NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician in Alabama

21 NPPES records list retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician with a practice address in Alabama, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 25th highest rate of 48. Birmingham and Huntsville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207WX0107X · method

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

Birmingham has the most, 9

  1. Birmingham9
  2. Huntsville6
  3. Montgomery2
  4. Florence1
  5. Mobile1

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician records in Alabama

  1. Cary Baxter, MDBirmingham, AL 352331366900581
  2. Larry Brown, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352091124114863
  3. James Byrne, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011831128388
  4. Scott Dorin, M.D.Florence, AL 356301588609960
  5. Richard Feist, MDBirmingham, AL 352331508285636
  6. Alan Franklin, M.D., PHDMobile, AL 366041366492365
  7. Jeffrey Fuller, MDBirmingham, AL 352091356343917
  8. Andrew Hsia, MDMontgomery, AL 361171316034259
  9. Nancy Medeiros, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011427086404
  10. Robert Morris, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352331477582922
  11. Matthew Oltmanns, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352331063603322
  12. Edward Parma, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361111740219294
  13. Tarek Persaud, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011073578589
  14. Edgar Ready, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011932136355
  15. Tyler Rowsey, MDBirmingham, AL 352331548880248
  16. Vikram Saini, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011710206719
  17. Mathew Sapp, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352331720023153
  18. Alexander Talalight, MDHuntsville, AL 358011700094661
  19. Samuel Taylor, M.D.Tuscaloosa, AL 354011568491017
  20. Richard Watson, MDVestavia, AL 352431144545740
  21. Matthew West, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352331891135646

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207WX0107X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 25 of 48 per resident

  1. Kansas0.4
  2. Pennsylvania0.4
  3. Arizona0.4
  4. Alabama0.4
  5. Mississippi0.4
  6. Nevada0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207WX0107X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

100.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 94.9% 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. Alabama100.0%
  2. United States94.9%

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file21 of 21 · 100.0% here, 94.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file20 · 95.2% here, 89.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more15 · 71.4% here, 42.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2002 · the 20 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207WX0107X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

21 NPPES records list retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician (207WX0107X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 9 of them (43%).

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. Indiana21
  2. Georgia20
  3. South Carolina20
  4. Utah20

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Mississippi0.4
  2. Nevada0.4
  3. Arizona0.4
  4. Pennsylvania0.4

The largest states

  1. California205
  2. Florida123
  3. Texas107
  4. New York102
  5. Ohio76

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.