NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pulmonary Disease Physician in Louisiana

208 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 4.5 per 100,000 residents, the 26th 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 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RP1001X · 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, 56

  1. New Orleans56
  2. Baton Rouge25
  3. Shreveport22
  4. Lafayette14
  5. Monroe10

Pulmonary Disease Physician records in Louisiana

  1. David Welsh, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121265455232
  2. Luke Williams, MDLake Charles, LA 706011659347854
  3. Francis Wiser, D.O.Monroe, LA 712011154653418
  4. Amy Wolfe, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121942663109
  5. Gretchen Yandle, MDGonzales, LA 707371124211099
  6. Arvind Yertha, MDHammond, LA 704031720178197
  7. Maan Younes, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011245232479
  8. Jerry Zifodya, M.D., M.P.H.New Orleans, LA 701121306280102

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RP1001X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 26 of 51 per resident

  1. Oregon4.7
  2. Florida4.6
  3. Nebraska4.5
  4. Louisiana4.5
  5. Virginia4.5
  6. Alabama4.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RP1001X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

83.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.0% 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. Louisiana83.7%
  2. United States85.0%

Pulmonary Disease Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file174 of 208 · 83.7% here, 85.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file156 · 75.0% here, 74.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more126 · 60.6% here, 53.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 156 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RP1001X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

208 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician (207RP1001X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 4.5 per 100,000 residents against 4.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 56 of them (27%).

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. South Carolina202
  2. Alabama219
  3. Oregon197
  4. Kentucky235

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nebraska4.5
  2. Florida4.6
  3. Virginia4.5
  4. North Dakota4.7

The largest states

  1. California1,443
  2. New York1,230
  3. Florida1,045
  4. Texas967
  5. Pennsylvania779

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.