Physicians

Kevin P. DiBenedetto, M.D. 
 
Dr. DiBenedetto is a native of Baton Rouge. Upon graduation from Louisiana Tech University at Ruston, Louisiana, he attended Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, where he received his medical degree. Dr. DiBenedetto completed his residency in Family Practice at Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is board certified by the American Board of Urgent Care Medicine.  Dr. DiBenedetto is a partner in the Lake After Hours/Total Occupational Medicine parent company, Convenient Care, L.L.C. and serves as Chairman of the Board and co-medical director for all clinics. In addition, Dr. DiBenedetto services as the Lab Director for all Lake After Hours facilities.

Graham E. Tujague, M.D.

Dr. Tujague is a Shreveport, Louisiana native. Upon graduation from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Dr. Tujague attended Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, where he received his medical degree. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Tujague is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Urgent Care Medicine and is a certified Medical Review Officer (MRO). As a partner in the Lake After Hours/Total Occupational Medicine parent company, Convenient Care, L.L.C., Dr. Tujague serves as co-medical director. He is also a member of the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine, American Society of Internal Medicine/American College of Physicians, Louisiana State Medical Society, and East Baton Rouge Parish Medical Society.

Gary Brandt, M.D.
 
Dr. Brandt graduated from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans with honors.  He has training in General/Trauma Surgery at LSUMC and over 17 years of Emergency Medicine experience.  Dr. Brandt also served as Medical Director of the Emergency Department and on the Board of Directors at a local area hospital prior to joining the team at Lake After Hours. 

Munir Khalid-Abasi, D.O.

Dr. Khalid-Abasi is a graduate of the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Center in Grand Prairie, Texas. Dr. Khalid-Abasi is a certified Medical Review Officer (MRO) and serves as the medical director for Total Occupational Medicine.  He is currently a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American Osteopathic Association, and the American College of Osteopathic Internist.

Michael Hodgeson, M.D.

Dr. Hodgeson is a native of the Baton Rouge area. Upon graduation from Lee University in Tennessee, Dr. Hodgeson attended East Tennessee State University College of Medicine, where he received his medical degree. He completed his residency at In His Image Family Practice Residency in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Hodgeson is board certified in Family Practice and is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Christian Medical and Dental Association.

Dominick J. Scimeca, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Scimeca is a Louisiana native. Upon graduation from Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, Dr. Scimeca attended Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, where he received his medical degree. He completed his family medicine residency program at Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Scimeca is board certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians and is a certified Medical Review Officer. Dr. Scimeca has memberships with the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Louisiana State Medical Society and East Baton Rouge Parish Medical Society. Dr. Scimeca has been practicing occupational medicine for over 20 years and serves as an occupational medicine consultant to several area chemical plants.

Jocelyn Wood, M.D.

Dr. Jocelyn Wood is originally from Ohio and attended the University of Dayton for her undergraduate education.  She received her medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, Ohio.  Her first year of residency was at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  She then completed her last two years of residency at Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Prior to joining Lake After Hours, she was a medical director/primary care physician at a community health clinic and an urgent care physician in New Orleans.  She is board certified in Family Practice and is a member of the American Medical Association as well as the American Academy of Family Physicians.