Austin Lash, MD, is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. After graduating with highest honors from Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Biology and a minor in Chemistry, he returned home to complete medical school at Louisiana State University Medical Center. Dr. Lash served his intern year at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Austin Texas where he met and married his wife before returning to Shreveport to complete a residency in Ophthalmology.