NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Emergency Medicine Physician in Louisiana

1,000 NPPES records list emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 22 per 100,000 residents, the 24th 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 20 of 20.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207P00000X · 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, 230

  1. New Orleans230
  2. Baton Rouge175
  3. Shreveport109
  4. Lafayette38
  5. Metairie38

Emergency Medicine Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Shawn Watson, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081811938467
  2. Gary Wease, M.D.Leesville, LA 714461538200381
  3. Patricia Weems, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211760878870
  4. Robert Weissmann, M.D.Covington, LA 704351508006933
  5. Alexander WellfordNew Orleans, LA 701211841866910
  6. David Wellmeyer, MDHammond, LA 704031881627719
  7. Brian Western, DOBaton Rouge, LA 708081265069702
  8. Misty Wetzel, MDNew Orleans, LA 701191003076647
  9. Paul Wheeler, M.D.Bossier City, LA 711121164447546
  10. Darren Whitcomb, MDMarrero, LA 700721609862424
  11. Jacquelyn White, M.D.Ruston, LA 712701629186812
  12. Stanford White, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151912140138
  13. Lacey Whited, MDShreveport, LA 711031053554584
  14. Christian Widdows, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211417368242
  15. Derek Wierzbicki, M.D.Gretna, LA 700561780799288
  16. Lura Wight, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081881707313
  17. Johanna Wilde, MDNew Orleans, LA 701181194045583
  18. James Wilkinson, DOHammond, LA 704031215347315
  19. Reda William, M.D.Covington, LA 704351982638276
  20. Cameron WilliamsBaton Rouge, LA 708081881270239
  21. Melissa Williams, MDShreveport, LA 711151285895664
  22. Michael Williams, MDBossier City, LA 711111982680732
  23. Olivia Williams, DONew Orleans, LA 701211770233280
  24. Stacey Williams, D.O.New Orleans, LA 701121437340577
  25. Fred Willis, MDShreveport, LA 711031235131665
  26. Kathleen Willis, M.D.Independence, LA 704431063472140
  27. Kyle Wilson, MDMetairie, LA 700061265011134
  28. Emmanuel Witherspoon, MDWinnfield, LA 714831003860180
  29. Luke WojohnBaton Rouge, LA 708081952005175
  30. Christopher Wolcott, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031598781312
  31. Austin Wood, DOBaton Rouge, LA 708081710681002
  32. Clifford Wood, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081891254967
  33. Edmond Wood, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701271356321004
  34. Alexandra Woodbridge, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121740866151
  35. John Woods, MDVivian, LA 710821619110152
  36. Wesley Woods, DOLafayette, LA 705081184824666
  37. Israel Wootton, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081811428188
  38. Jamie Wright, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081497168421
  39. Andrew WynnVivian, LA 710821154999712
  40. Joseph Yarbrough, DOShreveport, LA 711301093211856
  41. Frederick Yates, M.D.Columbia, LA 714181396791653
  42. Stuart Yoas, MDAlexandria, LA 713011265447056
  43. Lauren Yorek, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031992738215
  44. Philip Zachariah, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081053601203
  45. Kamran Zaheri, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151336116607
  46. Scott Zainey, M.D.Marrero, LA 700721073770582
  47. Jose Zavaleta, M.D.Pineville, LA 713601760566376
  48. Ryan Zmora, DOLafayette, LA 705061568967545
  49. Carolynn Zonia, D.O.Fort Polk, LA 714591902844178
  50. Tania Zorub, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121063603538

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207P00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 24 of 51 per resident

  1. Connecticut23
  2. South Carolina23
  3. Missouri23
  4. Louisiana22
  5. Montana21
  6. Arizona20
  7. 50 states and D.C.21

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207P00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

86.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 81.5% 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. Louisiana86.8%
  2. United States81.5%

Emergency Medicine Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file868 of 1,000 · 86.8% here, 81.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file653 · 65.3% here, 58.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more640 · 64.0% here, 54.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2010 · the 653 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207P00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,000 NPPES records list emergency medicine physician (207P00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 22 per 100,000 residents against 21 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 230 of them (23%).

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. Oregon1,079
  2. Kentucky903
  3. Connecticut846
  4. Tennessee1,174

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Montana21.5
  2. Missouri22.7
  3. South Carolina23.2
  4. Minnesota23.5

The largest states

  1. California7,751
  2. New York5,025
  3. Texas4,885
  4. Florida4,034
  5. Pennsylvania3,911

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.