NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Jefferson, LA

661 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Jefferson, 24th of 210 Louisiana cities. The largest group is students in training: 217, 33% of the city's records, against 4% across Louisiana. Page 13 of 14.

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Jefferson in Louisiana

  • Rank in Louisiana24th of 210 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.7% of Louisiana's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups47.7% of all records
  • Students in training rank4th of the 10 Louisiana cities with the most

Compared with Louisiana as a whole, Jefferson has 9.3× the state's share of athletic trainer records and 0.56× its share of clinical social worker records.

Providers in Jefferson, alphabetically

  1. Mary UpchurchPhysician Assistant1598243982
  2. Zainab Usama, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1699663070
  3. Lilia Valdez-Lindsley, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1609026319
  4. Shrujal VarmaInternal Medicine Physician1841926821
  5. Kelly VarnadoOccupational Therapist1154623544
  6. Katherine Vasquez, CRNA, DNPCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1962853630
  7. Gabriel Velez Oquendo, MDInternal Medicine Physician1467064899
  8. Hana Vilenica, DPMStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1912847120
  9. Betzabeth Del Valle Villanueva Meza, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053108928
  10. Jose VillarrealStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1780479592
  11. Wesley Villavicencio Torres, MD, MPHStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1649965666
  12. Amanda Vining, MDAnesthesiology Physician1346822731
  13. Brian Viscomi, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1184291551
  14. Adriana VivasStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1093518904
  15. Lauren Vlosich, PA-CPhysician Assistant1346943800
  16. Danny VoPharmacist1962261560
  17. Anh Phuong Vu, PA-CPhysician Assistant1154194777
  18. Mollie WagnerRegistered Nurse1174470405
  19. Gary WaguespackPharmacist1245151745
  20. Kristen Waguespack, MS,RD,LDNOncology Nutrition Registered Dietitian1295699734
  21. Taylor Waguespack, PHARMDCritical Care Pharmacist1205592029
  22. Sabiha Wahab, DPMStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1316737190
  23. Dennis Walters, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1871341875
  24. Angela WaltzCounselor1164835997
  25. Michael WanPharmacist1922714526
  26. Kenneth Ward, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1780436501
  27. Cyrus WashingtonRadiation Oncology Physician1760010920
  28. Rebecca WaughStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1194668699
  29. Rachel WelchStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053253963
  30. Anna Weller, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1083038525
  31. Alexandra Weresh, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1457148009
  32. Alena Wesley, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1376482836
  33. Charleston West, DOInternal Medicine Physician1205578879
  34. William West, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1508429218
  35. Lauren WhisenandPhysical Therapist1942991146
  36. William WhiteStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1003600677
  37. Natalie WhitfieldStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1871432633
  38. Hannah Wiggins, PA-CPhysician Assistant1285381681
  39. Butler Wilbanks, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245179399
  40. Francis Williams, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1578088357
  41. Sundae Williams, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1407659634
  42. Taylor Williams, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1437047917
  43. James WimberlyPharmacist1992813729
  44. Dawson Windsor, PHYSICAL THERAPISTSports Physical Therapist1699658971
  45. Summer WolfNurse Practitioner1801696992
  46. Michael Wolfe, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1366415556
  47. Allison Wood, MBA, ATC, LATAthletic Trainer1043696099
  48. John Woodard, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1174319826
  49. Brittany WoodsPhysician Assistant1902390016
  50. Austin Woosley, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1104765403

The largest Louisiana cities

  1. New Orleans13,668
  2. Baton Rouge12,526
  3. Shreveport8,660
  4. Metairie5,682
  5. Lafayette5,181

All of Louisiana →

How to read this directory

Jefferson, Louisiana appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 661 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Jefferson - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Jefferson practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Jefferson is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (217 clinicians, followed by Physician Assistant with 55 and Athletic Trainer with 43). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Louisiana's population, Jefferson reports roughly 14.5 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

Of Louisiana's most common specialties, Case Manager/Care Coordinator is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Jefferson practice address, a coverage gap Jefferson patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Jefferson patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Jefferson, LA?

There are 661 registered healthcare providers in Jefferson, LA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Jefferson?

The most common specialties in Jefferson are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Physician Assistant, Athletic Trainer, Pharmacist, Internal Medicine Physician. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 217.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

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.