NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Interventional Cardiology Physician in Louisiana

176 NPPES records list interventional cardiology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 3.8 per 100,000 residents, the 1st highest rate of 51. Baton Rouge and New Orleans have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 1 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RI0011X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Baton Rouge has the most, 28

  1. Baton Rouge28
  2. New Orleans21
  3. Shreveport18
  4. Lafayette17
  5. Alexandria12

Interventional Cardiology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Richard Abben, MDHouma, LA 703601750388740
  2. Mokhtar AbdallahBaton Rouge, LA 708091285050799
  3. Nidal Abi Rafeh, M.D.Hammond, LA 704031457506743
  4. Donna Adams, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081770592297
  5. Farhad Aduli, MDCovington, LA 704331023051372
  6. Murtuza Ali, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121427110451
  7. Rehan Ali, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081912198532
  8. Amit Amin, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705061144458027
  9. Frank Arena, M.D.Covington, LA 704331689671232
  10. Ayush AroraThibodaux, LA 703011144672320
  11. Ali Ayoub, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061740656099
  12. Steven Bailey, MDShreveport, LA 711031003921909
  13. Jose Barrientos PazKenner, LA 700651699120063
  14. Sergio Barrios, M.D.Slidell, LA 704611427030113
  15. Dominique Beaudry, MDShreveport, LA 711031437339223
  16. Updesh Bedi, M.D.Gretna, LA 700561669678892
  17. William Bennett, M.D., PH.D.Slidell, LA 704611023288792
  18. Edward Bergen, D.O.Lake Charles, LA 706011760454391
  19. Cyril Bethala, M.D.Slidell, LA 704581528178415
  20. Vasanth Bethala, M.D.Slidell, LA 704581548263999
  21. Mehul Bhalja, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011790031276
  22. Siddharth Bhansali, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151912999046
  23. Hari Bogabathina, M.D.Youngsville, LA 705921083714836
  24. Darrin Breaux, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091902807167
  25. Salvatore Buttaci-Guarino, MDCovington, LA 704331013914050
  26. Eugeniu Calenici, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121477366102
  27. Jorge Castellanos, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081376792879
  28. Michael Castine, M.D.Gretna, LA 700561598889388
  29. Joseph Cefalu, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081881695088
  30. Omar Chaabo, MDRuston, LA 712701851072714
  31. Anil Chagarlamudi, MDHouma, LA 703601952308959
  32. Ilyas Chaudhry, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011508854894
  33. Bose Cheeran, MDLafayette, LA 705031649448598
  34. Yu-Cheng Chen, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081114920998
  35. Harold Clausen, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081417958240
  36. Tyrone Collins, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211083672471
  37. Kevin Courville, MDEunice, LA 705351285672303
  38. Marcus Cox, MDNew Iberia, LA 705631538681945
  39. David Daly, MDLafayette, LA 705081720222961
  40. Paul Davis, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051760472419
  41. Jon Decuir, MDLafayette, LA 705081598142150
  42. Bart Denys, MDThibodaux, LA 703011659378685
  43. James Dobbs, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081487862702
  44. Sanjay Dravid, M.D.Terrytown, LA 700561932381431
  45. Chad Dugas, M.D.Thibodaux, LA 703011306004841
  46. Karl Duncan, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706011265465017
  47. Victor Echenique, MDSlidell, LA 704581518960962
  48. John Edavettal, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031558333617
  49. Kian Ehsan, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081639349921
  50. Hadi Elias, M.D.Thibodaux, LA 703011114380573

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RI0011X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 1 of 51 per resident

  1. Louisiana3.8
  2. Missouri3.2
  3. Arizona3.1
  4. 50 states and D.C.2.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RI0011X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

97.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 94.3% 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. Louisiana97.7%
  2. United States94.3%

Interventional Cardiology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file172 of 176 · 97.7% here, 94.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file160 · 90.9% here, 87.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more88 · 50.0% here, 45.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2000 · the 160 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RI0011X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

176 NPPES records list interventional cardiology physician (207RI0011X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 3.8 per 100,000 residents against 2.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Baton Rouge has 28 of them (16%).

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. Indiana184
  2. New Jersey168
  3. North Carolina188
  4. Virginia190

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Missouri3.2
  2. Arizona3.1
  3. Tennessee3.0
  4. Arkansas3.0

The largest states

  1. Texas724
  2. Florida651
  3. California632
  4. New York404
  5. Illinois320

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.