Doctors and health care providers in Olla, LA
24 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Olla, 151st of 210 Louisiana cities. The largest group is family medicine physician: 6, 25% of the city's records, against 2% across Louisiana.
The 8 largest groups in Olla
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, loaded Aug 27, 2026.
Olla in Louisiana
- Rank in Louisiana151st of 210 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Louisiana's records
- Specialties present14 taxonomy codes
- Top three groups50% of all records
- Family Medicine Physician rank11th of the 10 Louisiana cities with the most
Providers in Olla, alphabetically
- Tariq Ahmed, MDPediatric Adolescent Medicine Physician1518076785
- Melainea AshleyProfessional Counselor1871044131
- Wayne Barksdale, MDFamily Medicine Physician1912902453
- Ashley Bullard, PHARMDPharmacist1386014124
- Matthew Bullard, PHARMDPharmacist1265195267
- Charl Ceronio, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1265851901
- Alyssa ConnorBehavior Analyst1912784430
- Laura Cummings Griffin, DNP, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1962665372
- Kristen DerrOccupational Therapist1982059705
- Eric Dupree, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1508805532
- Tyler Hinson, MDFamily Medicine Physician1558892976
- Carli Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1689358533
- Roy Johnson, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1962493601
- Carmela Mathews, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1346995214
- Mallory Morton, RDN, LDNRegistered Dietitian1376019257
- Amanda Novak, WHNPWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1689939746
- Kayla Patten, LMFTCounselor1700704590
- Phillip Rowden, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1083636484
- Ellen Shipp, LCSWClinical Social Worker1740737220
- Breanne Smith, RDN, LDNRegistered Dietitian1588101794
- Rickey Smotherman, RPHPharmacist1306117973
- Allison Stelly, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1215248935
- Jeffrey Tanita, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1922040443
- Nuzhath Tasneem, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1174815062
The largest Louisiana cities
- New Orleans13,668
- Baton Rouge12,526
- Shreveport8,660
- Metairie5,682
- Lafayette5,181
How to read this directory
Olla, Louisiana appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 24 registered healthcare providers spanning 14 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Olla - 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 Olla 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 Olla is weighted toward Family Medicine Physician (6 clinicians, followed by Family Nurse Practitioner with 3 and Pharmacist with 3). 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, Olla reports roughly 0.5 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 Olla practice address, a coverage gap Olla patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Olla 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 Olla, LA?
There are 24 registered healthcare providers in Olla, LA, covering 14 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Olla?
The most common specialties in Olla are Family Medicine Physician, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Registered Dietitian, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Family Medicine Physician has the most providers with 6.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file loaded Aug 27, 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) 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 27, 2026.