Doctor Hébert was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on November 4, 1969 and was educated in private schools in the Baton Rouge area during his elementary and high school years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia, and earned his Medical Degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.
He is the Chief Executive Officer of Community Health television, which is the parent company and producer of BlackHealthTV.com and LatinoHealthTV.com. He is the on-air Chief Medical Editor for WDSU, the National Broadcasting Company television affiliate New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and for Hearst-Argyle Broadcasting. Doctor Hebert is an On-Air Expert for the Doctor Oz show and www.DoctorOz.com.
He is an Assistant Professor in private practice at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Tulane University where he teaches and sees patients in all populations but focuses on adolescent medicine, Attention Deficit Disorder (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as it relates to Hurricane Katrina"s effect on the people of New Orleans.
He is the Medical Director of the Louisiana Recovery School District which is the largest school district in the state. He is the Medical Director of Dillard University.
Upon graduation he did his internship and residency at Tulane University Medical Center and the famed Charity Hospital of New Orleans. Doctor Hébert was chosen as Chief Resident of Pediatrics in 2000 at Tulane Medical Center which made him the first African American to hold that position in the history of that institution.
He was picked as the "Best Dressed Manitoba in New Orleans" by Saint Charles Avenue magazine.
Doctor Hébert has been featured on countless national broadcasts including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Early Show with Harry Smith on Columbia Broadcasting System, Cable News Network, National Broadcasting Company Nightly News with Brian Williams, The Huffington Post, Good Morning America, The Today show and the National Geographic Channel, Current television, Aljazeera America, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Doctor Nancy and is regularly featured on The Meredith Viera Show and Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company"s The Editor Show. He was featured in the Spike Lee feature film, When the Levees Broke. He hosts a weekly radio show on the Cumulus Broadcasting Network titled Doctor for the People which has an interactive platform for Doctor Hebert to connect with urban communities.
He is a contributor to the Discovery Channel television show, How Stuff Works and a frequent contributor to the Doctor Oz show.
Doctor Hebert is a motivational speaker for many national companies including Chevron, Essence Magazine, charitable organizations and churches throughout the United States. He also testified before the United States Congress on April 28, 2010 on the safety of Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers in a hearing entitled “Public Sales of Hurricane Katrina/Rita Federal Emergency Management Agency Trailers: Are they Safe or Environmental Time Bombs?” In his efforts to protect the citizens of the United States. and the environment, he crusaded to halt the sale of the formaldehyde laden trailers.
Doctor Hebert is licensed to practice medicine in the State of Louisiana by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
