NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Anesthesiology Physician in Louisiana

623 NPPES records list anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 14 per 100,000 residents, the 41st highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Shreveport have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 13 of 13.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207L00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

New Orleans has the most, 199

  1. New Orleans199
  2. Shreveport90
  3. Baton Rouge61
  4. Lafayette42
  5. Slidell25

Anesthesiology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Nicole Weiss, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081851525265
  2. Thomas West, M.D.Slidell, LA 704581811064439
  3. Brett Wester, D.O.New Orleans, LA 701211952925471
  4. Ezekiel Wetzel, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031215913611
  5. Dana Wheeler, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051326027467
  6. Daniel Whittington, MDHouma, LA 703601023111655
  7. James Williams, MDShreveport, LA 711011023007150
  8. Julie Williams, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081033409529
  9. Michael Williams, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121275510976
  10. Rodrek Williams, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151518039841
  11. Korey Willmann, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091184940819
  12. Myra Wise, MDLake Charles, LA 706051205950771
  13. Robert Witcher, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708061922195221
  14. Edward Wren, MDNew Iberia, LA 705631427191790
  15. Melville Wyche, MDNew Orleans, LA 701221003831942
  16. Justin YanNew Orleans, LA 701121124655022
  17. Michael Yarborough, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121588694806
  18. William Yost, MDLake Charles, LA 706051548366180
  19. Elizabeth Young, MDSlidell, LA 704611174542419
  20. Ali Zarbalian, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708061235226549
  21. Frank Zavisca, MDShreveport, LA 711031811077456
  22. Cathy Zhang, MDCovington, LA 704331508213539
  23. Lihua Zhang, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121407045222

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207L00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 41 of 51 per resident

  1. Kentucky14
  2. North Carolina14
  3. Tennessee14
  4. Louisiana14
  5. West Virginia14
  6. North Dakota13
  7. 50 states and D.C.18

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207L00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

75.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 73.7% 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. Louisiana75.8%
  2. United States73.7%

Anesthesiology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file472 of 623 · 75.8% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file430 · 69.0% here, 67.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more418 · 67.1% here, 57.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 430 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207L00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

623 NPPES records list anesthesiology physician (207L00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 14 per 100,000 residents against 18 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 199 of them (32%).

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. Kentucky635
  2. Oklahoma611
  3. Alabama581
  4. Utah670

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee13.6
  2. North Carolina13.7
  3. West Virginia13.5
  4. North Dakota13.4

The largest states

  1. California7,571
  2. New York5,062
  3. Texas4,635
  4. Florida3,375
  5. Illinois2,575

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.