Doctor's Profile

Dr. James Ingram is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1964. He attended Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and did his internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. Dr. Ingram completed the LSU general surgery residency at Charity Hospital in New Orleans in 1974 and became board certified in general surgery. After serving four years on active duty as an Air Force surgeon he furthered his education by performing a fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, finishing in 1979. He subsequently became board certified in vascular surgery. He also later achieved certification as a Registered Vascular Technologist/Ultrasonographer. When the American Board of Phlebology first established formal board certification in this new specialty of venous disease, Dr. Ingram was among the initial group of physicians to pass the board examination and attain certification. He was one of only three in the state of Louisiana to become a Board Certified Phlebologist.

Dr. Ingram retired as a full Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. His last assignment was Commander of the 433d Contingency Hospital at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas.

He is a member of the following professional associations:

  • Surgical Association of Louisiana (President, 1998)
  • Gulf Coast Vascular Society (Advisory Board, 1988-94)
  • Cohn-Rives Surgical Society, LSU (President, 2006)
  • Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
  • Society for Vascular Surgery
  • Southern Society of Clinical Surgeons
  • American College of Phlebology
  • Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Louisiana State and Lafayette Parish Medical Societies
  • Society for Vascular Ultrasound

Dr. Ingram is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the LSU School of Medicine. He has appointments on the staffs of the following hospitals:

  • Lafayette General Medical Center (Chairman, Dept. of Surgery, 1983-85)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Lafayette
  • Park Place Surgery Center Hospital, Lafayette
  • Heart Hospital of Lafayette
  • Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital, Baton Rouge

Dr. Ingram is active in the local community:

  • Lafayette Regional Airport Commission 1990-95 (Chairman, 1994)
  • Board of Trustees, Lafayette General Medical Center, 1992-99
  • Member, Leadership Lafayette, 1992
  • Board of Directors, Emergency Medical Services Council of Acadiana, 1994-99