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Lora Kahn, MD

Neurosurgery
Accepting New Patients
Lora Kahn, MD
4.9 of 5 Stars
Based on 31 Patient Verified Ratings
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Lora Kahn, MD

Neurosurgery
Accepting New Patients
Primary Location
1514 Jefferson Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70121

Biography

Dr. Lora Kahn is a board-certified, fellowship-trained stereotactic and functional neurosurgeon. She realized her passion for helping patients with neuroscientific disease in high school, which inspired her to work for Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric Kandel in college and complete a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship under his mentorship during medical school. In 2012, Dr. Kahn moved to New Orleans to complete her residency at Tulane University School of Medicine and Ochsner Health, where she enjoyed comprehensive training in all aspects of neurosurgery. She specializes in surgical treatments for epilepsy including cranial robotics and minimally invasive therapies; deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for Parkinsons disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder; and other neuromodulatory techniques, including spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal drug-delivery pumps. Dr. Kahn has been on staff at Ochsner Health since 2019. Her research interests include electrophysiologic correlations of epilepsy and movement disorders in sleep states, safe application of neuromodulation for treatment of debilitating psychiatric disease, and improving functional neurosurgery health literacy through 3D modeling. She is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Women in Neurosurgery, and the Louisiana Neurosurgical Society. She also serves as a reviewer for Acta Neurochirurgica.

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Education and Training

Medical School

University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
Field of Study: Medicine

Residency

Tulane University School of Medicine - GME
Field of Study: Neurosurgery

Fellowship

University of Colorado
Field of Study: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Certifications

  • American Board of Neurological Surgery - Neurosurgery

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Ochsner Patient Verified Reviews

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.

November 2023

Explanations as to what the upcoming experience was to be expected. Thoughtful as to what the options might be.

September 2023

Excellent.