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 4 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. Pinky PatelNew Orleans, LA 701211336382480
  2. Stephen Patton, MDShreveport, LA 711031093700692
  3. Annalisa Perez, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151518084862
  4. Johnathon Phillips, MDJefferson, LA 701211710502042
  5. Matthew Pittappilly, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121518497460
  6. Dimtcho Popov, MDMonroe, LA 712011740289230
  7. David Pruett, M.D.West Monroe, LA 712921396956165
  8. Syed Rab, MDHammond, LA 704031891751301
  9. Melissa Rampal, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711061922292408
  10. Venkateswara Rao, M.D.,Shreveport, LA 711031013027069
  11. Angela Reginelli, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151972501229
  12. Efrain Reisin, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151750302774
  13. Gabriel Rivera-Rodriguez, MDMarrero, LA 700721366434151
  14. Sean Roberts, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211679570709
  15. Michael Rokaw, MDShreveport, LA 711011154317469
  16. Michael Roppolo, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081639172687
  17. Chad Rossitter, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701386961308
  18. Brooke Rozas, APRNLake Charles, LA 706011083439707
  19. Vadym Rusnak, M.D.Houma, LA 703631093100026
  20. Jocelyne Saikali, M.D.Leesville, LA 714461073521191
  21. Jones Samuel, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081164429437
  22. Matthew Sanger, MDMetairie, LA 700011639119910
  23. Carter Schwartz, DONatchitoches, LA 714571578050407
  24. Adrian Sequeira, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031366653057
  25. Moh'd Sharshir, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121356790596
  26. Adam Shepard, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701437511326
  27. Pallavi Shirsat, MDMinden, LA 710551679885362
  28. Ali Shueib, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211447548540
  29. Imran Shuja, M.D.Covington, LA 704331922493030
  30. Gerard Sigue, M.D.Broussard, LA 705181750390316
  31. Benjamin Silverberg, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081851956262
  32. James Sim, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081578678405
  33. Eric Simon, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121689765752
  34. John Simon, MDCovington, LA 704331760489892
  35. Kenneth Smith, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081700098324
  36. Zohreh Soltani, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211801080452
  37. Khaldoun Soudan, MDAlexandria, LA 713011164411815
  38. Maryanne Sourial, DOLafayette, LA 705031417346321
  39. Mina Sourial, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031619351780
  40. Catherine Staffeld Coit, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211174565758
  41. Gina Suarez Corujo, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121215471867
  42. Herminio Suazo-Vasquez, M.D.Houma, LA 703601093730988
  43. Karina Sulaiman, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031871704650
  44. Hossein Tabari, M.D.Bogalusa, LA 704271619032141
  45. Goutham TalluriAlexandria, LA 713011588226229
  46. Mehmet TamerShreveport, LA 711031760005706
  47. Mihaly Tapolyai, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031346268281
  48. Federico Teran, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121255515888
  49. Aldo Torres Ortiz, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121104331511
  50. Michael Touchy, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121346667532

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.