The LSU Health Shreveport Department of Pediatrics is committed to high quality care and progressive resident development in clinical and research skills in an environment that challenges students, residents, and faculty alike, while providing maximum opportunity for development.  Our faculty includes 14 full-time and 7 part-time General Pediatricians and 21 full-time subspecialists, including Allergy/Immunology, Cardiology, Child Abuse, Critical Care, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Neonatology, Neurology, Pulmonology, and Rheumatology. Within our group of instructors, we have 3 PhDs and 2 non-MDs, as well as Pediatric specialists in ENT, Neurosurgery, OMFS, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Surgery -including Burn Surgery and Trauma/SICU, and Urology. 

We are honored to provide highly specialized care for our community youth.

The University’s primary teaching hospital, Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, serves as a tertiary care referral center for North Louisiana, East Texas and South Arkansas. We have the only Pediatric certified trauma center in Louisiana.   The Department also works closely with the local Shriners Hospital for Children. Overall, the combined facilities provide extensive experience in outpatient and inpatient care, including well-child care, acute care, and pediatric subspecialty care.

LSU Health Shreveport provides the areas only:

  • Pediatric Neurosurgeon
  • Pediatric Rheumatologist
  • Pediatric Endocrinologist
  • Pediatric Airway Specialist
  • Pediatric Otolaryngologist
  • Pediatric Sleep Surgery Specialist
  • Fellowship Trained Pediatric Laryngologist
  • Surgeons offering minimally invasive sialendoscopy for treatment of salivary glands

Pediatric Grand Rounds

The Department of Pediatrics hosts Grand Rounds every Thursday morning* from 8 am to 9 am in the Pediatric Classroom at our St. Mary's Medical Center campus. If you wish to be added to the invite list, email Sandra Philyaw, the coordinator for our Pediatric Chair, at sandra.philyaw@lsuhs.edu.
*Some dates and times may change for Special Grand Rounds

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Department of Pediatrics
LSU Health Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103

   

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