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Venkat Banda, MD, FACP

Venkat Banda, MD, FACP

Chief Academic Officer & Designated Institutional Official

Dr. Venkat Banda completed his Internal Medicine residency at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Banda is board certified in internal medicine and hospital medicine. He holds the appointments of Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine for Tulane University School of Medicine and serves as Designated Institutional Official and Chief Academic Officer for Baton Rouge General.

Chad Kaplan, MD

Chad Kaplan, MD

Internal Medicine Clerkship Director

Dr. Chad Kaplan, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida, and his Medical degree from St. George’s University in True Blue, Grenada. Dr. Kaplan completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Baton Rouge General Medical Center in 2022, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Kaplan is licensed to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana and the state of Florida, and joined The Baton Rouge Clinic’s Hospital Medicine Group in August of 2022.

Everett Bonner, Jr., MD, FACS, FSSO

Everett Bonner, Jr., MD, FACS, FSSO

General Surgery Clerkship Director

Originally from New Orleans, Dr. Bonner received his B.S. from LSU in 1992 and later earned his M.D. from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, graduating in 2002. He then left Louisiana to complete his Surgery residency at Mercer University School of Medicine in Savannah, Georgia. After finishing his residency in 2007, he pursued a fellowship in Surgical Breast Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, completing it in 2008 before returning to join The Baton Rouge Clinic.

Dr. Bonner is licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana. He is a Fellow of the Society of Surgical Oncology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a Member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. He has also served on the Executive Board of the Baton Rouge Clinic and the Board of Trustees of the Baton Rouge General Medical Center. Additionally, he chairs the Breast Committee of the Baton Rouge General and serves as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tulane School of Medicine, American University of the Caribbean, and St. George’s University. Dr. Bonner is also the first physician in the Greater Baton Rouge area to perform the Hidden Scar™ advanced approach to breast cancer surgery.

A retired Lieutenant Colonel with the Louisiana Army National Guard, Dr. Bonner is a veteran of the Iraq War, where he served as a combat surgeon. He resides in Baton Rouge with his wife and their three children.

Lauren Luce, MD

Lauren Luce, MD

Psychiatry Clerkship Director

Dr. Lauren Luce, a native of St. Amant, Louisiana, received her Bachelor’s Degree from Louisiana State University in 2012 and her Medical Degree from the LSU Health and Sciences Center in New Orleans in 2016. She completed her residency in Psychiatry at the LSU-Our Lady of the Lake Psychiatry program in Baton Rouge in 2020. Dr. Luce is licensed to practice in Louisiana and joined the Baton Rouge Clinic in August of 2019. She is a member of the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, and the Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association. Dr. Luce was awarded the Academic Excellence Award in 2017, 2019, and 2020, for making the top score on the annual Psychiatry resident “in-service” exam. In 2020, she received the Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association Excellence in Psychiatry Award. Dr. Luce’s professional areas of interest include psychotic disorders, treatment-resistant mood disorders, reducing mental health stigma, and the relationship between psychiatric illness and physical health.

Ubaid Abbasi, MD

Ubaid Abbasi, MD

Family Medicine Clerkship Director

Dr. Ubaid Abbasi migrated from Pakistan at the age of seven. He grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana where he graduated from McNeese State University obtaining his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences. He furthered his education and earned his doctorate degree from Saba University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in family medicine from Baton Rouge General Family Medicine Residency Program during which he served as a Chief Resident and was awarded the Gerald R. Gehringer Award for his outstanding leadership and scholarly accomplishments.