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Mary Buffington, MD

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Ochsner LSU Health - Ambulatory Care Center
1606 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
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Primary Specialty

Nephrology

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1606 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
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3810 Jewella Ave
Shreveport, LA
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General Info

Gender

  • Female

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Nephrology
Dr. Mary Buffington grew up in Monroe, Louisiana and received a bachelor’s degree in English and History from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She then graduated from law school at Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and returned to Monroe, Louisiana. After deciding to pursue a career in medicine, she attended Northeast Louisiana University then received a Doctor of Medicine degree from LSU Health Shreveport in Shreveport, Louisiana. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Nephrology Fellowship at LSU Health Shreveport.Dr. Buffington is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Nephrology Section of the Internal Medicine Department. Educational activities include lectures in the Sophomore Medical Student Nephrology and Urology course, and Internal Medicine Residents didactic education curriculum, as well as Grand Rounds presentations for the Internal Medicine Department and the Nephrology Section. She is currently Chairman of the Nephrology Clinical Competency Committee and a member of the Nephrology Medical Education Committee. Past committee participation includes the Institutional Review Board Committee and Student Admissions Committee.

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