NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician in Kentucky

23 NPPES records list retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 17th highest rate of 48. Lexington and Louisville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky 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).

Lexington has the most, 20

  1. Lexington20
  2. Louisville2
  3. Pikeville1

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Romulo Albuquerque, MDLexington, KY 405361265726905
  2. Aditya Bansal, MDLexington, KY 405081457137614
  3. Ana Bastos De CarvalhoLexington, KY 405081245763747
  4. Peter Blackburn, MDLexington, KY 405081336196815
  5. Joseph Brown, D.O.Pikeville, KY 415011861466427
  6. Miguel Busquets, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091427054808
  7. Leanne Clevenger, MDLexington, KY 405081245735414
  8. Claire Fraser, M.D., PH.D.Lexington, KY 405081063658003
  9. Eric Higgins, M.D.Lexington, KY 405081790814556
  10. Jack Hollins, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091679570675
  11. Blake Isernhagen, MDLexington, KY 405091336469444
  12. Ricky Isernhagen, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091700881919
  13. John Kitchens, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091972503993
  14. Stephen Odaibo, MDLexington, KY 405091174840920
  15. Paul Pearson, MDLexington, KY 405081992745871
  16. Todd Purkiss, M.D., PH.D.Lexington, KY 405091942347703
  17. Aaron Ricca, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091801274295
  18. Osama Sabbagh, MDLexington, KY 405091548647928
  19. Belinda Shirkey, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091275574287
  20. Thomas Stone, M.D.Louisville, KY 402051528064219
  21. Aditya Verma, MDLouisville, KY 402021255054698
  22. William Wood, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091326043100
  23. Shaden Yassin, MDLexington, KY 405081033007570

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

Kentucky ranks 17 of 48 per resident

  1. Arkansas0.5
  2. New York0.5
  3. Virginia0.5
  4. Kentucky0.5
  5. Michigan0.5
  6. Oklahoma0.5
  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.

95.7% 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. Kentucky95.7%
  2. United States94.9%

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file22 of 23 · 95.7% here, 94.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file21 · 91.3% here, 89.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more15 · 65.2% here, 42.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 21 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

23 NPPES records list retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician (207WX0107X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Lexington has 20 of them (87%).

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. Alabama21
  2. Indiana21
  3. Georgia20
  4. South Carolina20

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Virginia0.5
  2. New York0.5
  3. Arkansas0.5
  4. California0.5

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.