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 30 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. Rai Dilawar Shahjehan, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211609305267
  2. Bushra Firdous Shaik, MDLafayette, LA 705061073008033
  3. Muhammad Shaikh, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706071396705752
  4. Sarwan Shaikh, MDShreveport, LA 711031699297994
  5. Kenyatta Shamlin, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091093712234
  6. Ahmad Shanableh, MDMarrero, LA 700721790753945
  7. Sarah SharkeyShreveport, LA 711031184078719
  8. Krishna Sharma, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091558458919
  9. Priyanka Sharma, MDLafayette, LA 705061104116177
  10. Shivani Sharma, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031043708126
  11. Luke Sharrock, DONew Orleans, LA 701121437852456
  12. Kerry Shaver, M.D.Denham Springs, LA 707261285805952
  13. Cassie Shaw, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121083241632
  14. Mark Shelton, M.D.Winnfield, LA 714831548251036
  15. Ibrahim Shenawi, MDLafayette, LA 705061811574759
  16. Rachel ShepardNew Orleans, LA 701121982108502
  17. Pilar Sheplan Olsen, MDShreveport, LA 711011124450374
  18. Robin Sherchan, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031740844208
  19. Meredith Sherrill, M.D., M.S.New Orleans, LA 701121922341098
  20. Reza Sheybani, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708061104996800
  21. Virginia Short, MDShreveport, LA 711011154339257
  22. Pankajrai Shroff, M.D.Columbia, LA 714181124120449
  23. Galeno Sibilia, MDLafayette, LA 705081063525889
  24. Lucia Sicinschi, M.D.Covington, LA 704331871773689
  25. Andrew SiegelNew Orleans, LA 701151932474137
  26. Stacy Siegendorf, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211336180785
  27. Scott Simeon, M.D.Kenner, LA 700651093784696
  28. Melynda Simmons, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121902548092
  29. James Simon, M.D.Jennings, LA 705461548205578
  30. Llewellyn Simon, M.D.Lake Providence, LA 712541063494128
  31. Brandon Simon-Davis, MDCovington, LA 704331841496718
  32. Michele Simoneaux, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121174693188
  33. Charles Simonson, M.D.Marrero, LA 700721376731588
  34. Lenito Sinay, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061225047632
  35. Diane Sinclair, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701481528196771
  36. Heidi Sinclair, MD, MPHBaton Rouge, LA 708061215950225
  37. Jennifer Singh, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031144240177
  38. Raman Singh, M.D.Angola, LA 707121316981129
  39. Rohini SinglaLafayette, LA 705061861621468
  40. Crystal Singleton, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081497118202
  41. Sriharsha SinguShreveport, LA 711151467073551
  42. Sivaprakash Sivaji, DOShreveport, LA 711031871233825
  43. Richard Slataper, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081407857337
  44. Larry Slay, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031184641151
  45. John Smart, M.D.Ponchatoula, LA 704541477661965
  46. Barbara Smith, MDMetairie, LA 700011194893198
  47. Bradford Smith, M.D.Baker, LA 707141144271602
  48. Corey Smith, MDShreveport, LA 711031922857861
  49. Domonique Smith, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121568165769
  50. Eric Smith, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051417910720

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.