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Looking for the best in 71 specialty areas

First Survey Conducted Post-Katrina/Rita

With all the disorder in our lives since the events of late August and September 2005, keeping up with our physicians has added to the confusion. Many were victims of the storms themselves. As our lives have settled down, so too have the doctors’. This is the first top doctor’s list totally conducted since the hurricanes of ‘05, from January though May ‘07. There is no more scientifically gathered current list of highly recommended doctors available. The good news is that so many are still here. That news, like cherry flavored medicine, is easier to swallow. Good health to us all.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT METHODOLOGY|
How were the Top Doctors selected? We used the services of Best Doctors Inc. The Boston-based company is the preeminent organization for gathering professional peer ratings. Through the years, the company has built a database of professionals who are highly regarded by their peers. Those professionals are in turn interviewed for their recommendations.

What question is asked of the doctors who are interviewed? Best Doctors contacts each doctor on their previous list and asks the same question: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, and you couldn’t treat them yourself, to whom would you refer them?”

Do doctors get a chance to respond to other names recommended? Every doctor has the opportunity both to comment (confidentially) on the other doctors included in his or her specialty and to make additional nominations. As new names are added to the pool, each undergoes the same peer-evaluation process. The company claims to have developed special software to correct for some methodological biases: For example, to detect and correct for suspect voting patterns and to weigh votes according to the ratings of the doctors who are doing the recommending.

What happens to the data? There is a continual refinement of both the voting pool and the nominee pool. Each time a poll is conducted, the list is sifted, honed and improved for better representation and more solid consensuses.

How does this differ from local surveys? There is one major difference: Doctors are evaluated by their peers nationwide, not just by doctors in their community. In many areas, doctors may be better known and evaluated by those within their specialty groups, regardless of where they live, than by local doctors who may not be as knowledgeable in specific specialty areas.

Do doctors have to pay to be on the list? NO! We would never use the list if that were the case. Here is the company’s own statement on that issue: “Best Doctors never takes compensation of any kind from doctors or hospitals in return for listing doctors in its database, nor does Best Doctors pay doctors to participate in its survey process.”

What are some of the rules that the company uses?
• Doctors are allowed to vote on others in their hospital and medical practices. The feeling is that those doctors know their peers best – that’s where the survey gets some of its most outspoken evaluations, good and bad.
• Doctors are never “automatically” re-included. In each biennial poll, current Best Doctors are re-evaluated along with new nominees.
• All voting is strictly confidential.
• Doctors are not notified of their inclusion on the list until after the survey process is completed. Doctors are not required to pay a fee or make a purchase to be included.

How many doctors were surveyed? As part of its nationwide survey, the company interviewed over 30,000 doctors. Surveying was conducted from January through May 2007. This is the most recent, credible survey of doctors.

How about doctors who were displaced because of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita? According to Best Doctors, all doctors listed and nominees were located and contacted for the 2007-‘08 balloting process. Only two doctors selected were unreachable to verify address and/or clinical activity for the Louisiana Life list. 
Are the surveys administered randomly? No. To get opinions with weight and professional credibility, Best Doctors tries to consult the very best. They contact all current physicians on the list, including many department heads at major teaching hospitals, and ask them to rate specialists outside their own facilities. According to Best Doctors, the medical community has been extremely supportive over the past 15 years it has administered the survey providing a 40 percent response rate. 

Where’s the bias? There is no perfect, bias free way to conduct a ranking of any sort. Though Best Doctors has through the years refined its techniques to eliminate biases, any nomination process that relies on peer evaluations will naturally favor more senior doctors who’ve had time to develop a reputation. Those who are new in their profession or those who haven’t had much peer interaction will naturally get less recognition. The broadness and the depth of the voting pool helps to eliminate biases and cronyism that might be reflected in smaller surveys
How credible is Best Doctors? We know of no better company for providing this type of information. Best Doctors’ roots begin with the Woodward/White company of Aiken, S.C. That company was founded by a person diagnosed with a terminal illness who discovered the frustrations of facing serious illness but not having any source as a reference for medical help. Woodward/White was once the subject of a favorable report on 60 Minutes. Though Best Doctors is now located in Boston, the research unit is still located in Aiken.

How were the medical categories used in this selectrion determined?
They were selected by Best Doctors.

Is this the definitive list? Of course not, we have no doubt that there are many worthy doctors who were not included in the list. We are confident, however, that all who are listed are truly Top Doctors.

Addiction Medicine
Kenneth Boyd Sumner
Jefferson Psychiatric Associates
3340 Severn Avenue, Suite 206
Metairie, LA  70002
Phone: 504-889-1448

Allergy and Immunology
Sami L. Bahna
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Section of Allergy and Immunology
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA  71130
Phone: 318-675-8601

Peter B. Boggs
The Asthma-Allergy Clinic and Research Center
171 East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite B
Shreveport, LA  71115
Phone: 318-221-3584

Benjamin Buell Close
Louisiana Allergy and Asthma Specialists
201 Pecan Park Avenue
Alexandria, LA  71303
Phone: 318-445-6221

Carolyn Beach Daul
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates
3939 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 20
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-885-2121

W. Edward Davis III
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Allergy and Immunology
1315 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-6742

Jane M. S. El-Dahr
Tulane-Lakeside Hospital
Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
4720 South I-10 Service Road, Suite 101
Metairie, LA  70001
Phone: 504-988-8000

Cortez Fruge, Jr.
The Allergy and Asthma Clinic of Southwest Louisiana
217 Rue Louis XIV
Lafayette, LA  70508
Phone: 337-981-9495

L. Ben Gaudin
Allergy Clinic
7968 Goodwood Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70806
Phone: 225-923-3283

Richard Joseph Guillot
North Shore Allergy and Immunology
804 Heavens Drive, Suite 203
Mandeville, LA  70471
Phone: 985-792-4022

Bina Elizabeth Joseph
The Allergy and Asthma Clinic of Southwest Louisiana
217 Rue Louis XIV
Lafayette, LA  70508
Phone: 337-981-9495

James Marion Kidd III
8017 Picardy Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA  70809
Phone: 225-769-4432

Manuel Lopez
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Allergy and Immunology
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-6742

Prem Kumar Menon
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center
5217 Flanders Drive
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-766-6931

Cleveland Marvin Moore
Children’s Hospital of
New Orleans
Department of Allergy and Immunology
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70118
Phone: 504-896-9589

Joseph Norwood Redhead, Jr.
The Baton Rouge Clinic
Department of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
7373 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-769-4044

B. Steele Rolston
Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
71107 Highway 21, Suite Three
Covington, LA  70433
Phone: 985-893-5780

Ricardo U. Sorensen
Children’s Hospital of
New Orleans
Department of Allergy and Immunology
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70118
Phone: 504-896-9589

Ann Elizabeth Vockroth
Crescent City Allergy
Meadowcrest Center, Suite 204
2600 Belle Chase Highway
Gretna, LA  70056
Phone: 504-392-7999

Willard Frederick Washburne
Highland Clinic
Division of Allergy and Immunology
1455 East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Shreveport, LA  71135
Phone: 318-798-4544

Steven Claude Whited
Highland Clinic
Division of Allergy and Immunology
1455 East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Shreveport, LA  71135
Phone: 318-798-4573

Laurianne G. Wild
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Department of Allergy and Immunology
275 Lasalle Street
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-988-5800

Michael Francis Zambie
Allergy and Asthma Clinic
909 North Third Street
Monroe, LA  71201
Phone: 318-322-5555

Anesthesiology
Thomas Anzalone
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Anesthesia and Pain Management
1201 South Tyler Street
Covington, LA  70433
Phone: 985-898-4412

Jorge J. Bravo
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
602 North Acadia Road
Thibodaux, LA  70301
Phone: 985-493-4750

Joseph T. Crapanzano, Jr.
Parish Pain Specialists
4500 Clearview Parkway,
Suite 101
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-779-5558

Son M. Dang
Baton Rouge General
Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
3600 Florida Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70806
Phone: 225-387-7000

David C. Deas
Schumpert Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
One Saint Mary Place
Shreveport, LA  71101
Phone: 318-681-4440

John L. DiLeo II
Fairway Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
67252 Industry Lane
Covington, LA  70433
Phone: 985-801-6245

Sidney Dyer
Anesthesia Associates
4150-A Nelson Road,
Suite Four
Lake Charles, LA  70605
Phone: 337-474-6353

Robert Faul
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
611 St. Landry Street
Lafayette, LA  70508
Phone: 337-289-2966

Donald Robert Ganier, Jr.
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3755

Joseph (Ted) Gillespie
501 West St. Mary Boulevard, Suite 110
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-269-6335

Donald Eric Harmon
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3755

John Frederick Heaton
Children’s Hospital of
New Orleans
Department of Anesthesiology
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70118
Phone: 504-899-9456

Leopold De Blanc Landry, Jr.
Surgery Center of Lafayette
1101 South College Road,
Suite 100
Lafayette, LA  70503
Phone: 337-233-8603

Rupert Gary Madden
St. Francis Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
309 Jackson Street
Monroe, LA  71201
Phone: 318-327-4190

George Mampilly
Lafayette Anesthesia Services
114 Hospital Drive
Lafayette, LA  70505
Phone: 337-289-7311

Robert Joseph Marino
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3755

Bobby D. Nossaman
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3755

Austin Guy Phillips, Jr.
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3755

Francis X. Robichaux
Mid Louisiana Anesthesia Consultants
1444 Petermen Drive
Alexandria, LA  71301
Phone: 318-442-5399

Francis Anthony Rosinia
Parish Anesthesia Associates
3510 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 404
Metairie, LA  70002
Phone: 504-779-5515

Alan C. Santos
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3755

Joseph Thomas Spalitta
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Parish Anesthesia
1202 South Tyler Street
Covington, LA  70433
Phone: 985-898-4421

Peter Stedman
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3755

Mack Anthony Thomas
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3755

Patrick Houstoun Waring
The Pain Intervention Center
701 Metairie Road, Unit 2A310
Metairie, LA  70005
Phone: 504-455-2225

Cardiovascular Disease
Richard P. Abben
Cardiovascular Institute of
the South
225 Dunn Street
Houma, LA  70360
Phone: 985-853-1900

Freddy Michel Abi-Samra
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4145

David Gregory Baker
Lafayette Heart Clinic
223 Bendel Road
Lafayette, LA  70503
Phone: 337-261-0928

Jose Alberto Bernal-Ramirez
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4135

Stuart L. Blum
Louisiana Heart Associates
1801 Fairfield Avenue,
Suite 105
Shreveport, LA  71101
Phone: 318-424-2192

Patrick C. Breaux
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4135

Mark M. Cassidy
Tulane-Lakeside Hospital
Cardiology Clinic
4720 South I-10 Service Road, Suite 209
Metairie, LA  70001
Phone: 504-780-6460

Tyrone Jean Collins
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Division of Interventional Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3786

William R. Condos, Jr.
Lake Charles Heart and Vascular Center
1717 Oak Park Boulevard, Second Floor
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-474-5092

Patrice Delafontaine
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Section of Cardiology
1415 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-988-6113

Joseph N. Deumite
Louisiana Cardiology Associates
Plaza Two, Suite 1000
7777 Hennessy Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-767-3900

Fortune Anthony Dugan
East Jefferson General Hospital
Cardiology Consultants of Louisiana
4200 Houma Boulevard, Second Floor
Metairie, LA  70011
Phone: 504-454-4102

Chester Joseph Falterman
Heart Clinic of Louisiana
1111 Medical Center Boulevard, Suite N613
Marrero, LA  70072
Phone: 504-349-6800

Carl Patrick Fastabend
Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic
Department of Cardiology
501 South Ryan Street
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-312-8281

Robert John Freedman, Jr.
Freedman Memorial Cardiology
3311 Prescott Road, Suite 112
Alexandria, LA  71301
Phone: 318-767-0960

Thomas Davis Giles
Tulane University School of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
1430 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-220-6275

Yvonne E. Gilliland
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3696

Richard Millard Gilmore
Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic
Department of Cardiology
501 South Ryan Street
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-312-8232

David Lucas Glancy
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Section of Cardiology
2020 Gravier Street, Seventh Floor, Suite D
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-450-5530

Corey Goldman
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Heart and Vascular Institute
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4168

Henry Gorman Hanley
Freedman Memorial Cardiology
3311 Prescott Road, Suite 112
Alexandria, LA  71301
Phone: 318-767-0960

William Haynie, Jr.
Cardiology Associates
950 Olive Street
Shreveport, LA  71104
Phone: 318-222-3695

Sanders F. Hearne
Cardiology Associates
950 Olive Street
Shreveport, LA  71104
Phone: 318-222-3695

James Stephen Jenkins
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Division of Interventional Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3727

Carl Joseph Lavie, Jr.
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4135

Thierry H. Le Jemtel
Tulane University Hospital
and Clinic
Cardiac Advanced Transplants Department
1415 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-988-2002

Leslie Wayne Levenson
Heart Clinic of Louisiana
1111 Medical Center Boulevard, Suite N613
Marrero, LA  70072
Phone: 504-349-6800

James Jude McKinnie
Tulane University Hospital
and Clinic
Department of Cardiology
1415 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-988-5049

Richard Virgil Milani
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-5874

Mike Mounir
429 Heymann Boulevard
Lafayette, LA  70503
Phone: 337-233-6730

Hamang M. Patel
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3925

Lehman Kullman Preis, Jr.
Cardiology Consultants
of Louisiana
4200 Houma Boulevard
Metairie, LA  70001
Phone: 985-651-1460

Thomas Perdue Quaid
Louisiana Cardiology Associates
Plaza Two, Suite 1000
7777 Hennessy Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-767-3900

Stephen Robert Ramee
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Division of Interventional Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3727

Andrew Peter Rees
Louisiana Cardiology Associates
Plaza Two, Suite 1000
7777 Hennessy Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-767-3900

J. P. Reilly
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3707

David Warren Snyder
East Jefferson General Hospital
Cardiology Consultants of Louisiana
4200 Houma Boulevard, Second Floor
Metairie, LA  70011
Phone: 504-454-4102

Gregory D. Tilton
Cardiovascular Specialists
4224 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 500
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-455-0842

Michael C. Turner
Cardiovascular Specialists of Southwest Louisiana
600 South Ryan Street
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-436-3813

Hector Osvaldo Ventura
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3925

Christopher James White
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Cardiology
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Third Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3717

Jean King White
Cardiovascular Specialists of Southwest Louisiana
600 South Ryan Street
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-436-3813

Colon and Rectal Surgery
David E. Beck
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4060

Richard Byrd
Baton Rouge Colon Rectal Associates
7777 Hennessy Boulevard, Suite 206
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-767-8997

Kenneth John Champagne
Colon and Rectal Clinic
of Acadiana
1103 West University Avenue
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-233-0219

Philip Anthony Cole
Colon and Rectal Associates
1801 Fairfield Avenue,
Suite 401
Shreveport, LA  71101
Phone: 318-424-8373

Jeffrey Farrow Griffin
Colon Rectal Associates
4224 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 540
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-456-5108

William Reid Grimes
Colon and Rectal Associates
1801 Fairfield Avenue,
Suite 401
Shreveport, LA  71101
Phone: 318-424-8373

Terrell Cohlman Hicks
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4060

David A. Margolin
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4060

Frank George Opelka
LSU Healthcare Network
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
1340 Poydras Street,
Suite 1640
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-655-4599

Alan Edward Timmcke
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4060

Charles W. Whitlow
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4060

Dermatology
Erin E. Boh   
Tulane University Hospital
and Clinic
Tulane Medical Group
1415 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-988-1700

John B. Brantley
Calais Dermatology Associates
5220 Flanders Drive
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-766-5151

Harry A. Burglass, Jr.
Dermatology Clinic
5247 Didesse Drive
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-769-7546

David John Clemons
Dermatology and Skin Surgery
845 Olive Street
Shreveport, LA  71104
Phone: 318-222-3278

William Patrick Coleman III
4425 Conlin Street
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-455-3180

Michael Eddie Cormier
2000 Tybee Lane
Lake Charles, LA  70605
Phone: 337-433-7272

Daniel Gaines Dupree
1101 South College Road, Suite 202
Lafayette, LA  70503
Phone: 337-235-6886

George Michael Kent
Overton Brooks VA
Medical Center
510 East Stoner Avenue
Shreveport, LA  71101
Phone: 318-221-8411

Brian David Lee
Academic Dermatology Associates
3421 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 202
Metairie, LA  70002
Phone: 504-885-1670

William Trent Massengale
Dermatology Clinic
5247 Didesse Drive
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-769-7546

Elizabeth Innes McBurney
Skin Care Specialists
1051 Gause Boulevard,
Suite 460
Slidell, LA  70458
Phone: 985-649-5880

Tom Joffre Meek, Jr.
Dermatology Clinic
5247 Didesse Drive
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-769-7546

Lee T. Nesbitt, Jr.
Academic Dermatology Associates
3421 Causeway Boulevard, Suite 202
Metairie, LA  70002
Phone: 504-885-1670

Stella Boustany Noel
601 West St. Mary Boulevard, Suite 506
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-235-9779

Maureen Ann Olivier
Hart Eye Center
780 East Bayou Pines Drive
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-439-4014

Marilyn Claire Ray
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Dermatology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Eleventh Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3940

Jack Selwyn Resneck
Dermatology and Skin Surgery
845 Olive Street
Shreveport, LA  71104
Phone: 318-222-3278

Robert Winn Romero
Dermatology-Allergy Clinic of South Louisiana
4212 West Congress Street, Suite 2300
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-981-7546

David Marshall Walsworth
201 McMillan Road
West Monroe, LA  71291
Phone: 318-387-6622

Emergency Medicine
Stephen Martial Waldo
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-9724

Endocrinology and Metabolism
Samuel Andrews
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Ninth Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4023

Lawrence Blonde
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Ninth Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4023

Alan Lee Burshell
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases
1514 Jefferson Highway,
Ninth Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4023

Jolene K. Johnson
Louisiana Healthcare Network
3401 North Boulevard,
Suite 400
Baton Rouge, LA  70806
Phone: 225 381-2755

Samir Kailani
Endocrine One
Medical Arts Building, Suite 101
855 Belanger Street
Houma, LA  70360
Phone: 985-873-7171

Steven Neil Levine
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA  71130
Phone: 318-675-5960

Patrick Edward Mottram
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Slidell
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2750 East Gause Boulevard
Slidell, LA  70461
Phone: 985-639-3777

Joseph Murray
4224 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 360
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-885-1409

David Scarborough
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA  71130
Phone: 318-675-5960

Joel Silverberg
The Baton Rouge Clinic
Department of Endocrinology
7373 Perkins Road,
Second Floor
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-246-9240

Steven R. Smith
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
6400 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-763-2500

Alfonso Vargas
Children’s Hospital of
New Orleans
Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70118
Phone: 504-896-9572

Family Medicine
Leandro Area   
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Metairie
Department of Family Practice
2005 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Seventh Floor
Metairie, LA  70002
Phone: 504-836-9822

Gerald Barber
Lake Primary Care Physicians
Family Practice Associates
12525 Perkins Road, Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA  70810
Phone: 225-761-4256

Wayne Barksdale
The Family Doctors
8383 Millicent Way
Shreveport, LA  71115
Phone: 318-797-6661

John G. Bernard
Acadiana Family Physicians
427 Heymann Boulevard
Lafayette, LA  70503
Phone: 337-234-1111

Walt Birdsall
Lady of the Sea Medical Clinic - Cut Off
Department of Family Medicine
102 West 112th Street
Cut Off, LA  70345
Phone: 985-632-6233

Donald V. Brignac
Lake Primary Care Physicians
Family Practice Associates
12525 Perkins Road, Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA  70810
Phone: 225-761-4256

David R. Carver
Baton Rouge Family
Medical Center
8595 Picardy Avenue, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA  70809
Phone: 225-763-4900

Marion Cash
The Family Doctors
8383 Millicent Way
Shreveport, LA  71115
Phone: 318-797-6661

Robert Chasuk
Family Health Center
3801 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70806
Phone: 225-381-6620

Elizabeth Curtis
Oak Grove Family Practice
17505 Old Jefferson Highway
Prairieville, LA  70769
Phone: 225-673-8983

Mark Dawson
Family Practice and Pediatricians
717 Curtis Drive
Rayne, LA  70578
Phone: 337-334-7551

Michael Ashley Dunn
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Tangipahoa
Department of Family Medicine
41676 Veterans Avenue
Hammond, LA  70403
Phone: 985-543-3600

Henry Joseph Dupre
1008 West Main Street
Ville Platte, LA  70586
Phone: 337-363-5531

Patricia Estrada
4701 Westbank Expressway, Suite Seven
Marrero, LA  70072
Phone: 504-341-0906

Gregory F. Ferrara
Shenandoah Medical Associates
13828 Coursey Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70817
Phone: 225-752-4530

Thomas Glenn Fontenot
Family Practice
417 East Lincoln Road
Ville Platte, LA  70586
Phone: 337-363-7744

Paul Guilbault
North Oaks Family Medicine
1902 South Morrison Boulevard
Hammond, LA  70403
Phone: 985-230-5800

Michael Bieller Harper
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Department of Family Medicine
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA  71130
Phone: 318-675-5815

Ted Joseph Hudspeth
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Tangipahoa
Department of Family Medicine
41676 Veterans Avenue
Hammond, LA  70403
Phone: 985-543-3600

Trenton Leroy James II
Baton Rouge Family
Medical Center
8595 Picardy Avenue, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA  70809
Phone: 225-763-4900

Edward Eugene Jeffries, Jr.
Baton Rouge Family
Medical Center
8595 Picardy Avenue, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA  70809
Phone: 225-763-4900

Daniel Keith Jens
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Mandeville
Department of Family Medicine
2810 East Causeway Approach
Mandeville, LA  70448
Phone: 985-875-2340

Ricky Lane Jones
The Family Doctors
8383 Millicent Way
Shreveport, LA  71115
Phone: 318-797-6661

Dennis LaRavia
LSU Family Medicine
420 Avenue F
Bogalusa, LA  70427
Phone: 985-732-0058

Alan Lynn LeBato
LSU Family Practice Center
1525 Park Oak Boulevard
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-494-6767

Kim Edward LeBlanc
LSU Healthcare Network
Memorial Multispecialty Clinic
Department of Family Medicine
2820 Napoleon Avenue,
Suite 890
New Orleans, LA  70115
Phone: 504-412-1366

Francine Anne Manuel
Hamilton Medical Group
4212 West Congress Street, Suite 1600
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-988-8811

Richard George Marek, Jr.
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
North Shore Medical Center
Department of Family Medicine
1000 Ochsner Boulevard
Covington, LA  70433
Phone: 985-875-2828

Paul Joseph Marquis
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Lapalco
Department of Family Practice
4225 Lapalco Boulevard
Marrero, LA  70072
Phone: 504-371-9355

E. Edward Martin, Jr.
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Covington
Department of Family Medicine
1000 Ochsner Boulevard
Covington, LA  70433
Phone: 985-875-2828

Lana Metoyer
204 West North Street
Opelousas, LA  70570
Phone: 337-948-4445

Peter Milder
The Family Medicine Center
2108 Texas Avenue, Suite 3080
Alexandria, LA  71301
Phone: 318-442-5758

Louis Reynold Minsky
Baton Rouge Family Medical Center
8595 Picardy Avenue, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA  70809
Phone: 225-763-4900

Louis Glen Mire
Hospice of Acadiana
2600 Johnston Street
Lafayette, LA  70503
Phone: 337-232-1234

Herbert L. Muncie, Jr.
LSU Healthcare Network
Memorial Multispecialty Clinic
Department of Family Medicine
2820 Napoleon Avenue,
Suite 890
New Orleans, LA  70115
Phone: 504-412-1366

Karen Ann Muratore
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Baton Rouge Mid-City
Department of Family Medicine
3401 North Boulevard,
Suite 200
Baton Rouge, LA  70806
Phone: 225-336-3132

James Howard Newcomb, Jr.
Ochsner Foundations Clinic
2750 Gause Boulevard East
Slidell, LA  70461
Phone: 985-639-3777

Linda Oge
Hamilton Medical Group
4212 West Congress Street
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-988-8810

Arthur Webster Primeaux
771 East Bayou Pines Drive
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-433-1212

Paul Rachal
Lake Primary Care Physicians
230 Roberts Drive, Suite H
New Roads, LA  70760
Phone: 225-638-7033

Timothy Lacey Riddell
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
North Shore Medical Center
Department of Family Medicine
1000 Ochsner Boulevard
Covington, LA  70433
Phone: 985-875-2828

Theresa Lynn Rinderle
The Family Doctors
8383 Millicent Way
Shreveport, LA  71115
Phone: 318-797-6661

Lynda Rice Roberts
Outpatient Medical Center
1640 Breazeale Springs Street
Natchitoches, LA  71457
Phone: 318-352-9299

Anne L. Robinson
Family Health Center
3801 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA  70806
Phone: 225-751-0234

Robert Combel Ryan
Family Practice of Jefferson
4228 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 200
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-454-7878

Patrick Anthony Sonnier
Acadiana Family Physicians
427 Heymann Boulevard
Lafayette, LA  70503
Phone: 337-234-1111

Robert Parker St. Amant
Baton Rouge Family
Medical Center
8595 Picardy Avenue, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA  70809
Phone: 225-763-4900

Linda Stewart
Family Medicine Center
604 Chevelle Court, Suite C
Baton Rouge, LA  70806
Phone: 225-926-1495

Richard Harold Streiffer
Tulane Family Health Center at Uptown Square
200 Broadway Street, Suite 230
New Orleans, LA  70118
Phone: 504-864-6000

James Taylor Tebbe, Jr.
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center
Lake Vista
Department of Family Medicine
6521 Spanish Fort Boulevard
New Orleans, LA  70124
Phone: 504-283-7966

Ravi A. Vadlamudi
Tulane Family Health Center at Uptown Square
200 Broadway Street, Suite 230
New Orleans, LA  70118
Phone: 504-864-6000

Tina T. Wells
Oak Grove Family Practice
17505 Old Jefferson Highway
Prairieville, LA  70769
Phone: 225-673-8983

Pamela Wiseman
Tulane Family Health Center at Uptown Square
200 Broadway Street, Suite 210
New Orleans, LA  70118
Phone: 504-864-6000

William Joseph Woessner
750 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA  70130
Phone: 504-525-5262

Gastroenterology
Stephen Garner Abshire
Gastroenterology Clinic
of Acadiana
201 St. Patrick Street, Suite 102
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-232-6697

Luis A. Balart
LSU Healthcare Network
Memorial Multispecialty Clinic
Department of Gastroenterology
2820 Napoleon Avenue,
Suite 700
New Orleans, LA  70015
Phone: 504-412-1310

James Carol Bienvenu
Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates
601 West St. Mary Boulevard, Suite 500
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-269-0963

Ronald Boudreaux
The Baton Rouge Clinic
Department of Gastroenterology
7373 Perkins Road,
Second Floor
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-246-9240

Gregory Arthur Boyce
Gastroenterology Clinic
611 Grammont Street
Monroe, LA  71201
Phone: 318-325-2634

Howard I. Brenner
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
4228 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 520
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-456-8020

Francis Xavier Bride, Jr.
Gastroenterology Associates
555 South Ryan Street,
Suite 101
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-439-0762

Robert Stephen Bulat
Tulane-Lakeside Hospital
Tulane Medicine Clinic of Lakeside
Department of Endoscopy
4720 South I-10 Service Road, Suite 401
Metairie, LA  70001
Phone: 504-780-4485

Gerald Byrd
Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic
Department of Gastroenterology
501 South Ryan Street
Lake Charles, LA  70601
Phone: 337-312-8462

George E. Catinis
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
4228 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 520
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-456-8020

Babak (Bob) Etemad
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4015

Melvin Herman Gold, Jr.
Willis Knighton Pierremont Medical Center
Gastroenterology Associates
8001 Youree Drive, Suite 650
Shreveport, LA  71115
Phone: 318-212-3787

Steven Anthony Guarisco
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Covington
Division of Gastroenterology
1000 Ochsner Boulevard
Covington, LA  70433
Phone: 985-875-2828

Benjamin Alfred Guider, Jr.
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
2633 Napoleon Avenue,
Suite 705
New Orleans, LA  70115
Phone: 504-896-8670

Robert Alexander Hammer
Southeast Lousiana Veterans Health Care System
Department of Gastroenterology
1601 Perdido Street, Room 9G137
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-568-0811

Lionel Hawkins Head
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fourth Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4015

James Patrick Herrington
Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates
601 West St. Mary Boulevard, Suite 500
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-269-0963

Chesley Hines, Jr.
Center for Digestive Diseases
2820 Napoleon Avenue,
Suite 920
New Orleans, LA  70115
Phone: 504-897-4260

Joseph Drake Hollier
Alexandria Gastroenterology Associates
301 Fourth Street
Alexandria, LA  71301
Phone: 318-473-8188

John A. Kirkikis
Alexandria Gastroenterology Associates
301 Fourth Street
Alexandria, LA  71301
Phone: 318-473-8188

William Elwyn Lyles
Alexandria Gastroenterology Associates
301 Fourth Street
Alexandria, LA  71301
Phone: 318-473-8188

Elizabeth Ann McDonald
4224 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 570
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-456-5070

William Morrison Meyers, Jr.
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
4228 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 520
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-456-8020

Charles J. Monier, Jr.
602 North Acadia Road, Suite 101
Thibodaux, LA  70301
Phone: 985-446-1958

David Craig Pellegrin
Gastroenterology Center of
the South
8120 Main Street, Suite 200
Houma, LA  70363
Phone: 985-851-5206

Nicholas John Persich
Metairie Gastroenterology
4228 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 120
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-456-6701

Stephen Milikin Person
Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates
601 West St. Mary Boulevard, Suite 500
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-269-0963

David Miller Philips
GastroIntestinal Specialists
3217 Mabel Street
Shreveport, LA  71133
Phone: 318-631-9121

Arthur Lewis Poch
GastroIntestinal Specialists
3217 Mabel Street
Shreveport, LA  71133
Phone: 318-631-9121

Steve Fagan Price, Jr.
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
2633 Napoleon Avenue,
Suite 705
New Orleans, LA  70115
Phone: 504-896-8670

George Richard Puente
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
4228 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 520
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-456-8020

David Reed Raines, Jr.
Gastroenterology Clinic
611 Grammont Street
Monroe, LA  71201
Phone: 318-325-2634

Fredric Gary Regenstein
Tulane University Hospital
and Clinic
Department of Abdominal Transplant
1415 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70112
Phone: 504-988-5344

Charles G. Schibler II
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
1111 Medical Center Boulevard, Suite S450
Marrero, LA  70072
Phone: 504-349-6401

Robert Lee Seegers
Gastroenterology Clinic
611 Grammont Street
Monroe, LA  71201
Phone: 318-325-2634

David Ralph Silvers
Metairie Gastroenterology
4228 Houma Boulevard,
Suite 120
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-456-6701

John Sanley Smiarowski
Gastroenterology Clinic
611 Grammont Street
Monroe, LA  71201
Phone: 318-325-2634

James William Smith
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fourth Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-4015

Rian Moss Tanenbaum
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
1111 Medical Center Boulevard, Suite S450
Marrero, LA  70072
Phone: 504-349-6401

Steve George Venturatos
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates
1111 Medical Center Boulevard, Suite S450
Marrero, LA  70072
Phone: 504-349-6401

George Elliot Welch
Tulane-Lakeside Hospital
Tulane Medicine Clinic of Lakeside
Division of Gastroenterology
4720 South I-10 Service Road, Suite 401
Metairie, LA  70001
Phone: 504-780-4485

Geriatric Medicine
Susan Ellen Nelson
Lake Senior Care
5339 Didesse Drive
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-765-3076

Hand Surgery
Donald C. Faust
2633 Napoleon Avenue,
Suite 600
New Orleans, LA  70115
Phone: 504-899-1000

Eric R. George
Hand Surgical Associates
4228 Houma Boulevard, Suite 600B
Metairie, LA  70006
Phone: 504-454-2191

Jefferson James Kaye
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Center
Department of Orthopaedics
1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fifth Floor
New Orleans, LA  70121
Phone: 504-842-3970

Ronnie Edwin Mathews
2335 Church Street, Suite B
Zachary, LA  70791
Phone: 225-654-6366

Marion Ezra Milstead
Orthopaedic Specialists of Louisiana
1500 Line Avenue, First Floor
Shreveport, LA  71101
Phone: 318-635-3052

Joe Almond Morgan
Bone and Joint Clinic of
Baton Rouge
7301 Hennessy Boulevard, Suite 200
Baton Rouge, LA  70808
Phone: 225-766-0050

Robert Louis Morrow, Jr.
401 North College Road,
Suite Five
Lafayette, LA  70506
Phone: 337-233-5857

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