NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Procedural Dermatology Physician in Louisiana

17 NPPES records list procedural dermatology physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 3rd highest rate of 42. Metairie and New Orleans 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 207NS0135X · method

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

Metairie has the most, 5

  1. Metairie5
  2. New Orleans4
  3. Gretna3
  4. Baton Rouge2
  5. Covington1

Procedural Dermatology Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Thomas Carey, M.D.Ruston, LA 712701841269453
  2. William Coleman, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061861585283
  3. William Coleman, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061104038439
  4. Richard Keller, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211962451799
  5. Douglas Koppel, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061376616409
  6. Rene Koppel, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061861459547
  7. Michael Lindley, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701301811216807
  8. Mary Lupo, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701241649273152
  9. Daniel Marshall, MDGretna, LA 700561073510798
  10. Jack Murphy, M.D.La Place, LA 700681487615662
  11. Carter Paddock, MDMetairie, LA 700031467541797
  12. Edward Pitard, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701241033180583
  13. Chad Prather, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081710095120
  14. Glenn Russo, M.D.Gretna, LA 700561083683445
  15. Gordon Russo, MDGretna, LA 700561083612469
  16. Maurice Vick, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081871726000
  17. Nicholas Viviano, MDCovington, LA 704331730187162

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207NS0135X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 3 of 42 per resident

  1. District of Columbia0.6
  2. New York0.4
  3. Louisiana0.4
  4. Rhode Island0.4
  5. Utah0.4
  6. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207NS0135X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

94.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 75.7% 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. Louisiana94.1%
  2. United States75.7%

Procedural Dermatology Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file16 of 17 · 94.1% here, 75.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file11 · 64.7% here, 55.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more13 · 76.5% here, 64.1% nationally
  • Median graduation year1980 · the 11 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207NS0135X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

17 NPPES records list procedural dermatology physician (207NS0135X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Metairie has 5 of them (29%).

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. Arizona17
  2. Maryland16
  3. Georgia19
  4. Illinois14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Utah0.4
  2. New York0.4
  3. Florida0.3
  4. California0.3

The largest states

  1. California120
  2. New York81
  3. Florida71
  4. Pennsylvania38
  5. New Jersey28

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.