NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in Louisiana

432 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Shreveport have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 3 of 9.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208600000X · 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, 75

  1. New Orleans75
  2. Shreveport45
  3. Baton Rouge44
  4. Lafayette29
  5. Covington25

Surgery Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Phillip Crace, MD FACSFerriday, LA 713341003088972
  2. Robert Craig, M.D.Ville Platte, LA 705861346275138
  3. Andrew Crane, MDShreveport, LA 711031548783038
  4. Brian Creely, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061386748895
  5. Russell Cummings, MDColumbia, LA 714181528057114
  6. Robert Cummiskey, MDMarrero, LA 700721215985213
  7. Cecilia Cuntz, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708171891739009
  8. Jessica Dahle, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211811381395
  9. Jacob Daigle, MDCovington, LA 704331306071469
  10. Gary Danos, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151598762288
  11. Pouya Dastouri, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061295974483
  12. Kurt Davis, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121114975067
  13. Raymond Decorte, MDMetairie, LA 700061396859880
  14. Damian Defrancesch, M.D.Natchitoches, LA 714571396940466
  15. Thomas DelahoussayeNew Orleans, LA 701241891052783
  16. Frank Dellacroce, MDNew Orleans, LA 701301306803416
  17. Drew Dethloff, MDShreveport, LA 711031518898972
  18. Paige DevilleHammond, LA 704031134688393
  19. Frank Divincenti, M.D.Marrero, LA 700721508861642
  20. Brian Dockendorf, MDShreveport, LA 711051598769432
  21. Mark Dominguez, M.D.Covington, LA 704331043428170
  22. Sarat Donepudi, MDVacherie, LA 700901962464297
  23. Darin Doumite, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706011346417763
  24. Jacob Dowden, MDKenner, LA 700651366657793
  25. Ryan Downey, MDShreveport, LA 711051801473798
  26. Brisco Dugas, M.D.Hammond, LA 704031306838206
  27. Joseph Dupont, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708061407879323
  28. Amanda Ellington, MDLake Charles, LA 706011023219110
  29. Dennis Eschete, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031962681551
  30. Cole Evensky, MDShreveport, LA 711031619607660
  31. Samuel Field, MDZachary, LA 707911275559114
  32. Bennett Fontenot, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031033316310
  33. Carol Foti, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061942300017
  34. Matthew French, M.D.Covington, LA 704331609837087
  35. James Froelich, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081487647830
  36. Philip Gachassin, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705031366449290
  37. Gaeton Galante, P.A.Alexandria, LA 713011528053675
  38. Carlos Galvani, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121003916883
  39. James Garcelon, M.D.,Lafayette, LA 705031275526196
  40. Michael Garcia, MDHouma, LA 703631184665127
  41. Angelle Gelvin, M.D.Jefferson, LA 701211770724767
  42. Khaled Ghorab, MDLeesville, LA 714461548394414
  43. Sargit Gill, MDShreveport, LA 711031124038609
  44. Diana Gillmore, MDSlidell, LA 704581437147352
  45. John Gladney, MDShreveport, LA 711151821054214
  46. George Golightly, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091427080985
  47. John Gordon, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151851482186
  48. Stephen Gordon, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091912908518
  49. Glynn Granger, MDOpelousas, LA 705701629069034
  50. Cary Gray, MDSlidell, LA 704581659467488

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208600000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 37 of 51 per resident

  1. Hawaii10
  2. Virginia10
  3. Connecticut10
  4. Louisiana9
  5. Arkansas9
  6. Idaho9
  7. 50 states and D.C.10

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208600000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

78.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 73.7% 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. Louisiana78.9%
  2. United States73.7%

Surgery Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file341 of 432 · 78.9% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file278 · 64.4% here, 58.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more259 · 60.0% here, 54.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 278 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208600000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

432 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 9 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 75 of them (17%).

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. Iowa437
  2. Alabama445
  3. Kentucky459
  4. Connecticut360

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arkansas9.3
  2. Idaho9.1
  3. Georgia9.0
  4. Indiana8.9

The largest states

  1. California3,118
  2. Texas2,192
  3. New York2,053
  4. Florida1,887
  5. Pennsylvania1,867

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.