Faculty – Full-time
Alan L. LeBato, MD is Director of the Residency Program since 1997 and a graduate of Louisiana State University Medical School in Shreveport. He completed his residency at W.O. Moss Regional Hospital where he served as chief resident during his third year. Since 1986, he has been in private practice encompassing the full spectrum of family medicine including adult, pediatric, obstetrics and gynecology. He is board certified in Family Medicine. He has been a Diplomat and Fellow of the American Board of Family Medicine since 1996. Dr. LeBato is past president of the Calcasieu Parish Medical Society and the West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital Medical Staff. He serves on the Board of Trustees for Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, as well as on the Physician’s Advisory Board. A member of the American Academy of Family Medicine, the Louisiana Academy of Family Medicine, and the Calcasieu Parish Medical Society. He serves on the education and legislative committees for the Louisiana Academy of Family Medicine. He is also a member of the Academy of Family Medicine Residency Directors and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
E. Jay Soileau, MD is the Assistant Director of the Residency Program. He graduated from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and did his residency in Family Medicine at W.O. Moss Regional Hospital. After completing residency he completed a two-year fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Birmingham and University of Alabama School of Medicine at Birmingham. Dr. Soileau is certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in Family Medicine and Adolescent Medicine and by the American Society of Addiction Medicine in Addiction Medicine. His special interests are in disorders of growth, learning problems including ADHD, and mood and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
Bryan G. Barootes, MD graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and completed his residency in Family Medicine at the Vancouver General Hospital (British Columbia) and the Plains Health Center in Regina, Saskatchewan. He is certified in Family Medicine with a diploma in Sports Medicine from the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine. For 14 years he had a private practice in Canada in Sports and Family Medicine before moving to the United States. While in Canada, he was very involved in sports medicine at the local, provincial, national and international levels including eight years as team physician for the Canadian National Women’s Volleyball Team and team physician for the Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club of the Canadian Football League and for the University of Regina. He served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine and was President of the Sports Medicine and Science Council of Canada. Since his move to the United States he has been team physician at Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Physicians. He is a team physician at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana with special interests in sport’s concussions, preventative programs, injury treatment and drug education. 
David DeWitt, D. Min. obtained his Master’s degree in Divinity from the Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky in 1985. He completed his residency in Clinical Pastoral Education at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1990 and went on to graduate with a doctorate in Health Care Ethics form the Graduate Theological Foundation in Donaldson, Indiana in 1997. He completed his Medical Ethics training in Seattle at the University of Washington School of Medicine Certificate Program in Health Care Ethics in 1997. Reverend DeWitt has served as the Director of Pastoral Care at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for the past 15 years. He now serves as a full time faculty member here at the LSUHSC-N.O. Family Medicine Residency Program at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Married to Ellen Benoit in 1984, Dr. & Mrs. DeWitt have four children; Jeanette and Steven who attend McNeese State University and Emily and Katie who attend Sam Houston High School. Dr. & Mrs. DeWitt are fond of Southwest Colorado and often vacation in Durango with their children. They especially enjoy four-wheel drive adventures in the San Juan Mountains, hiking and trout fishing. They also enjoy traveling together. Dr. DeWitt’s hobbies are weight training, cycling and woodworking.
Mark Dawson, MD, MBA is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans, completing a family medicine residency at W.O. Moss Regional Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana and a pediatrics residency at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Dawson is certified by the American Board of Family Practice and the American Board of Pediatrics. He has a Masters of Business Administration from LSU, bringing a business perspective to the Residency Program. Dr. Dawson oversees Pediatrics and Practice Management of the Program.
David L. Dobbins, MD, PhD is a 1980 graduate from the W.O. Moss Regional Hospital Family Practice Residency Program and is board certified in Family Medicine. Dr. Dobbins has been in private practice in Lake Charles for 25 years. His medical interests include teaching family practice, wound care and hyperbaric medicine.
David Heinen, M.D. is a graduate of the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. He completed his residency at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Family Medicine Residency Program at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Acadia Parish Medical Society, Louisiana State Medical Society and the American Medical Society. A native of Southwest Louisiana, Dr. Heinen is currently in private practice in Iota where he resides with his wife, Jackie, and their three daughters. He enjoys fishing, golfing and spending time with his family.
Charles Humphries, MD
Bradley Loewer, M.D. is a graduate of LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, Louisiana. He completed his residency at the LSU Health Sciences Center Family Medicine Residency Program at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital where he served as Chief Resident in his third year. As the Emergency Room Director at W.O. Moss Regional Hospital, Dr. Loewer’s main focus is serving the underprivileged patients in Southwest Louisiana. His interests also include mission medicine. He most recently participated in a three month long medical mission trip to Kenya, Africa in 2006. He is married with four children and enjoys fishing, golfing and is very active in his church.
Keane O’Neal, M.D. graduated near the top of his class from the University of Arkansas College of Medicine in Little Rock, Arkansas. He completed his residency at the LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Family Medicine Residency Program at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital where he served as chief resident in his third year. He is a diplomate of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a member of both the Calcasieu Parish and Louisiana State Medical Societies. Dr. O’Neal is currently in practice at Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic. He and his wife, Denys, reside in Lake Charles and have three children.
Arthur W. Primeaux, MD is a graduate of Louisiana State University Medical School in Shreveport. He completed his residency at the W.O. Moss Regional Family Practice Residency Program and has been in private practice since 1983. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice.
Kenneth Thomas, M.D. is a graduate of LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport and completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jacksonville, Mississippi. He is a member of the American Medical Association and the Southern Medical Association. Dr. Thomas is currently in private practice in Sulphur, Louisiana. He is married with two children and enjoys fishing, reading and spending time with his family.
Patrick Unkel, MD is a graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, and completed a Pediatric Residency at New Orleans Charity Hospital. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Unkel was co-founder and a practicing pediatrician of Children’s Clinic of Southwest Louisiana, Inc. He also served as Coordinator of Pediatrics at W.O. Moss Regional Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana.