NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist Physician in Missouri

12 NPPES records list pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus specialist physician with a practice address in Missouri, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 40. Kansas City and Columbia have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Missouri license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207WX0110X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Kansas City has the most, 6

  1. Kansas City6
  2. Columbia4
  3. Saint Louis2

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist Physician records in Missouri

  1. Cetin Akpolat, MDColumbia, MO 652011205511631
  2. Katherine Brown, MDKansas City, MO 641081396234308
  3. Basak Can, MDKansas City, MO 641081548749237
  4. Tracy Crnic, M.D.Columbia, MO 652011255309514
  5. Tricia Fernandez, MDColumbia, MO 652011124551981
  6. Marlo Galli, COSaint Louis, MO 631411992473284
  7. Richard Helms, MD PHDKansas City, MO 641081174085054
  8. Katherine Kindle, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101932668902
  9. Laura Plummer, MDKansas City, MO 641081043254683
  10. Erin Stahl, MDKansas City, MO 641111487868345
  11. Michael Struck, MDKansas City, MO 641081144296674
  12. Aaron Warning, MDColumbia, MO 652011306423157

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207WX0110X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Missouri ranks 5 of 40 per resident

  1. Oregon0.3
  2. Arizona0.2
  3. Kentucky0.2
  4. Missouri0.2
  5. Connecticut0.2
  6. Minnesota0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207WX0110X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

66.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 81.1% 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. Missouri66.7%
  2. United States81.1%

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist Physician records in Missouri, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 12 · 66.7% here, 81.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file7 · 58.3% here, 73.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1 · 8.3% here, 41.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207WX0110X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus specialist physician (207WX0110X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Missouri: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Kansas City has 6 of them (50%).

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. Ohio11
  2. Oregon11
  3. Tennessee11
  4. Massachusetts10

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota0.2
  2. Arizona0.2
  3. Pennsylvania0.1
  4. Illinois0.1

The largest states

  1. California31
  2. Texas27
  3. Florida26
  4. Colorado23
  5. New York21

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.