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 4 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. David Greenhouse, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211740307610
  2. F Griffen, MDShreveport, LA 711031801890769
  3. Joseph Griffin, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091467642777
  4. Shaunda GrisbyLafayette, LA 705031871811133
  5. David Gutierrez, MDWinnsboro, LA 712951497747430
  6. Stephen Harkness, MDCovington, LA 704331679501704
  7. William Harkrider, MDNew Iberia, LA 705631144222563
  8. Nicholas Harris, MDShreveport, LA 711031548551286
  9. Paul Hastings, M.D.Slidell, LA 704611487744645
  10. Mark Hausmann, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081992819809
  11. Elizabeth Hayes, MDHammond, LA 704031407347693
  12. Spencer HaysShreveport, LA 711031982530531
  13. Jacob Hebert, MDWest Monroe, LA 712911063772556
  14. Mark Hebert, MDThibodaux, LA 703011801884812
  15. Ludwig Heintz, M.D.Covington, LA 704331295736411
  16. Marco Hidalgo, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121629248497
  17. Ian Hodgdon, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151245436294
  18. Connor Hogan, DOBaton Rouge, LA 708081578140513
  19. Matthew Hogan, MDLafayette, LA 705081396249777
  20. Salim Hosein, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211639427933
  21. James Howell, M.D.Bossier City, LA 711111356330823
  22. Keenan Hurst, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121558165696
  23. Aimee HymelLafayette, LA 705061689093700
  24. Ikenna IfearulunduNew Orleans, LA 701121508449927
  25. Kyle Ingram, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211417334731
  26. Francisco Irizarry, MDNew Iberia, LA 705601235691270
  27. Karen Irizarry, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121588124085
  28. Isaac Isaiah, MD.Fort Polk, LA 714591427153204
  29. Steven Jackson, D.O.Natchitoches, LA 714571033379524
  30. Ryan Jacob, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061942491394
  31. Tomas Jacome, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081477554079
  32. Bernard Jaffe, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121407051261
  33. Kyle Jakob, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708161619262227
  34. Louis Jeansonne, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708091124120779
  35. Elliot Jessie, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211417921735
  36. Lester Johnson, M.D.Monroe, LA 712021144334459
  37. Blake Jones, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121629431556
  38. Mark Jones, M.D.Covington, LA 704331215165303
  39. Steven Jones, M.D.Metairie, LA 700011245317734
  40. David Juan, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051528300076
  41. Eric Jukes, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211326269838
  42. Hamid Kakavandi, DOBastrop, LA 712201154414977
  43. Meyer Kaplan, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011760480149
  44. Mark Kappelman, M.D.Gretna, LA 700561912091356
  45. Michael Karam, M.D.Slidell, LA 704611528150646
  46. Richard Karlin, MDMetairie, LA 700061457347908
  47. Milon Karmakar, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031417900416
  48. Henry Kaufman, M.D.New Iberia, LA 705631477510535
  49. David Kelter, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081770148181
  50. William Kethman, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211083970834

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.