NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician in Louisiana

32 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 0.7 per 100,000 residents, the 40th highest rate of 51. Baton Rouge and Lafayette have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207XS0106X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Baton Rouge has the most, 4

  1. Baton Rouge4
  2. Lafayette3
  3. Metairie3
  4. New Orleans3
  5. Shreveport3

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Cameron Best, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011912160748
  2. Karl Bilderback, MDShreveport, LA 711051942245345
  3. Gordon Blanchard, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708101902854292
  4. Ryan Bliss, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708101518258276
  5. Allen Borne, M.D.Thibodaux, LA 703011578855896
  6. Timothy Bowlin, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708101063631398
  7. Charles Cefalu, MD, MBABaton Rouge, LA 708081497102008
  8. Richard Celentano, M.D.Covington, LA 704331700996840
  9. Ellis Cooper, MDShreveport, LA 711011619036951
  10. Martin Degravelle, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011457520801
  11. Chris Digrado, MDMarrero, LA 700721760458566
  12. Mark Dodson, MDAlexandria, LA 713011487628236
  13. Brandon Donnelly, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061992966527
  14. Bryan Dudoussat, M.D.Hammond, LA 704031285804500
  15. Ross DunbarNew Orleans, LA 701211992070296
  16. Katherine FaustNew Orleans, LA 701151396069308
  17. Ronald French, MDKenner, LA 700651700862448
  18. Bryce Fugarino, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081851658454
  19. John Hildenbrand, M.D.Thibodaux, LA 703011174662936
  20. Robert Leblanc, MDLafayette, LA 705081639398969
  21. Ronnie Mathews, MDZachary, LA 707911801852421
  22. Brent McCarty, M.D.Covington, LA 704331487949483
  23. Carol Meyer, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061902079759
  24. Diego Miranda, MDBossier City, LA 711111104845080
  25. Nicholas Pappas, MDMetairie, LA 700011376603969
  26. Gary Porubsky, MDOpelousas, LA 705701841221553
  27. Michelle Ritter, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711061609837020
  28. Sagar Shah, MDLafayette, LA 705061679936959
  29. Nader Shourbaji, MDHammond, LA 704031174782213
  30. Leslie Sisco, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211053581710
  31. Barton Wax, M.D.Houma, LA 703601912197575
  32. John Wilkinson, M.D.Zachary, LA 707911376886663

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XS0106X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 40 of 51 per resident

  1. New Mexico0.8
  2. California0.7
  3. Georgia0.7
  4. Louisiana0.7
  5. Hawaii0.7
  6. Oklahoma0.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XS0106X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

90.6% 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. Louisiana90.6%
  2. United States85.8%

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file29 of 32 · 90.6% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file29 · 90.6% here, 78.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more21 · 65.6% here, 51.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 29 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207XS0106X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

32 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician (207XS0106X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 0.7 per 100,000 residents against 0.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Baton Rouge has 4 of them (13%).

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. Alabama30
  2. Oregon35
  3. Utah28
  4. Iowa27

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Hawaii0.7
  2. Georgia0.7
  3. Oklahoma0.7
  4. California0.7

The largest states

  1. California288
  2. New York199
  3. Florida183
  4. Texas182
  5. Illinois129

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.