NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Louisiana

22 NPPES records list pediatric orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 48. New Orleans and Baton Rouge 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 207XP3100X · 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, 9

  1. New Orleans9
  2. Baton Rouge4
  3. Shreveport4
  4. Lafayette3
  5. Covington1

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Osama AldowekatNew Orleans, LA 701181346123650
  2. James Bennett, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121538259478
  3. Tina Creekmore, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081942410980
  4. Brad Culotta, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708101467655456
  5. Gabriel Dersam, MDLafayette, LA 705081487844650
  6. Ryan Farmer, MDLafayette, LA 705081669715322
  7. John Faust, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708101063684314
  8. John Fox, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051164438099
  9. Sushant Ghate, MDNew Orleans, LA 701181306193917
  10. Joseph Gonzales, MDNew Orleans, LA 701181003901539
  11. James Gutheil, MDLafayette, LA 705081497790414
  12. Michael Heffernan, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701181750588836
  13. Sharon Mayberry, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091053389981
  14. McCall McDanielCovington, LA 704331760706782
  15. Janay McKie, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031740448299
  16. Brielle Plost, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211851735708
  17. Kenneth Powell, MDShreveport, LA 711031285833129
  18. Vinitha Shenava, MDNew Orleans, LA 701181407891963
  19. Timothy Skalak, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701181043699002
  20. David Steiner, M.D.Leesville, LA 714461770701898
  21. Sean Waldron, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211316157449
  22. Gerard Williams, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031285298760

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XP3100X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 5 of 48 per resident

  1. District of Columbia0.7
  2. Missouri0.6
  3. Ohio0.5
  4. Louisiana0.5
  5. Utah0.5
  6. Colorado0.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XP3100X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

59.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 72.4% 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. Louisiana59.1%
  2. United States72.4%

Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file13 of 22 · 59.1% here, 72.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file10 · 45.5% here, 36.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more11 · 50.0% here, 53.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 10 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207XP3100X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

22 NPPES records list pediatric orthopaedic surgery physician (207XP3100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 9 of them (41%).

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. Virginia22
  2. Illinois23
  3. Massachusetts24
  4. Tennessee24

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Ohio0.5
  2. Utah0.5
  3. Colorado0.5
  4. New Jersey0.4

The largest states

  1. Texas93
  2. Florida89
  3. California76
  4. New York58
  5. Ohio57

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.