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Donald Sorrells, Jr., MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

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Ochsner LSU Health - Ambulatory Care Center
1606 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Pediatric General Surgery

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Ochsner LSU Health - Ambulatory Care Center
1606 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
Get Directions

General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Pediatric General Surgery
Dr. Donald Sorrells is Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery at LSU Health Shreveport. He is a native of north Louisiana. He graduated from the six-year medical program at LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine in 1992. He completed his general surgery training under Dr. John C. McDonald at LSU Health Shreveport in 1999. Dr. Sorrells served in the USAF, Lackland AFB, in San Antonio as a general surgeon from 1999-2003. He completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI, in 2005. Since that time, Dr. Sorrells has been in Shreveport practicing pediatric surgery with Drs. Mark Brown and Kevin Boykin. He and his wife, Kelli, of 20+ years, have two sons, Josh and Noah. Both sons played lacrosse at Byrd High School. Dr. Sorrells enjoys woodworking and fishing in his spare time.

Medical School

Louisiana State University - Shreveport - Doctor of Medicine

Internship

Louisiana State University HSC - General Surgery Internship

Residency

Louisiana State University HSC - General Surgery Residency

Fellowship

Rhode Island Hospital - Prediatric Surgery Fellowship

Certifications

American Board of Surgery - Surgery, Pediatric Surgery

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)