Biography
Dr. Charles Leithead is a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences with a minor in French at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He completed an Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Leithead treats a wide variety of vascular conditions including aneurysms, carotid artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, DVT (blood clots), spider veins and varicose veins with both open surgery and minimally invasive procedures. He is the Medical Director of The Ochsner Vein Clinic. He has both a clinical and research interest in limb salvage. Dr. Leithead was awarded his Physician in Vascular Interpretation certification by the Alliance for Certification and Advancement.
During his residency, he received the William D. Jordan, Jr. Award of Excellence and Integrity. Dr. Leithead was awarded the Ochsner Medical School Teaching Excellence Award for the Department of Surgery. Dr. Leithead was also a nominee for Teacher of the Year. He was one of four finalists for the Ochsner Health System Physician of the Year.
Dr. Leithead loves being a vascular surgeon because he has a passion for vascular surgery and treating patients from head to toe. He enjoys individualizing each patient's care, assuring they receive the best treatment for their particular need, with or without a surgical intervention. It brings joy to Dr. Leithead to improve his patients' quality of life and to always be there for his patients. Dr. Leithead treats his patients like family.
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Education and Training
Medical School
LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Residency
University of Alabama at Birmingham - GME
Field of Study: Vascular Surgery
Certifications
- American Board of Surgery - Surgery
- American Board of Surgery - Vascular Surgery
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To obtain patient ratings and comments, we partner with Press Ganey, an independent patient satisfaction company that works with more than 26,000 healthcare organizations to improve the patient experience. These patient verified ratings are based on the “likelihood to recommend” physician scores on the nationally developed Medical Practice Survey. Actual top box results for this question are translated to a 1-5 scale, and the star scores are measured on that scale, with 5 being the best score.
Dr. Leithead is an excellent doctor and has much compassion and concern for me as his patient. Recently I was concerned about some information on a CAT SCAN and Dr Leithead called me twice to address my concerns along with wishing me happy birthday. It's the little things that make a big difference and I'm so appreciative.
Very good!! Really Nice DR.
All was great!
Dr. Liehead really care about me.
Dr. Leithead is just the best.
Great!
Everyone was excellent.
Always explain details about procedures
Excellent!
I have recommended this doctor to my family and friends. My expectations were exceeded.
Very impressed with the experience!
Dr. Answered all of my questions and explained my options moving forward very thoroughly.
Very good
Overall great experience, the doctor was very patient with my 88 year old mother, answered the questions she asked. She likes him a lot, she feels that he was genuinely concerned about her.
Excellent
Outstanding
Very good experience
The Doctor cannot be topped. He listened. He was intuitive. He gave suggestions. He interpreted tests. He comforted this patient who had not slept very well in weeks.
I have already recommended Dr. Leithead to 3 other people.
Dr. Leithead and his team, again are absolutely fantastic.
Care with clear explanation
Great bedside manner and conversation was clear and concerned.
Good
Good