*The Best Doctors List, which was published in 225 Magazine last month, has been updated. The original list was smaller than last year due to a lack of responses from physicians, most likely related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The list is compiled and maintained by Best Doctors, who contacted physicians to verify their credentials, but could only list those who confirmed their information.
These lists are excerpted from The Best Doctors in America® 2019-2020 database, which includes close to 40,000 U.S. doctors in more than 450 medical specialty/subspecialty combinations. The Best Doctors in America® database is compiled and maintained by Best Doctors, Inc. For more information, visit www.bestdoctors.com or email research@ bestdoctors.com. Please note that lists of doctors are not available on the Best Doctors website.
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The Best Doctors list includes 82 local physicians across 25 specialties, recognized by their peers as among the best in their fields.
ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
JAMES MARION KIDD III
Kidd Allergy Clinic
8017 Picardy Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-769-4432
PREM KUMAR MENON
Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Center
5217 Flanders Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-766-6931
ANESTHESIOLOGY
SON M. DANG
Baton Rouge General Medical Center – Bluebonnet
Department of Anesthesiology
8585 Picardy Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-387-7000
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
KENNETH C. CIVELLO
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Louisiana Cardiology Associates
Medical Plaza 2
7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 1000
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-767-3900
COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY
LOUIS R. BARFIELD
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Baton Rouge Colon Rectal Associates
Medical Plaza 1
7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 206
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-767-8997
RICHARD BYRD
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Baton Rouge Colon Rectal Associates
Medical Plaza 1
7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 206
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-767-8997
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
STEPHEN P. BRIERRE
LSU Healthcare Network
Baton Rouge Multi-Specialty Clinic
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
8585 Picardy Ave., Suite 313
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-381-2755
BRAD D. VINCENT
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Critical Care Medicine Service
Medical Plaza 1
7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-765-5864
DERMATOLOGY
JOHN B. BRANTLEY
Calais Dermatology Associates
5220 Flanders Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-766-5151
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
JOLENE K. JOHNSON
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Endocrinology Services
5428 O’Donovan Dr., Suite C
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-300-1076
JOEL SILVERBERG
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Endocrinology
7373 Perkins Road, First Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
FAMILY MEDICINE
GERALD BARBER
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Family Practice Associates
12525 Perkins Road, Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-761-4256
ROBERT M. CHASUK
Baton Rouge General Physicians – Family Health Center
Physician’s Office Bldg., Suite 200
3401 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone: 225-381-6620
BRAD JOSEPH GASPARD
Baton Rouge Family Medical Center
8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-763-4900
WAYNE D. GRAVOIS
Baton Rouge General Physicians – Family Health Center
Physician’s Office Bldg., Suite 200
3401 North Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone: 225-381-6620
LOUIS REYNOLD MINSKY
Minsky & Carver Medical Center for Personal Wellness
8585 Picardy Ave., Suite 513
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-819-1188
KAREN ANN MURATORE
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center – Jefferson Place
Department of Family Medicine
8150 Jefferson Hwy.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-336-3100
PAUL RACHAL
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Commercial Plans
310 Durel Road
New Roads, LA 70760
Phone: 225-713-2400
GLENN DAVID SCHEXNAYDER
Lake Ascension Physicians
214 Clinic Dr.
Donaldsonville, LA 70346
Phone: 225-473-8151
ROBERT PARKER ST. AMANT
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Lipidology
Medical Plaza I
2647 S. St. Elizabeth Blvd., Suite 311
Gonzales, LA 70737
Phone: 225-743-2774
LINDA C. STEWART
Family Medicine Center
604 Chevelle Court, Suite C
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone: 225-926-1495
GASTROENTEROLOGY
RONALD BOUDREAUX
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Gastroenterology
7373 Perkins Road, Fourth Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
HAND SURGERY
RICK I. AHMAD
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd, Ste 1000
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-924-2424
INTERNAL MEDICINE
R. TODD COOLEY
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Internal Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246.924
LARA M. FALCON
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Internal Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, Fourth Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
DAVID W. FONTENOT
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Internal Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
MARK KENNETH HODGES
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pulmonology
7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
ROY GILES KADAIR
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Internal Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
T. RICHARD LIEUX, JR.
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Internal Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
BRADLEY L. MEEK
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Internal Medicine at Picardy
8119 Picardy Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-214-3638
KATHERINE F. PEARCE
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Primary Care for Women
5131 O’Donovan Dr., Suite 201
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-374-0220
MICHAEL L. ROLFSEN
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Internal Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
EDWARD DAVID SLEDGE, JR.
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Complex – High Grove
Primary Care10310 The Grove Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70836
Phone: 225-761-5200
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY
DAVID SAM HANSON
Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center
Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates
4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-767-1311
NEPHROLOGY
MITCHELL JUDE HEBERT
Renal Associates of Baton Rouge
5131 O’Donovan Dr., 1st Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-767-4893
MELANIE J. MCKNIGHT
Baton Rouge General Medical Center – Mid City
Department of Internal Medicine
3600 Florida Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone: 225-387-7900
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
LUKE A. CORSTEN
The NeuroMedical Center Clinic
10101 Park Rowe Ave., 3rd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-769-2200
GREGORY L. FAUTHEREE
The NeuroMedical Center Clinic
10101 Park Rowe Ave., 3rd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-769-2200
HORACE MITCHELL
The NeuroMedical Center Clinic
10101 Park Rowe Ave, Third Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-769-2200
KELLY J. SCRANTZ
The NeuroMedical Center Clinic
10101 Park Rowe Ave., 3rd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-769-2200
NEUROLOGY
KEVIN J. CALLERAME
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Neurology
5247 Didesse Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-215-2193
GERARD J. DYNES
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Neurology
7373 Perkins Rd, Third Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
PHILLIP A. BARKSDALE
Louisiana Incontinence Center
Physician Office Bldg., Suite 511
500 Rue de la Vie
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Phone: 225-752-3000
RANDALL L. BROWN
Louisiana Women’s Healthcare
Physician Office Bldg., Suite 100
500 Rue de la Vie
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Phone: 225-201-2010
ALBERT L. DIKET
Woman’s Maternal Fetal Medicine
100 Woman’s Way, 1st Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Phone: 225-924-8338
LAUREN F. OGDEN
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Primary Care for Women
5131 O’Donovan Dr., Suite 201
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-374-0220
ELLIS J. SCHWARTZENBURG
Woman’s Physician Office Bldg., Suite 210
500 Rue de La Vie
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Phone: 225-888-4491
JAMES R. STENHOUSE
Louisiana Women’s Healthcare
Physician Office Bldg., Suite 100
500 Rue de la Vie
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Phone: 225-201-2010
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
CRAIG C. GREENE
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-924-2424
R. BRYAN GRIFFITH, JR.
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-924-2424
JAMES LALONDE
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Site 1000
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-924-2424
DAVID POPE
Bone & Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge
7301 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 200
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-766-0050
CATHERINE J. RICHE
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-924-2424
KEVIN RICHE
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone: 225-924-2424
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
MICHAEL CRAPANZANO
Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health
Pediatric Cardiology Associates
Medical Plaza 1
7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 103
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-767-6700
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
JOHN BRANNON ALBERTY
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove
10310 The Grove Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70836
PEDIATRIC SPECIALIST/CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
MEGAN P. THOMPSON
7470 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-615-8102
PEDIATRICS/GENERAL
SUSAN M. BANKSTON
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, First Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9290
RONALD L. BOMBET
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, First Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9290
TRACI T. BRUMUND
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, First Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9290
ROBERT ELDRED DRUMM
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9290
KATHRYN COREIL ELKINS
Pediatric Associates
59325 River West Dr., Suite D
Plaquemine, LA 70764
Phone: 225-687-3055
LOIS HERD GESN
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center – O’Neal
Section of General Pediatrics
16777 Medical Center Dr., Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Phone: 225-754-3278
DAVID GARRETT HILL
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Pediatrics at O’Donovan
5131 O’Donovan Dr., Suite 301
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-490-0393
SHELLEY MARTIN
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9290
JAMAR A. MELTON
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-4888
KENYATTA D. SHAMLIN
Louisiana Internal Medicine & Pediatric Associates
7444 Picardy Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-424-2554
TASHA C. SHAMLIN
Louisiana Internal Medicine & Pediatric Associates
7444 Picardy Ave.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-424-2554
EDWARD DAVID SLEDGE, JR.
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Medical Complex – High Grove
Primary Care
10310 The Grove Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70836
Phone: 225-761-5200
ARTHUR GERARD TRIBOU
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-4888
MARK JOSEPH WAGGENSPACK
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9290
DANNY SCOTT WOOD
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pediatric Medicine
7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-4888
PSYCHIATRY
RENEE BRUNO
7470 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-615-8102
GERALD HEINTZ
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
The Family Center
Medical Plaza 2
7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 6000
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-765-8648
BRIAN D. MONETTE
Gonzales Mental Health Clinic
1112 E. Ascension Complex Blvd.
Gonzales, LA 70737
Phone: 225-621-5770
L. LEE TYNES, JR.
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
The Family Center
Medical Plaza 2
7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 6000
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-765-8648
MARK HENRY ZIELINSKI
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
The Family Center
5131 O’Donovan Dr., Suite 300
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-374-0400
PULMONARY MEDICINE
STEPHEN P. BRIERRE
LSU Healthcare Network
Baton Rouge Multi-Specialty Clinic
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
8585 Picardy Ave., Suite 313
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-381-2755
MARK KENNETH HODGES
The Baton Rouge Clinic – Pulmonology
7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-246-9240
BRAD D. VINCENT
Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group
Critical Care Medicine Service
Medical Plaza 1
7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 225-765-5864
RADIATION ONCOLOGY
MAURICE LEON KING
Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center
Southeast Louisiana Radiation Oncology Group
4950 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
VASCULAR SURGERY
ANDREW J. OLINDE
Baton Rouge Vascular Specialty Center
8888 Summa Ave., 3rd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone: 225-769-4493
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
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This article was published in the June 2020 issue of 225 Magazine.