NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Neurology Physician in Louisiana

242 NPPES records list neurology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 5.3 per 100,000 residents, the 35th 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 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2084N0400X · 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, 67

  1. New Orleans67
  2. Shreveport32
  3. Baton Rouge30
  4. Metairie18
  5. Lafayette15

Neurology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Enrique Segura, MDMetairie, LA 700061508036195
  2. Dhenuka Shah, M.D.Pineville, LA 713601487754016
  3. Fayez Shamieh, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706011861582504
  4. Morteza Shamsnia, MDMetairie, LA 700061508811704
  5. Lauren Sharett, MDMonroe, LA 712011801103247
  6. Pamraj Sharma, MDMonroe, LA 712011295229045
  7. Vipul Shelat, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706011699736173
  8. Alireza Shirazian, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121164042545
  9. Gurleen Sikand, MDShreveport, LA 711031396876801
  10. Michelle Simon, M.D.Houma, LA 703631922061175
  11. Tyler Simons, MDHouma, LA 703601568090280
  12. Benjamin Simpson, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211225697139
  13. Saurabh Singhal, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081427430123
  14. Steven Snatic, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081184670127
  15. Michael Soliman, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121720518475
  16. Mehdi Soltani, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708101073716593
  17. Julia Staisch, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211972868693
  18. Hyder Tamton, DONew Orleans, LA 701121548762453
  19. Joseph Tarsia, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211619292356
  20. Shail Thanki, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031154772218
  21. Lisa Thibodeaux, M.D.Morgan City, LA 703801417148933
  22. Lowery Thompson, M.D.West Monroe, LA 712911588689996
  23. Sachin Thorat, M.D.Bossier City, LA 711111538333174
  24. Sanjeevi Tivakaran, MDBossier City, LA 711111528199023
  25. Angela Traylor, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121427028844
  26. Walter Truax, MDMarrero, LA 700721427094515
  27. Nirmala Tumarada, M.DLake Charles, LA 706011184060923
  28. Charles Ugokwe, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011144210717
  29. Fnu VaibhavShreveport, LA 711031780508044
  30. Christopher Valencia, M.D.West Monroe, LA 712911649305608
  31. Colin VanhookNew Orleans, LA 701211831484153
  32. Manguesh VelingkerLeesville, LA 714461255446530
  33. Amy Voigt, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061003088915
  34. Gary Walker, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081205255254
  35. Rebecca Whiddon, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708101538353594
  36. Frank Williams, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061780974774
  37. Maria Carmen Wilson, MDCovington, LA 704331093738148
  38. Barbara Wizer, MDNew Orleans, LA 701311053570325
  39. Socrates Zapata-Campusano, M.D.Hammond, LA 704031013083112
  40. Mohammad Zeibo, M.DAlexandria, LA 713011700935640
  41. Peimin Zhu, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031013174143
  42. Richard Zweig, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031033135819

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2084N0400X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 35 of 51 per resident

  1. West Virginia5.6
  2. South Dakota5.5
  3. Tennessee5.3
  4. Louisiana5.3
  5. Iowa5.2
  6. Indiana5.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.6.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2084N0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

83.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 81.2% 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. Louisiana83.1%
  2. United States81.2%

Neurology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file201 of 242 · 83.1% here, 81.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file179 · 74.0% here, 68.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more135 · 55.8% here, 50.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 179 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2084N0400X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

242 NPPES records list neurology physician (2084N0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 5.3 per 100,000 residents against 6.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 67 of them (28%).

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. Alabama259
  2. Kentucky225
  3. Oregon287
  4. Utah195

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee5.3
  2. Iowa5.2
  3. Indiana5.1
  4. South Dakota5.5

The largest states

  1. California2,339
  2. New York1,778
  3. Florida1,530
  4. Texas1,382
  5. Pennsylvania1,077

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.