Karroll Payne, MD
Karroll Payne, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist offering comprehensive health care for women in and around Lafayette, Louisiana, in the New Orleans area. She is also recognized as an American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellow and a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Payne’s clinical expertise includes preventive and pediatric gynecology, menopause, hormone therapy, abnormal Pap smears, abnormal bleeding, cancer screening, infertility evaluation and treatment, up-to-date birth control options, and cosmetic gynecology. She is also extremely well-versed in the most minimally invasive gynecological surgery options. A Louisiana native, Dr. Payne earned her Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She then completed a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She went on to earn her medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky, after which she completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Christina Care Hospital in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Payne practiced successfully in Atlanta, Georgia, for nearly 20 years before deciding to move back home to Louisiana to raise her family. Today, when she’s not providing personalized, culturally competent care, she enjoys spending time with her three children and husband.