NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Neurological Surgery Physician in Louisiana

132 NPPES records list neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 2.9 per 100,000 residents, the 17th 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 3 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207T00000X · 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, 31

  1. New Orleans31
  2. Shreveport21
  3. Baton Rouge19
  4. Lafayette13
  5. Lake Charles8

Neurological Surgery Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Kelly Scrantz, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708101760447882
  2. Tyler ScullenNew Orleans, LA 701301306290499
  3. Aaron Sigler, D.O.Hammond, LA 704031215294947
  4. Anthony Sin, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031073738613
  5. Manish Singh, MDMetairie, LA 700021013187756
  6. Donald Smith, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031376557512
  7. Lisa Snider, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051548616220
  8. Scott Soleau, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708101003805466
  9. Ashish Sonig, MDShreveport, LA 711031528323011
  10. Richard Stanger, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708101659581601
  11. John Steck, MDMarrero, LA 700721366488462
  12. Olawale Sulaiman, MD, PHDNew Orleans, LA 701211174718365
  13. Lori Summers, MDHammond, LA 704031811943996
  14. Gabriel Tender, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151609897628
  15. Danielle TerrellShreveport, LA 711031396236253
  16. Najeeb Thomas, MDMetairie, LA 700021073538096
  17. Jamie TomsShreveport, LA 711031376960344
  18. Jayme Trahan, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031700072238
  19. Todd Trier, MDShreveport, LA 711151508813486
  20. Derrick Umansky, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121104168541
  21. Philip Utter, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711011073585477
  22. Troy Vaughn, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011164420915
  23. Garrett Venable, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708101316300502
  24. Rand Voorhies, M.D.Metairie, LA 700021821021320
  25. Paul Waguespack, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708101730178187
  26. Arthur WangNew Orleans, LA 701121184028367
  27. Marcus Ware, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211801996442
  28. Stephen Whipple, MDNew Orleans, LA 701191386148120
  29. Elizabeth Wild, MD, MSShreveport, LA 711031396189296
  30. Jessica Wilden, MDShreveport, LA 711031962565127
  31. Brian Willis, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711181821014648
  32. Erich Wolf, M.D, PH.DLake Charles, LA 706051942206727

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207T00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 17 of 51 per resident

  1. Colorado3.0
  2. Washington3.0
  3. South Dakota2.9
  4. Louisiana2.9
  5. Michigan2.9
  6. Florida2.8
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207T00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 78.8% 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. Louisiana79.5%
  2. United States78.8%

Neurological Surgery Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file105 of 132 · 79.5% here, 78.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file90 · 68.2% here, 65.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more73 · 55.3% here, 52.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 89 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207T00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

132 NPPES records list neurological surgery physician (207T00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 2.9 per 100,000 residents against 2.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 31 of them (23%).

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. Oregon134
  2. South Carolina127
  3. Indiana125
  4. Kentucky111

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Michigan2.9
  2. Florida2.8
  3. South Dakota2.9
  4. Washington3.0

The largest states

  1. California929
  2. Texas669
  3. Florida644
  4. New York529
  5. Pennsylvania447

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.