NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in New Mexico

333 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in New Mexico, 16 per 100,000 residents, the 42nd highest rate of 51. Albuquerque and Santa Fe have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Mexico license search. Page 6 of 7.

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).

Albuquerque has the most, 121

  1. Albuquerque121
  2. Santa Fe35
  3. Gallup22
  4. Las Cruces19
  5. Farmington13

Optometrist records in New Mexico

  1. Puneet Rastogi, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871131346356185
  2. Robert Ratzlaff, O.D.Taos, NM 875711164509956
  3. Clay Reber, O.D.Hobbs, NM 882401285660795
  4. David Reber, O.D.Hobbs, NM 882401265441836
  5. Harold Reber, O. D.Hobbs, NM 882401215944723
  6. Sophia Ries, ODTohatchi, NM 873251326613555
  7. Nicholas Ritz, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871111881684678
  8. Edwin Robison, O.D.Bernalillo, NM 870041427048305
  9. Alex Rodriguez, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871201376624163
  10. Fritz Rohrkaste, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871101023176872
  11. Warren Rorebeck, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871091376576876
  12. Lauren Roverse, ODRio Rancho, NM 871241659924207
  13. Max Rumbach, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871141063861961
  14. Richard Runyon, O.D.Santa Fe, NM 875051427490994
  15. Gordon Russell, O.D.Farmington, NM 874021902872476
  16. Richard Saiz, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871091982339362
  17. Andrea Salguero, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871091831073469
  18. Roy-Daniel Sanchez, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871021720069420
  19. Jerry Sandoval, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871101659436061
  20. L Sandoval, O.D.Las Cruces, NM 880111841274313
  21. Lyndsey Sandoval, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871111245857226
  22. Jeffrey Schafter, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871081811922800
  23. Kent Schauer, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871111235220179
  24. Len Schmeltzer, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871091467425769
  25. Evan Schroeder, ODFarmington, NM 874011871477679
  26. Charles Schulte, O.D.Santa Fe, NM 875051407871536
  27. Brian Seader, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871091760550123
  28. Haley Sessions, ODSanta Fe, NM 875051992537385
  29. Meagan Seufert, ODSanta Fe, NM 875051003700675
  30. Adarsha Shah, ODGallup, NM 873011811852718
  31. Lisa Shin, O.D.Los Alamos, NM 875441427150994
  32. James Simnacher, OD, PAClovis, NM 881011760434864
  33. Damian Solano, ODSanta Fe, NM 875071720668502
  34. Amanda Solnitzky, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871091982526554
  35. Deborah Sonnenmoser, O.D.Ruidoso, NM 883451720175375
  36. Jesse Sowards, O.D.Las Cruces, NM 880011891869921
  37. John Stadick, O.D.Santa Fe, NM 875051689651978
  38. Philip Stein, ODAcoma, NM 870341669536918
  39. Anthony Stout, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061306816343
  40. Jeffrey Strosnider, O.D.Rio Rancho, NM 871241669467163
  41. Roger Studd, OD, MPHCrownpoint, NM 873131184140899
  42. Michael Sullivan-Mee, O.D.Albuquerque, NM 871081679525703
  43. Cole SutherlandAlbuquerque, NM 871061639801434
  44. Paul Tachau, O.D.Santa Fe, NM 875051649384710
  45. Joanna TanakaSanta Fe, NM 875051073009007
  46. Seth TaylorAlbuquerque, NM 871141518292697
  47. Adrian Tenorio, ODLas Cruces, NM 880051174632335
  48. Shay Thewes, ODAlbuquerque, NM 871081144295973
  49. Alicia Thibodeaux, O.D.Gallup, NM 873011265885990
  50. Dwight Thibodeaux, O.D.Santa Fe, NM 875051962516039

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

New Mexico ranks 42 of 51 per resident

  1. Texas16
  2. Florida16
  3. Delaware16
  4. New Mexico16
  5. West Virginia15
  6. Maryland15
  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.

71.2% 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. New Mexico71.2%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in New Mexico, measured

  • In a Medicare file237 of 333 · 71.2% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file185 · 55.6% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more224 · 67.3% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2012 · the 185 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

333 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Mexico: 16 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Albuquerque has 121 of them (36%).

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. Hawaii353
  2. Maine310
  3. Idaho369
  4. New Hampshire293

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Puerto Rico15.8
  2. Delaware15.9
  3. Florida15.9
  4. West Virginia15.3

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.