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Donald Smith, MD, FAANS

Neurosurgeon
4.1/5
56 Ratings 10 Comments

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Neurosurgery Center
945 Margaret Place
Suite 100
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Neurosurgery

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Neurosurgery Center
945 Margaret Place
Suite 100
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Neurosurgery
Dr. Donald Smith joined the Department of Neurosurgery in 1996. For many years he proved to be the backbone of neurosurgical service in the area, establishing the first Neurosurgical Service at LSU Health Shreveport in 1977, while still in private practice. Prior to entering private practice, he served on the faculty at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. He has served as president of the Shreveport Medical Society as well as president of the Willis-Knighton Medical Staff. He earned a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration from Trinity University.He is a retired member of the U.S. Air Force Reserves, where he held the rank of Colonel. He completed his neurosurgical training in the military at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC. His military serviced also included tours in Vietnam and Desert Storm.

Medical School

LSU Health New Orleans

Internship

Walter Reed Army Hospital

Residency

Walter Reed Hospital

Ochsner LSU Health Patient Verified Reviews

4.1/5
56 Ratings 10 Comments

To obtain patient ratings and comments, we partner with Press Ganey, an independent patient satisfaction company that works with more than 26,000 healthcare organizations to improve the patient experience. These patient verified ratings are based on the “likelihood to recommend” physician scores on the nationally developed CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey (CG-CAHPS). Actual top box results for this question are translated to a 1-5 scale, and the star scores are measured on that scale, with 5 being the best score.

February 2023

Very good! I was pleased!

January 2023

Good

January 2023

Good

January 2023

Dr Donald Ray Smith is AWESOME. I have been extremely satisfied with Him and his whole team!!

December 2022

Very professional

September 2022

Dr. Donald R. Smith is a Great Dr. He did my neck surgery before and now I'm having neck problems again. I wanted to go back to him again!

August 2022

Great

July 2022

Concerned about what was best for me

July 2022

She was excellent

July 2022

It was very helpful...

Accepted Payors at Our Facilities

  • Aetna Better Health (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Aetna Health Inc. PPO/POS
  • Aetna Health Inc. - Medicare Advantage
  • AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana- HMO/PPO/OGB & Blue Connect product(s) & Medicare Advantage product(s), Blue High Performance Network
  • Cigna Behavioral Health
  • Cigna HealthCare
  • Cigna-HealthSpring - Medicare Advantage product(s)
  • Coventry Healthcare of Louisiana
  • Dignity Care Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
  • First Health Network PPO
  • Gilsbar 360
  • Healthy Blue (formerly Amerigroup Louisiana Inc.) (Healthy Louisiana) and Healthy Blue Dual Advantage (HMO-D-SNP)
  • Humana Behavioral Health
  • Humana - Commercial, Medicare Advantage
  • Humana Military - Tricare
  • Louisiana Healthcare Connections (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation(LWCC)
  • Medicaid/Medicare
  • Multiplan/PHCS/American LifeCare
  • Optum VA CCN
  • Peoples Health Network - Medicare Advantage
  • Stratose - PPO
  • United Behavioral Health (Optum) - United Commercial, Medicare Advantage and Community Plan (Healthy Louisiana)
  • United Healthcare - Commercial
  • United Healthcare Community Plan (Healthy Louisiana)
  • USA Managed Care Network
  • Vantage Health Plan - Commercial, Medicare Advantage
  • Verity Health Network - LSU First Choice
  • Zelis (formerly PPOPlus)