Dr. Robert B Cook , MD
Ophthalmology β’ Boston, MA
16 Louisburg Sq
Boston, MA 021081203
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
16 Louisburg Sq
Boston, MA 021081203
What Public CMS Data Show
Ophthalmology: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019β2025.
NPI first issued
2007
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Compared with the same specialty in Boston and Massachusetts
318 active clinicians are listed under Ophthalmology with a practice address in Boston, MA (786 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Boston
6.3% of these 318 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
60.7% of these 318 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207W00000X
An ophthalmologist has the knowledge and professional skills needed to provide comprehensive eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists are medically trained to diagnose, monitor and medically or surgically treat all ocular and visual disorders. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit and the visual pathways. In so doing, an ophthalmologist prescribes vision services, including glasses and contact lenses.
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated March 20, 2007.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to November 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
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- Dr. Lucy Young, MD, PhD
- Dr. Upneet Bains, MD
- Dr. Enchi Chang, MD
- Dr. Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD
- Dr. Gena Heidary, MD
- Dr. Michael Yoon, MD
Mailing Address
4601 Gulf Shore Blvd N, Apt #p4
Naples, FL 341032221
Phone: 2392632237