NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Hematology & Oncology Physician in Louisiana

188 NPPES records list hematology & oncology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 4.1 per 100,000 residents, the 18th 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 4 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RH0003X · 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, 45

  1. New Orleans45
  2. Baton Rouge35
  3. Shreveport26
  4. Lafayette15
  5. Metairie10

Hematology & Oncology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Kellie Schmeeckle, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091376761783
  2. Milton Seiler, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151386609147
  3. Harry Sequeira Gross, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081841851391
  4. Kamran Shahid, MDLake Charles, LA 706051336370642
  5. Rimsha ShaukatShreveport, LA 711031992358352
  6. Joseph Shows, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091972795250
  7. Sumathi Smith, M.D.Slidell, LA 704581932189016
  8. Christopher Snead, MDCoushatta, LA 710191780673665
  9. Scott Sonnier, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151083679468
  10. Derrick Spell, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091649291667
  11. Marshall Stagg, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091841281573
  12. Ashley Staton, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211124327929
  13. Kieran Stober, M.D.Marrero, LA 700721679865562
  14. Mary Stringfellow, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081194743849
  15. Sukanthini Subbiah, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121578627394
  16. Comfort Takang, MD, MPHHouma, LA 703601467957464
  17. Ajay Tambe, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081639691660
  18. Georges Tanios, MDHammond, LA 704031386907681
  19. Caitlin Taylor, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211528422987
  20. Chris Theodossiou, MDCovington, LA 704331063458438
  21. Molly Thomas, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031922209139
  22. Ashish Udhrain, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061013980853
  23. Kanchan Upadhyay, MDLeesville, LA 714461265463061
  24. Janeiro Valle Goffin, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121396159455
  25. Ruben Vargas-Cuba, M.D.Houma, LA 703631578561189
  26. William VarnadoBaton Rouge, LA 708081790027589
  27. Robert Veith, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151750384921
  28. Anil Veluvolu, MDShreveport, LA 711031124174644
  29. Gordon Wadge, M.D.Gretna, LA 700561043585326
  30. Donna Walker, MDMonroe, LA 712011316942535
  31. Benjamin Weinberger, D. O.Monroe, LA 712011174520092
  32. Roy Weiner, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121861586166
  33. Howard Wold, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011467455501
  34. Shaun Xiao, DOSlidell, LA 704581063726206
  35. Siva Yadlapati, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081871583567
  36. Furhan Yunus, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211326048356
  37. George Zacharia, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151285894121
  38. Lauren Zatarain, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091194916650

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RH0003X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 18 of 51 per resident

  1. West Virginia4.4
  2. Ohio4.4
  3. New Jersey4.3
  4. Louisiana4.1
  5. California4.1
  6. Nebraska4.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RH0003X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

88.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 82.9% 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. Louisiana88.8%
  2. United States82.9%

Hematology & Oncology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file167 of 188 · 88.8% here, 82.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file144 · 76.6% here, 71.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more93 · 49.5% here, 54.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 144 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RH0003X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

188 NPPES records list hematology & oncology physician (207RH0003X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 4.1 per 100,000 residents against 4.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 45 of them (24%).

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. Alabama191
  2. South Carolina181
  3. Connecticut198
  4. Colorado212

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California4.1
  2. Nebraska4.0
  3. Puerto Rico4.2
  4. Virginia4.0

The largest states

  1. California1,583
  2. New York1,163
  3. Texas922
  4. Florida818
  5. Pennsylvania784

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.