NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Tennessee

1,300 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Tennessee, 18 per 100,000 residents, the 30th highest rate of 51. Memphis and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 20 of 26.

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).

Memphis has the most, 227

  1. Memphis227
  2. Knoxville98
  3. Nashville75
  4. Chattanooga45
  5. Franklin38

Optometrist records in Tennessee

  1. Lauren Plewes, ODMemphis, TN 381041629563432
  2. Brian Post, ODDunlap, TN 373271083039515
  3. Barton Powell, O.D.Lakeland, TN 380021164572285
  4. Jared Powelson, ODMemphis, TN 381041992798185
  5. Emily Pratt, ODKnoxville, TN 379241568243889
  6. Alan Pressman, ODMemphis, TN 381151023252517
  7. Alan Presson, ODKnoxville, TN 379311346251584
  8. Michelle Presson, ODKnoxville, TN 379311225049380
  9. Luckson Previl, O.D.Chattanooga, TN 374211780017483
  10. Andrea Price, O.D.Murfreesboro, TN 371291912054172
  11. Stephanie Price, O.D.Spring Hill, TN 371741659386035
  12. Lisa Privett, ODAlamo, TN 380011992754295
  13. Gregory Proffitt, ODFranklin, TN 370671942365515
  14. Lacey Puckett, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379241053424457
  15. Zachary Pumphrey, ODElizabethton, TN 376431013925791
  16. Jin Qian, O.DFranklin, TN 370671629349147
  17. Michael Quackenbush, O.D.Hixson, TN 373431154737401
  18. Nicholas Qualls, ODMemphis, TN 381251225690274
  19. Heather Quintanilla, ODGoodlettsville, TN 370721083305312
  20. Erwin Quirand, ODKnoxville, TN 379201730211616
  21. Randal Rabon, O.D.Mountain City, TN 376831093199192
  22. Gary Radish, O.D.Clarksville, TN 370431881666030
  23. Shaleen Ragha, O.D.Memphis, TN 381041013365642
  24. Ashley Ramshur, O.D.Memphis, TN 381251184896243
  25. Clifton Randle, O.D.Jamestown, TN 385561528061835
  26. Chawan Rasheed, ODMemphis, TN 381041184249013
  27. Adrienne Ray, O.D.Chattanooga, TN 374211366504839
  28. Elyse Rayborn, ODMemphis, TN 381041346868197
  29. Katherine RaynorAntioch, TN 370131588233068
  30. Adam Reach, O.D.Knoxville, TN 379381225383003
  31. Diane Redding, ODCordova, TN 380181487836334
  32. Michael Redus, O.D.Elizabethton, TN 376431982828703
  33. Anna Reed, ODCleveland, TN 373121457176968
  34. David Reed, ODSpringfield, TN 371721285704031
  35. Paige Reese, ODAntioch, TN 370131205357563
  36. Gregory Reeves, O.D.Somerville, TN 380681366460727
  37. Justin Reid, ODPortland, TN 371481508597469
  38. Julia Reimold, ODLenoir City, TN 377721245840214
  39. Joseph Remke, ODLawrenceburg, TN 384641447356548
  40. Robert Remke, ODLawrenceburg, TN 384641306942412
  41. Stephanie Reynolds, ODJacksboro, TN 377571740768605
  42. Tonya Reynoldson, ODWaverly, TN 371851447242185
  43. Clayton Rhodes, O.D.Hixson, TN 373431194719674
  44. Seth Rhyne, ODKnoxville, TN 379121538901053
  45. Charles Rice, ODSouth Fulton, TN 382571740268531
  46. Stephen Richardson, O.D.Cookeville, TN 385011801895438
  47. Jerry Richt, ODCleveland, TN 373121740321900
  48. Monty Riley, O.D.Chattanooga, TN 374151023153368
  49. Deanna Risher, O.D.Cookeville, TN 385011144584467
  50. Andrew Rixon, ODMemphis, TN 381041912990102

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

Tennessee ranks 30 of 51 per resident

  1. Michigan20
  2. Idaho19
  3. Connecticut19
  4. Tennessee18
  5. New York18
  6. Arizona18
  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.

76.8% 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. Tennessee76.8%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file998 of 1,300 · 76.8% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file841 · 64.7% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more810 · 62.3% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2008 · the 839 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

1,300 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 18 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Memphis has 227 of them (17%).

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. Colorado1,273
  2. Arizona1,336
  3. Missouri1,242
  4. Georgia1,430

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New York18.1
  2. Connecticut18.7
  3. Kentucky17.7
  4. Idaho18.8

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.