While the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency at LSU Health Shreveport is based primarily out of the Academic Medical Center, the program covers 9 major medical centers across the region. In the past 2 years, clinics have been added at Willis Knighton Bossier, Overton Brooks VA Hospital, Rapides Regional Medical Center, and the Monroe Academic Medical Center.

Ochsner LSU HealthShreveport Academic Medical Center - Shreveport, LA

The Academic Medical Center is a state-of-the-art Level 1 trauma center with 430 beds, Surgical ICU, Medical ICU, Neuro ICU, Neonatal ICU, Burn Unit, 20 operating room suites, Children's Hospital, 24-hour Emergency Room, Pediatric Emergency Room, 2 trauma bays, Fast Track, and Transfer Center. The hospital acts as a referral center for indigent care for more than one million people.

1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103

Phone: 318-675-5000
Fax: 318-675-8218

Ambulatory Care Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport

Ambulatory Care Center Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport

Located across the street from the academic medical center is the ACC. Our OMS residency has a 5500 square foot outpatient clinic. The clinic includes 6 operatories, a minor procedure suite, clinical laboratory, photography room, triage exam rooms, attending office, resident conference room, resident office, and radiology room with iCAT cone beam imaging. The clinic treats approximately 10,000 patients per year and offers deep sedation three days per week.

1606 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103

Phone: 318-626-1288

Willis-Knighton South has an emergency room with 24-hour coverage, a 12-bed surgical ICU, and 5000 square foot OMFS clinic. In addition to reserved OR time 5 days per week, the residency faculty practice is located in the adjoining Physicians Center along with the OMFS specialty clinics. The clinic features 4 exam rooms, 3 treatment rooms, 1 minor procedure room, and radiology room with iCAT cone beam imaging.

2508 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Suite 410
Shreveport, LA 71119

Phone: 318-212-5944
Fax: 318-212-5949

Willis-Knighton Bossier was designed and built to accommodate the ever-growing faculty practice. The clinic has 3 exam rooms, 2 treatment rooms, and radiology room with iCAT cone beam imaging. This clinic treats patients for the full scope of OMFS with a special focus on head and neck cancers as well as TMJ pathologies.

2400 Hospital Drive
Suite 408
Bossier, LA 71111

Phone: 318-212-7000
Fax: 318-212-7610

Shriner's Hospital in Shreveport was the first facility in the Shriners system in the country. The hospital combines a child-friendly environment with world-class medical care. Colorful treatment rooms, a spacious outdoor playground, and a wide range of rehabilitation activities give kids confidence and build life skills. Patients from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma are evaluated and treated by the OMFS cleft & craniofacial team for a variety of cleft and/or craniofacial abnormalities.

3100 Samford Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71103

Phone: 318-222-5704
Fax: 318-424-7610

In a brand new building on the Overton Brooks VA Hospital campus, the VA Dental and OMFS clinics opened in 2015. Various faculty rotate to cover the busy dentoalveolar clinic that operates 5 days a week with 2 treatment rooms. OMFS at the VA offers all treatment for veterans including facial cosmetics and dental implants free of cost. Residents rotate through the clinic to perform procedures including cosmetic rhinoplasties and blepharoplasties. The residency places hundreds of dental implants per month ranging from single-tooth, to zygomatic implants to "All-on-4."

510 East Stoner Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71101

Phone: 318-221-8411

The OMFS clinic at Rapides was opened in June 2015. The clinic is located in Alexandria, LA and is staffed by a dedicated attending and rotating residents 2 days per week. There are 5 exam rooms and a radiology room with panoramic radiography. The remote location allows residents exposure to a much greater pool of patients with varied pathology and affords the resident a chance to interact with an attending on a more personal level.

211 4th Street
Alexandria, LA 71301

Phone: 318-769-4010
Monroe Medical Center at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport

The OMFS clinic at this facility was opened in September 2015. Residents and a dedicated attending travel to the medical center in Monroe, LA every Monday to staff the 4-treatment room OMFS clinic and treat patients in the fully equipped OR. Similar to Rapides, the remote location greatly increases the residency's patient pool and the more rural location allows the residents more autonomy and exposure to rare pathology.

4864 Jackson Street
Monroe, LA 71202

Phone: 318-330-4010

Teaching Facilities

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency