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 29 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. Bharat Sachdeva, MDShreveport, LA 711031720098296
  2. Olusola SadikuHouma, LA 703631326619693
  3. Ali Saeed, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031043696933
  4. Roy Saguiguit, M.D.Covington, LA 704331922023746
  5. Shwetapadma Sahu, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211356797898
  6. Mohammad Saidan, M.DLeesville, LA 714461336455377
  7. Nitin Sainani, MDShreveport, LA 711031952745093
  8. Satinder Saini, M.D.Crowley, LA 705261770634461
  9. Shigeki Saito, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121740460955
  10. Andrew Sallean, M.D.Metairie, LA 700051548345572
  11. Stephen Salopek, Jr., M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031245241686
  12. Benjamin Salwen, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121619618972
  13. David Sampognaro, MDHarvey, LA 700581598751935
  14. Joseph Sampognaro, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701241477668168
  15. Michael Sampognaro, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011194752865
  16. Bruce Samuels, MDCovington, LA 704331164422119
  17. Tierra Sanders, DOBaton Rouge, LA 708081700467123
  18. Gabrielle SanfordShreveport, LA 711031316574627
  19. Shane SanneJefferson, LA 701211073757506
  20. Stephanie Sarrat, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151376543876
  21. Lauren Sartin, MDShreveport, LA 711151023710472
  22. Mohammed Sarwar, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706071407823644
  23. Nishanth Sasidharan Nirmala, MDShreveport, LA 711031861809949
  24. Charles Sasser, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081689017477
  25. Pramod SavarapuShreveport, LA 711031669959979
  26. George Say, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081144222720
  27. Parker Say, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081548900715
  28. Hayle Scanlan, DOCovington, LA 704331427630755
  29. Markayle SchearsShreveport, LA 711031164348892
  30. Jered Schenk, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121689304784
  31. Kerry Schexnaider, MDMaurice, LA 705551982610374
  32. Marae Schexnayder, DOLafayette, LA 705061588300156
  33. Megan Schluentz, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151578175261
  34. Amanda Schorr, DOMonroe, LA 712011003655143
  35. Jonathan SchroederBaton Rouge, LA 708051376802595
  36. Andrew Schroth, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211730754011
  37. Christian Scott, DOShreveport, LA 711031184202152
  38. Thomas Scott, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711011376603043
  39. Kristie SearcyMarksville, LA 713511902367246
  40. Vincent Sedminik, MDShreveport, LA 711031144155755
  41. Craig Seicshnaydre, M.D.Covington, LA 704331275507873
  42. Susan Seiler-Smith, MDMonroe, LA 712011265464838
  43. Ibrahim Seki, MDVidalia, LA 713731700922069
  44. Basil Selden, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211548335011
  45. Tom Senff, MDShreveport, LA 711011376518225
  46. Pedro Serrant, M.D.Slidell, LA 704611740287820
  47. Leslie Sewell, MDBossier City, LA 711111083655971
  48. Justin Seymour, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121699949644
  49. Pooja Shah, MDShreveport, LA 711031144859588
  50. Muhammad Shahid, M.D.Amite, LA 704221992985386

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.