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Suren Visvanathan, MD

Hospitalist

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Internal Medicine: Hospitalist

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71103
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Internal Medicine: Hospitalist
Suren Visvanathan, M.D was born and bred in Srilanka, earned his medical degree at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India and completed residency in Internal Medicine at Crozer Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania. He has particular interest in Cardiovasular disease and loves to teach medical students and residents. Dr. Visvanathan is a fitness enthusiast and enjoys outdoor activities and escape rooms in his spare time.Dr. Visvanathan's areas of interest include medical education, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and point of care ultrasounds. He specializes in procedures such as Central Venous Catheters, Hemodialysis Catheters, Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, and Lumbar Puncture.

Medical School

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India

Internship

Crozer Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA

Residency

Crozer Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA

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)