

accepting new patients

Locations
WK Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Institute - Shreveport
2508 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Suite 410
Shreveport
, LA 71118
WK Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Institute - Bossier City
2400 Hospital Drive
Suite 490
Bossier City
, LA 71111
About Me
Education
Medical Degree:
Baylor University School of Dentistry
, DDS
Medical School:
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
, MD
Internship:
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Residency:
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Fellowship:
Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center
Board Certifications
Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, American Board of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
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
- Humana
- Humana Choice PPO
- 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
- 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
Conditions Treated
- Acute & chronic sinusitis
- Alveolar process injuries
- Ankylosis and restricted jaw motion
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Bell’s palsy
- Benign tumors of bone
- Benign tumors of soft tissue
- Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws
- Blepharochalasis
- Brachial clefts
- Carcinoma in Situ of Skin
- Cervicofacial soft tissue redundancy
- Chin deformities
- Chronic Laryngitis
- Chronic Pharyngitis
- Condylar hyperplasia or hypoplasia
- Craniofacial syndrome
- Craniosynostosis
- Cutaneous tissue deformities
- Cysts of bone
- Cysts of maxilla/mandible
- Cysts of soft tissue
- Defects of the frontal bone and associated soft tissues
- Defects of the mandible and associated soft tissues
- Defects of the zygoma and associated soft tissues
- Dentofacial deformities
- Deviated Septum
- Diplopia secondary to trauma
- Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
- Ectropion of Eyelid
- Endocrine gland diseases
- Erupted teeth
- Erythema Multiforme
- External ear deformities
- Eyelid deformities
- Facial fractures
- Facial pain
- Forehead and brow deformities
- Fractured teeth
- Frontal bone and frontal sinus injuries
- Graves’ disease
- Gum Cancer
- Hair pattern deformities
- Head & neck masses
- Head or Neck Lump or Swelling
- Hemangioma
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypertelorism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Internal derangements
- Jaw asymmetry
- Jaw Fracture
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Lichen Planus
- Lip Cancer
- Loss of teeth
- Loss of Voice or Hoarse Voice
- Lymphadenopathy
- Malignant tumors of bone
- Malignant tumors of soft tissue
- Malocclusion
- Mandibular dislocation
- Mandibular hypoplasia & hyperplasia
- Mandibular injuries
- Masticatory muscle disorders
- Maxillary alveolar cleft deformities
- Maxillary Hypoplasia & hyperplasia
- Maxillary injuries
- Maxillofacial contour deformities
- Maxillofacial lipmatosis
- Moles (Benign Skin Lesions)
- Mucosal disease
- Nasal bone injuries
- Nasal deformities/defects
- Nasal deformity related to cleft lip
- Nasal Polyp
- Naso-orbital-ethmoid complex injuries
- Odontogenic infections
- Oral and/or facial clefts
- Oral Cancer
- Orbital Cellulitis
- Orbital defects
- Orbital injuries
- Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Disorders
- Osteomyelitis
- Osteoradionecrosis
- Parotid gland cancer
- Pediatric Head and Neck Masses
- Primary cleft lip deformities
- Primary cleft palate deformities
- Residual maxillofacial skeletal deformities requiring secondary management
- Salivary Gland Cancer
- Salivary gland diseases: other local or systemic
- Salivary Gland Stones and Inflammation
- Scalp injuries
- Skin Cancer
- Small Chin
- Snoring
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Throat Cancer (Hypopharyngeal)
- Throat Cancer (Nasopharyngeal)
- Throat Cancer (Oropharyngeal)
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Goiter
- Thyroid Nodule
- Tongue Cancer
- Tongue-tie
- Tonsil Cancer
- Torticollis
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Unerupted and impacted third molars
- Vascular malformations of soft tissue
- Velopharyngeal incompetence
- Zygomatic injuries
Procedures Performed
- "Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
- Ablation or Excision of Nasal Turbinates
- Alveolar cleft bone graft
- Aspiration or injection of thyroid cysts
- Bilateral intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy of mandible
- Bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy of the mandible
- Blepharoplasty
- Blepharoplasty for blepharitis
- Bone graft harvest
- Bone graft to maxilla/mandible
- Botox for blepharospasm
- Caldwell-Luc Procedure
- Cancer Treatment
- Cervical Lymph Node Dissection
- Cheek implants
- Cleft lip repair
- Cleft lip revision
- Cleft palate repair
- Cleft rhinoplasty
- Cosmetic Botox injection
- Craniofacial deformities not requiring an intracranial approach
- Craniofacial deformities, secondary cranial deformities requiring treatment through an intracranial approach
- Craniofaical deformities, primary cranial deformities requiring treatment through an intracranial approach
- Dental implant placement
- Dermal Filler
- Destruction of Benign Skin Lesion
- Destruction of Malignant Skin Lesion
- Diagnostic nasal or sinus endoscopy
- Esophageal Dilatation
- Ethmoidectomy (Sinus Surgery)
- Excision of Skin Cancer
- Excision of Skin Lesion
- Excision or Destruction of Palate or Uvula Lesion
- Excision or Destruction of Tongue Lesion
- Expose, bond and bracket teeth for orthodontics
- Extraction impacted teeth
- Extraction of 3rd molars
- Extraction primary retained teeth
- Extraction teeth
- Eyelid Surgery
- Face Lifts
- Facial fracture repair
- Facial Reconstruction
- Feeding tube placements
- Foreign Body Removal
- Frenectomy
- Genioplasty
- Glossectomy
- Head & neck surgery
- Jaw reconstruction
- Jaw surgery
- Laryngectomy & laryngotomy
- Laryngoscopy - Laryngotomy - Laryngectomy - Pharyngolaryngectomy - Pharyngectomy
- Laser Hair Removal
- LeFort I osteotomy of the maxilla
- Lip, Excision or Resection
- Liposuction
- Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
- Mandible fracture repair
- Microvascular free tissue transfers
- Microvascular free tissue transfers
- Mole Removal
- Myofascial Trigger Point Injection
- Nasal Septum Surgery (Septoplasty)
- Nasal Surgery
- Nose Plastic Surgery (Rhinoplasty)
- Orbital and/or naso-orbital deformities
- Panendoscopy
- Parathyroid Surgery
- Parathyroidectomy
- Pharyngeal flap
- Pharyngectomy & pharyngotomy
- Repair dentoalveolar fracture
- Repair of Brow Ptosis and Blepharoptosis
- Repair of Entropion or Ectropion
- Repair of Eye Laceration
- Rhinoseptoplasty
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Sinus Surgery
- Skull base surgery
- Thyroid Biopsy
- Thyroid Surgery
- Thyroidectomy
- Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
- Tonsillectomy
- Tori removal
- TORS assisted cleft surgery
- TORS assisted excision of nasopharyngeal malignancy
- TORS assisted laser ablation of premalignant lesions of the nasopharynx, oropharynx and hypopharynx
- TORS assisted parapharyngeal space mass removal
- TORS assisted resection of pharyngeal wall malignancy
- TORS assisted resection of tongue base malignancy
- TORS assisted sleep apnea surgery (tongue base resection, tonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
- TORS assisted supraglottic partial laryngectomy
- Tracheal Surgery
- Upper airway obstruction/tracheotomy