NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Internal Medicine Physician in Louisiana

1,749 NPPES records list internal medicine physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 38 per 100,000 residents, the 28th 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 26 of 35.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207R00000X · 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, 392

  1. New Orleans392
  2. Baton Rouge256
  3. Shreveport218
  4. Lafayette107
  5. Metairie76

Internal Medicine Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Ashley Perret, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091558990986
  2. Tyler Perrin- Bellelo, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031215203377
  3. Carter Pesson, MD, MPHNew Orleans, LA 701181588314512
  4. Oana Petcu, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708061326086083
  5. Jack Peterson, M. D.Kenner, LA 700651700019619
  6. Jessica Petry, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081083000384
  7. Chung Pham, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151164640587
  8. Lan Pham, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081689665747
  9. Ly-Elaine Pham, MDShreveport, LA 711031861846446
  10. Ernest PhilonNew Orleans, LA 701211598385395
  11. Jason Picard, M.D.New Roads, LA 707601194732057
  12. Alexander Picariello, MDJefferson, LA 701211346739901
  13. Elizabeth Picciola, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081801474689
  14. Benjamin Pickard, MDLafayette, LA 705061790351831
  15. Edward Pierce, MDMonroe, LA 712011730700550
  16. Leocardy Pierre, MDShreveport, LA 711151154785962
  17. Jay Piland, MDAlexandria, LA 713011417917782
  18. Allison Pinner, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121447888565
  19. Samuel Plost, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211083956031
  20. William Plunkett, MDHammond, LA 704031871553016
  21. Jo Ellen Plunkett-Kasparek, MDMetairie, LA 700021649224593
  22. Kenyatta Poe, MDJefferson, LA 701211386483824
  23. Dalvert Polanco, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121023637493
  24. Robert Pollock, MDMetairie, LA 700061871545574
  25. Roland Ponarski, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011104921741
  26. Pramod Kumar Ponna, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031659807774
  27. Dhara Popat, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031588352439
  28. Patricia Porada, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211043264971
  29. Mark PortaShreveport, LA 711301275890436
  30. Dheeraj Kumar Posa, MDShreveport, LA 711031538747134
  31. Rosina Poudel, MDHouma, LA 703631417486176
  32. Hannah Pounds, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701171588989875
  33. Charles Powers, MDBossier City, LA 711111275565905
  34. Nealan Prather, MDBossier City, LA 711111053340349
  35. Joseph PrechterNew Orleans, LA 701171891322665
  36. Johnny PrejeanSt Gabriel, LA 707761790014512
  37. Jill Prejeant, MDMetairie, LA 700061821258732
  38. Sunil Prem, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011417038746
  39. Avril-Linda Prempeh, M.D.Gonzales, LA 707371790891711
  40. Genelle Price, MDMarrero, LA 700721851331193
  41. Eboni Price-Haywood, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211952496150
  42. Jennifer Prime, MDShreveport, LA 711031376786814
  43. Michael Prior, MDShreveport, LA 711011821169624
  44. Matthew PrudhommeLafayette, LA 705061750776613
  45. Evelyn Pryor, MDShreveport, LA 711031619977592
  46. Andrew Puckett, MDShreveport, LA 711031760069728
  47. Dawn Puente, MDMetairie, LA 700021548215429
  48. Joseph Puente, MDMetairie, LA 700061821186990
  49. Varsha Pujala, MDShreveport, LA 711031578970398
  50. Sneha Puvvada, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708061174256382

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207R00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 28 of 51 per resident

  1. Washington39
  2. Nevada38
  3. Arizona38
  4. Louisiana38
  5. North Carolina37
  6. Tennessee36
  7. 50 states and D.C.44

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207R00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

85.2% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 78.7% 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. Louisiana85.2%
  2. United States78.7%

Internal Medicine Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,490 of 1,749 · 85.2% here, 78.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,217 · 69.6% here, 61.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more978 · 55.9% here, 55.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2008 · the 1,216 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207R00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,749 NPPES records list internal medicine physician (207R00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 38 per 100,000 residents against 44 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 392 of them (22%).

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. Alabama1,705
  2. South Carolina1,881
  3. Kentucky1,526
  4. Colorado2,046

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arizona38.4
  2. Nevada38.5
  3. North Carolina37.4
  4. Washington39.4

The largest states

  1. California17,696
  2. New York12,067
  3. Florida10,151
  4. Texas9,175
  5. Pennsylvania7,300

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.