NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in Virginia

1,460 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in Virginia, 17 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 51. Richmond and Virginia Beach have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Virginia license search. Page 30 of 30.

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).

Richmond has the most, 94

  1. Richmond94
  2. Virginia Beach76
  3. Fredericksburg47
  4. Chesapeake46
  5. Fairfax44

Optometrist records in Virginia

  1. Naghmeh Zaer, O.DArlington, VA 222021417260894
  2. Christopher Zahora, ODArlington, VA 222021033955174
  3. Anna Zahorchak, ODNorth Chesterfield, VA 232361508794652
  4. Mary Kathryn Zak, O.D.Martinsville, VA 241121821543836
  5. Anthony Zarella, M.S./O.D.Charlottesville, VA 229111396129763
  6. David Zelman, O.D.Oakton, VA 221241861455636
  7. Amy Zhang, O.D.Chantilly, VA 201511750821013
  8. Caryn Zimmerman, ODArlington, VA 222021104493428
  9. Sarah Zink, O.D.Roanoke, VA 240121699964189
  10. Shannon Zollinger, O.D.Collinsville, VA 240781548491293

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

Virginia ranks 37 of 51 per resident

  1. Arkansas17
  2. Nevada17
  3. Alabama17
  4. Virginia17
  5. New Jersey17
  6. Texas16
  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.

70.4% 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. Virginia70.4%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,028 of 1,460 · 70.4% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file885 · 60.6% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more936 · 64.1% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 885 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

1,460 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Virginia: 17 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Richmond has 94 of them (6%).

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. North Carolina1,480
  2. Georgia1,430
  3. Massachusetts1,501
  4. New Jersey1,542

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alabama17.1
  2. Nevada17.2
  3. Arkansas17.3
  4. Texas16.4

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.