NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Psychiatry Physician in Louisiana

583 NPPES records list psychiatry physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 13 per 100,000 residents, the 34th 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 12 of 12.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2084P0800X · 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, 226

  1. New Orleans226
  2. Baton Rouge78
  3. Shreveport62
  4. Metairie26
  5. Lafayette20

Psychiatry Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Melissa Watson, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081750376471
  2. Frank Weinholt, M.D.West Monroe, LA 712911326126442
  3. Ashley Weiss, D.O.New Orleans, LA 701121164682571
  4. Jay Weiss, MDMonroe, LA 712011437118395
  5. John Wells, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121265630685
  6. Eric West, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121982024576
  7. Patrick Wheat, MDNatchitoches, LA 714571003897208
  8. Rowena White, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031548288046
  9. Erik Whitfield, MDNew Orleans, LA 701301578640306
  10. Trent WiedemannNew Orleans, LA 701121417584145
  11. Bruce Wiley, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706071790823185
  12. Allie Williams, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121699353656
  13. Kay Williams, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711011942305230
  14. Larrie Williamson, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711011356319453
  15. Barbara Willis, MDHomer, LA 710401245395029
  16. Mark Wilson, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121629132246
  17. Paula Wilt, MDRaceland, LA 703941043489982
  18. Bob Winston, MDLafayette, LA 705081619064367
  19. Joshua Woo, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121033962428
  20. Roger Wortham, MDLafayette, LA 705011427153386
  21. Ray Worthy, MD, PHDMetairie, LA 700011851556369
  22. Michael Wright, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706011174753453
  23. Baogang XueShreveport, LA 711031740463470
  24. Kashinath Yadalam, MDLake Charles, LA 706291588661508
  25. Muhammed Yasin, M.D.Kenner, LA 700651093938458
  26. Yi Yen Annie Yeh, MDMetairie, LA 700051235584046
  27. Kevin Young, MDCrowley, LA 705261356312912
  28. Sophia Zaretsky, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121912263856
  29. Charles Zeanah, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121700971579
  30. Carissa Zeleski, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121629572169
  31. Qianglong Zeng, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121831509579
  32. Scott Zentner, M.D.Monroe, LA 712021265496830
  33. Mark Zielinski, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081194875625

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2084P0800X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. Ohio13
  2. West Virginia13
  3. Nebraska13
  4. Louisiana13
  5. Arizona13
  6. Iowa12
  7. 50 states and D.C.17

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2084P0800X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

75.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 68.5% 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. Louisiana75.3%
  2. United States68.5%

Psychiatry Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file439 of 583 · 75.3% here, 68.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file279 · 47.9% here, 42.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more329 · 56.4% here, 56.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 279 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2084P0800X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

583 NPPES records list psychiatry physician (2084P0800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 13 per 100,000 residents against 17 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 226 of them (39%).

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. Alabama517
  2. Kentucky503
  3. Indiana672
  4. District of Columbia474

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arizona12.7
  2. Puerto Rico12.6
  3. Iowa12.4
  4. Nebraska13.1

The largest states

  1. California8,673
  2. New York6,589
  3. Texas3,318
  4. Florida2,744
  5. Massachusetts2,736

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.