The 20 Best Kidney Transplant Doctors in Louisiana, US

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The 20 Best Kidney Transplant Doctors in Louisiana, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 44 doctor with experience in Kidney Transplant near Louisiana, US. Of these, 26 are Experienced, 12 are Advanced, 4 are Distinguished and 2 are Elite.

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    Elite in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery | Colorectal Surgery
    Elite in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery | Colorectal Surgery

    Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

    1415 Tulane Ave, Fl 6, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Anil Paramesh is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Paramesh is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Thrombophlebitis, Kidney Transplant, and Ureteral Reconstruction. Dr. Paramesh is currently accepting new patients.

    Elite in Kidney Transplant
    Nephrology
    Elite in Kidney Transplant
    Nephrology

    John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center

    2751 Albert L Bicknell Dr Ste 4A, 
    Shreveport, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Neeraj Singh is a Nephrologist in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Singh is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Magnesium Deficiency, Diabetic Nephropathy, Kidney Transplant, and Osteotomy. Dr. Singh is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Kidney Transplant
    General Surgery | Transplant Surgery
    Distinguished in Kidney Transplant
    General Surgery | Transplant Surgery

    Wk Transplant Physicians

    2751 Albert L Bicknell Dr, Fl 4, 
    Shreveport, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Gazi Zibari is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Zibari is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Visceromegaly, Pancreas Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Zibari is currently accepting new patients.

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    Distinguished in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
    Distinguished in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

    Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

    1415 Tulane Ave, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Hoonbae Jeon is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Jeon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, MAGIC Syndrome, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant. Dr. Jeon is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
    Distinguished in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

    Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

    1415 Tulane Ave, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Mary Killackey is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Killackey is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, MAGIC Syndrome, Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, Kidney Transplant, and Ureteral Reconstruction. Dr. Killackey is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
    Distinguished in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

    Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

    4200 Houma Blvd, 
    Metairie, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Lee Cummings is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Metairie, Louisiana. Dr. Cummings is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Cummings is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Ochsner Clinic LLC

    1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients

    Humberto Bohorquez is a Transplant Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Bohorquez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Bohorquez is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Ochsner Clinic LLC

    1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    John Seal is a Transplant Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Seal is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Enlarged Liver, Liver Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant. Dr. Seal is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans

    1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Dennis Sonnier is a Transplant Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Sonnier is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Failure, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Sonnier is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Ochsner Clinic LLC

    1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Dr. David Bruce earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. He completed his surgical internship and residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals and served as Chief Resident from 1992 to 1993. He went on to complete his fellowship training at the University of Chicago Hospitals. Dr. Bruce is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Failure, Obesity, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Ochsner Clinic LLC

    1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Ian Carmody is a Transplant Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Carmody is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Carmody is currently accepting new patients.

    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Ochsner Clinic LLC

    1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Dr. Emily Bugeaud completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Michigan. She then went on to complete her residency in General Surgery at the University of Chicago. During her clinical training, she simultaneously earned her doctorate in immunology from the University of Chicago studying the role of bacterial infections in transplantation tolerance. Dr. Bugeaud then went on to continue her clinical training in Abdominal Organ Transplantation, completing her fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Bugeaud is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Failure, Liver Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Ochsner Clinic LLC

    1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Ari Cohen, MD, specializes in transplant surgery at Ochsner Health. Dr. Ari Cohen earned his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in Canada, where he also completed his surgical internship and residency. He completed his transplant surgery fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Cohen is a fellow of the Royal College of Canada. His professional interests and expertise include living donor liver transplant, liver transplantation, living donor kidney transplantation, and solitary pancreas transplantation. Dr. Cohen is board-certified in general surgery and transplant surgery and has been on staff at Ochsner since 2002. Dr. Cohen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Failure, Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Advanced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans

    1514 Jefferson Highway, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Jorge Garces is a Transplant Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Garces is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Garces is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Willis Knighton John C. McDonald Transplant Center

    2751 Albert L Bicknell Dr Ste 4A, 
    Shreveport, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Robert Mcmillan is a Transplant Surgeon in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Mcmillan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Liver Failure, Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Ochsner Clinic Foundation

    1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Karthik Kovvuru is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Kovvuru is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy, Chronic Kidney Disease, Low Sodium Level, Kidney Transplant, and Gastrostomy.

    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Cardiology
    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Cardiology

    Tulane Healthy Mothers Clinic

    1415 Tulane Ave Fl 5, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Arnold Alper is a Cardiologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Alper is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Nephrosclerosis, Renovascular Hypertension, and Kidney Transplant.

    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Intensive Care Medicine

    University Medical Center

    2000 Canal St, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Alison Smith is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Smith is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Splenic Infarction, Ogilvie Syndrome, Mucormycosis, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Liver Embolization.

    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Nephrology
    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Nephrology

    Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans

    1514 Jefferson Highway, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Dr. Lukitsch received his Doctor of Medicine from Humboldt-University Berlin, in Charite’, Germany, followed by an Internship in Internal Medicine. He completed his Residency in Internal Medicine and Clinical Fellowship in Nephrology from Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Lukitsch is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Dr. Lukitsch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, Glomerulonephritis, Acute Kidney Failure, and Kidney Transplant.

    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery
    Experienced in Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgery

    Willis Knighton John C. McDonald Transplant Center

    2751 Albert L Bicknell Dr Ste 4A, 
    Shreveport, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Donnie Aultman is a Transplant Surgeon in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Aultman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroid Hyperplasia, Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism, Parathyroidectomy, and Pancreas Transplant.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Kidney Transplant?

    A kidney transplant is surgery to place a healthy kidney into a person with kidney failure.

    When should I see a Kidney Transplant doctor in Louisiana, US?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Kidney Transplant doctor in Louisiana, US?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Kidney Transplant doctors in Louisiana, US?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Kidney Transplant doctors in Louisiana, US?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Kidney Transplant doctor in Louisiana, US?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Kidney Transplant doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Kidney Transplant doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Kidney Transplant doctor in Louisiana, US?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Kidney Transplant doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Kidney Transplant doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Kidney Transplant doctors in Louisiana, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Kidney Transplant doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Kidney Transplant doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Kidney Transplant doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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