NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Optometrist in Missouri

12 NPPES records list pediatric optometrist with a practice address in Missouri, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 40. Kansas City and Saint Louis 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 152WP0200X · 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, 7

  1. Kansas City7
  2. Saint Louis3
  3. Columbia1
  4. Warrensburg1

Pediatric Optometrist records in Missouri

  1. Michelle Beck, ODSaint Louis, MO 631101225322761
  2. Gabriel Burton, ODSaint Louis, MO 631101114272200
  3. Elizabeth Ditch, O.DKansas City, MO 641081427668912
  4. Allyson JohnsonKansas City, MO 641111669143756
  5. Marla Kennard, ODKansas City, MO 641081902028558
  6. Natalie Pare DisetteKansas City, MO 641081801417845
  7. Jennifer Qayum, O.D.Kansas City, MO 641081790167518
  8. Sanjana Shashidhar, ODSaint Louis, MO 631101922767078
  9. Abigail Smith Kendall, ODColumbia, MO 652011417579194
  10. Kelsey StarmanWarrensburg, MO 640931265997522
  11. Christina Twardowski, O.D.Kansas City, MO 641081689988446
  12. Amy Waters, O.D.Kansas City, MO 641081093975153

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152WP0200X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Missouri ranks 4 of 40 per resident

  1. Colorado0.3
  2. Massachusetts0.2
  3. Maryland0.2
  4. Missouri0.2
  5. Tennessee0.2
  6. Oregon0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 152WP0200X 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 62.6% 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 States62.6%

Pediatric Optometrist records in Missouri, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 12 · 66.7% here, 62.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file5 · 41.7% here, 47.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more3 · 25.0% here, 54.5% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 152WP0200X); 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 optometrist (152WP0200X) 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 7 of them (58%).

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. Tennessee12
  2. Florida11
  3. Maryland13
  4. Ohio13

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Massachusetts0.2
  2. California0.1
  3. New York0.1
  4. Colorado0.3

The largest states

  1. California33
  2. Texas19
  3. Colorado18
  4. Massachusetts17
  5. New York16

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.