NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician in North Carolina

32 NPPES records list retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 38th highest rate of 48. Raleigh and Durham have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina 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).

Raleigh has the most, 10

  1. Raleigh10
  2. Durham7
  3. Asheville4
  4. Chapel Hill2
  5. Charlotte2

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Oleg Alekseev, M.D., PHD.Durham, NC 277051922457464
  2. Michael Allingham, M.D., PH.D.Durham, NC 277101285878124
  3. Daniel Bennett, MDRaleigh, NC 276071376715565
  4. Kevin Bray, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284121073870275
  5. Beatrice Brewington, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275171861486110
  6. William Bridges, M.D.Asheville, NC 288031245214410
  7. Henry Burnett, MDWinston Salem, NC 271031023078821
  8. Raynor Casey, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071821014440
  9. Famin Chou, M.D.Asheville, NC 288051619947280
  10. John Denny, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071679684237
  11. Lekha Desai, MDRaleigh, NC 276071548503543
  12. Michael Fliotsos, MDDurham, NC 277051205343159
  13. Nathan Haines, M.D.Greensboro, NC 274011548559404
  14. James Heroman, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282111053454009
  15. Farid Khan, MDHendersonville, NC 287911013448216
  16. Eleonora Lad, MD, PHDDurham, NC 277131811150576
  17. Brian Lehpamer, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071093957326
  18. Rebecca Manning, MDRaleigh, NC 276071457435992
  19. Lisa McKenna, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071366440273
  20. Walter McLean, M.D.Asheville, NC 288031124002399
  21. Ronald Milam, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282101205256724
  22. Eugene Milder, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276071770561722
  23. Sachin Mudvari, MDRaleigh, NC 276071023221199
  24. Mark Nelson, MDWinston Salem, NC 271031417953654
  25. David Sappenfield, MDDurham, NC 277041639161862
  26. Jeremy Shaw, M.D.Durham, NC 277101154526192
  27. Liangbo Shen, MDDurham, NC 277051487230587
  28. Cameron Stone, M.D.Asheville, NC 288031902880180
  29. John Thordsen, MDRaleigh, NC 276071073659769
  30. Igor Westra, MDWilmington, NC 284031679543870
  31. Brian Zamora, M.D./PH.D.Greensboro, NC 274011225304553
  32. Yang Zhang, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275171588040844

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

North Carolina ranks 38 of 48 per resident

  1. South Dakota0.3
  2. Indiana0.3
  3. Minnesota0.3
  4. North Carolina0.3
  5. New Hampshire0.3
  6. Montana0.3
  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.

96.9% 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. North Carolina96.9%
  2. United States94.9%

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file31 of 32 · 96.9% here, 94.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file26 · 81.3% here, 89.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more20 · 62.5% here, 42.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 26 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

32 NPPES records list retina specialist (ophthalmology) physician (207WX0107X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Raleigh has 10 of them (31%).

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. Arizona32
  2. Massachusetts32
  3. Louisiana30
  4. New Jersey34

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota0.3
  2. Indiana0.3
  3. Iowa0.3
  4. Texas0.4

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.