NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Optometrist in West Virginia

271 NPPES records list optometrist with a practice address in West Virginia, 15 per 100,000 residents, the 43rd highest rate of 51. Huntington and Charleston have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search. Page 5 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).

Huntington has the most, 21

  1. Huntington21
  2. Charleston18
  3. Morgantown15
  4. Bridgeport13
  5. Princeton10

Optometrist records in West Virginia

  1. John Romans, ODBarboursfille, WV 255041588735450
  2. Patricia Ross, O.D.Mc Graws, WV 258761477659159
  3. Belinda Russell, ODHuntington, WV 257051699735829
  4. Noushin Sahraei Mavaneh, ODHuntington, WV 257041841937422
  5. Gregory Sammons, O.D.Hurricane, WV 255261205243177
  6. Jessi Sampson, ODSutton, WV 266011396528311
  7. Hobart Seese, O.D.Morgantown, WV 265011437137890
  8. Donald Seibert, ODTeays Valley, WV 255691699745174
  9. James Selario, O.D.Clarksburg, WV 263011558439588
  10. Angrisha Sharma, ODMartinsburg, WV 254011326323619
  11. Barbara Sharps, O.D.Fairmont, WV 265541598868713
  12. Avonlea Sherers, ODLewisburg, WV 249011972333128
  13. Jill Showalter, O.D.Vienna, WV 261051659424877
  14. Rory Simpson, O.D.Morgantown, WV 265011144359159
  15. Rebecca St Jean, ODSouth Charleston, WV 253091215922174
  16. Caleb Stanley, ODDunbar, WV 250641669107439
  17. Louis Stanley, O.D.South Charleston, WV 253091053526855
  18. Michele Stanley, O.D.Cross Lanes, WV 253131518172287
  19. Christopher Stansbury, O.D.Charleston, WV 253011376569814
  20. John Stavrakis, ODVienna, WV 261051578521407
  21. Richard Stender, O.D.Sistersville, WV 261751205830551
  22. Carrie Stephens, ODParkersburg, WV 261011285636084
  23. Timothy Stephens, ODVienna, WV 261011619979630
  24. Jennifer Stevens, O.D.Huntington, WV 257041457663395
  25. Nathaniel Stevens, O.D.Saint Albans, WV 251771063724003
  26. Laura Suppa Sammons, ODCharleston, WV 253041235571563
  27. Alisha SuttonBridgeport, WV 263301881267961
  28. Sherry Swartz, O.D.Grafton, WV 263541013990241
  29. Arnold Tanguilig, O.D.Huntington, WV 257051891725099
  30. Donald Taylor, O.D.Bluefield, WV 247011861460354
  31. Donald Taylor, O.D.Wheeling, WV 260031932183175
  32. Sarah Taylor, O.D.South Charleston, WV 253031063403459
  33. Travis Taylor, O.D.South Charleston, WV 253031134110851
  34. Caleb Tennant, O.D.Moundsville, WV 260411124258009
  35. William Tomasik, O.D.Bridgeport, WV 263301295827178
  36. Stanley Toompas, O.D.Philippi, WV 264161023149937
  37. Kaitlyn Trahan, ODHuntington, WV 257041245892009
  38. Jeremiah Troyer, O.D.Lewisburg, WV 249011154633113
  39. Joseph Trupo, ODElkins, WV 262411306804596
  40. Tonya Umbel, ODClarksburg, WV 263011205199247
  41. Cheryl Van Horn, O.D.Fairmont, WV 265541649355520
  42. McKenzie Vandyke Bright, ODPrinceton, WV 247401851901813
  43. Gary VeronneauRainelle, WV 259621699899617
  44. J Wade, ODFairmont, WV 265541295850410
  45. Robert Wade, O.D.Bluefield, WV 247011922242403
  46. Charles Waitkus, O.D.Beckley, WV 258011083694129
  47. David Watson, ODBeckley, WV 258011851309199
  48. Joey Weaver, O.D.Vienna, WV 261051760414312
  49. Rusty Weaver, O.D.Vienna, WV 261051386692770
  50. C Welshans, ODParkersburg, WV 261011124047964

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

West Virginia ranks 43 of 51 per resident

  1. Florida16
  2. Delaware16
  3. New Mexico16
  4. West Virginia15
  5. Maryland15
  6. District of Columbia15
  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.

77.9% 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. West Virginia77.9%
  2. United States71.9%

Optometrist records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file211 of 271 · 77.9% here, 71.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file170 · 62.7% here, 57.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more190 · 70.1% here, 65.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 169 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

271 NPPES records list optometrist (152W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 15 per 100,000 residents against 19 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Huntington has 21 of them (8%).

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. Rhode Island267
  2. New Hampshire293
  3. Montana245
  4. South Dakota245

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maryland15.0
  2. New Mexico15.7
  3. Puerto Rico15.8
  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.