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Octavio De Jesus Arevalo Espejo, MD

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Neuroradiology

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
Get Directions

General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Neuroradiology
Dr. Arevalo completed both his medical degree (2009) and Diagnostic Radiology residency (2015) at the National University of Colombia in Bogota. He then moved to the U.S. where he completed fellowships in Neuroradiology, Oncological Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Imaging, and Research at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. He moved to Shreveport with his wife, Carolina, and two children and joined our faculty in July 2021.Dr. Arevalo’s areas of specialty are Advanced Brain Tumor Imaging (ABTI), MR Spectroscopy, MR Perfusion Weighted Imaging, Functional MRI, Head and Neck Imaging and Vessel Wall Imaging. His also has a special interest in resident and medical student teaching.His research interests include imaging biomarkers of clinically significant molecular alterations in primary and secondary brain neoplasms. He has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, written several book chapters, and presented widely at scientific meetings.

Medical School

National University of Colombia - Doctor of Medicine

Residency

National University of Colombia - Diagnostic Radiology

Fellowship

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Oncological Neuroradiology and Head & Neck Imaging Fellowship, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging Neuroradiology Fellowship, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Advanced Neuroradiology Felloship

Certifications

American Board of Radiology - Radiology

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)