The 20 Best Primary Progressive Aphasia Doctors Near Me in Louisiana, US

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The 20 Best Primary Progressive Aphasia Doctors in Louisiana, US

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 29 doctor with experience in Primary Progressive Aphasia near Louisiana, US. Of these, 26 are Experienced and 3 are Advanced.

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29 providers found
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Ochsner Specialty Health Center - Raceland

    141 Twin Oaks Drive, 
    Raceland, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Jamie Huddleston is a Neurologist in Raceland, Louisiana. Dr. Huddleston is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Headache, Migraine, and Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). Dr. Huddleston is currently accepting new patients.

    William Slusher
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Family Medicine

    Jackson Parish Hospital

    107 Watts St, 
    Jonesboro, LA 
    Experience:
    25+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    William Slusher is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Jonesboro, Louisiana. Dr. Slusher has been practicing medicine for over 25 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Anemia, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Hypertension, and Familial Hypertension.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Ochsner Lafayette General Neuroscience Center

    155 Hospital Dr, 
    Lafayette, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Adam Foreman is a Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Foreman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Seizures, Essential Tremor, and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. Dr. Foreman is currently accepting new patients.

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    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology

    Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans

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

    James Rini is a Neurologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Rini is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Cerebellar Degeneration, Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease (NIID), Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), and Hepatocerebral Degeneration. Dr. Rini is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans

    1514 Jefferson Hwy 7th Floor, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Dr. Robin Davis, a native of South Louisiana, earned her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport in 2011 after receiving her B.S. in Neuroscience cum laude from Washington and Lee University in 2007. Dr. Davis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Headache.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Ochsner Health Center - Covington

    1000 Ochsner Blvd, 
    Covington, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    David Houghton is a Neurologist in Covington, Louisiana. Dr. Houghton is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Essential Tremor, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Houghton is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology

    Ochsner Health Center - O'Neal

    16777 Medical Center Dr, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Arabic
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Amer Awad is a Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Awad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Alzheimer's Disease, and Partial Familial Epilepsy. Dr. Awad is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Ochsner Lafayette General Neuroscience Center

    136 Hospital Dr, 
    Lafayette, LA 
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Virginia Kellner is a Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Kellner has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Essential Tremor, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Dr. Kellner is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    1202 S Tyler St., 
    Covington, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Zachary-ross Goodwin is a Neurologist in Covington, Louisiana. Dr. Goodwin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Transient Global Amnesia, Stroke, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, and Seizures.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Ochsner Lafayette General Neuroscience Center

    136 Hospital Dr, 
    Lafayette, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Kevin Hargrave is a Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Hargrave is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Epilepsy, Essential Tremor, and Myasthenia Gravis. Dr. Hargrave is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Ochsner Health Center - West Bank

    120 Ochsner Blvd, 
    Gretna, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Steven Atkins is a Neurologist in Gretna, Louisiana. Dr. Atkins is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Susac Syndrome, Migraine with Brainstem Aura, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Migraine. Dr. Atkins is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Ochsner Health Center - Covington

    1000 Ochsner Blvd, 
    Covington, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Amy Jones was born and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dr. Jones earned her medical degree from the University of Mississippi in Jackson, Mississippi. Following graduation, she completed an internal medicine internship and neurology residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She then completed a clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with an emphasis on epilepsy/EEG. Dr. Jones is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Seizures, Epilepsy, and Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.

    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    University Medical Center

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

    Demetrius Maraganore is a Neurologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Maraganore is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Dementia, and Cerebellar Degeneration.

    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Advanced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    9001 Summa Avenue, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kenneth Gaddis is a Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Gaddis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Brain Herniation, Chiari Malformation Type 1, Chiari Malformation, and Lafora Disease.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    WK Pierremont Neurology Clinic

    1811 E Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Ste 200, 
    Shreveport, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Meghan Harris is a Neurologist in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Harris is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Migraine, Movement Disorders, and Thalamotomy.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Baton Rouge Clinic A Medical Corp.

    7373 Perkins Rd, 
    Baton Rouge, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Linda Lebourgeois is a Neurologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Lebourgeois is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Migraine, Essential Tremor, and Migraine with Brainstem Aura.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia

    Tri-State Neurology, LLC

    2551 Greenwood Rd Ste 240, 
    Shreveport, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Gurleen Sikand is a Neurologist in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Sikand is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Tension Headache, Alzheimer's Disease, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Essential Tremor. Dr. Sikand is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology | Psychology
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology | Psychology

    Ochsner Clinic LLC

    2820 Napoleon Ave, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Emily Brickell is a Neurologist and a Psychologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Brickell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Cerebellar Degeneration, and Developmental Dysphasia Familial. Dr. Brickell is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Family Medicine

    Ochsner Center For Primary Care & Wellness In New Orleans

    1401 Jefferson Hwy, 
    New Orleans, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Laura Mccormick is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Mccormick is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. Her top areas of expertise are Coccydynia, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Primary Progressive Aphasia, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism. Dr. Mccormick is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology
    Experienced in Primary Progressive Aphasia
    Neurology

    Fabian Lugo MD A Professional Medical Corporation

    913 S College Rd Ste 107, 
    Lafayette, LA 
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Fabian Lugo is a Neurologist in Lafayette, Louisiana. Dr. Lugo is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia. His top areas of expertise are Memory Loss, Cerebellar Degeneration, Distal Median Nerve Dysfunction, and Seizures.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Primary Progressive Aphasia?

    Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) affects a person's ability to use language to communicate. This includes loss of ability to understand or express speech (aphasia). PPA is a specific type of a more general disease called frontotemporal dementia. PPA can be classified into three distinct types: progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA), semantic dementia (SD), and logopenic progressive aphasia (LPA). PPA is caused by a loss of tissue (atrophy) in the area of the brain that is responsible for producing language. In some cases, this loss of tissue is caused by genetic changes (genetic changes or pathogenic variants) in the GRN gene. In these cases, the disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Diagnosis of PPA is suspected when a doctor observes signs and symptoms such as progressive loss of language abilities. Imaging of the brain can confirm the diagnosis.

    When should I see a Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia doctors in Louisiana, US?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Primary Progressive Aphasia 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 Primary Progressive Aphasia doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Primary Progressive Aphasia 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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