Dr. James Campbell

Dr. Janak Shah joined Ochsner in 2015 and has served as the department chair of gastroenterology since 2019. He completed his training in gastroenterology and advanced endoscopy at the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Ochsner, he spent over 10 years practicing in San Francisco, where he was the director of pancreatic and biliary endoscopy at California Pacific Medical Center and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California. Dr. Shah is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Bile Duct Obstruction, Cholestasis, Pancreatic Pseudocyst, Endoscopy, and Gallbladder Removal.

Brett Hymel is a Gastroenterologist in Metairie, Louisiana. Dr. Hymel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Hereditary Pancreatitis, Portal Hypertension, Childhood Volvulus, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.

Dr. Daniel Raines is an Assistant Professor in the LSUHSC Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and currently serves as the Acting Section Chief for LSU Gastroenterology. Dr. Raines attended medical school at LSU Shreveport School of Medicine and completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He is a graduate of the LSUHSC Gastroenterology fellowship program and continued his career in this program as a faculty member. Dr. Raines specializes in the evaluation and treatment of digestive disease, including both gastroenterology and hepatology. His current focus of research is in the field of small bowel disease and is one of the few gastroenterologists in the country who performs balloon enteroscopy to evaluate the entire small intestine. Dr. Raines is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor. His top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Angiodysplasia of the Colon, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Endoscopy, and Gastrectomy.