52 LSU Health doctors named to best doctor's list | Business

Fifty-two physicians affiliated with LSU Health Shreveport appear on the Best Doctors in America® List for 2013.  Only 5% of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review.

Best Doctors has earned a sterling, worldwide reputation for reliable, impartial results by remaining totally independent. Doctors cannot pay to be included in the Best Doctors database, nor are they paid to provide their input. The List is a product of validated peer review, in which doctors who excel in their specialties are selected by their peers in the profession.

In bringing together the best medical minds in the world, Best Doctors works with expert physicians from its Best Doctors in America® List to help its 30 million members worldwide get the right diagnosis and right treatment.

The highly regarded Best Doctors in America List, assembled by Best Doctors, Inc., results from exhaustive polling of more than 45,000 physicians in the United States. Doctors in 40 specialties and over 400 subspecialties of medicine appear on this year’s List.  In a confidential review, current physician listees answer the question, “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer?”  Best Doctors, Inc. evaluates the review results, and verifies all additional information to meet detailed inclusion criteria.

The experts who are part of the Best Doctors in America® database provide the most advanced medical expertise and knowledge to patients with serious conditions – often saving lives in the process by finding the right diagnosis and right treatment. LSU Health Shreveport’s group of experts listed in the database includes world-class specialists in neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery and pediatric subspecialists.

 

LSU Health Shreveport

 Kenneth D. Abreo Nephrology
 Sami L. Bahna Allergy and Immunology
 Seth Berney Rheumatology
 Destin Black Obstetrics and Gynecology
 Joan Blondin Nephrology
 Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr. Pediatric Specialist
 Peter B. Boggs Allergy and Immunology
 Rose Marie Brouillette Obstetrics and Gynecology
 Gary V. Burton Medical Oncology and Hematology
 Adrian Casillas Allergy and Immunology
 Andrew Long Chesson, Jr. Neurology & Sleep Medicine
 Philip Anthony Cole Colon and Rectal Surgery
 Steven Allen Conrad Emergency Medicine
 Debra Elliott Davis Neurology
 Forrest Dean Griffen Surgery
 William Reid Grimes Colon and Rectal Surgery
 Lynn J. Groome Obstetrics and Gynecology
 Neslihan K. Gungor Pediatric Specialist
 Michael Bieller Harper Family Medicine
 Maureen Heldmann Radiology
 Guillermo Antonio Herrera Pathology
 Robert Cary Holladay Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
 Jan Leenette Hood Family Medicine
 Rita Y. Horton Pediatric Specialist
 Lester Wayne Johnson Surgery
 John William King Infectious Disease
 Steven Neil Levine Endocrinology and Metabolism
 John V. Marymont Orthopaedic Surgery
 E. J. Mayeaux, Jr. Family Medicine
 Richard McCall Pediatric Specialist
 Robert McVie Pediatric Specialist
 Hugh E. Mighty Critical Care Medicine & Obstetrics & Gynecology
 Shawn Arlen Milligan Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
 Alireza Minagar Neurology
 Anil Nanda Neurological Surgery
 Donald Keith Payne Pulmonary Medicine
 Robert Lawrence Penn Infectious Disease
 Arun Kumar Pramanik Pediatric Specialist
 Lewis Reisman Pediatric Specialist
 Randy C. Richter Family Medicine
 Russell W. Roberts Family Medicine
 Bharat Sachdeva Nephrology
 David Scarborough Endocrinology and Metabolism
 Robert Newton Schwendimann Neurology
 L. Keith Scott Critical Care Medicine
 Michael D. Stratton Colon and Rectal Surgery
 John Todd Infectious Disease
 Elba A. Turbat-Herrera Pathology
 Dennis Dale Venable Urology

 Robert E. Walter Pulmonary Medicine
 Brian Keith Willis Neurological Surgery
 Richard M. Zweig Neurology

 E. A. Conway Medical Center
 Richard M. O'Donovan Nephrology

 Huey P. Long Medical Center
 Robert Stephen Bulat Gastroenterology
 Ulla Jo Ule Medical Oncology and Hematology