Endocrine & Thyroid Specialists

About Endocrine & Thyroid Specialists

What is Endocrine & Thyroid Specialists?

Endocrine & Thyroid Specialists is an endocrinology practice with offices in Bossier City and Shreveport, Louisiana, and it is affiliated with Willis Knighton Health. Its focus is thyroid disease, including thyroid cancer. It also manages pituitary, adrenal and gonadal disorders, osteoporosis, cholesterol disorders and diabetes, and it offers insulin pump management and continuous glucose monitoring.

Hormone therapy is one part of that work. Dr. Dakota J. Boston, MD, describes treating low testosterone in men and estrogen replacement in post-menopausal women, alongside obesity, diabetes and thyroid disease. Dr. Melissa Albritton, MD, specializes in hormone irregularities. The practice does not name the medications it uses for hormone therapy, and it does not name a weight loss program or GLP-1 medication.

The physicians are Dr. Melissa Albritton, MD, Dr. Dakota J. Boston, MD, Dr. Laura E. Kimball-Ravari, MD, and Dr. Joshua D. Maier, MD. Heather D. Roan, PA, Sammi R. Smith, NP, Vickey M. Burnett, NP and Collette G. Brown, NP are its physician assistant and nurse practitioners. Dr. Kimball-Ravari began a full-time practice in 2005 at Willis Knighton Bossier. Google reviewers have rated the practice 4.9 from 352 reviews.

This listing is for its Shreveport office at 1811 E Bert Kouns Industrial Loop #480.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices, a consultation fee or membership terms. It does not say whether it accepts insurance, and it does not say whether a fee would include medication, lab work or follow-up visits. It also does not say whether it offers cash pay, HSA or financing options, or whether telehealth visits are available.

Before you book, ask what a first visit costs, what each follow-up costs and whether lab work is billed separately.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who signs your prescription. Several people see patients here, so ask which physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner will manage your hormone care and write your prescriptions.

Ask which medication would be prescribed, and whether it is a brand-name product or a compounded one. Since the practice does not name its medications, this is the question to settle first. If you are considering a weight loss medication, ask whether the practice offers that treatment at all.

Ask whether the monthly fee, if there is one, includes the medication. Ask how cancellation works and whether you would be bound by a contract.

Ask which office handles hormone therapy. It does not say whether hormone therapy patients are seen at the Shreveport office or only in Bossier City.

Ask about after-hours care too. In its own words: "After office hours, our answering service will contact the physician on call." Ask how new patients reach a physician in an urgent situation.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you have a diabetes, thyroid, bone, adrenal or pituitary condition, or you need hormone therapy from a practice with several physicians and a named prescriber, and you want answers on cost and medication before you book. It is less of a fit if you came for a weight loss program or a membership, since it names neither.

Sources: wkendocrinespecialists.com, wkendocrinespecialists.com/providers/dr-dakota-j-boston-md, wkendocrinespecialists.com/services-and-treatments, wkendocrinespecialists.com/providers, wkendocrinespecialists.com/contact-us, wkendocrinespecialists.com/providers/dr-laura-kimball-ravari-md

Services Offered

Hours

Our office is staffed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.