NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Louisiana

87 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Louisiana, 1.9 per 100,000 residents, the 20th highest rate of 51. Baton Rouge and New Orleans have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 1 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208G00000X · method

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

Baton Rouge has the most, 17

  1. Baton Rouge17
  2. New Orleans17
  3. Shreveport13
  4. Metairie7
  5. Lafayette5

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Louisiana

  1. Wassim Aghnatios Abi Jaoude, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121689837643
  2. Sarah Ahmad, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011053625418
  3. Mohamad AllamLafayette, LA 705031174732846
  4. David Allie, MDLafayette, LA 705031760489728
  5. Aditya Bansal, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211922219815
  6. Reginald Barnes, MDShreveport, LA 711011568562437
  7. Daniel Beckles, M.D., PHDLake Charles, LA 706011548464837
  8. Louis Benjamin, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708091801945936
  9. Buford Berry, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081912961905
  10. Morrison Bethea, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121528355021
  11. William Boedefeld, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081841412442
  12. Blaine Borders, M.D.Calhoun, LA 712251326101254
  13. Jamil Borgi, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061184823288
  14. John Breaux, MDLacombe, LA 704451760487680
  15. Walter Bringaze, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081093779092
  16. Michael Brothers, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061972503308
  17. Matthew Burger, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081801390372
  18. Emily Cassidy, MDBaton Rouge, LA 708081548561194
  19. Timothy Danish, MDShreveport, LA 711051457682924
  20. Richard Dearman, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011942220280
  21. Serafin Deleon, MDNew Orleans, LA 701121851464572
  22. Robert Dewitt, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011023009263
  23. Aabha Divya, MBBS, MS, MCHMetairie, LA 700061720868649
  24. Harry Donias, M.D.West Monroe, LA 712911568440394
  25. Jordan Dozier, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211457627226
  26. Gregory Eckholdt, M.D.Covington, LA 704331649232133
  27. Jane Eggerstedt, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031336169275
  28. Tod Engelhardt, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061568462265
  29. John Evans, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051851681217
  30. Charles Everson, MDMarrero, LA 700721518913367
  31. Edgar Feinberg, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011851311195
  32. Tommy Fudge, MDThibodaux, LA 703011164429171
  33. Jared Gilmore, MDThibodaux, LA 703011083685770
  34. Richard Gitter, MDMetairie, LA 700011487635215
  35. Warren GottsegenBaton Rouge, LA 708081225376536
  36. Tommie Granger, M.D.Alexandria, LA 713011124018866
  37. Gregory Groglio, M.D.Slidell, LA 704581699791772
  38. David Hamm, MDShreveport, LA 711031134182223
  39. Safi Haq, M.D.Lafayette, LA 705081144662651
  40. Louis Hebert, MDLacombe, LA 704451689678609
  41. Laurence Hiller, MDShreveport, LA 711051134182082
  42. Michael Hines, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211255314969
  43. Steven Howe, MDLake Charles, LA 706011497702740
  44. Gary Jones, MDAlexandria, LA 713011164403382
  45. Korie Jones, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211831548593
  46. Randall Juleff, M.D.Mandeville, LA 704481487615142
  47. Vern Keller, MDLafayette, LA 705031639176472
  48. Azeem Khan, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081659560597
  49. Imtiaz KhanBaton Rouge, LA 708081306137666
  50. Ronald Kober, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706011861460453

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208G00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 20 of 51 per resident

  1. Montana2.0
  2. Indiana2.0
  3. Wisconsin1.9
  4. Louisiana1.9
  5. Tennessee1.8
  6. South Carolina1.8
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208G00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

82.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.2% 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. Louisiana82.8%
  2. United States76.2%

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file72 of 87 · 82.8% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file63 · 72.4% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more57 · 65.5% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1992 · the 63 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208G00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

87 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 1.9 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Baton Rouge has 17 of them (20%).

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. Colorado87
  2. Maryland92
  3. Connecticut79
  4. South Carolina97

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wisconsin1.9
  2. Tennessee1.8
  3. Indiana2.0
  4. Arkansas1.8

The largest states

  1. California634
  2. Texas484
  3. Florida468
  4. New York446
  5. Pennsylvania377

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.