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 2 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. Edward Kofsky, MDCovington, LA 704331811978125
  2. Eugene Kukuy, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151376507731
  3. Nicholas Leblanc, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081457618738
  4. Mitchell Lirtzman, MDLafayette, LA 705061922005768
  5. Joseph Lugo, MDLake Charles, LA 706011770582223
  6. Mary Mancini, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711051174546790
  7. Thomas MarsdenBaton Rouge, LA 708081982109146
  8. Syed Mehmood, MDShreveport, LA 711031073723912
  9. Inder Mehta, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211730280074
  10. Jose Mena, M.D.Hammond, LA 704031740241363
  11. Shafi Mohamed, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708161346434743
  12. Nick Moustoukas, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151871564559
  13. David Mull, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031104974641
  14. Jared Murdock, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081801127691
  15. Joseph Obeid, M.D.Covington, LA 704331699208017
  16. Kerry Paape, M.D.Covington, LA 704331437156452
  17. Patrick Parrino, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211649225418
  18. Benjamin Peeler, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211902975543
  19. David Pennywell, MDShreveport, LA 711031588956957
  20. Stephen Pergantis, ACNPC-AGJefferson, LA 701211497674949
  21. Brian Pettiford, MDNew Orleans, LA 701211255306783
  22. Lloyd Phillips, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711011790798635
  23. Curtis Prejean, MDShreveport, LA 711031790705010
  24. Vyas Rao, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031992758999
  25. Carl Rigby, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081205890662
  26. William Risher, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701121669425237
  27. Harry Roach, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061396745089
  28. Fidel Sendra, MDAlexandria, LA 713011265521710
  29. Carlton Sheely, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081578527925
  30. Saket Singh, MDNew Orleans, LA 701151083131387
  31. William Smith, D.O.Hammond, LA 704031790079325
  32. Stephen Spindel, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701211225386725
  33. Terry Stelly, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081356349195
  34. Robert Thurston, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA 708081770547770
  35. James Tubb, M.D.Metairie, LA 700061295735983
  36. Michael Weaver, M.D.New Orleans, LA 701151932293222
  37. Robert White, M.D.Monroe, LA 712011104836436

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.