NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cytopathology Physician in Louisiana

11 NPPES records list cytopathology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 47. New Orleans and Shreveport have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207ZC0500X · 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, 5

  1. New Orleans5
  2. Shreveport4
  3. Baton Rouge1
  4. Bogalusa1

Cytopathology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Mona Bansal, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211730390634
  2. Jeffrey ConyersNew Orleans, LA 701211114347671
  3. Angela Dipoto Brahmbhatt, MDShreveport, LA 711011710243357
  4. Frances Feng, MD, PHDShreveport, LA 711301710424460
  5. Ashley Flowers, MDShreveport, LA 711031295091833
  6. Gretchen Gooch, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211083842579
  7. Shams Halat, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081609066109
  8. Jane Lipscomb, MDBogalusa, LA 704271518989029
  9. Thom Smilari, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211386689347
  10. Gregory Sossaman, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211073582508
  11. Eileen Velez, MDShreveport, LA 711061174728190

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207ZC0500X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 7 of 47 per resident

  1. New York0.3
  2. Rhode Island0.3
  3. Maryland0.2
  4. Louisiana0.2
  5. Colorado0.2
  6. New Mexico0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207ZC0500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

72.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 53.4% 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. Louisiana72.7%
  2. United States53.4%

Cytopathology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file8 of 11 · 72.7% here, 53.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file7 · 63.6% here, 45.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more5 · 45.5% here, 54.6% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207ZC0500X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

11 NPPES records list cytopathology physician (207ZC0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 5 of them (45%).

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. Connecticut11
  2. North Carolina10
  3. Tennessee10
  4. Wisconsin10

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maryland0.2
  2. Colorado0.2
  3. Michigan0.2
  4. Pennsylvania0.2

The largest states

  1. California75
  2. New York55
  3. Texas38
  4. Massachusetts33
  5. Pennsylvania29

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.