- Dr. Alan B Richards, MD
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Dr. Alan B Richards, MD
Ophthalmology - Louisiana, Shreveport
Overview
Dr. Alan B Richards, MD works in Shreveport, Louisiana is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Baylor University Med Center in 1976. Dr. Richards is affiliated with CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System, LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport and practicing for 48 years
Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Conditions
• Acute Rheumatic Fever• Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Blepharitis
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chronic Infections
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Diverticulitis
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• Extra-Articular Fracture
• Eye Muscle Disorders
• Feeding Assessment
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Fibrocystic Breast Disease
• Hepatitis A
• Heroin Dependence
• Influenza (Flu)
• Inner Ear Repair
• Kidney Cryosurgery
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Lymphocytosis
• Magnesium Deficiency
• Metastatic Tumors (Brain)
• Negative Rheumatoid Factor Polyarthritis
• Nickel Contact Allergy
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Surgery
• Ocular Prosthetics
• Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
• Rectovaginal Repair
• Robotic Heller Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia
• Sandplay Therapy
• Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
• Thrombolysis
• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Tomosynthesis-Guided Breast Biopsy
• Tonsillectomy
• Transarterial Chemoembolization
• Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
• Transduodenal Sphincteroplasty
• Vaginal Candidiasis
• White Coat Hypertension
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Procedures
• Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens• Blepharitis
• Blindness
• Blocked Tear Duct
• Cataract
• Chalazion
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Corneal Abrasion or Laceration
• Corneal Ulcer
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
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• Diplopia
• Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
• Duane Retraction Syndrome
• Esophoria
• Esotropia
• Exophoria
• Exotropia
• Extraocular Muscle Surgery
• Eye Disorders
• Eye Examination
• Eye Infections
• Eye Muscle Disorders
• Eye Procedure
• Eye Strain
• Eye Surgery
• Foreign Body in Eye
• Glaucoma
• Graves' Disease
• Headache
• Herpetic Keratitis
• Heterophoria
• Hypertropia
• Keratitis
• Lazy Eye
• Marfan Syndrome
• Migraine
• Nearsightedness
• Nystagmus
• Parasitic Endophthalmitis
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Progressive High Myopia
• Ptosis (Eyelids) Surgery
• Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear
• Still's Disease
• Tear Duct Disorders
• Tear Duct Surgery
• Visual Field Defects
• Vitreous Hemorrhage
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
Years Since Graduation
- 48
State License
- Louisiana
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Baylor University Med Center
Year completed: 1976
Year completed: 1976
Residency Hospital
Eye Fdn Hospital University Ala
Birmingham, AL, USA
Year completed: 1979
Birmingham, AL, USA
Year completed: 1979
Medical School
University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At Dallas
Dallas, TX, United States
Graduated: 1975
Dallas, TX, United States
Graduated: 1975
Fellowship Hospital
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Year completed: 1980
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Year completed: 1980
Awards
1 AA Oph
2 AAOPH
3 AAPOS
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Office Locations
Primary location
Pediatric Eye Specialists
1400 East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop
Louisiana (LA)
Shreveport
71105
Phone:(318) 222-8402
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Pediatric Eye Specialists, 1400 East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Shreveport, Louisiana (LA), 71105
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
- BlueConnect HMO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System
1 Saint Mary Place
Louisiana LA,
Shreveport,
71101
CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System is a non-profit hospital located in Shreveport, LA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 13 of 13 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 11 of 13 procedures.
LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport
1501 Kings Highway
Louisiana LA,
Shreveport,
71130
LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport is a State owned hospital located in Shreveport, LA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 2 of 5 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 1 of 5 procedures.
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