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    Last Updated: 10/30/2025

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    MediFind found 30 doctor with experience in Kidney Transplant near New Orleans, LA. Of these, 18 are Experienced, 9 are Advanced, 2 are Distinguished and 1 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 
       (0.3 miles away)
      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.

      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 
       (0.3 miles away)
      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.

      What does Elite, Distinguished, Advanced, Experienced mean?
      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      General Surgery | Transplant Surgery
      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      General Surgery | Transplant Surgery
      1415 Tulane Ave, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (0.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Douglas Slakey is a General Surgeon and a Transplant Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Slakey is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, Splenic Neoplasm, Kidney Transplant, and Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
      1514 Jefferson Highway, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (4.2 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Trevor Reichman is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Reichman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C, Liver Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant.

      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery
      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

      Ochsner Clinic LLC

      1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (4.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Humberto Bohorquez is a Transplant Surgeon and a General 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 | General Surgery
      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

      Ochsner Clinic LLC

      1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (4.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      John Seal is a Transplant Surgeon and a General 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 | General Surgery
      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

      Ochsner Clinic LLC

      1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (4.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Dennis Sonnier is a Transplant Surgeon and a General 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 | General Surgery
      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

      Ochsner Clinic LLC

      1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (4.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      David Bruce is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Bruce is currently accepting new patients.

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

      Ochsner Clinic LLC

      1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (4.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Ian Carmody is a General 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 | General Surgery
      Advanced in Kidney Transplant
      Transplant Surgery | General Surgery

      Ochsner Clinic LLC

      1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (4.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Emily Bugeaud is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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. Dr. Bugeaud is currently accepting new patients.

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

      Ochsner Clinic LLC

      1514 Jefferson Hwy, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (4.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Ari Cohen is a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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. Dr. Cohen 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 
       (7.6 miles away)
      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.

      Experienced in Kidney Transplant
      Nephrology
      Experienced in Kidney Transplant
      Nephrology
      1415 Tulane Ave, Hc71 6th Floor, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (0.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English

      Rubin Zhang is a Nephrologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Zhang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Acute Kidney Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, Necrosis, Nephrosclerosis, and Kidney Transplant.

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

      Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

      1415 Tulane Ave, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (0.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Kiara Tulla is a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Tulla is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, Obesity, Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Tulla is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Kidney Transplant
      Experienced in Kidney Transplant

      Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

      1415 Tulane Ave, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (0.3 miles away)
      Experience:
      9+ years
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Aldo Torres-Ortiz is a Nephrologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Torres-Ortiz has been practicing medicine for over 9 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are High Potassium Level, Hypercalcemia, Milk-Alkali Syndrome, Fetal Parvovirus Syndrome, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Torres-Ortiz is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Kidney Transplant
      Experienced in Kidney Transplant

      Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

      1415 Tulane Ave, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (0.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients
      Offers Telehealth

      Arnold Alper is a Nephrologist 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. Dr. Alper is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Kidney Transplant
      Experienced in Kidney Transplant

      Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

      1415 Tulane Ave, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (0.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Eric Simon is a Nephrologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Simon 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. Dr. Simon is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Kidney Transplant
      Experienced in Kidney Transplant

      Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund

      1415 Tulane Ave, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (0.3 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Vecihi Batuman is a Nephrologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Batuman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Interstitial Nephritis, Fanconi Syndrome, Fanconi Bickel Syndrome, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Batuman is currently accepting new patients.

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

      Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans Faculty G

      2000 Canal St, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (0.7 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Carlos Galvani is a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Galvani is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Hernia, Hiatal Hernia, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Gastric Bypass, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Galvani is currently accepting new patients.

      Experienced in Kidney Transplant
      Experienced in Kidney Transplant

      Crescent City Physicians Inc

      3525 Prytania St, Suite 402, 
      New Orleans, LA 
       (1.9 miles away)
      Languages Spoken:
      English
      Accepting New Patients

      Juan Medaura is a Nephrologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Medaura is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Goodpasture Syndrome, High Potassium Level, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Medaura is currently accepting new patients.

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      Last Updated: 10/30/2025

      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 near New Orleans, LA?

      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 near New Orleans, LA?

      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 near New Orleans, LA?

      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 near New Orleans, LA?

      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 near New Orleans, LA?

      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 near New Orleans, LA?

      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 near New Orleans, LA?

      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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