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Lora Kahn, MD

Neurosurgery
Accepting New Patients
Lora Kahn, MD
4.9 of 5 Stars
Based on 33 Patient Verified Ratings
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Lora Kahn, MD

Neurosurgery
Accepting New Patients
Primary Location
1514 Jefferson Hwy
Jefferson, 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

All patient experience ratings and comments are submitted by Ochsner Health patients through post-care surveys. Only surveys administered by Ochsner Health are displayed, and reviews are confidential to ensure privacy. Not all reviews submitted from patients included a comment.

October 2024

Dr. Kahn is very professional and personable.

September 2024

I believe Dr Kahn treated me like family and she was very thorough. Thanks again again.

July 2024

Dr. Kahn was a blessing to find & to talk with. She spoke to us in a manner which made sense to us, she gave us options & examples. We left knowing we made the right decision going to her.

July 2024

I felt heard and respected.