Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, Dr. Tingle has practiced as a Hospitalist for CHRISTUS Health at their Louisiana hospitals in Lake Charles, Shreveport and Alexandria for over two years. 

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology from Louisiana State University in Shreveport. He then studied at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom where he earned a Diploma of Higher Education with Commendation in Medical Sciences, before receiving his Medical Degree from St. George’s University Medical School in Greneda. Dr. Tingle completed clerkships in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Ob-Gyn and Neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, before returning to LSU Health in Shreveport for his Internal Medicine Residency.

Dr. Tingle is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a member of the American College of Physicians and American College of Gastroenterolgy.