NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Pulmonology Physician in Louisiana

24 NPPES records list pediatric pulmonology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 16th highest rate of 49. 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 2080P0214X · 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, 10

  1. New Orleans10
  2. Baton Rouge6
  3. Lafayette2
  4. Shreveport2
  5. Alexandria1

Pediatric Pulmonology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Nasr Aborawi, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211336702810
  2. Joseph Awotwi, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011265545701
  3. Timothy Beaty, M.D., M.SC.New Orleans, LA 701211477796258
  4. Jessica Brown, D.O. MPHBaton Rouge, LA 708091821171760
  5. Mayra Bustillo, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705011740231430
  6. Andres Carrion- Vargas, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091306164926
  7. Uday Kumar ChalwadiShreveport, LA 711031003320185
  8. Scott Davis, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121932194131
  9. Dean Edell, MD,MPHBaton Rouge, LA 708091568458073
  10. Eduardo Hernandez, M.D.Slidell, LA 704581508863002
  11. Robert Hopkins, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121578536694
  12. Thomas Horsman, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081285716753
  13. Kimberly Jones, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711181235159112
  14. Michael Kiernan, MDMetairie, LA 700011780633248
  15. Stephen Levine, M.D.Covington, LA 704331477526598
  16. Benjamin Lyman, DOLafayette, LA 705081245790898
  17. Leah Nuss, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701181124414578
  18. Derek Pepiak, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701181811950959
  19. Giovanni Piedimonte, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701181902980154
  20. Adrienne Savant, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121871561241
  21. Sterling Simpson, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091205032638
  22. David Swetland, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701181811316268
  23. David Thomas, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091205836558
  24. Kristin Van Hook, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211922186188

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0214X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 16 of 49 per resident

  1. Minnesota0.6
  2. New Jersey0.5
  3. Washington0.5
  4. Louisiana0.5
  5. Tennessee0.5
  6. Arkansas0.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0214X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

62.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 62.1% 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. Louisiana62.5%
  2. United States62.1%

Pediatric Pulmonology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file15 of 24 · 62.5% here, 62.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file8 · 33.3% here, 35.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more15 · 62.5% here, 53.0% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2080P0214X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

24 NPPES records list pediatric pulmonology physician (2080P0214X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 10 of them (42%).

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. Arizona25
  2. District of Columbia23
  3. Maryland22
  4. Wisconsin26

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Washington0.5
  2. New Jersey0.5
  3. Minnesota0.6
  4. Tennessee0.5

The largest states

  1. California139
  2. New York126
  3. Texas124
  4. Ohio106
  5. Florida86

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.