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Nitin Walyat, MBBS

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

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Ochsner LSU Health - St. Mary Medical Center
1 St Mary Place
Shreveport, LA 71103
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Hwy.
Shreveport, LA
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Neonatology

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Ochsner LSU Health - St. Mary Medical Center
1 St Mary Place
Shreveport, LA 71103
Get Directions
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Hwy.
Shreveport, LA
Get Directions

General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Neonatology
Dr. Nitin Walyat is Medical Director of the Division of Neonatology at LSU Health Shreveport. He is Board certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine. He earned his medical degree at Maulana Azad Medical College in India followed by Pediatric residency at the same institute.Dr. Walyat completed two years of training in Pediatrics and Neonatology in UK and earned membership of prestigious Royal College of Pediatrics. Dr. Walyat subsequently completed Pediatric residency from Saint Peters University in New Jersey. He then earned his Neonatal Perinatal Medicine fellowship from Case Western Reserve University (Metro Health Medical Center- Cleveland Clinic Foundation) in Ohio.Dr. Walyat is an active member of American academy of Pediatrics and Royal College of Pediatrics Child Health, UK. He is Vermont Oxford Network’s Team Leader for Ochsner LSU Health. Dr. Walyat’s area of research includes Body composition in Neonates.

Medical School

Maulana Azad Medical College - undefined

Residency

University of Delhi - Pediatric Residency, The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital - Pediatrics Residency

Fellowship

MetroHealth Medical Center - Neonatology Fellowship

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics

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)