Dr. Laura Kimball-Ravari, MD

Endocrinology

318-212-7902

accepting new patients

Offers Telehealth

5 out of 5 (208 ratings)

Locations

Willis Knighton Endocrinology Bossier

2449 Hospital Drive
Suite 400
Bossier City, LA 71111

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Monday

8:00am - 4:30pm

Tuesday

8:00am - 4:30pm

Wednesday

8:00am - 4:30pm

Thursday

8:00am - 4:30pm

Friday

8:00am - 4:30pm

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About Me

Laura Kimball-Ravari, MD, began a full-time practice in 2005 at Willis Knighton Bossier practicing general endocrinology with a focus on thyroid, pituitary and adrenal diseases. She has a special interest in thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. She is also core faculty for the Willis Knighton Internal Medicine residency program and the subspeciality education director for Endocrinology.

She is a current member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology, The Endocrine Society, American Medical Association, Louisiana State Medical Association, Northwest Louisiana Medical Association and Shreveport Medical Association.

Dr. Kimball-Ravari was inducted by the American College of Endocrinology (ACE), the educational and scientific arm of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), as a Fellow during the 2015 AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress. Designation as a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE) means an endocrinologist has achieved a level of training and experience consistent with the high standards established and adopted by the clinical endocrinology specialty.

Dr. Kimball-Ravari and her husband, Sia, have two children, Aryan and Arman.

Education

Fellowship:
LSUHSC Shreveport School of Medicine

Residency:
LSUHSC Shreveport School of Medicine

Internship:
LSUHSC Shreveport School of Medicine

Medical School:
American University of the Caribbean

Board Certifications

Endocrinology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Languages

English

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

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

Abnormal Thyroid
Acromegaly and Gigantism
Adrenal Gland Diseases
Adrenal Incidentaloma
Adrenal Insufficiency
Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases
Calcium Metabolism Disorders
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
Cushing's Syndrome
Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes Insipidus

Diabetes Mellitus, Secondary

Diabetes With Renal Manifestations

Dyslipidemia

Gestational Diabetes

Goiter

Graves' Disease

Growth Hormone Deficiency

Gynecomastia

Hashimoto's Disease (Hashimoto Thyroiditis)

Hyperaldosteronism

Hypercalcemia

Hyperlipidemia

Hyperparathyroidism

Hyperthyroidism

Hypoglycemia

Hypogonadism

Hypoparathyroidism

Hypopituitarism

Hypothyroidism

Lipedema

Lipid Disorders

Lipoprotein Disorders

Malaise and Fatigue

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

Osteopenia

Osteoporosis

Overweight and Obesity

Parathyroid (Gland) Disease

Parathyroid (Gland) Tumor: Other than Malignant

Phosphorus Metabolism Disorders

Pituitary Gland Cancer

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Retina Diseases

Subacute Thyroiditis

Testicular Dysfunction

Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid Cyst

Thyroid Disease

Thyroid Goiter

Thyroid Nodule

Thyroiditis

Thyrotoxicosis Factitia

Turner Syndrome

Vitamin D Deficiency

Procedures Performed

Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Diabetes Counseling
VAP Lipid Testing

Provider Ratings

5 out of 5

(208 ratings)

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