NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cardiovascular Disease Physician in Louisiana

327 NPPES records list cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 7.1 per 100,000 residents, the 22nd highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Baton Rouge have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 7 of 7.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RC0000X · 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, 81

  1. New Orleans81
  2. Baton Rouge51
  3. Shreveport42
  4. Lafayette29
  5. Metairie15

Cardiovascular Disease Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Joy Tsai, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708061730102708
  2. Ajaya Tummala, MDShreveport, LA 711031487628194
  3. Valentina Turbay Caballero, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121689304545
  4. Michael Turner, MDLake Charles, LA 706011629035647
  5. Joseph Valdez, M.D.Plaquemine, LA 707641023044815
  6. Vernon Valentino, MDLafayette, LA 705081891787784
  7. David Van De Car, D.O.Baton Rouge, LA 708081619967296
  8. Lester Vial, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121063434868
  9. Gregory Vorhoff, MDKenner, LA 700651003815903
  10. Sudhanva Wadgaonkar, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151356340582
  11. Michael Walton, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051255321881
  12. Wilson Wang, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081740203603
  13. James Wever Pinzon, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211073745881
  14. Frederick White, MDShreveport, LA 711031821062548
  15. Frank Wilklow, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701191407939259
  16. Richard Williams, MDAlexandria, LA 713011093705659
  17. Bruce Wilson, M.D., M.S.P.HNew Orleans, LA 701271457667487
  18. John Winterton, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706011114018819
  19. Kenneth Wong, MDRaceland, LA 703941215935986
  20. James Woodard, M.D.Covington, LA 704351174757272
  21. Cassandra Youmans, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121518988534
  22. Kevin Young, MDLake Charles, LA 706011861599847
  23. Royce Yount, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151881694594
  24. Caroline Zahm, MDLafayette, LA 705031033593827
  25. Wenwu Zhang, M.D., PHD.Shreveport, LA 711031891737870
  26. Zhe ZhengBaton Rouge, LA 708091083879175
  27. Alejandro Zuluaga, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121023030889

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RC0000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 22 of 51 per resident

  1. Virginia7.4
  2. Vermont7.3
  3. Missouri7.2
  4. Louisiana7.1
  5. California6.6
  6. Georgia6.6
  7. 50 states and D.C.7.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RC0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

75.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 83.3% 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. Louisiana75.5%
  2. United States83.3%

Cardiovascular Disease Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file247 of 327 · 75.5% here, 83.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file199 · 60.9% here, 70.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more223 · 68.2% here, 58.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year1994 · the 199 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RC0000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

327 NPPES records list cardiovascular disease physician (207RC0000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 7.1 per 100,000 residents against 7.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 81 of them (25%).

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. Colorado332
  2. Alabama311
  3. South Carolina300
  4. Kentucky284

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Missouri7.2
  2. Vermont7.3
  3. Virginia7.4
  4. Wisconsin7.6

The largest states

  1. New York2,583
  2. California2,574
  3. Florida1,946
  4. Texas1,603
  5. Pennsylvania1,476

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.