Dr. Emery Minnard, MD, Surgical Oncologist
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Dr. Emery Minnard, MD

Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology

4/5(39)
120 Meadowcrest Street Suite 450 Gretna LA, 70056
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4/5

About

Dr. Emery Minnard is a surgical oncologist practicing in Gretna, LA. Dr. Minnard specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions

Education and Training

Meharry Medical College 1988

Provider Details

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Treatments

  • Liver Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Colon Cancer
  • Stomach Cancer
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Pain
  • Hernia
  • Goiter
  • Aerolase® Technologies

Dr. Emery Minnard, MD's Practice location

Practice At 120 Meadowcrest Street Suite 450

120 Meadowcrest Street Suite 450 -
Gretna, LA 70056
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New patients: 504-391-7660, 504-391-7660
Fax: 504-393-2407

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Patient Experience with Dr. Minnard


4.0

Based on 39 reviews

Dr. Emery Minnard, MD has a rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 39 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Surgical Oncologist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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Get to know Surgical Oncologist Dr. Emery Minnard, who serves patients in Gretna and Marrero, Louisiana.

Dr. Minnard is a board-certified and fellowship-trained surgical oncologist with a special expertise in hepatobiliary surgery. In practice since 1998, he tends to patients at Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank & West Jefferson Medical Center.

Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank is a 180-bed general medical and surgical acute care facility, located on the mighty Mississippi River in Gretna, Louisiana. The Center offers comprehensive medical services provided by a multidisciplinary team, including more than 500 board-certified or board-eligible physicians, a highly-trained nursing staff, and other skilled allied-health professionals.

As a 419-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Marrero, West Jefferson Medical Center is staffed with over 450 physicians practicing in over 50 specialties. Its mission is to provide quality care in a comforting and cost-effective manner.

Following the completion of his undergraduate degree at Xavier University in New Orleans, Dr. Minnard went on to obtain his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his residency in general surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, followed by his fellowship in surgical oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. 

A member of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the doctor is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery, which is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge. He is also an Adjunct Instructor of Surgery at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.

Surgical oncology is the branch of surgery applied to oncology. It focuses on the surgical management of tumors, especially cancerous tumors. A surgical oncologist removes the tumor and nearby tissue during surgery. He or she also performs certain types of biopsies to help diagnose cancer.

Nearest Hospitals

WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTERl

1101 MEDICAL CENTER BLVD MARRERO LA 70072

Head south 189 ft
Turn left 109 ft
Turn left onto Meadowcrest Street 585 ft
Go straight onto Belle Chasse Highway (LA 23) 2.1 mi
Continue straight onto Lafayette Street (LA 23) 2069 ft
Turn left onto Westbank Expressway 99 ft
Take the ramp on the left towards US 90 Business West 1201 ft
Merge left onto US 90 Business 2.1 mi
Take the ramp on the right towards LA 45: Barataria Blvd 1222 ft
Go straight onto Westbank Expressway 250 ft
Turn left onto Medical Center Boulevard 244 ft
Turn left onto Westbank Expressway 893 ft
Turn right onto Avenue B 1429 ft
Turn right 353 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the right

5.9 miSee direction

ST CHARLES SURGICAL HOSPITAL LLCl

1717 ST CHARLES AVE NEW ORLEANS LA 70130

Head south 189 ft
Turn left 109 ft
Turn left onto Meadowcrest Street 585 ft
Go straight onto Belle Chasse Highway (LA 23) 2.1 mi
Continue straight onto Lafayette Street (LA 23) 1774 ft
Turn right onto Westbank Expressway (LA 23) 94 ft
Take the ramp on the left towards US 90 Business East 1214 ft
Merge left onto US 90 Business 4.3 mi
Take the ramp on the right 1204 ft
Keep right at the fork 211 ft
Make a slight right onto Howard Avenue 1021 ft
Enter Lee Circle and take the 1st exit onto Saint Charles Avenue 2698 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the right

8.2 miSee direction

TOURO INFIRMARYl

1401 FOUCHER STREET NEW ORLEANS LA 70115

Head south 189 ft
Turn left 109 ft
Turn left onto Meadowcrest Street 585 ft
Go straight onto Belle Chasse Highway (LA 23) 2.1 mi
Continue straight onto Lafayette Street (LA 23) 1774 ft
Turn right onto Westbank Expressway (LA 23) 94 ft
Take the ramp on the left towards US 90 Business East 1214 ft
Merge left onto US 90 Business 4.3 mi
Take the ramp on the right 1204 ft
Keep right at the fork 211 ft
Make a slight right onto Howard Avenue 1021 ft
Enter Lee Circle and take the 1st exit onto Saint Charles Avenue 1.7 mi
Turn left onto Delachaise Street 806 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the right

9.5 miSee direction