NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Rhode Island

267 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Rhode Island, 24 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 51. Providence and Warwick have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Rhode Island license search. Page 6 of 6.

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).

Providence has the most, 64

  1. Providence64
  2. Warwick41
  3. East Providence16
  4. Cranston15
  5. Westerly12

Optometrist records in Rhode Island

  1. Robert Vaughn, O.D.Warren, RI 028851518994342
  2. Dominiqe Vienneau, ODEast Providence, RI 029141427385657
  3. David Vito, O.D.Providence, RI 029041386651198
  4. Chad Waggoner, ODProvidence, RI 029031285686139
  5. Zachary Walburg, ODProvidence, RI 029091811475536
  6. Abdoulaye Wann, ODProvidence, RI 029061770152993
  7. Elizabeth Wassenaar, ODProvidence, RI 029061972025187
  8. Elliot Waterman, O.D.North Kingstown, RI 028521649378431
  9. Sarah Wise, ODProvidence, RI 029091780107607
  10. Aeneas Wright, ODPawtucket, RI 028601144140724
  11. David Wright, ODNorth Kingstown, RI 028521205840725
  12. Phillip Wright, O.D.Warwick, RI 028861811084403
  13. Heidi Young, O.D.Providence, RI 029061952401978
  14. Sara YoussefWarwick, RI 028881508611724
  15. Richard Zeber, O.D. (OPTOMETRIST)Newport, RI 028411043290893
  16. Brett Zerbinopoulos, ODWarwick, RI 028861144846478
  17. Paul Zerbinopoulos, ODSouth Kingstown, RI 028791154375418

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

Rhode Island ranks 6 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota27
  2. Wyoming25
  3. Hawaii25
  4. Rhode Island24
  5. Kansas24
  6. Indiana23
  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.

79.4% 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. Rhode Island79.4%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Rhode Island, measured

  • In a Medicare file212 of 267 · 79.4% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file192 · 71.9% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more137 · 51.3% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2009 · the 192 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

267 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Rhode Island: 24 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Providence has 64 of them (24%).

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. West Virginia271
  2. Montana245
  3. South Dakota245
  4. New Hampshire293

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kansas24.3
  2. Hawaii24.6
  3. Wyoming25.2
  4. Indiana23.0

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.