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 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).

Huntington has the most, 21

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

Optometrist records in West Virginia

  1. Dalton Wentz, ODCharleston, WV 253041477130821
  2. Mason White, O. D.Logan, WV 256011689665671
  3. Emily Whitlow, O.D.Mill Creek, WV 262801518529346
  4. Robert Whitlow, ODParsons, WV 262871255959706
  5. Jeffery Whittington, ODCharleston, WV 253021710980107
  6. Mark Whittington, ODCharleston, WV 253021366925620
  7. Sandra Whittington, ODCharleston, WV 253021417964891
  8. Michelle Wickline, O.D.Salem, WV 264261174521850
  9. John Wiles, ODSaint Albans, WV 251771942289418
  10. Larry Williams, O.D.Buckhannon, WV 262011205943487
  11. Terry Williams, O.D.Glen Dale, WV 260381306922125
  12. Shirley Willis, ODOak Hill, WV 259011427062926
  13. Philip Wilmoth, ODFairmont, WV 265541427011360
  14. Steven Wilson, O.D.Williamson, WV 256611538265178
  15. Carleton Wood, ODChapmanville, WV 255081548376098
  16. Dona Wratchford, O.D.Morgantown, WV 265051134319122
  17. Patricia Wylie, O.D.Glen Dale, WV 260381346457207
  18. Joseph Yearego, O.D.Bridgeport, WV 263301558374082
  19. Randal Zink, O.D.New Martinsville, WV 261551043230790
  20. Brett Zwolensky, O.D., F.A.A.O.Clarksburg, WV 263011396778460
  21. Cynthia Zwolensky, OPTOMETRISTAnmoore, WV 263231073523775

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.