Smita Prasad, M.D., MBA, MPH, FASAM

Dr. Prasad is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. She completed her residency training at the Baton Rouge General Family Medicine Residency Program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2016 & fellowship training at the Tulane Addiction Medicine Program in New Orleans. She was the second fellow to complete the program and is currently serving as faculty with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Addiction Medicine. She is the Medical Director of the Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority Board. She serves as the President of the Louisiana Society of Addiction Medicine and as the Medical Director of the Substance Use Disorder Louisiana Programs at Longbranch. She provides outpatient addiction medicine services at the Tulane Addiction Medicine Clinic in New Orleans. She volunteers as a Board member with a non-profit, Unbranded, which raises funds & provides tattoo removal services for victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. She is also actively involved with the Louisiana State Medical Society and serves as the LASAM delegate in the LSMS House of Delegates as well as a LSMS AMA alternate delegate. Dr. Prasad was recently recognized as a New Orleans CityBusiness 2024 Health Care Hero. She lives with her husband, three young daughters, and five dogs in Springfield, Louisiana.