St. Luke's Medical Group
Diane M. Hood, M.D.
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About
Diane Hood, MD, is a primary care physician at Internal Medicine of St. Luke’s. Dr. Hood received her medical degree from University of Missouri - Kansas City, completed her residency at Saint Louis University Hospital and is board-certified in internal medicine.
A member of the St. Luke’s Medical Group, Dr. Hood enjoys seeing patients 16 and older in her practice on the west St. Luke’s campus.
Her clinical interests include preventative medicine and ongoing management of chronic health problems such as hypertension, obesity management, diabetes, smoking cessation, cryotherapy and hypertension. Dr. Hood also provides a variety of cosmetic procedures including Botox and JUVEDERM.
Dr. Hood is focused on working with her office team to create a patient-focused approach that includes providing additional services within her practice for the convenience of her patients.
A St. Louis native, Dr. Hood loves living in the area with her husband and four sons.
In-house procedures:
- Skin procedures
- Shave biopsies
- Cryotherapy
- Punch biopsies
- I & D
- Cyst excision
- Foreign body removal
- Skin tag removal
- Simple wound closure
- Botox for chronic migraines, hyperhidrosis, & cosmetic
- JUVEDERM, Voluma
What do these procedures treat?
- Actinic keratosis
- Inflamed seborrheic keratosis
- Solar lentigos that may be concerning
- Congenital nevi
- Concerning/new/changing nevi
- Molluscum
- Warts
- Rashes of unknown origin that you want a biopsy of
- Lacerations
- Abscess
- Keloids
- Skin tags
- Foreign body, whether object or insect
- Hyperhidrosis of axilla, feet, hands
- Wrinkles, crevices
Foot care:
- Debridement
- Trimming
- Debulking
What do these procedures treat?
- Mycotic nails
- Dystrophic nails
- Corns, Calluses
Joint injections: All joints (excluding hips and spine)
- Spirometry
- Audiometry screening
- Vision screening
- EKGs
- UAs
- UCGs
- Nebs
- a1c (non-Medicare patients)
- Vaccines
- Rapid strep
- Rapid flu
- Ear lavage
- Glucose level
- Peak flow meter
- IM injection steroids
- Staple removal
- Suture removal
Gender
- Female
Affiliations
- St. Luke's Hospital
- St. Luke's Medical Group
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal imaging
- Abdominal imaging, thoracic injuries
- Abdominal intervention
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal radiology
- Abdominal surgery
- Abdominal surgery, minimally invasive
- Abdominal transplantation
- Abnormal bleeding
- Abnormal liver function tests
- Abnormalities of Vitamin D
- Abscess drainage
Education & Training
- Medical Education
- University of Missouri Kansas City
- Residency
- SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital
Insurances Accepted
Please call the office(s) to verify your insurance is accepted.
- Humana (Medicare)
- RR Medicare
- Cigna
- Ambetter
- CHHS - Ambetter
- Medicare
- Medicare SLMG
- Essence
- CHHS - WellCare
- WellCare
- Oscar
- Allwell