NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nephrology Physician in Louisiana

219 NPPES records list nephrology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 4.8 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Shreveport have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 1 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RN0300X · 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. Shreveport33
  3. Baton Rouge26
  4. Lafayette13
  5. Metairie10

Nephrology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Ahmed AbdallahNew Orleans, LA 701211396449401
  2. Adrian Abreo, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031023272895
  3. Kenneth Abreo, MBBSShreveport, LA 711031750303145
  4. Zulqarnain Abro, MDShreveport, LA 711011740465798
  5. Abdel Abu Shamat, MDLake Charles, LA 706011528053824
  6. Saeed Ahmed, M.D.Kenner, LA 700651811094238
  7. Alfred Ajise, MDNatchitoches, LA 714571164742268
  8. Qais Albataineh, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121245150424
  9. Tareq AlhorNew Orleans, LA 701121093603177
  10. Mohamad Alhosaini, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211083886105
  11. Sreedhara Alla, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711011215155791
  12. Arnold Alper, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121477509107
  13. Muhannad Alqudsi, MDAlexandria, LA 713011528297850
  14. Saddam Alqussairy, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121184400996
  15. Jafar Alsaid, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211073137733
  16. Anas Alshwayat, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211619654308
  17. Flor Alvarado, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121639556483
  18. Ramanakumar Anam, MDShreveport, LA 711031144889973
  19. John Angelo, MDCovington, LA 704331538143599
  20. Michael Archie, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011871563353
  21. Ziad Ashkar, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031356350946
  22. Nahida Baigam, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121427839356
  23. Siddhartha Bajracharya, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121033568357
  24. Darren Barefield, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708121417977836
  25. Arnold Barz, MDShreveport, LA 711011710972559
  26. Khawaja Bashir, M.B.,B.S MDAlexandria, LA 713011902326838
  27. Mahesh Basireddy, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081578777058
  28. Vecihi Batuman, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121528159670
  29. Adrian Baudy, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121154555654
  30. Brandon Bean, MDCovington, LA 704331356427199
  31. Robin Bennett, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011437142437
  32. Dwayne Bergeaux, M.D.Crowley, LA 705261477738268
  33. Rhea BhargavaNew Orleans, LA 701121245573310
  34. Steven Bialkin, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708161497757769
  35. Anthony Blalock, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705061124037726
  36. Shirisha Bodana, D.O.New Orleans, LA 701211770794067
  37. Crispin Bolisay, MDSlidell, LA 704611316902737
  38. Brittany Boudreaux, D.O.Metairie, LA 700061326589508
  39. Cheryl Brown, MDMadisonville, LA 704471497739981
  40. Mary Buffington, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031942411863
  41. Shivakanth Burugu, M.D.New Iberia, LA 705631023334828
  42. Jyotirmoy Chakraborti, M.D.Marrero, LA 700721851373963
  43. Sara Chapman, FNPWest Monroe, LA 712921861993982
  44. Cheng Chu, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711011578824058
  45. Roderick Clark, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705061225066939
  46. Raynold Corona, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081790782068
  47. Lawrence Counts, MDShreveport, LA 711071275508962
  48. Francisco Cruz, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151538167879
  49. Francisco Cruz, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151497714133
  50. Abhijin Das, MBBSShreveport, LA 711011578870929

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RN0300X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 7 of 51 per resident

  1. New York5.4
  2. Delaware5.0
  3. Pennsylvania5.0
  4. Louisiana4.8
  5. New Jersey4.7
  6. Rhode Island4.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RN0300X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

90.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.8% 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. Louisiana90.0%
  2. United States85.8%

Nephrology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file197 of 219 · 90.0% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file172 · 78.5% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more122 · 55.7% here, 54.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 172 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RN0300X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

219 NPPES records list nephrology physician (207RN0300X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 4.8 per 100,000 residents against 4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 59 of them (27%).

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. Wisconsin207
  2. South Carolina202
  3. Alabama183
  4. Colorado182

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Puerto Rico4.7
  2. New Jersey4.7
  3. Rhode Island4.7
  4. Connecticut4.6

The largest states

  1. California1,468
  2. Texas1,159
  3. New York1,049
  4. Florida840
  5. Pennsylvania651

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.