NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatrics Physician in Louisiana

917 NPPES records list pediatrics physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 20 per 100,000 residents, the 29th 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 19 of 19.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208000000X · 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, 172

  1. New Orleans172
  2. Baton Rouge128
  3. Shreveport87
  4. Metairie68
  5. Lafayette48

Pediatrics Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Pamela Woods, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708061861846016
  2. Alexandra Wright, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211316213812
  3. Malektaj Yazdani, MDNew Orleans, LA 701181154342178
  4. Srinivasa Yerasi, M.DBreaux Bridge, LA 705171043529548
  5. Melanie Yerger, M.D.Covington, LA 704331811065998
  6. Harold York, M.D.Metairie, LA 700011326080979
  7. Brian Young, MDKenner, LA 700651013198472
  8. Martin Young, MDMonroe, LA 712011326087941
  9. Deborah YountNew Orleans, LA 701151588761829
  10. Paul Yuratich, MDNew Orleans, LA 701141871687772
  11. Munira Yusuf, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011386707362
  12. Olga Zand, MDAlexandria, LA 713011821229873
  13. Scott Zander, MDMetairie, LA 700011568466241
  14. Brian Zganjar, M.D.Denham Springs, LA 707261174559470
  15. Dawn Zitman, M.D.Gonzales, LA 707371720078603
  16. Ian Zlatkiss, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211881791051
  17. Nancy Zukowski, M.D.Monroe, LA 712031154314854

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208000000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. Georgia20
  2. Wisconsin20
  3. Oregon20
  4. Louisiana20
  5. Nebraska20
  6. Colorado20
  7. 50 states and D.C.22

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208000000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

55.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 36.4% 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. Louisiana55.9%
  2. United States36.4%

Pediatrics Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file513 of 917 · 55.9% here, 36.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file99 · 10.8% here, 8.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more594 · 64.8% here, 58.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 99 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208000000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

917 NPPES records list pediatrics physician (208000000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 20 per 100,000 residents against 22 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 172 of them (19%).

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. Kentucky874
  2. Oregon861
  3. Alabama817
  4. Puerto Rico808

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nebraska19.8
  2. Wisconsin20.4
  3. Colorado19.7
  4. Georgia20.5

The largest states

  1. California9,272
  2. New York5,795
  3. Texas5,641
  4. Florida3,996
  5. Pennsylvania3,382

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.