOcean Springs, MS 395641669927505
  31. Kristen Trainer, ODLucedale, MS 394521376434613
  32. Amanda Troupe, ODWest Point, MS 397731053688085
  33. John Turner, O.D.Hattiesburg, MS 394021750361051
  34. Michael Turner, O.D.Oxford, MS 386551023101342
  35. Donald Upton, O. D.Columbus, MS 397021962545608
  36. Leslie Valentine, ODLucedale, MS 394521871653873
  37. Justin Vo, ODMeridian, MS 393091548157068
  38. Hedy Walker, ODGulfport, MS 395031083660757
  39. Jimmy Walker, O.D.Collins, MS 394281073527230
  40. Christopher Walls, O.D.Grenada, MS 389011215951314
  41. Ryan Wally, O.D.Oxford, MS 386551851555106
  42. Michael Ware, O.D.New Albany, MS 386521508980178
  43. Joseph Warren, ODPontotoc, MS 388631023798725
  44. Sherylan Webb, O.D.Starkville, MS 397591699857771
  45. Michael Weeden, O.D.Corinth, MS 388341972583524
  46. Channing Wells, O.D.Jackson, MS 392041326438706
  47. James Westbrook, ODMeridian, MS 393011245448760
  48. Christopher White, O.D.Flowood, MS 392321073516456
  49. Mark Wiley, O.D.Richland, MS 392181992750780
  50. Ann Williams, O. D.Hattiesburg, MS 394011669524278

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

Mississippi ranks 46 of 51 per resident

  1. West Virginia15
  2. Maryland15
  3. District of Columbia15
  4. Mississippi14
  5. South Carolina14
  6. Utah14
  7. 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.

84.0% 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. Mississippi84.0%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Mississippi, measured

  • In a Medicare file346 of 412 · 84.0% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file310 · 75.2% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more276 · 67.0% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 310 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

412 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Mississippi: 14 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Hattiesburg has 21 of them (5%).

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. Nebraska452
  2. Idaho369
  3. Utah470
  4. Hawaii353

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina13.9
  2. Virgin Islands13.8
  3. North Carolina13.7
  4. District of Columbia14.7

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.