With more than 20 years experience in the field of anesthesia and pain management Dr. Mark Shoptaugh practices in Baton Rouge, LA, as well as here in Highlands. A native of Louisiana, he graduated of the Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans and completed his internship in internal medicine at LSU affiliated hospitals in 1985. His residency in anesthesiology was performed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

In addition to being a full member of the Medical Staff here, Dr. Shoptaugh is also on the medical staff of Our Lady of the Lakes Medical Center in Baton Rouge, and the staff of the Surgical Specialty Center, where he is Director of Pain Medicine. He has served in the past as medical director of that center, as well as chief of anesthesia at Baton Rouge General Medical Center, and as medical director of the Surgicenter of Baton Rouge.

A member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Society of Interventional Pain Practice,  Dr. Shoptaugh is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both anesthesiology and the subspecialty of pain medicine.

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