Susan M. Bankston, MD, FAAP

Dr. Susan M. Bankston is a living example of how to balance a professional career with a personal life and involvement in the community. As a native of Baton Rouge where she spent her childhood and teen years, she has fully embraced all that Baton Rouge is and has to offer to those choosing to call the capital city their home. Earning her B.S. in Zoology from LSU in 1984, she embraced her love of children and their healthcare and went on to earn her M.D. from the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport in 1988. She performed an internship in Pediatrics at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge from 1988-1989 and then performed her residency in Pediatrics at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shrev