Dr. NorwoodWilliam L. Norwood, M.D.


Dr William Norwood chairs the Medical Advisory Board for HealthLinkRx Institute and provides leadership and strategic direction for course development within HealthLinkRx Institute. 

 


  • Certified by the American Board of Surgery
  • Member Surgeon of:
    - American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
    - Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
    - Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
  • Designated as an ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence
  • Co-founder and a director of the The Advanced Laparoscopic Fellowship Program, which was established in 1995
    Willis Knighton Medical Center / Louisiana State University HSC
  • Served as Chief of Staff and Chief of Surgery at both Doctors' Hospital and Willis Knighton Medical Center
  • Specialty: Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric surgery

Education and Training

  • Premedical – University of Arkansas Undergraduate School
    Fayetteville, AR
  • Medical – University of Arkansas Medical School
    Little Rock, AR
  • Internship – Confederate Memorial Medical Center
    Shreveport, LA
  • Residency – Confederate Memorial Medical Center
    Shreveport, LA
  • Military - Lt. Commander United States Navy 1971 – 1973

Surgical Experience
Dr. Norwood has been in practice as a general surgeon for 35 years. He has performed approximately 12,000 laparoscopic operations and 1,044 Bariatric (weight loss) operations including vertical banded gastroplasty and Lap-Band procedures.