Dr. Laborde, a Louisiana native, earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from LSU School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and a fellowship in Hand Surgery at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Laborde serves as a Clinical Instructor in Surgery for the LSU Department of Surgery and is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of Lafayette Parish Medical Society, Louisiana State Medical Society, Surgical Association of Louisiana, James D. Rives Surgical Society, Southeastern Surgical Congress and has published research papers.