NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Infectious Disease Physician in Louisiana

128 NPPES records list infectious disease physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 2.8 per 100,000 residents, the 26th 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 3 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RI0200X · 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, 59

  1. New Orleans59
  2. Baton Rouge16
  3. Shreveport16
  4. Lafayette7
  5. Metairie7

Infectious Disease Physician records in Louisiana

  1. John Schieffelin, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121194995936
  2. Michael Sciaudone, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121689064396
  3. Paula Seal, MD, MPHNew Orleans, LA 701121730392051
  4. Anish Shah, DOMetairie, LA 700061265487375
  5. Daniel Shapiro, DOBaton Rouge, LA 708161457841926
  6. Divisha Sharma, M.D.Jefferson, LA 701211780176487
  7. Jishna Shrestha, MDLafayette, LA 705031568082931
  8. Obiageli Sogbetun, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061477702082
  9. Kimberly Sommers, MDMarrero, LA 700721285893214
  10. Maria Suarez Bohorquez, MDSlidell, LA 704581194188391
  11. Anup Subedee, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708061386890200
  12. Edwin Swiatlo, MD, PHDNew Orleans, LA 701171982630075
  13. Katie Taylor, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081235525643
  14. Stephanie Taylor, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121205855277
  15. Amanda TheppoteNew Orleans, LA 701211619364759
  16. John Todd, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031730101205
  17. Sonya TrinhNew Orleans, LA 701211801182589
  18. De'Angellica Vaughn-Allen, MDOpelousas, LA 705701902433535
  19. Shobha Vootukuri, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081215263009
  20. Candace Warner, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081710918180
  21. Christopher Wexler, MDLafayette, LA 705061538663091
  22. Kyle Widmer, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701191427230622
  23. William Williams, M.D.Covington, LA 704331407925407
  24. Richard Witzig, MDMetairie, LA 700061659465698
  25. Meredith Wooster, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711011619188364
  26. Mark Workman, MDMetairie, LA 700011376570069
  27. Tat Yau, M.D., M.P.H.New Orleans, LA 701121710418967
  28. Mohammed Ziada, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121285018416

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RI0200X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 26 of 51 per resident

  1. Hawaii2.9
  2. Wisconsin2.9
  3. California2.9
  4. Louisiana2.8
  5. Virginia2.8
  6. Tennessee2.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RI0200X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 79.0% 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. Louisiana79.7%
  2. United States79.0%

Infectious Disease Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file102 of 128 · 79.7% here, 79.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file85 · 66.4% here, 68.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more70 · 54.7% here, 56.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 85 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RI0200X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

128 NPPES records list infectious disease physician (207RI0200X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 2.8 per 100,000 residents against 3.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 59 of them (46%).

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. Oregon127
  2. Puerto Rico120
  3. South Carolina119
  4. Alabama112

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Virginia2.8
  2. California2.9
  3. Tennessee2.7
  4. Wisconsin2.9

The largest states

  1. California1,119
  2. New York970
  3. Florida760
  4. Texas674
  5. Pennsylvania545

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.