NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ophthalmology Physician in Louisiana

299 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 6.5 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Baton Rouge have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 4 of 6.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207W00000X · 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, 49

  1. New Orleans49
  2. Baton Rouge43
  3. Metairie38
  4. Shreveport34
  5. Lafayette19

Ophthalmology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Frederick Kirchner, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711061245259571
  2. Kevin Kirchner, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151457541955
  3. Daniel Kurica, M.D.La Place, LA 700681740498609
  4. Philip Kurica, M.D.La Place, LA 700681528173390
  5. Henry Kwong, MDNew Iberia, LA 705631437235652
  6. Alan Lacoste, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051275515165
  7. Owen Lacour, MDMetairie, LA 700061427097989
  8. Kenneth Lafleur, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701699749929
  9. Leon Lahaye, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701154318343
  10. Martin Laird, M.D.Pineville, LA 713601861607467
  11. Ronald Landry, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061992870620
  12. Edward Langlow, MDMandeville, LA 704711407853401
  13. Scott Lanoux, MDMetairie, LA 700061922047406
  14. Stephen LauHammond, LA 704031245751098
  15. Emily Laurent, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121316574643
  16. Hongvan LeBaton Rouge, LA 708101699194902
  17. Barry Leader, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151952341554
  18. Harold Ledoux, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031740258912
  19. Benjamin Lee, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121104323864
  20. Alejandro Leon, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701181104019645
  21. Ricardo Leoni, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081235159708
  22. Chanping Liang, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031558386441
  23. Lauren Lim, MDMetairie, LA 700021477080257
  24. Timothy Link, MDShreveport, LA 711031972065845
  25. Daniel Long, MDGretna, LA 700561578669404
  26. Gregory LongMetairie, LA 700061508445628
  27. Suzanne Luckett, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081104876739
  28. Gary Luffey, M.D.Ruston, LA 712701760452650
  29. Celeste Luke, M.D.Pineville, LA 713601043201585
  30. Bryan Lusk, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711061700043643
  31. Jeffrey Lusk, MDShreveport, LA 711061407099955
  32. Blake Matherne, MDMetairie, LA 700011265933626
  33. Emmett McComiskey, MDCovington, LA 704331588653893
  34. James McCue, MDBastrop, LA 712201619960838
  35. Mark Meadows, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708101538178751
  36. Rebecca Metzinger, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121073564167
  37. Jo Meyer, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011063693406
  38. Brian Mikulla, MDLake Charles, LA 706051194959585
  39. Michael Morgan, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091922024439
  40. April Moss, MDBossier City, LA 711111295317113
  41. Lewis Murray, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706011922298488
  42. Majd Mustafa, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121437730827
  43. Lisso Nachman, MDAlexandria, LA 713031073734323
  44. Wally Nawas, MDBossier City, LA 711111518936376
  45. Daniel NelsonNew Orleans, LA 701211558895227
  46. Daniel Nelson, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081912298167
  47. Scott Nelson, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708161144225988
  48. Cheryl Neu, MDLafayette, LA 705061942292131
  49. An NguyenNew Orleans, LA 701271508007576
  50. Barbara Noguchi, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091104827112

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207W00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 23 of 51 per resident

  1. Virginia6.9
  2. New Jersey6.8
  3. Washington6.7
  4. Louisiana6.5
  5. South Dakota6.5
  6. Ohio6.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.6.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207W00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

82.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 77.8% 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. Louisiana82.9%
  2. United States77.8%

Ophthalmology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file248 of 299 · 82.9% here, 77.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file206 · 68.9% here, 65.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more217 · 72.6% here, 63.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2000 · the 206 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207W00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

299 NPPES records list ophthalmology physician (207W00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 6.5 per 100,000 residents against 6.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 49 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. Indiana311
  2. Oregon322
  3. South Carolina329
  4. Connecticut336

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Dakota6.5
  2. Puerto Rico6.6
  3. Washington6.7
  4. Ohio6.4

The largest states

  1. California2,899
  2. New York1,822
  3. Florida1,581
  4. Texas1,514
  5. Pennsylvania1,088

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.