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Qiang Cai, MD, PhD

Chief of Gastroenterology

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Gastroenterology Associates
1801 Fairfield Ave.
Suite 305
Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
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Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Gastroenterology

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Gastroenterology Associates
1801 Fairfield Ave.
Suite 305
Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
Get Directions

General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Gastroenterology
Qiang Cai, M.D., Ph.D, is the director of Gastroenterology at LSU Health Shreveport and Chief of Gastroenterology at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. Dr Cai received his bachelor’s degree from Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, Jiangxi, PR China and master’s degree from Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, PR China. He pursued his Ph.D. at Cornell University. Dr. Cai performed his residency in Internal Medicine at Saint Joseph's Hospital, University of Wisconsin prior to engaging in his Fellowship in the Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine. He remained at Emory University rising to the rank of Full Professor.Dr. Cai offers focused and unique expertise in Gastric Pre-Oral Endoscopic Pyloromyotomy (G-POEM) for refractory gastroparesis, Pre-Oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for patients with achalasia, diffuse esophageal spasm, GE junction outlet obstruction etc. He also performs additional procedures including Endoscopic mucosal resection, Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (for early gastrointestinal cancers), Single & Double Balloon Enteroscopy, Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection, Sumucosal Tunnel Endoscopic Resection, Endoscopic Diversiculotomy for Zenker’s Diverticulum, ERCP and EUS.

Medical School

Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, Jiangxi, PR China and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, PR China

Residency

Internal Medicine at Saint Joseph's Hospital, University of Wisconsin

Fellowship

Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine

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)