Korak Sarkar, MD
Dr. Korak Sarkar (left) completed his undergraduate education at the Johns Hopkins University where he studied applied mathematics, biomedical engineering, and neurosciences. He earned a doctor of medicine degree from the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Sarkar completed a neurology residency at the University of California at Davis in Sacramento, CA, followed by the completion of a brain injury medicine fellowship at Northwestern University and the Shirley Ability Institute (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). Dr. Sarkar is double boarded in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and brain injury medicine by the American Board of Medical Specialties. He joined the Ochsner Neurosciences Institute in 2015. His research on traumatic brain injury has been published in peer-reviewed journals and has been awarded the American Academy of Neurology Founder’s Award in Translational Research. He serves as one of Ochsner's associate chief medical informatics officers with a focus on the informatics of neuroscience and imaging. He founded and currently serves as the clinical director of Ochsner's medical 3D lab and contributes to Ochsner's efforts to innovate advanced visualization using 3D printing and medical extended reality. He also serves on the American Academy of Neurology Health Policy subcommittee where he advocates for the needs of neurological patients and providers.
Dennis Sonnier, MD
Dr. Dennis Sonnier (right) is a Louisiana native. He graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in zoology in 2001 and received his medical degree in 2007 from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his internship and general surgery residency at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio. He completed his fellowship in abdominal transplant surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2016. Dr. Sonnier is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery. He has been on staff at Ochsner since 2016. Dr. Sonnier performs liver transplants, kidney transplants, and pancreas transplants. He has a special clinical interest in surgical education and is the Surgical Clerkship Director. He has worked with the Ochsner medical 3D lab on numerous virtual reality, 3D imaging, and 3D printing projects.