Dr. Laura E. Kimball-Ravari, MD

Education

College

University of Houston
Bachelor of Science, Biology 1993
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, 1994

Medical School

American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
St. Maarten, Netherland Antilles, October 1999
Honorary Masters of Science Degree in Medical Sciences
American University of the Caribbean, School of Graduate Studies

Residency

Louisiana State University Health Science Center
School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA 2000-2005
Internship, Department of Internal Medicine
Residency, Department of Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Louisiana State University Health Science Center
School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA 2003-2005
Department of Endocrinology

Board Certifications by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons

Endocrinology and Metabolism
Internal Medicine

Endocrinology Leader

Fellow, American College of Endocrinology
Past Chairman, Committee for Glucose Management in the ICU Setting

Physician Leader

Medical Director of Endocrine and Thyroid Specialists, Bossier City, LA

Awards

SB Magazine: Top Doctor Award - voted Top Doctor in Shreveport/Bossier City, LA 2008-2015 Alpha Omega Alpha Joseph E. Loewenstein House Officer Teaching Award
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Member

Dr. Laura Kimball-Ravari began a full time practice in 2005 at Willis-Knighton Bossier practicing general endocrinology with a focus on thyroid, pituitary and adrenal diseases. She has a special interest in thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. She is also a clinical instructor at LSUHSC, Shreveport, in the Department of Endocrinology.

She is a current member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology, The Endocrine Society, American Medical Association, Louisiana State Medical Association and Shreveport Medical Association.

Dr. Laura Kimball-Ravari has been inducted by The American College of Endocrinology (ACE), the educational and scientific arm of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), as a Fellow during the 2015 AACE Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress.

Designation as a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE) means an endocrinologist has achieved a level of training and experience consistent with the high standards established and adopted by the clinical endocrinology specialty.

Dr. Kimball-Ravari and her husband, Sia, are the proud parents of two sons, Aryan and Arman.