

Locations
WK Advanced Surgery Center
2751 Albert Bicknell Drive
Suite 2B
Shreveport
, LA 71103
John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center
2751 Albert Bicknell Drive
Suite 4A
Shreveport
, LA 71103
About Me
Education
Fellowship:
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
(1992)
Residency:
LSUHSC Shreveport School of Medicine
(1991)
Internship:
LSUHSC Shreveport School of Medicine
(1987)
Internship:
LSUHSC Shreveport School of Medicine
(1986)
Medical School:
University of Tennessee
(1985)
University:
David Lipscomb College
(1980)
Board Certifications
General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Languages
Arabic
Insurances Accepted
- AARP Medicare Supplemental Plans
- Aetna
- Aetna Better Health of Louisiana
- Aetna Coventry Advantra Louisiana
- Aetna Coventry Medicare Dual Preferred
- Aetna Medicare Freedom PPO
- Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana
- Beech Street (Multiplan)
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO Preferred Care
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Federal Employees
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana - HMO Louisiana
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana - Medicare Advantage
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield OGB
- Cigna HealthCare
- Coventry Health Care (Aetna)
- First Health
- GEHA (Government Employees Health Association)
- Gilsbar
- Health Plus of Louisiana
- Healthy Blue
- Humana
- Humana Choice PPO
- Humana Gold Plus SNP Dual Eligible
- IMA of Louisiana
- Louisiana Healthcare Connections
- Louisiana Medicaid
- Louisiana Medicaid CHIP
- Mail Handler's Benefit Plan (Aetna)
- Medicare Railroad
- Medicare Traditional Part B
- Multiplan
- Mutual of Omaha Supplemental Plans
- Novasys Health
- People's Health
- PHCS (Private Healthcare Systems / Multiplan)
- PPO Plus
- Tricare for Life
- Tricare Prime
- Tricare Select / Standard
- UMR (United Healthcare)
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare Community Plan - Medicaid
- United Healthcare Dual Complete
- Vantage Health Plans – Commercial & Medicare Advantage
- Workers Compensation
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Adrenal Gland Cancer
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Biliary Atresia
- Boerhaave's Syndrome
- Capsular Contracture of Breast Implant
- Cholecystitis and Gallstones
- Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
- Esophageal Varices
- Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Gallstones
- Gastric Ulcer
- Hemorrhoids
- Hiatal Hernia
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Ileus
- Incisional Hernia
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Inguinal Hernia
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Ischemic Colitis
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Abscess
- Lung Cancer
- Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)
- Neoplasm of Gastrointestinal Tract
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Parathyroid (Gland) Disease
- Partial Lung Collapse
- Pelvic Abscess
- Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm
- Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm and Dissection
- Peripheral Arterial Embolism and Thrombosis
- Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
- Phlebitis and Thrombophlebitis
- Pleural Effusion
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm
- Secondary Malignancies
- Small Intestine Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Thyroid Nodule
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Umbilical Hernia
- Varicose Veins
- Vascular Insufficiency of Intestines
- Ventral Hernia
Procedures Performed
- Biliary Drainage
- Dialysis Access Procedures
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Gastroenterology Procedures
- Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation With Robotic Assistance
- Port Placements or Replacements