Carl
Culicchia, MD

Dr. Culicchia started his neurological and neurosurgical practice when the West Bank of the Mississippi River was just a sleepy suburb.

Early on, the clinic included both neurosurgeons and medical neurologists and was the primary source of neurosurgical care for about 250,000 people. Always the pioneer, Dr. Culicchia was instrumental in establishing two hospitals and the first MRI laboratory on the West Bank.

Retirement has allowed Dr. Culicchia more time to evaluate the way our healthcare system works today. He feels strongly that a free market system which discloses performance criteria and price would go a long way toward improving the way health care is delivered.

He received the Louisiana State Neurosurgical Society’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.