Navdeep Singh Samra, MBBS FICS FACS

I am a Tenured Professor of Surgery and Program Director of General Surgery Residency Program at LSU Health Shreveport. I was born in New Delhi, India. I received my medical degree with Salutatorian honors from Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, Punjab, India in 1998. Then I went on to complete a Junior General Surgery Residency from Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India in 2001. I moved to the United States in 2004 and started a General Surgery internship at LSU Health Shreveport in 2006 and graduated the program in 2011. I then completed a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO in 2012 and joined as Assistant Professor of Surgery on a tenure track at LSU Health Shreveport , LA in September 2012. I was inducted as a Faculty Member into Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society in 2013. Membership in the society confers recognition for a physician’s dedication to the profession and the art of healing. I am Board Certified in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. I got promoted to Professor with Tenure with effect from July 1,2022 at LSU Health Shreveport.

Critical Care

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure
• abdominal pain
• adhesion removal
• appendectomy
• feeding tubes
• malrotation
• peptic ulcer disease
• peritonitis
• splenectomy

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

• cellulitis
• decubitus ulcer
• Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures
• skin and soft tissue infections
• skin grafting
• wound infections

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

• anal abscess
• anal tears

Pain

• Management of Acute Pain

Thoracic

• empyema
• pleural effusion
• pneumothorax
• Thoracic

Trauma/Injury Procedures

• abdominal injuries
• blunt trauma
• bronchoscopy
• burns
• cardiac injury
• chest injuries
• cricothyroidotomy
• extremity injury
• foot/leg injury
• intestine injuries
• kidney injury
• liver injury
• liver resection
• lung resections
• neck injuries
• skin grafting
• stomach injuries
• tracheotomy
• vascular injuries
• wound debridement

LSU Health

Shreveport, LA

Attending

09/2012—09/2013

University Hospital

Shreveport, LA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

10/2013—09/2018

Ochsner LSU Health, Shreveport

Shreveport, LA

Trauma & Acute Care Surgeon, Critical Care

10/2018—Present

Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport

Shreveport, LA

Assistant Professor

09/2012—06/2017

Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport

Shreveport, LA

Associate Professor

07/2017—06/2022

Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport

Shreveport, LA

Professor

07/2022—Present