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Season of the Boucherie
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By errol laborde
Colonel is at ease in his Baton Rouge home.
10 Barometer
By bonnie warren
A compendium of what’s hot and what’s not
30 Art
by Carolyn Kolb
Sacred Light
12 Rural Life
Photographer A.J. Meek embraces the South.
Married to a “Farm Boy”
By john r. kemp
An anniversary
18
By melissa bienvenu
14 Biz Bits Business news from around the state By kathy finn
16 Health
34 Traveler A Holiday Trail of Lights Christmas around the state By paul f. stahls jr.
106 Lifetimes Our statewide calendar of events By alex gecan
Medical news in Louisiana By eve kidd crawford
18 Great Louisiana Chefs Holly Goetting
110 Quirky Places Bayou Segnette Among state parks, it’s one of the best. By barry zander
Executive chef of Charley G’s
20 Traveling Gourmet Oyster dressing for the holidays
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46 Game-Changers in Medicine Louisiana hospitals and doctors raise the bar in research, diagnostics and treatment.
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Season of the Boucherie To most of the rest of the world, pigskin is that object tossed and kicked about during football games. That’s true in Louisiana, too, but the term has another meaning, also associated with the fall and winter, for that is the season of the boucherie. Many churches and schools in French Louisiana are endowed by money from their fairs. On Sunday mornings, lines form to purchase the roast pig dinners made from the carcasses that glowed on vertical pits the night before. Among the specialty items made from the hogs, the two most popular seem to be cracklins and boudin. On paper a cracklin does not seem like something one would want to take to a spa. It consists of deep-fried pork fat with a hint of meat that is salted. When done right, though, there is a sweetness and crunchiness that cannot be denied. There are two types of boudin: the red and the white. The former is the so-called blood sausage, and that is a discussion in itself. There are blood dishes throughout the world, including the English’s blood pudding, but they are not for the squeamish. White boudin is another matter. Pork, spices and rice are mixed together and stuffed into a sausage casing. Though it is an ancient food, boudin is thoroughly modern in that in can be frozen and then microwaved. Service hint: Be sure to prick holes into the casing before heating; otherwise you might have a boudin bomb in your oven. An aunt in Avoyelles Parish traditionally
gives me a pack of boudin for Christmas. It is a wonderful gift – except for the Christmas after Katrina when the car trunk tended to be loaded down with the paraphernalia for survival in addition to Christmas gifts. That following October, I traced down the gamey but still savory smell that wafted from the back of my car to the Christmas boudin that had shifted into a space at the bottom of the truck. In modern times boudin has gained new popularity. Once unheard of in New Orleans, it is now on the menu at some white-tablecloth restaurants. At the Jazz Fest, boudin in various forms, including crawfish (that might be going too far), is sold. Of course, the ultimate in culinary experiences is the boudin ball, served from beneath hot lights at gas stations. (Somehow the words “boudin,” “hot lights” and “gas” belong together.) Which grocery store sells the best cracklins and boudin is the source of much debate. Pictured here is The Best Stop in the Lafayette Parish town of Scott just off Interstate 10. I was there on a Sunday afternoon when there were multiple checkout lines, each three or four customers deep. Boudin bashes on Sunday evenings seem to be a big deal in that part of the state. Just be sure nothing is left in the trunk. n
—Errol Laborde
lifelines Sizzling in Monroe Re: Steakside: A Guide to Great Steaks Throughout Louisiana (September/October 2012 issue) You can’t leave Restaurant Cotton in Monroe off the list. Their rib-eye is on the same level as Ruth’s Chris and Superior’s Steakhouse. – John H. Carpenter, Winnfield REPLY: We do not disagree. We are well-aware of the creations from the Restaurant Cotton kitchen. In our March/April 2012 issue, Cotton’s Cory Bahr was featured as one of our Great Louisiana Chefs. 6 | Louisiana Life November/December 2012
barometer A compendium of what’s hot and what’s not in Louisiana By carolyn kolb
HOT
Math in the Middle The University of
HOT
Zinnias to Bloom on Stage
Louisiana at Lafayette has
Zinnias: The Life of
received a $1.8 million grant
Clementine Hunter,
from the National Science
a chamber opera by
Foundation to create a
avant-garde director Robert
Louisiana Mathematics
Wilson, will have its world
Masters in the Middle
premiere on Jan. 26, 2013,
program for teachers
through Peak Performances
in Iberia, Lafayette and
of Montclair State University
Vermilion parishes. Twenty
in Montclair, N.J., the
teachers selected will begin
Shreveport Times noted.
graduate courses leading to
According to advance
an elementary mathematics
publicity, “Using her artwork
specialist certification, the
and stories, Clementine
Advocate reported.
Hunter’s touching and unique journey is brought to the
HOT
Gator Baiting
Green said. “We’ve always
Alligator-hunting in
felt it was appropriate to
Pecan Island got complicated
offer more to the children
for J.C. Bertrand, his son
in our six-state area.” In the
Josh and their friend Colby
past year the hospital added
Morgan when they snagged
pediatric rheumatology,
an 11-foot monster and
spine surgery, cleft lip and
dispatched him with a
palate surgery and sports
.44-caliber pistol, as reported
medicine, according to the
in AvoyellesToday.com.
Shreveport Times.
Then came the difficult part – getting the long and heavy gator into their mud boat. It
HOT
Star-ring Role Maj. Gen. Stephen C.
took the three of them, plus a
Dabadie, assistant adjutant
winch. “We were happy when
general of the Louisiana
we seen how big it was,” said
National Guard, was recently
J.C. Bertrand. Good news:
promoted to two-star rank,
Bertrand still had 53 tags left
according to the Pointe
to fill in the season.
Coupee Banner. A native of New Roads and graduate
HOT
Shriner’s Shines
of Catholic High School of
Shriner’s Hospital
Pointe Coupee, he served in
for Children opened in
ROTC at Loyola University.
Shreveport on Sept. 16,
After active duty, he began
1922: the very first one in the
his National Guard service
country. After 90 years in
in 1988. Dabadie’s father,
service, and some cost-trim-
retired Brig. Gen. J. Levy
ming because of a shrinking
Dabadie Jr., also served
endowment, the hospital
as the assistant adjutant
is going strong. “We’re
general of the Louisiana
growing,” administrator Kim
National Guard.
HOT
French Funding
stage.” Wilson met Hunter as
After Gov. Bobby
a child, when he visited the
Jindal cut $100,000 for the
area with his father, then the
Council for the Development
mayor of Waco, Texas.
of French in Louisiana, or CODOFIL, from the state’s budget, the French-speaking
NOT
Poverty Counts According to the
young professionals group
Associated Press, the U.S.
FrancoJeunes launched the
Census Bureau reported that
100,000 Cajuns, Creoles
Louisiana has the second-
and Friends of French
highest number of citizens
in Louisiana fundraising
living in poverty. With 21.1
campaign. The end result?
percent of the population,
A $90,000 check “pour notre
about 947,000 residents,
culture, notre langue et de
living below the poverty line,
l’education” was presented
Louisiana ranked second
to CODOFIL. “We never
only to New Mexico. The
imagined we’d get close to
median income for Louisiana
completely restoring that
residents is about $40,658 a
money,” said FrancoJeunes
year, according to the report.
board member Lucius
That’s lower than all but
Fontenot, the Lafayette
three states: Kentucky, South
Advertiser reported.
Carolina and Montana.
n
quotable “Don’t dwell in the sad past – savor the good memories – revel in today; finally, attempt every day to leave a good memory in your wake.” “A Few Moments at the Movies,” Vernon Hastings, Shreveport Times photo courtesy of VermilionToday
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rural life
Married to a “Farm Boy” An anniversary By Melissa Bienvenu
“What you need,” my
who wore an earring made
father used to say whenever
out of a mouse skull. The
one of my young love affairs
South African restaurant
went wrong, “is a good old
manager with a swoon-
farm boy.”
inducing accent and a serious
I cannot overstate how
drinking problem, and the
puzzling (more like patently
future insurance executive
ridiculous) this advice seemed
who wore plaid pants “just to
at the time – going all the way
piss people off.” The sports-
go pitter-pat over a man who
solve but him and him alone.
back to my earliest dating
writer who read German
isn’t as handy with a toolbox
Many a good man would
years in an “over-the-moun-
philosophers for fun. The
as he is with a romantic verse.
have said, “To hell with this,”
tain” suburb of Birmingham,
professional winemaker
Because he has been fixing
but Harvey never does. Not
Ala. We could leave our
who tended grapevines at a
things ever since he was a
for long, anyway.
driveway near the foot of Red
vineyard just outside Atlanta
kid on the farm, there aren’t
Mountain and be looking up
– the closest I ever came to
many repairs my husband
to mind is the time we
at a 20-story building in less
dating a farmer. Don’t get me
can’t handle. Harvey is my
desperately needed a new hay
than 10 minutes. My high
wrong. I’m glad they came
own personal superhero,
barn but didn’t have $50,000 to
school had an Olympic-size
along (forgive me if I couldn’t
rescuing me from leaking
have it done. Although he had
indoor swimming pool, two
resist the urge to break out
roofs, shorted-out electrical
never built much more than a
auditoriums and a marching
into a little Julio Iglesias and
sockets and fritzing furnaces.
doghouse, Harvey decided to
band that performed in the
Willie Nelson), but none of my
I understand the appeal of a
do it himself.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
young flings even remotely
lover who can whisper sweet
He spent weeks gathering
Parade in New York. My
hinted at a future involving
lines by Burns or Browning,
materials, getting advice from
favorite hangout was the
manure spreaders.
but once you’ve had a man
friends and professionals and
who can change your brake
drawing up plans. (And by
hunting ground for someone
to celebrate, on Nov. 28, 20
pads and wire a ceiling fan,
“plans,” I mean some chicken
in search of a good old farm
years of wedded bliss to, yes,
you never go back.
scratch on a yellow legal pad.)
boy. In fact, my father – a
a farmer. As I have explained
farmer’s son who had chosen
So here I am, preparing
mall. It was not exactly fertile
But it’s more, of course,
The example that springs
For help, Harvey enlisted
here before, we met on the
than having a resident
a 60-year-old part-time
a career over farming – might
beach in Florida and ended up
handyman that makes me
farmhand and two talented
have been the only one in a
married on his family farm in
thankful for my farmer. It’s
young welders who were not
30-mile radius.
rural Louisiana. The irony of it
the comfort of knowing I’m
unfamiliar with the accom-
all cannot be underestimated.
on this sometimes-harrowing
modations at the parish jail
boyfriends who later did
More ironic yet is that I can no
ride called life with a partner
on a Saturday night. He built
pass through my life further
longer imagine being content
who doesn’t cut and run
his own scaffolding, rigged up
underscores just how unlikely
with anyone else.
when the going gets rocky.
the tractor’s hay fork so that it
I can’t count the times I’ve
could hoist 40-foot-long metal
A small sampling of the
Oh, sure. Sometimes I
it was that I would ever end up with somebody who knew
wonder what life with a fellow
seen him staggering-tired,
trusses onto 14-foot-high poles
how to artificially inseminate
liberal arts type might have
filthy, discouraged almost to
and set out to build a massive
a heifer.
been like. But truthfully, I fear
tears and facing a herculean
metal barn.
my heart could never again
task or problem no one could
There was the art major
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You have to love someone
And the next and the next.
when I lived in Atlanta and
other shop in the Quarter that
The first few days went
Today, we have an 64,000-
he and I attended a friend’s
day was hawking crystals.
amazingly well. Harvey and
square-foot barn that is the
birthday dinner at a Mexican
Finally, Harvey turned to me
his band of misfits were
envy of our customers and
joint in a trendy neighbor-
and asked if I could explain
figuring things out and
our farmer friends, not only
hood. He was seated next to a
what all this crystal business
making progress, despite the
because it is, in fact, a pretty
pale young woman who was
was about. He listened intently
challenges and the withering
impressive structure but also
all in black from her dyed hair
as I told him what little I knew
Louisiana heat. Then, late one
because, once again, Harvey
to her combat boots. When
about the New Age movement
afternoon, I looked out the
found a way to do what had
everyone else’s meals arrived
and its belief that rocks had
window and saw him walking
to be done.
before hers, he politely asked
the power to promote physical
if she would like to share his
and spiritual healing.
that crazy.
slowly up the road from the
I am not sure not sure
beef nachos.
After I finished, he was
barn. His shirt was soaked
whether he’s a farmer
in sweat. He was dirty from
because he is tenacious or if
She recoiled in disgust.
quiet for a few moments.
head to toe, and his head was
he is tenacious because he’s a
“Ugh,” she sniffed. “I haven’t
Then he said, “You know
hanging down.
farmer. I am positive, however,
“It fell down,” he said when
he is the person I want with
eaten red meat in eight years.” Harvey never missed a beat.
what I would call ‘New Age’?” He paused for a long beat. “Newage.”
he walked into the house. I
me in the proverbial foxhole.
“Well, then, it’s time you had
think his lower lip quivered.
The man does. not. give. up.
some,” he insisted in his best
A slight miscalculation had
I can make these kinds
“dumb country boy” imper-
rhyme with ‘“sewage.” Never
caused part of the framework
of observations after two
sonation, sliding his plate
cracked a smile.
to twist and topple, knocking
decades of marriage. There
toward her. “It’s just as good
over other poles on the way
were other qualities, however,
as it ever was!”
down. A good three days
that I appreciated right away,
of backbreaking work had
such as this farmer guy’s
moment during a weekend
happy to admit that my
gone down the tubes – to say
utter lack of pretense and
in the French Quarter. This
Father Knew Best, all along.
nothing of Harvey’s pride.
his clear-eyed take on the
was back when past lives and
absurdities of city life.
auras and chakras were all
Daddy – and the good old
the rage. It seemed like every
farm boy.
But the next morning he was back out there again.
I will never forget the time
I remember another great
He pronounced it to
I knew right then and there that this was the man for me. And 20 years later I am
Thanks for the advice, n
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biz bits Business news from around the state By kathy finn
Economic
development
a new generation of skilled
officials are delighted that
IT workers to support
Louisiana continues to climb
innovation and technology
on various lists that measure
leadership in Louisiana. The company, which is
business strength. In its 2012 ranking of states with
also looking at establishing
favorable business climates,
software development
Pollina Corporate Real Estate
technology centers in Maine
Inc. put Louisiana at No. 16,
and Massachusetts, decided
up 24 notches in just the past
to locate first in Baton Rouge,
an average salary of $50,000
four years. Here’s a look
drawn by state incentive
Rehab for combat vehicles CAMP MINDEN – A planned
at some of the state’s latest
programs. Its strategy includes
maintenance facility for
Orleans Cold Storage is the
business wins.
creating local software
military vehicles at a North
oldest cold-storage company
development centers in
Louisiana National Guard
in North America and one of
affordable metropolitan areas.
training site is forecast to
the largest suppliers of beef,
create 350 new jobs during
poultry and pork exports
the next several years.
in the nation. Among other
Land Systems, an operating
Buoyed by oil LAFAYETTE – Oil services
Tiburon Associates Inc.
products, NOCS handles
unit of Textron System,
giant Halliburton continues
announced the plans for the
nearly half of the poultry
announced that the U.S. Navy
to show its strength in
facility at Camp Minden,
exported from Louisiana
awarded it a $212 million
South Louisiana with the
where it will overhaul
farmers to destinations
contract to design and build
dedication of the new
vehicles that have seen action
such as Russia, Eastern
a ship-to-shore connector to
Lafayette Completion Tools
in combat.
Europe and Africa. The
replace the landing craft, air
Manufacturing Facility.
cushion, or LCAC, fleet that
Halliburton invested nearly
pieces to make the Camp
economic impact of $126
enables the Navy and Marine
$65 million in the 200,000-
Minden facility a full-service
million related to the cold-
Corps to land at 80 percent of
square-foot plant, which
maintenance provider to the
storage facility operations.
the world’s coastal beaches.
produces complex machined
Department of Defense,”
The company will create the
components for oil field
Jack Blalock, Tiburon’s
initial test and training craft
service operations. The
senior business development
scheduled for completion by
company expects to create 160
manager, said.
February 2017.
new jobs at the site by the end
Soft landings are their strength SLIDELL – Textron Marine and
“We feel we have all the
The state offered Tiburon
Textron’s contract with
of the year in addition to the
a $500,000 loan that’s
the Navy includes options for
135 positions already there.
forgivable if the company
The state offered
up to eight production crafts
meets payroll commitments.
to be sent off by 2020, at a
Halliburton an incentive
Gov. Bobby Jindal said
potential contract value of
package that includes $2
Tiburon chose Camp
$570 million.
million in performance-
Minden over sites in Texas
based financial assistance
and Arkansas.
Jobs built on IT BATON ROUGE – Local
from Louisiana Economic
employment will grow
plus benefits. Established in 1886, New
port estimates an annual
Giving back to the military FORT POLK – Acknowledging the estimated $1.6 billion annual impact of the Army base on Louisiana’s economy, state officials are planning the development of a new $20 million school for more than 800 children of military families in Vernon Parish. Brig. Gen. K.K. Chinn
Response Fund, training
Chilly business grows NEW ORLEANS – New
by some 300 as Ameritas
assistance and access to
Orleans Cold Storage LLC
million in federal funds will
Technologies builds toward
tax exemption programs.
President and CEO Mark
help build a new elementary
full strength in downtown
Halliburton also employs
Blanchard dedicated a new
school along Highway 467.
Baton Rouge. Ameritas
workers in Berwick,
142,000-square-foot cold-
Fort Polk is the second-
says it will partner with
Broussard, Cameron,
storage facility at the Port of
largest employer in
state government and area
Covington, Dulac, Fourchon,
New Orleans recently. The
Louisiana with more than
colleges and technical
Houma, Larose, Morgan City
$40 million project is likely to
16,000 military personnel
and New Iberia.
generate 125 new jobs with
and civilian employees.
schools to recruit and train
Development’s Rapid
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announced recently that $16
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health By eve kidd crawford
Four Louisiana Hospitals Picked to Promote National Breast-feeding Program OPELOUSAS – Although it is
System is delighted to have
widely known that breast-
care services to better
feeding for at least a year has
support breast-feeding,” Dr.
numerous health benefits for
Carmen Johnson, pediatrics
both mothers and infants,
committee chair, said in a
half of the infants born in
press release.
been chosen to participate in this important effort and to have the opportunity to improve our maternity
the U.S. are given formula
percent are breast-feeding
HEALTH CARE: “A DIFFICULT TIME FOR ALL OF US” NEW ORLEANS – Dr. Frank
at all. Best-Fed Beginnings
Opelka, who in September
is a national effort, led
assumed control of all seven
by the National Initiative
Louisiana State University
for Children’s Healthcare
system hospitals in South
Quality in conjunction with
Louisiana in the newly
the Centers for Disease
created position of executive
Control and Prevention and
vice president for health
Baby-Friendly USA Inc.,
care and medical education
to significantly improve
redesign, presented a
breast-feeding rates in states
plan for cuts to public
where the rates are currently
health care. The cuts were
the lowest. Nationwide, 90
mandated by state cuts and
hospitals are participating.
a Medicaid shortfall.
within the first week of life, and by 9 months, only 31
Under Opelka’s plan,
In Louisiana, Opelousas General Health System
unanimously approved by the
was selected – along
LSU Board of Supervisors
with Terrebonne General
on Oct. 4, state financing to
Medical Center in Houma
the seven state hospitals will
and East Jefferson and
be reduced by $85 million.
Tulane-Lakeside hospitals
Coupled with a decrease in
in Metairie – to participate
federal Medicaid funding, the
in the 22-month program.
cuts total $152 million. Overall, 1,487 jobs will be
The ultimate goal of the program is a Baby Friendly
eliminated from the 6,140
designation, which verifies
positions in the current
that a hospital has “compre-
budget, and many clinics
hensively implemented
associated with the state
the American Academy of
hospitals will close or reduce
Pediatrics-endorsed Ten
their hours. In New Orleans,
Steps to Successful Breast-
the women’s health, pain
feeding, as established in
management, endocrine and
the WHO/UNICEF Baby-
sickle cell clinics will close.
Friendly Hospital Initiative,”
Other hospitals around the
according to a press release.
state are cutting back on the
“Opelousas General Health
number of available beds and other services.
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patients at the state hospitals
LSU Health Shreveport Leads in Electronic Records SHREVEPORT – In November
are either uninsured or on
2011, LSU Health Shreveport
Medicaid. Opelka said that
became the first hospital
private hospitals will pick up
in the region to convert
the slack in caring for these
from paper to electronic
patients and added that he
health records. Just 10
is working with Louisiana
months later, the hospital
Department of Health and
achieved a Stage 6 rating on
Hospitals Secretary Bruce
HIMSS Analytics’ Electronic
Greenstein to figure out
Medical Record Adoption
how to compensate these
Model. Stages range from
private hospitals for treating
0 to 7, with 7 being the
uninsured patients.
highest and representing an
Poor and uninsured patients will feel the cuts the most; the majority of
“This is a very difficult
“advanced electronic patient
time for us, all of us,” Opelka
record environment.” As of
told the board. “These are
September 2012, only 391
the most vulnerable patients
U.S. hospitals have attained a
in the most difficult circum-
Stage 6 rating.
stances requiring some of the most complex treatment.”
“The Stage 6 designation validates LSU Health
Opelka acknowledged to
Shreveport’s implementa-
concerned state legislators
tion of electronic medical
that if private hospitals are
records,” Chief Information
not willing to negotiate a
Officer Marcus Hobgood
deal and provide care to the
said in a press release. “With
uninsured, people could have
an EMR, we have given our
trouble getting the medical
physicians and nurses the
care they need. But, he said,
tools to make better decisions
the current system of using
about managing patient
state hospitals to provide this
care and safety. I credit our
care is “unsustainable.”
medical and hospital staff for their tireless efforts.”
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great louisiana chefs Sweet Potato, Cranberry and Roasted Pecan Risotto 2 2 1 1
pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and diced tablespoons olive oil tablespoon dried thyme, basil and oregano cup chopped pecans, roasted (recipe for roasting follows) 2 ounces butter 1 cup chopped yellow onion 4 cups arborio rice 1/4 cup minced garlic 2 3/4 quarts chicken stock 1 cup dried cranberries 1/4 cup fresh thyme 4 ounces Parmesan cheese, plus more to sprinkle over the top 1/4 cup butter Salt and pepper to taste
Holly Goetting Executive chef of Charley G’s According to family lore,
Sweet potatoes: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Toss the sweet potatoes with olive oil, dried herbs and salt and pepper. Place the sweet potatoes in an oven-proof pan, and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Set aside. Roasted pecans: In a medium skillet on the stove, heat the pecans, stirring often until they are fragrant and browned, about 3 to 5 minutes. Set aside. Risotto: In a large stockpot, melt 2 ounces of butter. Add the chopped onions, and sauté until tender. Add the arborio rice, and stir until the grains are completely coated. Add the garlic. Stir the hot chicken stock into the arborio mixture ladle by ladle, as often as liquid dissipates. Reduce the heat, and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring frequently, until the rice is cooked and all of the liquid is absorbed. Add the reserved sweet potatoes, cranberries, reserved pecans and thyme to the risotto along with the Parmesan and butter. Mix well, and finish with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with more Parmesan on top of the risotto. Enjoy!
As a component of her curriculum
of sous chef in 2002 and to executive
when she was only 10 years old, Holly
there, she chose to work at Goose Cove
chef in 2003. In her position as chef
Goetting fell in love with cooking
Resort on Penobscot Bay in Maine for
at Charley G’s, Goetting says she
and dining and (although she doesn’t
an externship. After her graduation
enjoys “the freedom of creativity and
remember saying so) declared her
from Nicholls in 2000, Goetting worked
self-expression of working with fresh
ambition to be a chef.
briefly in Vail, Colo., at the Mirabelle
ingredients.” The monthly wine dinner
Restaurant, where she was introduced
is high on her list of favorite activities at
kitchens of Lafayette restaurants while
to classical French cooking and
the restaurant.
attending the University of Louisiana
culinary techniques.
Although her travels have taught her
Years later, after working in the
at Lafayette, Goetting followed her
Since 2001, Goetting, a Lafayette
different culinary customs, she says she
dream and began her studies at the
native, has worked at Charley G’s
most appreciates “the special flavors
Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at
in Lafayette. Starting as a cook, she
and tastes of Louisiana – especially
Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.
worked her way up to the position
Lafayette and Acadiana.”
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traveling gourmet
All Dressed Up Oyster dressing for the holidays By Stanley Dry
Before you know it, it will be the feasting season,
flavor they expect in a holiday
when roast birds and dressing
dressing, but it is too assertive
make an appearance on the
to use with oysters.
holiday table. For some, particu-
Dressings can be stuffed
larly in South Louisiana, it will
inside the bird before roasting,
be rice dressing enriched with
or they can be baked separately.
ground pork and giblets and
The nomenclature gets a
seasoned with onions, garlic,
little odd in this regard. If a
bell peppers, cayenne, parsley
dressing is cooked inside a
and green onion tops. In North
bird, it becomes a stuffing,
Louisiana, corn bread dressings
but we still call it roast turkey
tend to be the traditional
with dressing, not roast turkey
accompaniment to the holiday
with stuffing or, even more
bird. Throughout the state,
curiously, stuffed turkey.
particularly in urban areas,
Personally, I prefer to cook
dressings made with French
the dressing separately for
bread are often preferred.
gastronomic reasons, but doing
But beyond those three basic
so also avoids adding linguistic
types, the variations are endless.
confusion to the holiday table.
Sausage or bacon is sometimes
eugenia uhl photograph
greatly. For some, sage is the
The following recipe for
added to corn bread or bread
oyster-and-andouille corn bread
dressings. Various fruits, such
dressing is perhaps appropriate
as apples, currants or apricots,
for an election year: In a spirit
show up in some versions,
of unity, it gives a nod to both
particularly when game birds
North and South Louisiana. The
are being served. Wild rice
recipe is based on corn bread
dressings are another favorite
and biscuits, but it contains
to accompany wild birds.
oysters from the Gulf, as well as
Pecans or chestnuts are often an
andouille sausage and cayenne
ingredient in holiday dressings,
pepper from South Louisiana
and occasionally you’ll find a
and pecans, which are found all
recipe using other nuts, such
over the state. It can be served
as almonds or even Brazil nuts.
with roast turkey, chicken,
Oysters are popular in all kinds
capon, Cornish hen, duck, goose
of dressings, while shrimp or
or virtually any other bird. But
crawfish sometimes make an
this dressing will also be right
appearance in Louisiana recipes.
at home with roast pork or
Onions and celery are usually
venison – or even that current
present, but seasonings vary
Louisiana favorite, fried turkey.
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Oyster-and-Andouille Corn Bread Dressing
Crusty Corn Bread
Ideally, make the corn bread and biscuits the day before and leave them uncovered to dry out. Alternately, crumble the corn bread and biscuits on a baking sheet and dry out in a 250 degree oven. Oysters are now sold packed in water, but if you shuck your own, by all means save the oyster liquor and add it to the dressing mixture in place of an equal amount of chicken stock.
This skillet corn bread has a high ratio of crust to crumb, so its texture and flavor are ideal for making dressing. Actually, I also prefer this thin version, spread with butter, for everyday eating. As an added bonus, it bakes in only 10 minutes.
Crusty corn bread (recipe follows) Crusty biscuits (recipe follows) 2/3 cup toasted pecans (recipe follows) 1/2 pound andouille sausage 2 tablespoons butter 1 large onion, chopped 2 ribs celery, chopped 1 pint shucked oysters 1 to 1 1/3 cups chicken stock or broth Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper Cayenne pepper 1/4 cup chopped parsley 1/2 cup chopped green onion tops Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch-by-13inch baking dish. Crumble the corn bread and biscuits into a mixing bowl. Chop the toasted pecans, and add to the bowl. Remove and discard the sausage casing; chop andouille. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the andouille, stirring occasionally, until browned. Add the onion and celery, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add the contents of the skillet to the mixing bowl, and stir to combine. Drain the oysters, and check for shell fragments. Cut large oysters in half. Add the oysters to the mixing bowl, and stir to combine. Add chicken stock or broth in increments, stirring after each addition, until the mixture is moist but not soggy. Season to taste with salt, black pepper and cayenne. Add the parsley and onion tops, and stir to combine. Turn the mixture into the prepared baking dish, and bake in the preheated oven until nicely browned, about 30 minutes. Serves 8 or more.
Toasted Pecans 1 tablespoon butter 2/3 cup shelled pecans Large pinch coarse salt Melt the butter in a small skillet over medium heat; add the pecans; and cook, stirring frequently, until the pecans are fragrant and lightly toasted, about 4 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with coarse salt.
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3/4 cup stone-ground white cornmeal 1/4 cup flour, preferably White Lily 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1 egg, beaten 3/4 cup buttermilk 2 tablespoons butter Place a 12-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven, and preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Place all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, and whisk to combine. Add the beaten egg and buttermilk, and whisk to combine. Carefully remove the hot skillet from the oven. Add the butter to the pan, and, using a pot holder, tilt the pan to coat the bottom with the butter. Pour the melted butter into the batter, and whisk to combine. Pour the batter into the hot skillet, and return it to the oven. Bake until cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Crusty Biscuits These biscuits also have a high ratio of crust to crumb. They’re not my favorite version for breakfast, but they work well in dressing. 1 cup White Lily self-rising flour 2 tablespoons chilled butter 1/3 cup buttermilk Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Measure flour into a small mixing bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces, and add to the bowl. Using a pastry cutter or two knives, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Add the buttermilk, and stir to combine. Sprinkle the counter with a generous amount of flour. Turn the dough out onto the floured surface, and knead a few times with floured hands. Pat the dough out to a thickness of a quarter-inch, sprinkling the dough with additional flour as needed to prevent sticking. Using a floured biscuit cutter, glass or can, cut out rounds of dough. Piece together the remaining dough, pat it out, and cut more rounds. Place the biscuits a few inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet, and bake until wellbrowned, about 12 minutes.
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ABOVE: John B. Dunlap III with daughters Elizabeth, Emily and Camille. Facing page, Top: The almost-1-acre tree-filled lot was ideal for the 5,300-squarefoot new home. facing page, bottom: A large fireplace is featured in the den.
John B. Dunlap III
Colonel is at ease in his Baton Rouge home.
Dunlap Fiore LLC), who is a
to borrow mine,” he says.
to design a home to reflect
has his great-great-great-
colonel in the Army National
Dunlap complied with the
his admiration for French
grandfather’s pistol from the
Guard and the state judge
request, but he made sure
Provincial architecture. “I
Civil War in a special locked
advocate of the Louisiana
that he didn’t leave the
wanted a traditional home
drawer in his study, while
National Guard. “My home is
country without his flag
that would be ideal for
the American flag he carried
a reflection of everything that
when he returned from his
entertaining my family and
during his tour of duty in
is interesting in my life.”
tour of duty.
friends,” Dunlap explains. “I
He proudly tells the story
Iraq during Desert Storm
Dunlap bought the
worked well with Ike, and I
hangs on the wall, and a
of the framed flag in his
tree-filled lot, almost an acre
liked having a great deal of
piece of the Berlin Wall from
study. “I always carried an
in the quiet Baton Rouge
input in the design.” The final
his military service in the late
American flag with me when
Southdowns neighborhood,
5,300-square-foot floor plan
1980s is on a shelf behind
I was deployed overseas,
when he returned from
includes a formal living room
his desk. “Yes, you could call
and when my commanding
duty in Iraq and contacted
and dining room, with the
me a collector,” explains the
general was looking for a
Baton Rouge architect
den and kitchen configura-
Baton Rouge attorney (of
flag to fly in Iraq, he asked
John “Ike” Capdevielle II
tion as one large open space.
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TOP: The dining room adjoins the enclosed courtyard for easy entertaining. LEFT: Dunlap’s study is filled with memorabilia from his travels and military service.
“I love to cook, and the open
me feel the important project
with only the windows
uncovered windows. “Adria
kitchen allows me to do so
was in good hands,” Dunlap
facing the front covered
instinctively understood
and still be near my guests,”
says. “He is honest, and
with interior plantation
my personality and helped
he says.
he used the best materials
shutters. Dunlap admires the
put my imprimatur on the
and insisted on the fine
way Adria Ellis, his interior
interior of the house, which
workmanship.”
decorator, interpreted
is very masculine.”
The next step was to find the right contractor to
Handsome arched
execute the plan. “Don Ernst
his desire to include the
Another interesting aspect
was a perfect choice because
windows are featured in the
vistas of the tree-filled
of the ideal-for-entertaining
of his pragmatism that made
living and dining rooms,
grounds through the large
plan is the enclosed French
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TOP: The large kitchen overlooks the courtyard and provides the ideal configuration for Dunlap to cook and be near his guests. LEFT: Interior decorator Adria Ellis designed the living room to have the masculine feeling Dunlap wanted.
Quarter-type of courtyard
memorabilia. A large master
mother and spend a great
middle of Baton Rouge, so
that adjoins the dining room
suite is located at the rear of
deal of time with him.
everything is convenient. I
and den-kitchen.
the house. Upstairs there are
“This house definitely
bedrooms for his daughters,
reflects my personality,”
it is extraordinarily quiet
downstairs plan is a study
Elizabeth, Emily and Camille,
Dunlap says. “The location
and feels like I live in the
that is chockablock with
who live nearby with their
is perfect. It is right in the
country.”
Completing the
am near the LSU lakes, but
n
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art
Sacred Light
pher” working within the
Angeles and later at Ohio
documentary tradition. “I am
University. After college, he
interested,” he explains, “in
taught for a few years at Utah
combining a self-expressive
State University and then in
Photographer A.J. Meek embraces the South.
connection with service to
1977 joined the art faculty at
the field thus contributing
LSU where he founded the
By John R. Kemp
to the awakening of a moral
photography program and
consciousness, the social
had a distinguished career
issues of our time and the
before retiring in 2005. It
enlightenment of the spirit.”
was during his years in the
Born in 1941 in Beatrice,
classroom that he gradually
Baton Rouge photogra-
of place and moment. He
pher A. J. Meek was not born
approaches the landscape
in Louisiana or anywhere
with the sensitivities of a
Neb., Albert James Meek,
discovered his “passion, love
else in the Deep South. But,
visual artist who understands
who resides with his wife,
and bliss” for art.
like many writers and artists
the importance of light,
Belinda, in Baton Rouge,
from other places who visit
shadow and form that can
spent his childhood moving
inspiration over the years
the South with their imagina-
transcend the literal.
with his family from one state
from various historic figures
to another before settling in
in photography, thoughts
Meek’s images of burning
a masterful balance of
Denver. Following a hitch
and words – not images –
sugar cane fields, decaying
technique, aesthetics, visual
in the Air Force, where he
helped shape the essence of
sugar mills and the interiors
content and the mystical.
learned photography, Meek
his art. In the mid-1990s, he
of houses of prayer are
He describes himself as “a
studied art at the Art Center
read Frederick Buechner’s
possessed with the spirit
project-oriented photogra-
College of Design in Los
essay “The Calling of Voices”
His photographs are
tions open to the landscape,
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Although Meek drew
in which the American writer
academia,” he explains,
co-authored and authored
completion when Hurricane
and theologian described
“that I felt my spiritual
numerous exhibition catalogs
Katrina struck South
an “aesthetic experience” he
development in my work
and six books, including Red
Louisiana and the Mississippi
had while walking along a
came to its full realization.”
Pepper Paradise: Avery Island,
Gulf Coast in August 2005.
Louisiana; Exploring Black and
“I had been photographing
windy beach and observing
Teaching or not, Meek has
a seagull in flight. Meek
had a productive career. His
White Photography; Gardens
the interiors of churches
realized he “had a sacred
photographs can be found
of Louisiana: Places of Work
and synagogues for seven
purpose in life – a ministry
in such major museums as
and Wonder; Gettysburg to
years prior to Katrina,”
– through the medium of
the New Orleans Museum of
Vicksburg: The Five Original
Meek wrote in the book’s
photography.” That sacred
Art, the Ogden Museum of
Civil War Battlefield Parks; and
introduction. “This was the
purpose continued to evolve
Southern Art and Houston’s
a 2007 biography of the famed
contrast, the shadow side I
after his teaching career
Museum of Fine Arts, and
Louisiana surrealist photogra-
was looking for. However,
ended. “It wasn’t until
in numerous private and
pher Clarence John Laughlin.
I could not bring myself to
after my retirement from
public collections. He has
In his most recent book,
make photographs in New
Sacred Light: Holy Places in
Orleans for more than a
Louisiana, Meek explored
year after the storm. There
his “sacred purpose” in the
had been too much pain, too
interiors of churches and
many photographs of the
synagogues in the cities,
damage. It took courage for
towns and back roads of
me to enter the city for the
South Louisiana. In this
first time after the hurricane.
journey, people are not
Then, to hear the stories of
present in the images, yet
people who had lost their
in the warm glow of natural
communities took even more
light that fills these peaceful,
courage. … Photographing
sacred spaces, one can sense
in New Orleans, driving by
a presence. “It’s a kind of
the damaged structures and
ministry for me,” he explains.
sacred buildings leaves a
“I put the camera gear in the
definite scar on the psyche.”
church, sit a bit and perhaps
In an essay for the book,
say a little prayer. I tried to
LSU art historian Marchita
get the quietness.”
Mauck described a human
He selected these “holy
and spiritual presence in
places,” especially in New
Meek’s images: “Meek’s
Orleans, for the beauty of
photographs unveil the often
the architecture and the
overlooked facets of the
richness of the ecclesiastical
mystery of the holy and the
artwork. Other choices were
human. … Viewers of Meek’s
more serendipitous.
photographs will be drawn to
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for the first time, to catch a
documentation and precision
writing to stand independent
less cumbersome 4-inch-by-
glimpse of a long-forgotten
to subjects that are inextri-
of one another.”
5-inch camera.
moment’s revelation that
cably bound to the spiritual.” Meek is currently working
can touch the heart and
As in Sacred Light, The
Meek first became
Healing Presence brings
interested in the sugar cane
renew the dialogue with
on two new series. In one,
on a sense of what the
industry shortly after arriving
the holy. In remembering
titled The Healing Presence,
Navajos called “hozro,”
in Louisiana in the late 1970s.
encounters they have had in
he began photographing
a sense of harmony and
“When I was in Utah, I had
places such as these, Meek’s
dramatic cloudscapes in 2009
peace with nature and
wonderful mountains around
photographs may inspire
while teaching an honors
one’s environment. “In the
me,” he says. “When I came
them … to proclaim surely
class at the University of New
Native [American] culture,”
to Louisiana, all I could
God is in this place.”
Mexico. After the one-year
Meek wrote in a statement
see on the horizon were
appointment ended, he
describing the project, “the
smokestacks, belching smoke,
photographer and director
returned to Baton Rouge and
meaning of what makes a
burning and processing cane.
of museum programs at
continued the project. He
mountain or a place sacred
That drew me in. I kept doing
The Historic New Orleans
then asked children to write
is that it is so mysterious
it year after year.”
Collection, sees the clarity
poems and comments about
and beautifully inspiring
and ethereal vision in Meek’s
general themes. “They did
that one cannot hold a bad
work. “His attention to craft
not see the picture,” he says.
thought when observed or
in the service of vision is
“I didn’t want illustrations. I
meditated upon. Likewise,
New Orleans Collection will
exceptional,” Lawrence says.
wanted the pictures and the
these photographs by their
soon become a repository
John Lawrence, a noted
Meek hopes to have both projects published. Fortunately, The Historic
“His photographic
nature will promote a
for his negatives and prints.
style emphasizes the
positive feeling and,
“I feel fortunate having
visual richness of his
therefore, evoke a shift
my work accepted by the
subjects, one that
or a healing energy
HNOC,” he says. “On the
employed by a less
within the viewer.”
one hand, giving away my
talented individual
The second new
life’s work is like dying
might seem outdated
series, Vanishing
a little bit, but it’s also
or even quaint. In
Sugar: Photographs of
comforting knowing it’s
his hands the results
Louisiana’s Declining
going to a good home.”
are revealing, direct,
Sugar Cane Industry,
Summing up his career,
plainspoken and
is another long-term
Meek recalls the words of
honest. His use of
project. To capture
Clarence John Laughlin: “I
color photography to
these rich black-and-
didn’t find photography;
capture the subtleties
white and later color
photography found me.”
of church interiors
images of decrepit
He laughs and then adds,
illuminated by light
sugar mills and burning
“I stuck with it like a prize
filtering through
cane fields, he first used
fighter knocked on the mat
stained glass results in
a large format camera
and was too dumb to get up.”
an elegance of presen-
that produced 8-inch-
For more information
tation that attempts
by-20-inch negatives.
about Meek’s work, visit
to bring a metric of
He later switched to a
www.ajmeek.com.
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traveler Faux snow, Monroe
A Holiday Trail of Lights At Christmastime
Christmas around the state by Paul F. Stahls Jr.
and parades practically pop
So the festival day is Dec. 1
blizzard machines and an
folks take pride in the
the seams of holidaytrailofli-
this year, but the opening
“avalanche” slide.
decorations of their own
ghts.com, which also lists the
day of the season is Nov. 17
The local preservation
homes, their own rural roads
five individual city Web sites
(named an “official salute” to
society plans six evenings
or city streets and then enjoy
for more details.
our statehood bicentennial),
of home tours (historicfoun-
taking drives to see and compare the observances of the season in other towns. Most have well-established Yule traditions of their own – some unique, all worth sharing – and five of our merry municipalities have strung themselves together and invited one and all to follow their Holiday Trail of Lights to Natchitoches, Shreveport, Minden, Monroe and Alexandria. The special events, exhibits, performances
with concessions, music by
dation.org), and on Dec. 8
Natchitoches
the great Tab Benoit and a
costumed French troops and
Christmas begins at the
fireworks spectacular.
merchants will celebrate an
Natchitoches Christmas
The following weeks offer
18th-century Winter Festival
Festival – and has since 1926.
more fireworks, crafts and
in the awesome replica
Festival day is always the first
late-night store hours, and
of Fort St. Jean Baptiste.
Saturday of December – with
December brings live music
Downriver, famous Melrose
two parades, a crafts show,
at the riverside stage plus
Plantation will be decorated
a fireworks extravaganza
carriage rides and caroling
as in colonial times, and on
and the lighting of the city
on Front Street. Santa will
Dec. 15 the St. Augustine
– but it’s spun off so many
receive little visitors at his
Historical Society’s Cane
other events that it can now
riverfront headquarters, and
River Creole Christmas will
boast “45 Nights of Lights”
on Nov. 23-24, Dec. 14-16 and
feature tours and Christmas
that begin in mid-November
Dec. 21-23, kids can enjoy
storytelling at the ancient
and stretch to Epiphany.
a snow fest complete with
Badin-Roque House.
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at Bossier’s Civic Center
Epiphany as our Carnival
They can mail their wish lists
overstate this, after every
Nov. 28-29, the Metropolitan
does, Germany’s Fasching
at the Peppermint Post Office
event you must head for the
Ballet’s Dec. 1-2 Nutcracker
Karneval begins in November,
and hear stories told by Mrs.
riverside food booths for the
at Riverview Theatre and
surrounding and including
Claus, and the fun continues
can’t-explain-it-but-they’re-
the Festival of Lessons and
Christmas activities within
daily through Dec. 23.
the-best Natchitoches meat
Carols at splendid St. Mark’s
its own traditions. Thus the
pies of the year.
Cathedral on Dec. 6. Other
old German town of Minden
Miss Christmas on the River
holiday events take place at
begins its season with a
Pageant at West Monroe’s
the exhibit/stage/film spots of
Fasching festival Nov. 10-11,
holly-decked Antique Alley,
The fun in these Red River
Shreveport’s downtown arts
with ice-skating, festive
and then you can shop till
cities begins Nov. 15 with the
district, including Artspace
foods and a visit from Santa.
5 p.m. when the Lighting
tree-lighting ceremony at the
(art-directed by Academy
You can browse art and
Ceremony illuminates both
Louisiana Boardwalk shopping
Award winner Bill Joyce of
antiques galleries as well as
cities and sets the vintage
district on the river, with
Moonbot Studios) with its
the Fasching Boutique, shop
streetlights of Trenton Street
its streetcars, carousel and
stages, galleries and great café,
crafts booths along Main
flashing to the beat of “Jingle
restaurants, and Christmas in
and the beloved Robinson
Street, enjoy a German beer
Bells” and “Deck the Halls.”
Roseland, the lighting of the
Film Center (independent and
exhibition, see a display
gardens of the American Rose
classic movies). Coming soon:
of 100 traditional German
parade of the state erupts from
Society, is open weekends in
The 1923 Calanthean Temple,
nutcrackers, dine on German
West Monroe’s “redneck-
November and December.
built by black civic leader Cora
and Southern fare and dance
and-proud” Bawcomville
You’ll find singing groups,
Murdock Allen and once a
to German and local bands.
district on Dec. 1, exposing the
train rides and art exhibits,
venue for Louis Armstrong,
but the highlight is the
Cab Calloway and Jelly Roll
fireworks, learn some local
of tractors, go-carts, horses,
acreage itself and 1 million
Morton, is in the midst of a
history via murals and artifacts
goats, camo bass boats (from
colorful lights (trust me, or
thorough restoration.
at the Dorcheat Museum (its
the Bawcomville Yacht Club)
log cabin will be adorned
and beer-can Christmas
expanding Norton Art Gallery
with pioneer-era decorations),
trees. Kiddie attractions will
Lake, the Christmas on Caddo
presents Joy Stories, inspi-
get the history firsthand
be strung out along Antique
festival offers concessions,
rational tales of the season,
(and “spirited”) from former
Alley, which will also host
entertainment and fireworks,
along with free tours of its
residents at the Cemetery
a Bah Humbug 5K Run and
and the Country Christmas
Christmas- and winter-themed
Ghost Walk or ride a free
an antique car show. The
Festival in nearby Vivian
artworks. Treasures await in
shuttle to the Old Germantown
official Christmas Parade
brings a parade and day
that venerable old gallery’s gift
Colony (a communal
zigzags through both cities
of festivities. The Dec. 8
shop, and two other special
settlement founded in 1835).
at 3 p.m., and the Fireworks
Christmas on the Square in the
shopping opportunities are
Bossier Parish seat of Benton
the Opera Guild’s Nov. 15-17
will be Nov. 24 for nearby
features a parade, food, music
Les Boutiques de Noel and the
Springhill’s 2 p.m. Christmas
Louisiana–Monroe will adorn
and a cool children’s play area.
Nov. 23-25 Mistletoe and More
Parade; Dec. 1 for Sarepta’s
the library’s bell tower and
show, both at the Bossier
Christmas Festival (crafts,
cypress trees along Bayou
Civic Center.
concessions, live music and a
DeSiard, and be aware that the
lawn-decoration competition);
Biedenharn Museum (built by
Finally, and I cannot
Shreveport-Bossier
count ‘em yourself). On Dec. 1, up on Caddo
Back in town, special performances include a Nov. 17 jazz
On Dec. 1 the ever-
and blues fest in Shreveport’s
While waiting for Saturday’s
Other prime days for visiting
Nov. 24 brings the Little
The wildest Christmas
entire city to this procession
Extravaganza follows at 7 p.m. White lights at University of
historic Highland neighbor-
Minden
Dec. 4 for Minden’s good old-
the first bottler of Coca-Cola
hood, free Christmas concerts
Rather than beginning on
fashioned Christmas Parade;
and now a showplace of arts
and Dec. 8 for the Christmas
and antiquities) has once again
tour of Minden’s antebellum,
transformed its galleries and
Victorian and early 1900s
gardens into a wonderland of
homes.
Christmas Around the World
Night of Lights, Natchitoches
decorations (open through the
Monroe-West Monroe The first Christmas event in
whole month of December). More than a Christmas
these Ouachita River towns
shopping spree for art-lovers,
belongs to the children, who
Monroe’s Dec. 6 Downtown
gather on Friday, Nov. 23, at
Gallery Crawl is also a night
the always-amazing Northeast
of food, music and sightseeing
Louisiana Children’s Museum
in the historic commercial
for synthetic ice-skating, snow
district. Antique Alley’s chili
walks and ornament-making.
cook-off and Christmas
.
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Float flight, Shreveport
sugar mill at colonial Kent
show inspired by New
House is Nov. 10. Called the
York’s Radio City Christmas
Sugar Day Festival, it’s also a
Spectacular).
day of nonstop blacksmithing
Alexandria’s Holiday Magic
and soap-making, Indian
lighting ceremony, at 5 p.m.
dances and basket-weaving,
on Nov. 29, begins a series of
jacks and marble contests and
events dubbed the 12 Nights
“old-timey music.”
of Christmas, which include
The Alexandria Zoo offers
the Nov. 30 Follow the Star
Holiday Safaris from 5 p.m.
and Christmas on the Hill
until 8:30 p.m. weekends
presentations at Louisiana
beginning Nov. 23 – a rare
College; Kent House’s Dec.
chance to observe the
1 Old-Fashioned Christmas
nocturnal moods and modes
(carols, ornament-making
of animals whose enclosures
and visits with Papa Noel);
Pet Paw-rade are Dec. 8,
The Junior League’s
lie along the Christmas-
the Dec. 7-9 Holiday in the
and come back Dec. 15
metro-wide shopping extrava-
lighted footpaths. The
Heart weekend (highlighted
for special bargains at the
ganza called Very Merry
Coughlin-Sanders Performing
by Pineville’s big parade at 7
antiques shops assisted by
Market (jlalex.com/content/
Arts Center stages The
p.m. Friday and Alexandria’s
shopkeepers dressed in
very-merry-market) kicks off
Nutcracker on Nov. 24-25,
at 2 p.m. Sunday); and
vintage holiday attire.
the activities of Rapides Parish
and Dec. 8 brings Lagniappe
eight more nights of story-
Oct. 25-27, and the annual
Theatre Co.’s Christmas
telling, concerts and a live
firing-up of the four-kettle
Spectacular (a lively variety
Nativity scene.
Alexandria-Pineville
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best bets Veins of gold run through every publishing year, but 2012 has proved to be a mother lode of significant volumes from Louisiana publishers dedicated to Louisiana topics (plus Robert Hinckley’s splendid “bio-gallery” of Newcomb Art School founder William Woodward from University of Mississippi Press), all quite eligible, incidentally, for gift-giving to your favorite Louisiana fanatics. Book of the Year is A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana (Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Bicentennial Commission and distributed by University of Mississippi Press), a treasure that joins ranks with such landmark tomes as the Louisiana Historical Association’s 1988 Dictionary of Louisiana Biography and the Historic New Orleans Collection’s 2010 Furnishing Louisiana. In this 300-year review of art in our 200-year-old state, 32 scholars introduce 276 artists, and 400 works from major museums and private collections grace the 375 pages. LSU Press: Dear old LSU leads the pack with four very special titles, each “most important” in its own way, including a long-awaited new edition of Louisiana Place Names by the late Clare D’Artois Leeper, first published as Louisiana Places in 1976. The cleverly titled study of Pointe Coupee, New Roads and Old Rivers, is, thanks to Richard Sexton, the most beautiful and insightful book of photography you’ve seen in ages and is also, thanks to writers Randy Harelson and Brian Costello, a moving verbal tribute to the lands, waters, pioneers and present-day peoples of the parish. Such a non-romanticized but loving tribute to Pointe Coupee, with its oil and agriculture, mansions and cottages and web of rivers (true and False), sets a new standard for profiles of Louisiana places.
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Clementine Hunter by Art Shiver and Tom Whitehead adds immeasurably to our knowledge of her life and Cane River milieu. Like earlier books, it presents a fine sampling of her works, but never have so many myths been debunked (and other accounts corroborated) about her youth and inspirations, the shapers of her career and even the quirky villains who foisted hundreds of counterfeit “CH” paintings on an unsuspecting public. Lovers of vintage photography and Louisiana history will devour Vincent Caire’s Louisiana Aviation. This encyclopedic review of our airfields, airlines, airports, air races, designers and fliers – from Jimmy Wedell to Claire Chennault to Corkey Fornof – is purely a joy! Meanwhile Back at Café Du Monde … Life Stories about Food: Leave it to Peggy Sweeney-McDonald and venerable Pelican Publishing Co. to find one more great anniversary to celebrate in 2012. Café Du Monde, whose beignets and stout coffee have been welcoming us to the French Quarter since God was a boy, is 150 years old! But how do you parlay a two-item menu into a cookbook? Just invite dozens of lovers of the place to submit funny essays and favorite recipes of their own. Great fun and a great souvenir of a true Louisiana landmark! 2012 is almost gone, taking with it my publisher and friend of 40 years, Dr. Milburn Calhoun, who died Jan. 7. A native of West Monroe, he spent his medical career in Jefferson Parish but also will be remembered for acquiring the floundering Pelican Publishing Co. and nurturing it back to health: Today, it is the largest and oldest independent trade book publisher in the South.
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Jean Laffite
The myth, the person and the bridge rail
O
C
C written and photographed By Frank DiCesare
Cast more than 50 years ago during
n a chilly morning last
damaged sections of the bridge’s
January, a group of
decorative handrails and replaced them
the bridge’s construction, the handrails
workmen gathered
with ones that had been refurbished and
replaced that morning are far from
on the Calcasieu
glazed with a light gray paint. Orange
ordinary. Welded within each of their
River Bridge along
traffic cones forced cars traveling east
frames stands a repeating motif, a pair
Interstate 10 to begin
to merge into a single lane. The heavy
of crossed pirate pistols, adorning the
a day of decorating. Armed with steel-
weight of history was apparent, and
bridge from its eastern point in Lake
headed mallets, rivet guns and bolts the
members of the media were on hand to
Charles across the Calcasieu River to
size of shotgun shells, they removed
photograph this special event.
Westlake at its western end. In total,
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based in part on the roux that is oral
Railroad, Langley is a member of the
tradition. “He’s a very romantic figure,”
Lake Charles Buccaneers, a group
says Paul Hoffman, professor of history
formed by area businessmen nearly 60
at Louisiana State University. “There’s
years ago. The Buccaneers promote
both a mythic person and a real person
Contraband Days, a two-week pirate
in Laffite, and it’s almost impossible at
festival held each May along the
times to figure out which one is which.”
waterfront in downtown Lake Charles
For some people, Laffite is the pirate
to celebrate Laffite’s legend. The
who springs from the pages of a Robert
Buccaneers participate in the festival’s
Louis Stevenson novel, a dashing and
opening ceremonies, which reach a
swashbuckling Long John Silver type
climax when the man chosen to be the
who raided ships in search of booty,
Jean Laffite for Contraband Days sails
wheeled and dealed with the federal
to the waterfront and forces the mayors
government, charmed Louisiana’s
from around Calcasieu Parish to “walk
elite and buried treasure in the area
the plank” (they actually stand near the
known today as Contraband Bayou in
stern of the boat) and jump into Lake
present-day Lake Charles. To others, he
Charles. Langley served as Jean Laffite
was a penniless privateer whose spoils
for Contraband Days 2012.
disappeared quickly because of bad luck,
Langley is far from alone in his belief
bad behavior, indictments, jail time and
that Laffite’s treasure is real and waiting
expensive lawyers who demanded their
to be found. Attempts to excavate the
money up front. With Laffite, believers
famed pirate’s treasure have been going
have choices.
on in the Lake Charles area for more than a century. To date, however, no
Buried Treasure
tangible or photographic evidence exists
In Southwest Louisiana the legends
of any doubloon unearthed anywhere
surrounding Laffite’s life are taken
in Southwest Louisiana. Still, the stories
so seriously that many believe them
persist, their murkiness adding to
to be true. Their beliefs stem solely
the mystique that is a cornerstone of
from the numerous stories of buried
Louisiana’s pirate history.
treasure unearthed around Calcasieu
But while many of the legends
and Cameron parishes, tales that have
surrounding Laffite’s life are practically
been passed down for generations. One
impossible to either confirm or refute,
account states that about 25 years ago
scholars remain united in their belief
farmers in DeQuincy found gold coins
that the famed pirate never buried any
dated to Laffite’s time. “It’s no myth; the
treasure anywhere. “Pirates lived pretty
treasure is here,” says Eddie Langley of
much from hand to mouth,” says William
Lake Charles.
C. Davis, professor of history at Virginia
Langley recounts an old story he
Tech and author of The Pirates Laffite:
heard some 30 years ago about a man
The Treacherous World of the Corsairs
from Starks who would routinely
of the Gulf. “If they had a lot of money,
find gold coins in a swamp along his
they typically didn’t keep it for very long.
more than 5,000 of them flank the
property. “When his kids were ready to
They also had no guarantee in their kind
bridge, reminding daily commuters of
go back to school in the fall and needed
of work or in the kind of lives they lived
Louisiana’s pirate past and its legends
new shoes, he’d take a walk out into the
that they would ever get back to pick up
of adventure and conquest on the high
swamp and come back with his pockets
the treasure they had buried.”
seas and tales of buried treasure.
full of gold coins,” he says. “People would follow him out there, and he’d
raiding ships
Southwest Louisiana in the early years
lead them around in circles until he
What is known about Laffite today
of the 19th century, none has captured
lost them. He never told anyone where
comes from his letters, arrest records
the imagination of locals quite like Jean
he got the coins. He had a heart attack
and the various legal documents that
Laffite (scholars favor this spelling of
and died and was never able to pass
still exist in the public domain. We
his name). Since the time of his death,
the story on. It’s stories like this that I
know, for instance, that he worked
which most scholars date from between
know are true that actually happened
closely with his older – and many
1823 to 1826, Laffite’s life has grown
that makes you believe there is
believe smarter – brother, Pierre,
into the stuff of legend, a fascinating
something to them.”
raiding ships in the Caribbean and
But of all the pirates to pass through
and enduring gumbo of fact and fiction
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win the battle for Jackson.”
Barataria Bay. It was dangerous and
trouble, and it cost a lot to set them
illegal work that Laffite researchers
free. Lawyers like Livingston took their
believe led more often to indictments
money up front; they didn’t do anything
participated in Jackson’s army during
and jail time than to any riches worthy
on spec.”
the Battle of New Orleans. He says a
Vogel also believes the Laffites
The Laffites’ connection with
unique opportunity was presented to
Livingston may have soaked them
the Laffites in December 1814, just as
is one of the world’s leading scholars
financially, but it also helped lead
the British were coming ashore. Public
on Jean and Pierre Laffite. He has spent
them into the history books. When
records from the time indicate that the
more than 40 years researching their
Gen. Andrew Jackson was looking for
Louisiana Legislature and the governor’s
lives and the letters they wrote to each
Louisiana locals to aid his army in the
office prevailed on the U.S. attorney and
other during their time as privateers.
Battle of New Orleans, it was Livingston
the U.S. District Court in New Orleans
He says nothing is written in the letters
who recommended the Laffite brothers
to offer amnesty to the Baratarian
between Jean and Pierre to suggest
for volunteer duty. Exactly how they
pirates if they would enlist in the
of being buried. Robert Vogel of Spring Grove, Minn.,
that either of them buried any
military. Vogel says the Laffites
treasure. In fact, their corre-
didn’t enlist largely because
spondence paints a much
they believed they would have
different picture of them than
to become United States citizens
the myths would have many
in order to do so. At the time,
people believe, one that is
the Laffite brothers had many
far less romantic and much
indictments pending on them
more human. “Jean Laffite’s
in the United States. Like
letters to his brother read
many other foreigners under
more like, ‘Hey, Pierre, can
indictment in the United States
you send me another $1,000
at the time, the Laffites feared
for the lawyers?’” Vogel says.
American citizenship would lead
“Jean Laffite never buried any
to further prosecution from the
money. We know he banked
federal government. Instead,
at the Bank of Louisiana,
they chose to become “volunteer
which was on Royal Street
gentlemen” in Jackson’s
in the French Quarter. The
army, delivering messages
whole buried treasure thing
and providing intelligence.
with pirates is a 19th-century
“Jackson didn’t care if you were
romantic fad, but it has long
a criminal or had been indicted
legs on it.”
on charges,” Vogel says. “As long as you could do something
If the Laffites had any money in the bank – or anywhere
to help Gen. Jackson you were
else – it did not stay there
good enough for him.” After the American army
for long. The two men were constantly under indictment
prevailed in New Orleans,
throughout their adult lives,
Jackson publicly thanked the
and it is believed their fines
Laffite brothers for their work,
and legal bills invariably ate up
as well as a group of criminals and Mexican revolutionaries
most of the loot they scored in their raids. For legal help, the Laffites
aided Jackson’s army remains unclear.
who also helped his army to victory. “The
often turned to Edward Livingston, a
Davis believes Pierre was somewhere
Laffites were riding pretty high in public
man who would later become President
on the left flank of Jackson’s line and
opinion after that,” Vogel says. “They
Andrew Jackson’s secretary of state.
took part in the pursuit of the British
could’ve retired and lived out their lives
At the time, Livingston was one of the
troops after the battle. The evidence
as war heroes. Unfortunately, they were
best trial attorneys in the country and
surrounding Jean’s involvement in the
flat busted broke.”
one of the most expensive to hire. “It
battle, Davis adds, was that he was
Strapped for cash, Jean Laffite wrote
seems that a consequence of making
south of New Orleans in one of the
a letter to President James Madison on
your living as a gangster is that you’re
bayous keeping watch on a possible
behalf of himself and his brother to ask
always paying out money to your
backdoor water invasion that the
for payment for their service in Jackson’s
lawyers,” Vogel says. “The Laffites had
British might have chosen to use.
army. Laffite argued that as foreigners
legal bills that were, in the context of
“There’s no question the Laffites had
he and his brother did not have to side
that time, phenomenal. When they got
some involvement in the Battle of New
with the American army but chose to do
into trouble, they got into really big
Orleans,” Davis says. “But they did not
so, nevertheless. He also argued, rather
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ironically, that overzealous American
Jean was probably
naval officers raided their home base
ill at the time of his
in New Orleans and stole their money
imprisonment in Cuba;
and supplies. In short, Laffite wanted
his records indicate
reparations for the money and goods
he was moved from
that were stolen. Madison never
his cell to the prison
responded. Instead, Vogel says, the
hospital from which
federal government forgave the Laffites
he later escaped. Jean
for their years of criminal activity, the
then traveled to Central
legal equivalent of a get-out-of-jail-free
America where he tried
card. Neither Jean nor Pierre Laffite
to link himself with one
received a dime or a doubloon for their
of the emerging Latin
work in Jackson’s army.
American republics,
In the years following the Battle of
offering his services as
New Orleans, the Laffites, bankrupt
a privateer to any of the
and in search of quick cash, returned
governments that were
named George Schumph. In the midst
to piracy. They spent the rest of their
interested. Vogel says that although
of all the chaos, Mexican authorities,
lives running from the United States
the Laffites were big-time smugglers
suspicious of all foreigners in their
authorities and looking for their next
on Barataria Island, they never netted
country, apprehended Laffite, Allen
big score, which never came. They
much money from their pirating largely
and Schumph for being illegal aliens
traveled to Galveston, Texas, as part of
because their operations often cost
in Mexico. As the three suspects were
an unlicensed private military expedition
more than the value of loot they stole.
being driven by horse and carriage to
aimed at separating Texas from Mexico.
“The Laffites engaged in practices that
the coast guard station in Dzilam de
They set up a base of operations on
were capital-intensive,” he adds. “If
Bravo, Pierre Laffite died of his wounds.
Galveston Island and spent the next
you really examine what was going
four years on foreign soil devising plots
back then, piracy was not a particularly
named Joseph Holt Ingraham published
to make money that were often foiled.
lucrative business unless you very lucky.
the book Lafitte: The Pirate of the Gulf,
One scheme involved an attempt to join
But they weren’t.”
which was a sensationalized account of
In 1836, a Maine teacher and sailor
After Galveston, Pierre returned to
Jean Laffite’s life as a pirate. The book
a plot to take over Texas. Their plans,
New Orleans to shut down the Laffites’
became a nationwide best seller. Edgar
however, were dashed when a massive
smuggling operations. He then followed
Allan Poe reviewed it for the August
hurricane swept through Galveston in
his brother into Colombia where he
1836 edition of the Southern Literary
September 1818, destroying most of the
tried to make money as a privateer but
Messenger. Vogel believes Ingraham’s
homes and structures on the island.
had no luck. Broke and fearing more jail
book, which is still in print, launched the
time, Pierre traveled to Cancun, which,
Laffite pirate legend that is celebrated
expelled from the gulf
at the time, was a desolate hiding spot
today. “Laffite lived a very exciting kind
By 1820, the United States government
for felons on the run.
of life,” Vogel says. “He was there for
a group of Europeans and Mexicans in
was under pressure to expel the Laffites
As was the case with most privateers
some really pivotal events in American
from the Gulf of Mexico. That year,
of their time, Jean and Pierre Laffite’s
history, even though he really didn’t
federal officials negotiated a settlement
lives ended violently. Multiple sources at
influence these events as much as the
with the two pirates, offering them
the time reported that Jean Laffite died
legend says he did.”
amnesty from further prosecution if they
in a sea fight in the Gulf of Honduras.
agreed to leave the area. The Laffites,
More than likely, his dead body was
own legend. Last May, Contraband
who were in their 40s at the time,
thrown overboard. “Laffite was more
Days brought in an estimated 50,000
accepted the amnesty and, under the
notorious than famous at the time,”
paying visitors to Lake Charles to enjoy
watchful eye of a United States naval
Vogel says. “They knew who he was,
a fortnight of Cajun food; live music;
warship, vacated Galveston.
and the people who read the account
classic cars; pirate costumes; and, to
in the newspapers in the United States
close the festival, a $20,000 fireworks
recognized him.”
display. “I think Lake Charles has been
After their expulsion from Galveston, the Laffite brothers split up for a period of time. Jean first went to the Yucatan
Pierre Laffite was still in the Yucatan
Perhaps Laffite’s true treasure is his
the leader in promoting Laffite’s name
Peninsula and then to Cuba where,
Peninsula in the fall of 1821 when he
and preserving his legacy,” Langley
despite his recent federal expulsion from
was shot by accident during a gunfight
says. “Even though he was a pirate, it’s
the Gulf, he continued to trying to make
that broke out between rival gangs of
the story behind him that we like so
a living as a privateer. In 1821, however,
Italian and Mexican pirates. At the time
much. Nobody has proven yet that the
he was captured by Spanish authorities
of the incident, Pierre was out with his
stories are false. They could be true. But
in eastern Cuba and was jailed in a
girlfriend, Lucia Allen of Mobile, Ala.,
the treasure is still out there somewhere.
Cuban prison for piracy. Vogel says
and a Canadian pirate from Quebec
That’s our legend.”
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Troubled Births
Louisiana ranks 49th in all the important categories. Now there is an effort to reverse that.
By Taylor Burley / Photographed by Cheryl Gerber
U
In addition to the risks these
ntil recently, Louisiana was
Louisiana’s birthing costs due to the
steadily falling behind in
state’s high poverty levels – the highest
procedures pose by themselves,
important national reports,
percentage of Medicaid-financed
inductions and Caesarean sections
rankings, studies and analyses
births in the nation. In many hospitals
increase the number of babies who are
of health status and health
throughout Louisiana, unnecessary
admitted into the neonatal intensive care
systems performance. The National
Caesarean sections and inductions occur
unit, or NICU. This leads to increased
Center for Health Statistics ranked our
before the 40-week gestation period is
costs for hospitals, as NICU care is an
state 49th nationally in infant mortality,
over. Although some of these procedures
enormous driver of Medicaid costs.
preterm birth and the percentage of low
are unavoidable, the majority are not
birth weight and very low birth weight.
needed, and overwhelming evidence
Caesarean sections performed in
There are 4.1 percent more
shows that unnecessary Caesarean
Louisiana than the national average.
outcomes sits the fact that Medicaid
sections and inductions are harmful to
Louisiana annually spends $4,000
publicly finances almost 70 percent of
both mothers and babies.
Medicaid dollars on full-term vaginal
On top of the state’s poor birth
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births, compared to the $33,000 the
babies at Touro Hospital, I see women
important health is prior to pregnancy
state spends on premature babies
with some of the greatest challenges I
as well as how important it is to carry a
(primarily due to Caesarean sections,
have ever encountered,” Gee says. “Even
pregnancy as long as possible to ensure
NICU care and unnecessary inductions).
though I trained in major cities like
that babies are born with the best chance
With nearly 7,000 premature births
Boston, New York and Philadelphia, the
at life,” Gee says. “I also understand that
covered by the Medicaid program each
extent of the social problems – whether
pregnancy can be uncomfortable! But
year, the excess costs to Louisiana
drug use, chronic disease or stress – could
what are a few more weeks of discomfort
surpass $200 million.
not match what I see in Louisiana. But this
for Mom if she can get to the full 39 weeks
is why our work here is so compelling;
and give that baby the best shot for the
Rebekah Gee
there are lots of problems with our social
rest of its life? It seems like a trade-off that
The Department of Health and Hospitals
fabric. If we can’t at least get it right so
just makes sense.”
was determined to address this long-
that babies are starting off life with the
standing public health problem, and
best chance, they are falling behind and
babies start with healthy mothers. The
thus they began planning for the Birth
trying to catch up, or may never catch up,
health of a woman is [composed] of
Outcome Initiative, or BOI, in early 2010.
[and] we will stay at 49th in the nation. I
more than her prenatal and delivery
The initiative was formally launched on
know we can do better than that!”
experience. Current evidence recognizes
Nov. 17, 2010 – Prematurity Awareness
According to the BOI’s Web site,
The BOI’s Web site reads: “Healthy
birth outcomes as the end product of
Day – in conjunction with the release
“The Birth Outcomes Initiative is a
not only the nine months of pregnancy
of the March of Dimes 2010 Premature
targeted cross-departmental and
but the entire life course of the mother
Birth Report Card. The March of Dimes
cross-sector initiative to improve the
before the pregnancy.”
report gave Louisiana a failing grade
outcomes of Louisiana’s births and
based on the state’s high preterm birth
health of Louisiana’s moms and babies.”
have put in the effort to improve their
rate of 15.4 percent of births. In an
Through quality improvements in
birth outcomes have succeeded greatly.
attempt to better the health of mothers
Louisiana’s birthing hospitals, the BOI
Wisconsin; Florida; and Washington,
and babies, Louisiana was the first state
team envisions a healthier generation of
D.C., have all successfully implemented
to accept the March of Dimes challenge
women and children in the state.
programs to improve the health and
to reduce preterm births to 8 percent or less by 2014. The BOI, led by Dr. Rebekah Gee, is
On top of improving the health of
According to the BOI, other states that
well-being of women in their child-
Louisiana’s mothers and babies, the BOI
bearing years and lower neonatal and
team hopes to reduce Medicaid costs
infant mortality rates.
working to encourage awareness and
by encouraging at least 39 weeks of
kick off important changes to meet this
gestation, creating a safer environment
“Louisiana could be among the first states to have a statewide quality collaborative with the goal of implementing successful 39-week policies and reducing neonatal harm,” the BOI team says on its Web site. “This quality improvement initiative puts Louisiana in a national leadership position at a time when multiple other organizations including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the March of Dimes and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all prioritized this issue. … NICU quality must be addressed. Systems are designed to produce the outcomes they achieve, and with Louisiana ranked 49th in the nation on neonatal quality metrics like infant mortality, the system must be changed if we are to expect better outcomes,” As explained at the 2011 Family Impact Seminar, our state must take
challenge and lower infant mortality
for women and their babies and
on many challenges headfirst to
rates. In addition to working with the
improving the quality of the state’s
improve birth outcomes, which include
BOI, Gee is an assistant professor
birthing hospitals.
“improved care coordination and
of public health and obstetrics and gynecology at Louisiana State University. “In my practice at LSU, where I deliver
“I am currently pregnant with twin girls
preconception health, improvements
– my first pregnancy – and being pregnant
in the measurement of birth outcomes,
has made me truly understand how
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quality, addressing the maternal
life course experiences. The danger of
Louisiana lose Medicaid coverage 60
and infant health disparities in birth
focusing solely on risk factors during
days after their baby is born; however,
outcomes and addressing the behavioral
pregnancy is not only that it doesn’t
in the next two years, these women will
health needs of pregnant women.” DHH
adequately explain the disparities, but
receive ongoing coverage. Women in
is now asking hospitals throughout
more importantly it can misguide public
the Greater New Orleans area are now
Louisiana to avoid the delivery of any
health programs and policies. For two
eligible for an inter-pregnancy program,
infant prior to 39 weeks gestation unless
decades we thought if we could get
which includes screening for such health
the hospital deems it to be medically
women universal access to good quality
risks as smoking, alcohol and drug use
necessary. This, in turn, will reduce
prenatal care, then we can do something
as well as violence against women.
NICU admissions and other early birth
about reducing infant mortality and
complications, thus improving birth
racial disparities in this country.
outcomes and reducing Medicaid costs.
Many of us recognize now that to
In addition to this, all 58 delivery hospitals in Louisiana have now promised to end the practice of elective deliveries
The BOI team holds the high goal
expect prenatal care in less than nine
before 39 weeks. This means that women
of improving the quality and safety of
months to reverse all the cumulative
will have the assurance that if a doctor
Louisiana’s birthing hospitals while
disadvantages and inequities over the life
recommends they deliver early, there will
reducing Medicaid costs, but
be a reason for it. By expanding the
the team’s ambitions don’t
health care needs of women in their
stop there. They also hope to
reproductive years, Louisiana’s
improve the state’s pre- and post-
BOI is assessing the needs of
pregnancy resources for new
women and their babies to achieve
mothers, particularly those who
better birth outcomes and give
live in poverty.
way to a healthier generation of Louisiana women.
finding a way
Since the BOI’s launch, Gee
While prenatal care is a hugely
says that hospitals in Louisiana
important aspect of birthing
have already seen 20 to 40 percent
healthy babies, it is often too little,
reductions in the number of babies
too late to improve the actual
admitted to NICUs in several
birth outcomes. As explained at
hospitals in our state, “meaning that
the 2011 Family Impact Seminar,
instead of spending the first weeks
some of the most vital events in
of life in a plastic box hooked up to
the life of the developing embryo
tubes, babies are going home with
happen at three to four weeks
Mom and Dad and in better health.” “Nothing is more important
post-conception. This poses an enormous problem because many
to the future of Louisiana than a
women do not even recognize
healthy next generation,” Gee says.
they are pregnant at this point.
“I am passionate about improving women’s health and children’s
As opposed to only caring for women once they know they are
health. It is unacceptable that our
pregnant, the Birth Outcomes
state has rates that rival developing countries in terms of babies born
Initiative believes that finding a way to care for reproductive-age women
course of the woman may be expecting
too early, babies who die in the first year
is hugely important to Louisiana’s health
too much of prenatal care. If we are
of life and moms that have severe health
care system. Preconception care is
serious about improving birth outcomes
problems that go untreated. I think that
cost-effective, and initiatives are now in
and reducing disparities, we have to start
a society should be measured partly
place in order to teach women, particu-
taking care of women and families not
by how we deal with these issues and
larly those who live in poverty, to take
only during pregnancy but before and
care for those who are most vulnerable.
care of themselves.
between pregnancies and indeed, across
Without fixing some of these problems,
their entire life course.”
the future of our state is at risk. Data
Dr. Michael C. Lu, who also holds a
tell us that prematurity leads to a whole
master’s of public health degree and is
Louisiana is now the only state in
the associate director of the Child and
the nation with a statewide, all-encom-
host of social problems, both physical
Family Health Training Program at the
passing Birth Outcomes Initiative. By
disabilities and learning disabilities –
University of California in Los Angeles,
2014, Louisiana’s Medicaid population
and even increased crime. Prevention is
said at the Family Impact Seminar: “For
will have the largest proportional
always better than treating a problem,
decades we have searched for maternal
expansion in the nation and will set
and even though we all face challenges,
risk factors during pregnancy rather
the bar much higher for Louisiana’s
I want every Louisianian to start life the
than looking at the mothers’ cumulative
standard of care. Currently, women in
healthiest possible.” n
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Gamechangers in medicine By Kathy Finn
Louisiana hospitals and doctors raise the bar in research, diagnostics and treatment.
T
echnological innovation takes many shapes in modern medicine, but increasingly crucial to improving treatment outcomes is quick communication. Medical professionals
who can instantaneously share records and collaborate across distances can greatly improve patient care. Recently, the National Institutes of Health awarded a $20 million grant to a group of Louisiana institutions led by Pennington Biomedical Research Center to expand research in chronic disease prevention and improved health care for underserved populations. William Cefalu, Pennington’s associate executive director for clinical research, says the five-year grant will fund the Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center, a networking system that will capitalize on the strengths of each of the participating institutions.
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Chilling patients, saving lives ALEXANDRIA – Staying cool in a medical
hospitals. The magazine’s survey of
Pennington are LSU Health Sciences Center and Tulane Health Sciences
emergency can be vital not only for
that adopt and implement health
Center in New Orleans and the
doctors but also for patients, particu-
information technology to improve
LSU Health Care Services Division,
larly those in a cardiac crisis, according
performance while protecting
composed of seven public hospitals
to cardiologist Robert Freedman.
patient data and streamlining patient
The primary collaborators with
around the state. Participating as research partners
Freedman, who has decades of experience with heart patients, says
health care facilities singled out those
communications. Lafayette General and its affiliate,
are LSU in Baton Rouge; LSU Health
many who survive cardiac events have
Opelousas General Health System,
Sciences Center in Shreveport; and
some degree of impairment because
which took honors among the
Research Institution for Children
their brain was deprived of oxygen for
most-wired small and rural health
at Children’s Hospital and Xavier
a period of time. Lowering a person’s
institutions, were the only Louisiana
University of Louisiana, both in New
body temperature can reduce the
institutions to land on the list.
Orleans.
adverse effects of oxygen deprivation,
“This is a game-changer for Louisiana as it has created a new working network
he says. About 10 years ago Freedman
Edwina Mallery, who heads information systems at Lafayette General, says the goal of the hospital’s
of medical research partners,” Cefalu
teamed up with scientist and engineer
communications technology is to build
said in announcing the grant.
Robert Schock to create a patient-
an electronic health records system that
cooling system called ThermoSuit,
links the community with the institution
innovations that are raising the bar for
consisting of inflatable “sheets” that
and “integrates our primary care, home
medical treatment and research around
continuously circulate cold water. A
care and school clinics and provides
the state.
patient lies atop one layer and beneath
employers with tools such as tele-
another, and ice water flows around
medicine solutions to provide real-time
him or her. Once a target core body
clinical information and care delivery.”
Here’s a look at some of the other
Pinpoint tumor treatment SHREVEPORT – In the nationwide
temperature is reached – between 89
This year the hospital also became
quest to continually improve cancer
and 94 degrees Fahrenheit – the suit
the first to offer a job-site telemedicine
treatments, proton beam therapy has
can be removed and the patient will
clinic, in cooperation with Stuller Inc.,
been seen as too expensive for all but
remain cool for up to six hours, during
and achieve Stage 6 status in electronic
the largest cancer centers. But the
which time procedures such as cardiac
record-keeping. In addition it was
financial stability of Willis-Knighton
catheterization can be done.
among a handful of hospitals around
Cancer Center in Shreveport enables
“When oxygen is cut off, the brain and
the world to broadcast a live surgical
it to join the ranks of much larger
heart begin to self-destruct,” Freedman
procedure to the largest peripheral
institutions that offer the advanced
says. “This system stops it cold.”
vascular conference in the United States.
treatment, according to James Elrod,
In 2009 the ThermoSuit was named
In November 2011, Lafayette General
the center’s president and CEO.
one of the Top Five Innovative Devices
and Opelousas General pioneered
“Adding proton therapy coincides with
by MedicalDeviceNetwork.com, and
the Louisiana Health Information
the substantial growth of the entire
hospitals in cities around the country
Exchange, which allows for the secure
cancer center,” he says.
now use the system.
exchange of health information among
While radiation treatment has
Freedman, the founder and managing
authorized providers.
evolved to include increasingly
partner of Freedman Memorial
targeted delivery methods, Elrod says
Cardiology in Alexandria, says the
that proton therapy gives radiation
system has been used successfully to
Tracking the heart LAKE CHARLES – Lake Charles Memorial
oncologists still-greater accuracy,
reverse the effects of heat stroke, as
Hospital reached a first-in-the-nation
enabling the delivery of higher doses
well. “We think this is going to be a
benchmark recently when its cardiac
of radiation to a tumor without
significant way to help people walk out
rehabilitation program received a
increasing the risk of radiation-induced
of the hospital as good as they were
new telemetry system, courtesy of the
malignancies. Studies have shown
before,” he says.
hospital’s Volunteer Auxiliary and
the therapy is particularly effective in
Foundation.
long-term complications associated
Well-wired network LAFAYETTE – Building on Lafayette’s
quality diagnostic telemetry readings
with treatment of many tumors.
already high profile among cities that
that identify heartbeat changes or
enable widespread Internet access,
arrhythmias. Its built-in charting and
$30 million proton therapy facility
Lafayette General Medical Center
automated reporting system will be
adjacent to the existing cancer center.
recently garnered accolades from
used in conjunction with the National
The first patients could begin receiving
Hospitals & Health Networks magazine
Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation
treatments late next year.
as one of the nation’s “most wired”
Registry that went live in July.
treating prostate cancer and avoiding
Construction is under way on the
The Quinton system is able to produce
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“The system is the first of its
completion of its new Level 1 Trauma
Lakeview Regional Medical Center
kind in the U.S. that will provide
Center. One of only three such centers
offers computer-aided detection and
Memorial’s cardiac rehab team with
in the state (others are in New Orleans
MRI-guided breast biopsy. Radiologist
the means to track, document and
and Shreveport), the new facility will
Steve Pflug says it’s an important tool
communicate patient outcomes and
offer round-the-clock availability of
in that next step beyond the basic
program performance in accordance
emergency physicians, anesthesia
mammogram.
with evidence-based guidelines,” says
specialists and a host of equipment
Michelle Smith, nurse manager of
that enables delivery of comprehensive
replacement for mammography or
Memorial’s Cardiac Rehab Department.
emergency medical services to patients
ultrasound imaging but rather a
who have suffered traumatic injury.
supplemental tool proven valuable
Meanwhile, the hospital also has good news for athletes and other individuals
Being treated at a Level 1 Trauma
“MRI of the breast is not a
in diagnosing a broad range of
who may be afflicted with “bad knees.”
Center can substantially increase a
conditions,” he says. All images are
Dr. Nathan Cohen, an orthopedic
seriously injured patient’s chances of
interpreted by a board-certified
“
radiologist with same-day results.
When oxygen is cut off, the brain and heart begin to self-destruct.
”
Orthopedics for pros – and many others NEW ORLEANS – Ranked among the Top 25 best hospitals nationwide by U.S. News & World Report, Ochsner Medical Center has garnered honors from the magazine in 11 different specialties. Ochsner also snagged the attention of Becker’s Hospital Review, which has recognized the center on its list of “100 Hospitals with Great Orthopedic Programs.” Ochsner Medical Center is
surgeon with Lake Charles Memorial’s
survival. Key elements include 24-hour
the only hospital in Louisiana to receive
Orthopedic Specialists, is one of the first
availability of general surgeons and
this award.
doctors to offer an alternative to total
various specialties. Level 1 centers also
joint replacement.
offer trauma education and injury-
physicians who often treat profes-
prevention resources.
sional athletes, engage in cutting-edge
A specialized surgery called “arthrosurface” can be helpful for people
The expanded emergency room at
Hospitals on this list are known for
research and perform a large number
in their 50s or younger who need
Our Lady of the Lake will be about
of joint replacements. The magazine’s
to put off joint replacement for as
the size of two football fields and will
editorial team analyzed data from
long as possible. The new procedure
include dedicated surgical facilities
outside sources on factors including
involves resurfacing the affected knee
and a helipad that can support two
patient-centered care, forward-thinking
compartment and inserting a metal
helicopters simultaneously, if needed.
research and continual innovation in
component. “On the opposing surface
The emergency room expansion and
orthopedic treatments and services.
there’s a piece of plastic, on the back of
trauma center are expected to be
the knee cap,” Cohen says. The result
completed in the fall of 2013.
is a smoothed contact that relieves the direct pressure on bones. In cases of localized arthritis in one
“This is a testament to the commitment to quality that each member of our orthopedics team
Better breast care COVINGTON – Women who seek breast
exemplifies,” says Ochsner Chief Operating Officer Michael Hulefeld.
area, the procedure may be enough to
diagnostic services in the Northshore
stop the progression of the arthritis to
(across Lake Pontchartrain from
Surgery Department’s services include
the whole knee joint, Cohen says. The
New Orleans) region are finding that
spine; oncology; sports medicine; joint
procedure can be done on the hips,
Lakeview Regional Medical Center
replacement; pediatric; and hand, foot
shoulders and knees, he says.
offers welcome services in the form
and ankle. Surgeons at the hospital
of the Invivo DynaCAD system. This
perform more than 3,200 cases every
Combating trauma BATON ROUGE – Ranked by U.S. News
advanced technology in early breast
year. Fellowship-trained sports medicine
cancer detection is a breast MRI, which
physicians perform arthroscopic surgery
& World Report as the Baton Rouge
allows radiologists to distinguish
and provide services to the New Orleans
area’s top hospital, Our Lady of the
between benign and malignant growths
Saints NFL football team, New Orleans
Lake Regional Medical Center will
with noninvasive techniques.
Hornets NBA basketball team and New
gain still-greater stature soon with the
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The Invivo DynaCAD system at
Ochsner Medical Center Orthopedic
Orleans Voodoo arena football team. n
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Finding the best doctors for a malady can be a tricky business with enormous, possibly life-saving, implications. Peer recommendations and hearsay can be useful, but what if you could survey the best doctors in the nation in their specialties? That’s what we try to do with this list. Here are the very latest results. But first, as in all medical consultations, some questions and answers are in order. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT METHODOLOGY HOW WERE THE best DOCTORS SELECTED? We used the services of Best Doctors Inc., a company founded in 1989 by Harvard Medical School professors. According to the company: “Best Doctors Inc. is transforming and improving health care. The global company, headquartered in Boston, serves more than 30 million members in every major region of the world and works with the best 5 percent of doctors to find the right diagnoses and right treatments, seamlessly integrating its services with employers’ other health-related benefits.” The company is also the pre-eminent organization at gathering professional peer ratings. Through the years the company has built a database of professionals who are highly regarded by their peers. Those professionals are in turn interviewed for their recommendations. Listed here are the very latest survey results from Best Doctors. The results were completed in October 2012. WHAT QUESTION IS ASKED OF THE DOCTORS WHO ARE INTERVIEWED? Best Doctors contacts each doctor on the
previous list and asks the same question: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, and you couldn’t treat them yourself, to whom would you refer them?” Doctors also confidentially evaluate doctors in related specialties and recommend
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those they feel excel in specific areas of medicine. DO DOCTORS GET A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO OTHER NAMES RECOMMENDED? Every doctor has the opportunity both to
comment (confidentially) on the other doctors included in his or her specialty and to make additional nominations. As new names are added to the pool, each undergoes the same peer-evaluation process. The company has special software to correct for some methodological biases: for example, to detect and correct for suspect voting patterns and to weigh votes according to the ratings of the doctors who are doing the recommending. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DATA? There is a continual refinement of both the voting pool and the nominee pool. Each time a poll is conducted, the list is sifted, refined and improved for better representation and more solid consensuses. HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM LOCAL SURVEYS? One major
difference is that doctors are evaluated by their peers nationwide, not just by doctors in their communities. In many areas doctors may be better known and evaluated by those within their specialty groups, regardless of where they live, than by local doctors who may not be as knowledgeable in specific specialty areas. DO DOCTORS HAVE TO PAY TO BE ON THE LIST? NO! We would
never use the list if that were the case. Here is the company’s own statement on that issue: “Best Doctors never takes compensation of any kind from doctors or hospitals in return for listing doctors in its database, nor does Best Doctors pay doctors to participate in its survey process.” WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RULES THAT THE COMPANY USES?
• Doctors are allowed to vote on others in their hospitals and medical practices. The feeling is that those doctors know their peers best – that is where the survey gets some of its most outspoken evaluations, good and bad. • Doctors are never “automatically” re-included. In each annual poll, current Best Doctors are re-evaluated along with the new nominees. • All of the voting is strictly confidential. • Doctors are not notified of inclusion on the list until after the survey process is completed. Doctors are not required to pay a fee or make a purchase to be included. HOW MANY DOCTORS WERE SURVEYED? As part of its nationwide survey,
the company interviewed more than 45,000 doctors. This is the most recent, credible survey of doctors. ARE THE SURVEYS ADMINISTERED RANDOMLY? No. To get opinions
with weight and professional credibility, Best Doctors tries to consult the very best. They contact all current physicians on the list, including many department heads at major teaching hospitals, and ask them to rate specialists outside their own facilities. According to Best Doctors, the medical community has been extremely supportive over the past 20+ years it has administered the survey, providing a 56 percent response rate. WHERE’S THE BIAS? There is no perfect, bias-free way to conduct a
ranking of any sort. Although Best Doctors has through the years refined its techniques to eliminate biases, any nomination process that relies on peer evaluations will naturally favor more senior doctors who have had time to develop their reputations. Those who are new to their professions or those who have not had much peer interaction will naturally get less recognition. The broadness and the depth of the voting pool helps eliminate biases and cronyism that might be reflected in smaller surveys. HOW WERE THE MEDICAL CATEGORIES USED IN THIS SELECTION DETERMINED? They were selected by Best Doctors. IS THIS THE DEFINITIVE LIST? Of course not. We have no doubt that there are many worthy doctors who were not included in the list. We are confident, however, that all who are listed are truly Best Doctors. Note: These lists are excerpted from The Best Doctors in America 2013
database, which includes more than 45,000 doctors in more than 40 medical specialties. The Best Doctors in America database is compiled and maintained by Best Doctors Inc. For more information, visit www.bestdoctors.com or contact Best Doctors by telephone at (800) 675-1199 or by e-mail at research@bestdoctors. com. Please note that lists of doctors are not available on the Best Doctors Web site. The Louisiana list is available on the Louisiana Life Web site.
Addiction Medicine
Baton Rouge (225) 923-3283
Howard C. Wetsman
Townsend 3600 Prytania St., Suite 72 New Orleans (504) 894-8322
Richard Joseph Guillot
North Shore Allergy and Immunology 804 Heavens Drive, Suite 203 Mandeville (985) 792-4022
Allergy and Immunology Sami L. Bahna
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Allergy and Immunology Clinic Women’s and Children’s Clinic, First Floor 1602 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-8604
Peter B. Boggs
The Asthma-Allergy Clinic and Research Center 7847 Youree Drive Shreveport (318) 221-3584 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Allergy and Immunology 1604 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-8604
Benjamin Buell Close
Louisiana Allergy and Asthma Specialists 201 Pecan Park Ave. Alexandria (318) 445-6221
8017 Picardy Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 769-4432
Tulane Medical Center Lung and Sleep Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 988-8600
Prem Kumar Menon
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center 5217 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-6931 Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Allergy and Immunology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-9511
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates Building 6, Suite 20 3939 Houma Blvd. Metairie (504) 885-2121
Joseph Norwood Redhead Jr.
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 7373 Perkins Road, Third Floor Baton Rouge (225) 769-4044
W. Edward Davis III
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Allergy and Immunology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-6742
B. Suiteele Rolston
Asthma, Allergy and Immunology 187 Greenbrier Blvd., Suite A Covington (985) 893-5780
Ricardo U. Sorensen
Jane M. S. El-Dahr
Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Luis R. Espinoza
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Rheumatology 3700 St. Charles Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1366 Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of Southwest Louisiana 320 Settlers Trace Blvd. Lafayette (337) 981-9495 Allergy Clinic 7968 Goodwood Blvd.
James Marion Kidd III
Kenneth Paris
Carolyn Beach Daul
L. Ben Gaudin
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of Southwest Louisiana 320 Settlers Trace Blvd. Lafayette (337) 981-9495
Manuel Lopez
Adrian Casillas
Bernard C. Fruge Jr.
Bina Elizabeth Joseph
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Pediatrics 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-4589
Ann Elizabeth Vockroth
Crescent City Allergy 2600 Belle Chasse Highway, Suite 204 Terrytown, LA 70056 (504) 391-9249
Willard Frederick Washburne Highland Clinic 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 108 Shreveport (318) 798-4544
Steven Claude Whited
Highland Clinic 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 101 Shreveport (318) 798-4573
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Laurianne G. Wild
Tulane Medical Center Lung and Sleep Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 988-8600
Merlin Robert Wilson Jr.
2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 New Orleans (504) 899-1120
Michael Francis Zambie
Allergy and Asthma Clinic 909 N. Third St. Monroe (318) 322-5555
Anesthesiology Todd C. Ackal
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd. Lafayette (337) 289-7991
Thomas Anzalone
St. Tammany Parish Hospital Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management 1202 S. Tyler St. Covington (985) 898-4412
Jorge J. Bravo
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 602 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 493-4750
David M. Broussard
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Eric H. Busch
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Joseph T. Crapanzano Jr. Parish Pain Specialists 4500 Clearview Parkway, Suite 101 Metairie (504) 779-5558
Son M. Dang
Baton Rouge General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 3600 Florida Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 381-6104
David C. Deas
Christus Schumpert St. Mary Place Department of Anesthesiology 1 St. Mary Place Shreveport (318) 681-4440
William Dedo
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology
4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 470-2966
John L. DiLeo II
Southlake Surgery Center 694 Belle Terre Blvd. LaPlace (985) 359-6694
Emilie Donaldson
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Bryan M. Evans
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Jason B. Falterman
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Robert Faul
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 470-2000
Timothy David Faul
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 470-2966
H. Jerrel Fontenot
Ouachita Community Hospital Department of Anesthesiology 1275 Glenwood Drive West Monroe (318) 322-1339
Kerwin J. Fontenot
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd. Lafayette (337) 289-7991
Donald Robert Ganier Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Richard J. Grisoli
North Oaks Health System Department of Anesthesiology 15790 Paul Vega MD Drive Hammond (985) 345-2700
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Donald Eric Harmon
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Stuart R. Hart
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
John Frederick Heaton
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456
Lex Hubbard
Willis-Knighton Pierremont Health Center Pierremont Anesthesia Consultants 8001 Youree Drive, Suite B Shreveport (318) 212-3266
Alan David Kaye
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology 1542 Tulane Ave., Sixth Floor New Orleans (504) 903-2015
Leopold De Blanc Landry Jr.
Surgery Center 1101 S. College Road, Suite 100 Lafayette (337) 233-8603
Rupert Gary Madden
St. Francis Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 309 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 327-4190
Robert Joseph Marino
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Carl A. Mayeaux
Ochsner Medical Center North Shore Department of Anesthesiology 100 Medical Center Drive Slidell (504) 842-3755
Patrick P. McCaslin
Ross B. Nelson III
Pain Care Consultants 1500 Line Ave., Suite 202 Shreveport (318) 629-5505
Richard G. Palfrey
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd. Lafayette (337) 289-7991
Austin Guy Phillips Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
James Riopelle
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology 1542 Tulane Ave., Suite 659 New Orleans (504) 583-6181
Melody Ritter
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Francis X. Robichaux
Mid Louisiana Anesthesia Consultants 1444 Peterman Drive Alexandria (318) 442-5399
Brad D. Rupe
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd. Lafayette (337) 289-7991
Armin Schubert
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Joseph Thomas Spalitta
St. Tammany Parish Hospital Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management 1202 S. Tyler St. Covington (985) 898-4421
Peter Stedman
St. Tammany Parish Hospital Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management 1202 S. Tyler St. Covington (985) 898-4421
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Winston E. Moore Jr.
Robin B. Stedman
Promise Hospital of Louisiana Shreveport Campus Department of Anesthesiology 1800 Irving Place Shreveport (318) 797-1743
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans
(504) 842-3755
W. David Sumrall III
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Robert R. Theard
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 470-2966
Leslie C. Thomas
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Mack Anthony Thomas
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Leo D. Verlander
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd. Lafayette (337) 289-7991
Richard P. Villien
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd. Lafayette (337) 289-7991
Patrick Houstoun Waring
The Pain Intervention Center 701 Metairie Road, Unit 2A310 Metairie (504) 455-2225
Cardiovascular Disease Richard P. Abben
Cardiovascular Institute of the South 225 Dunn St. Houma (985) 876-0300
Freddy Michel Abi-Samra
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135
Asif Anwar
Tulane Medical Center Section of Cardiology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6113
David Gregory Baker
Lafayette Heart Clinic
Province Building 1 5000 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 261-0928
Jose Alberto Bernal-Ramirez Oschner Health System Oschner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135
Stuart L. Blum
Christus Cardiology 1801 Fairfield Ave., Suite 105 Shreveport (318) 424-2192
Roland J. Bourgeois Jr.
East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 Metairie (504) 455-0842
Patrick C. Breaux
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135
Mark M. Cassidy
Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Cardiology Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road,
Suite 101 Metairie (504) 988-8090
Kenneth C. Civello
Louisiana Cardiology Associates Plaza 2, Suite 1000 7777 Hennessy Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 767-3900
Tyrone Jean Collins
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3727
Patrice Delafontaine
Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute 4201 Woodland Drive, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 378-5080
N. Joseph Deumite
Louisiana Cardiology Associates Plaza 2, Suite 1000 7777 Hennessy Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 767-3900
Fortune Anthony Dugan
East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., Second Floor Metairie
(504) 454-4170
Clement C. Eiswirth
East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 Metairie (504) 455-0842
Daniel T. Fontenot
Baton Rouge Cardiology Center 5231 Brittany Drive Baton Rouge (225) 769-0933
Robert John Freedman Jr.
Freedman Memorial Cardiology 3311 Prescott Road, Suite 112 Alexandria (318) 767-0960
Thomas Davis Giles
Tulane Medical Center Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 834-8668
Yvonne E. Gilliland
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway Metairie (504) 842-4168
Richard Millard Gilmore
Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic Department of Cardiology
501 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive Lake Charles (337) 312-8232
Baton Rouge (225) 769-0933
David Lucas Glancy
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3786
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Cardiology 1542 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 450-5530
Corey Goldman
Tulane Medical Center Section of Cardiology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6113
Henry Gorman Hanley
Freedman Memorial Cardiology 3311 Prescott Road, Suite 112 Alexandria (318) 767-0960
William Haynie Jr.
Cardiology Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 222-3695
Carl Joseph Lavie Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135
Thierry H. Le Jemtel
Tulane Medical Center Cardiac Transplant and Advanced Heart Failure Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-2096
Leslie Wayne Levenson
Sanders F. Hearne
Heart Clinic of Louisiana 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N613 Marrero (504) 349-6800
Cardiology Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 222-3695
Boyd E. Helm
James Stephen Jenkins
Stacy Mandras
Baton Rouge Cardiology Center 5231 Brittany Drive
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology
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1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925
James Jude McKinnie
East Jefferson General Hospital Department of Cardiovascular Disease 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 400 Metairie (504) 456-8188
Richard Virgil Milani
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-5874
Lawrence O’Meallie
Tulane Medical Center Section of Cardiology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6113
Nicholas D. Pappas
East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 Metairie (504) 455-0842 Hamang M. Patel Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925
Lehman Kullman Preis Jr.
East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., Second Floor Metairie (504) 454-4170
Stephen Robert Ramee
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3727
Andrew Peter Rees
Louisiana Cardiology Associates Plaza 2, Suite 1000 7777 Hennessy Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 767-3900
J. P. Reilly
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-6281
Sangeeta Shah
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans
(504) 842-4135
Frank Wilson Smart
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Cardiology 3700 St. Charles Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1366
David Warren Snyder
East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., Second Floor Metairie (504) 454-4170
Gregory D. Tilton
East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 Metairie (504) 455-0842
Michael C. Turner
Cardiovascular Specialists of Southwest Louisiana 600 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive Lake Charles (337) 436-3813
Hector Osvaldo Ventura
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-5222
Christopher James White Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3727
Jean King White
Heart and Vascular Center 1717 Oak Park Blvd., Second Floor Lake Charles (337) 494-3278
Colon and Rectal Surgery Louis R. Barfield
Our Lady of the Lake Colon Rectal Associates 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 206 Baton Rouge (225) 767-8997
David E. Beck
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4060
Richard Byrd
Our Lady of the Lake Colon Rectal Associates 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 206 Baton Rouge (225) 767-8997
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Kenneth John Champagne Colon and Rectal Clinic of Acadiana 1103 W. University Ave. Lafayette (337) 233-0219
Philip Anthony Cole
Colon and Rectal Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 430 Shreveport (318) 424-8373
Jeffrey Farrow Griffin
Colon Rectal Associates 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 540 Metairie (504) 456-5108
William Reid Grimes
Colon and Rectal Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 430 Shreveport (318) 424-8373
Terrell Cohlman Hicks
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4060
David A. Margolin
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4060
Guy R. Orangio
St. Charles Clinic 3700 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 412-1310
Michael D. Stratton
Colon and Rectal Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 430 Shreveport (318) 424-8373
Charles B. Whitlow
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4060
Critical Care Medicine
Gregory Jacob Ardoin
The Lung Center 201 Fourth St., Suite 1A Alexandria (318) 769-5864
John Areno
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411
Stephen P. Brierre
LSU Healthcare Network
Department of Pulmonary Medicine 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755
Bennett Paul DeBoisblanc Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3925
Richard J. Grisoli
North Oaks Health System Department of Anesthesiology 15790 Paul Vega MD Drive Hammond (985) 345-2700
Ronald F. Hammett
Glenwood Pulmonary Specialists 102 Thomas Road, Suite 104 West Monroe (318) 329-8485
Robert Cary Holladay
510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411
Bobby D. Nossaman
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Thomas Gerard Nuttli
East Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Pulmonary Associates 4200 Houma Blvd., Third Floor Metairie (504) 454-5205
Mohammad Zohair Pirzadah
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Medicine Specialty Clinic Ambulatory Care Center, Second Floor 1606 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5920
L. Keith Scott
Stephen Phillips Kantrow
Leonardo Seoane
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055
Stuart J. Lebas
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864
Carol M. Mason
LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 Kenner (504) 412-1705
Michael P. McCarthy
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Hugh E. Mighty
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5379
Shawn Arlen Milligan
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5987 Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonology, Lung Transplant and Critical Care 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4400
Francesco Simeone
Tulane University Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
James Garland Smith Jr.
St. Francis Medical Center Hospitalist Group 309 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 966-4541
Thomas Parks Smith
Green Clinic 1200 S. Farmerville St. Ruston (318) 255-3690
David E. Taylor
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055
Mack Anthony Thomas
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Ben Frank Thompson III
Pulmonary Associates of Southwest Louisiana 2770 Third Ave., Suite 110 Lake Charles (337) 494-2750
Brad D. Vincent
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864
Arvind Yertha
North Oaks Pulmonology 15813 Paul Vega MD Drive, Suite 201 Hammond (985) 542-6251
Dermatology Erin E. Boh
5326 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 769-7546
Elizabeth Innes McBurney Skin Care Specialists 1051 Gause Blvd., Suite 460 Slidell (985) 649-5880
Tom Joffre Meek Jr.
Dermatology Clinic 5326 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 769-7546
Lee T. Nesbitt Jr.
Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 Metairie (504) 832-6612
Stella Boustany Noel
Tulane Medical Center Department of Dermatology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-1700
1211 Coolidge Blvd., Suite 400 Lafayette (337) 235-9779
John B. Brantley
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Metairie Department of Dermatology 2005 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Fifth Floor Metairie (504) 842-3940
Calais Dermatology Associates 5220 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-5151
Harry A. Burglass Jr.
Dermatology Clinic 5326 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 769-7546
David John Clemons
Dermatology and Skin Surgery 9007 Ellerbe Road Shreveport (318) 222-3278
William Patrick Coleman III 4425 Conlin St. Metairie (504) 455-3180
Leonard E. Gately III
Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 Metairie (504) 885-1670
Mara A. Haseltine
111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 406 Metairie (504) 838-8225
George Michael Kent
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Dermatology 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411
Brian David Lee
Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 Metairie (504) 832-6612
William Trent Massengale
Marilyn Claire Ray
Jack Selwyn Resneck Dermatology and Skin Surgery 9007 Ellerbe Road Shreveport (318) 222-3278
Robert Winn Romero
Dermatology and Allergy Clinic of South Louisiana 4212 W. Congress St., Suite 2300 Lafayette (337) 981-7546
David Marshall Walsworth Louisiana Dermatology Skin Cancer 201 McMillan Road West Monroe (318) 387-6622
Ann C. Zedlitz
Z Aesthetic Dermatology 5305 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 778-7540
Emergency Medicine
Steven Allen Conrad
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-6885
Liza DiLeo Thomas
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3460
Dermatology Clinic
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Joseph S. Guarisco
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3460
Patrick L. McGauly
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411
Erik Sundell
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3460
Endocrinology and Metabolism Samuel Andrews
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4023
Alan Lee Burshell
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4023
Vivian Andrew Fonseca
Tulane University Health Sciences Center Section of Endocrinology 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-4026
Jolene K. Johnson
LSU Healthcare Network Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755
Steven Neil Levine
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5960
Kevin Etienne Mocklin
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism 1701 Oak Park Blvd., Ninth Floor Lake Charles (337) 494-2445
Joseph Murray
4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 360 Metairie (504) 885-1409
Brandy A. Panunti
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4023
David Scarborough
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5960
Joel Silverberg
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Endocrinology 7373 Perkins Road, First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Family Medicine Leandro Area
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd., Suite 201 New Orleans (504) 846-9646
Gerald Barber
Family Practice Associates 12525 Perkins Road, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 761-4256
Wayne Barksdale
The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport (318) 797-6661
John G. Bernard
Acadiana Family Physicians 427 Heymann Blvd. Lafayette (337) 234-1111
Tara G. Berner
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd., Suite 201 New Orleans (504) 846-9646
Robert Chasuk
Family Health Center 333 Lee Drive Baton Rouge (225) 490-3415
Elizabeth B. Curtis
Oak Grove Family Practice 17520 Old Jefferson Highway, Suite B Prairieville (225) 673-8983
Mark Dawson
Family Practice and Pediatricians 717 Curtis Drive Rayne (337) 334-7551
Michael Ashley Dunn
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Tangipahoa Department of Family Medicine 41676 Veterans Ave. Hammond (985) 543-3600
Gregory F. Ferrara
Shenandoah Medical Associates 13828 Coursey Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 751-1544
Marion Cash
The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport (318) 797-6661
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Leonard B. Kancher
The Center for Longevity and Wellness 3601 Houma Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 885-7360
North Oaks Family Medicine 1902 S. Morrison Blvd. Hammond (985) 230-5800
Michael Bieller Harper
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Faculty Clinic 1501 Kings Highway, Third Floor Shreveport (318) 675-5183
Louis Reynold Minsky
8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 315 Baton Rouge (225) 819-1188
Herbert L. Muncie Jr.
LSU Healthcare Network Family Practice Clinic 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 409 Kenner (504) 464-2940
Karen Ann Muratore
771 E. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 433-1212
Alan Lynn LeBato
Kevin W. Murphy
Kim Edward LeBlanc
James Howard Newcomb Jr.
LSU Family Practice Center 1525 Oak Park Blvd. Lake Charles (337) 494-6767
The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport (318) 797-6661 Ochsner Clinic Department of Family Medicine 2750 E. Gause Blvd. Slidell (985) 661-3550
Rade Pejic
1918 Williams Blvd. Kenner (504) 471-4860
Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000
Francine Anne Manuel
Kevin C. Plaisance
Hamilton Medical Group 4809 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Suite 200 Lafayette (337) 988-8810
Richard George Marek Jr.
Family Doctor Clinic 804 S. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-2680
Sarah W. Holt
Paul Joseph Marquis
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lapalco Department of Family Medicine 4225 Lapalco Blvd., Second Floor Marrero (504) 371-9355
E. Edward Martin Jr.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Family Medicine 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5183
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd. Covington (985) 875-2828
Ted Joseph Hudspeth
E. J. Mayeaux Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Tangipahoa Department of Family Medicine 41676 Veterans Ave. Hammond (985) 543-3600
204 W. North St. Opelousas (337) 948-4445
Thomas Edward Le Beau
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd. Covington (985) 875-2828
Douglas B. Harris
Lana Metoyer
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Jefferson Place Department of Family Medicine 8150 Jefferson Highway Baton Rouge (225) 336-3100
Leanne L. LeBlanc
Jan Leenette Hood
8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 315 Baton Rouge (225) 819-1188
The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport (318) 797-6661
Paul Guilbault
Donald V. Brignac
David R. Carver
Ricky Lane Jones
Baton Rouge Family Medical Center 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 100 Baton Rouge, (225) 763-4900
Brad Joseph Gaspard
Ochsner Health Center – Luling Department of Family Medicine 1057 Paul Maillard Road Luling (985) 785-3740 Family Practice Associates 12525 Perkins Road, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 761-4256
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Mandeville Department of Family Medicine 2810 E. Causeway Approach Mandeville (985) 875-2340
LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Kenner Multispecialty Department of Family Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 500 Kenner (504) 412-1700
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd., Suite 201 New Orleans (504) 846-9646
Walter Birdsall
Daniel Keith Jens
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Family Medicine 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5815
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center North Shore Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1000 Ochsner Blvd. Covington (985) 875-2828
Arthur Webster Primeaux 771 E. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 433-1212
Paul Rachal
Lake Primary Care Physicians 230 Roberts Drive, Suite H New Roads (225) 638-7033
Randy C. Richter
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Family Medicine 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-8032
Timothy Lacey Riddell
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd. Covington (985) 875-2828
Theresa Lynn Rinderle The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport
(318) 797-6661
Lynda Rice Roberts
Outpatient Medical Centers Department of Family Medicine 1640 Breazeale Springs St. Natchitoches (318) 352-9299
Russell W. Roberts
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Faculty Clinic 1501 Kings Highway, Third Floor Shreveport (318) 675-5183
Robert Combel Ryan
East Jefferson Family Medicine Clinic 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 200 Metairie (504) 454-7878
Robert Parker St. Amant The Lipid Center 8888 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 819-1160
Linda C. Stewart
Family Medicine Center 604 Chevelle Court, Suite C Baton Rouge (225) 926-1495
James A. Taylor Jr.
Baton Rouge Family Medicine Center in Livingston 13960 Florida Blvd. Livingston (225) 686-0158
James Taylor Tebbe Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Slidell Department of Family Medicine 2750 E. Gause Blvd. Slidell (985) 639-3777
James Theis
1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N408 Marrero (504) 349-2908
Steven Bernard Vidrine 417 E. Lincoln Road Ville Platte (337) 363-8033
John A. Walker
Family Medicine Physicians 16052 Doctors Blvd. Hammond (985) 345-9606
Pamela Wiseman
Tulane Multispecialty Uptown Clinic Department of Family and Community Medicine 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000
Gastroenterology Stephen Garner Abshire
Gastroenterology Clinic of Acadiana Burdin Riehl Building, Suite 303 1211 Coolidge St. Lafayette (337) 232-6697
William A. Anderson III
Digestive Health Center of Louisiana 9103 Jefferson Highway Baton Rouge (225) 927-1190
Mainor R. Antillon
(504) 456-7484
(504) 456-8020
James Carol Bienvenu
Melvin Herman Gold Jr.
Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates 439 Heymann Blvd. Lafayette (337) 269-0963
Ronald Boudreaux
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Gastroenterology 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Howard I. Brenner
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 Metairie (504) 456-8020
Francis Xavier Bride Jr.
Gastroenterology Associates 555 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Suite 101 Lake Charles (337) 439-0762
Richard Kent Broussard
Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates 439 Heymann Blvd. Lafayette (337) 269-0963
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4015
Robert Stephen Bulat
Luis A. Balart
Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic Department of Gastroenterology 501 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive Lake Charles (337) 312-8462
Tulane University Health Sciences Center Abdominal Transplant Institute 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5344
Christopher N. Barrilleaux
East Bank Gastroenterology 3800 Houma Blvd., Suite 220 Metairie
Tulane Medical Center GI Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Sixth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5110
Gerald Byrd
George E. Catinis
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 Metairie
Interim LSU Public Hospital Division of Gastroenterology 2021 Perdido St. New Orleans (504) 903-3000
Steven Anthony Guarisco
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Division of Gastroenterology 1000 Ochsner Blvd. Covington (985) 875-2828
Benjamin Alfred Guider Jr.
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 720 New Orleans (504) 896-8670
James Patrick Herrington
Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates 439 Heymann Blvd. Lafayette (337) 269-0963
James C. Hobley
GastroIntestinal Specialists 3217 Mabel St. Shreveport (318) 631-9121
Virendra Joshi
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Suite 313 Jefferson (504) 842-7690
Shantiprakash Kedia
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401
James D. Lilly
Associates 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 720 New Orleans (504) 896-8670
William Morrison Meyers Jr.
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 Metairie (504) 456-8020
Charles J. Monier Jr.
Digestive Health Center 602 N. Acadia Road, Suite 101 Thibodaux (985) 446-1958
Jacque Noel
1211 Coolidge Blvd., Suite 400 Lafayette (337) 235-9779
David Miller Philips
GastroIntestinal Specialists 3217 Mabel St. Shreveport (318) 631-9121
Arthur Lewis Poch
GastroIntestinal Specialists 3217 Mabel St. Shreveport (318) 631-9121
Steve Fagan Price Jr.
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 720 New Orleans (504) 896-8670
George Richard Puente
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 Metairie (504) 456-8020
Felix Rabito
The Gastroenterology Group 131 Cherokee Rose Lane, Suite B Covington (985) 871-1721
Metropolitan Gastroenterology
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David Reed Raines Jr.
Gastroenterology Clinic 611 Grammont St. Monroe (318) 325-2634
Sanjeeva Reddy
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401
Gary (Taavi) Reiss
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401
David Ralph Silvers
Metairie Gastroenterology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 120 Metairie (504) 456-6701
James William Smith
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4015
Rian Moss Tanenbaum
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401
Steve George Venturatos
Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401
Geriatric Medicine Susan Ellen Nelson
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 7436 Bishop Ott Drive Baton Rouge (225) 490-0604
Hand Surgery Rick I. Ahmad
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424
Donald C. Faust
2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 600 New Orleans (504) 899-1000
Eric R. George
Hand Surgical Associates Hand Center of Louisiana 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600B Metairie (504) 454-2191
Jefferson James Kaye
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics
1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970
Kenneth John Laborde
1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 302 Lafayette (337) 232-8230
Ronnie Edwin Mathews
2335 Church St., Suite B Zachary (225) 654-6366
Marion Ezra Milstead
Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052
Joe Almond Morgan
Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge 7301 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 766-0050
Robert Louis Morrow Jr. 501 W. St. Mary Blvd., Suite 404 Lafayette (337) 233-5167
Hepatology Luis A. Balart
Tulane University Health Sciences Center Abdominal Transplant Institute 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5344
Natalie H. Bzowej
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Hepatology Clinic 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-5764
Shobha Joshi
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925
Infectious Disease Katherine Baumgarten
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4005
Christopher M. Blais
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4005
Rebecca Adair Clark
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
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HOP Clinic (HIV Outpatient Program) 2235 Poydras St. New Orleans (504) 826-2179
Jeffrey Wayne Coco
Internal Medicine Specialists 3525 Prytania St., Suite 526 New Orleans (504) 648-2500
Joseph Raymond Dalovisio
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4005
Mary Louise Eschete
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Special Care Clinic 1978 Industrial Blvd. Houma (985) 873-1880
Julia B. Garcia-Diaz
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4005
Michael Edward Hagensee Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center HOP Clinic (HIV Outpatient Program) 2235 Poydras St. New Orleans (504) 826-2179
Michael Kevin Hill
IMG Physicians 56 Starbrush Circle Covington (985) 871-0095
Mary Faith Joubert
IMG Physicians 1051 Gause Blvd., Suite 280 Slidell (985) 641-5523
Sandra Abadie Kemmerly
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4005
John William King
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Infectious Disease 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5900
David H. Martin
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Infectious Diseases 1542 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 568-5031
Susan Leslie Favrot McLellan
Leslie Anne Blake
Mary J. Murphy
Pierre V. Blanchard
Tulane Metairie Multispecialty Clinic Section of Infectious Diseases 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 101 Metairie (504) 988-8050 NO/AIDS Task Force 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500 New Orleans (504) 212-2773
David Michael Mushatt
Tulane University Multispecialty Clinic Infectious Diseases Section 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
George A. Pankey
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4006
Robert Lawrence Penn
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Section of Infectious Disease 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport, LA 71101 (318) 990-6589
John Todd
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Viral Disease Clinic 6670 St. Vincent Ave. Shreveport (318) 862-9977
Ronald D. Wilcox The HOP Clinic 2235 Poydras St. New Orleans (504) 826-2182
Internal Medicine Mary Moore Abell
St. Thomas Community Health Center Department of Internal Medicine 1936 Magazine St. New Orleans (504) 529-5558
Alys Alper
Tulane Metairie Multispecialty Clinic Section of Internal Medicine 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 101 Metairie (504) 988-8050
Deirdre Barfield
Martin Luther King Health Center 827 Margaret Place, Suite 201 Shreveport (318) 227-2912
Leo P. Blaize III
Lake Internal Medicine at Hennessy 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 7000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8829
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4747 Tri-State Medical Clinic 2551 Greenwood Road, Suite 410 Shreveport (318) 621-2929
Karen Blessey
Ochsner Baptist Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 2820 Napoleon Blvd., Suite 890 New Orleans (504) 897-4250
Alan John Borne
1811 E. Bert Kouns, Suite 440 Shreveport (318) 222-9205
David M. Borne
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 3700 St. Charles Ave., Second Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1366
James W. Bragg
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747
David Carmouche
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
S. Germain Cassiere 7843 Youree Drive Shreveport (318) 212-2929
Pedro Cazabon
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3880
Brian D. Clements
Internal Medicine Clinic of Lake Charles 2770 Third Ave., Suite 350 Lake Charles (337) 494-6800
Kenny James Cole
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
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Todd Cooley
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Terry L. Cummings
Tulane Multispecialty Uptown Clinic 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000
Richard Edward Deichmann Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747
Nona Epstein
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747
Lara M. Falcon
Seventh Floor New Orleans, (504) 988-1001
Robert Ira Hart
Ochsner Health Center Prairieville Department of Internal Medicine 16220 Airline Highway, Suite A Prairieville (225) 744-1111
Robert C. Hernandez
Internal Medicine Associates 8001 Youree Drive, Suite 400 Shreveport (318) 212-3456
Mark Kenneth Hodges
7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 769-4044
2400 Hospital Drive, Suite 350 Bossier City (318) 212-7930
Kenneth Edward McCarron
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Parkway Harahan (504) 842-4747
1211 Coolidge Blvd., Suite 301 Lafayette (337) 261-1919
Susan McNamara
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Internal Medicine 9001 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, Fourth Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Bradley L. Meek
Susan B. Ieyoub
Joseph A. MiceliIII
Internal Medicine Clinic of Lake Charles 2770 Third Ave., Suite 350 Lake Charles (337) 494-6800
Lake Internal Medicine at Hennessy 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 7000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8829 Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Parkway Harahan (504) 842-4747
Stacy D. Siegendorf
Edward David Sledge Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Pediatrics 9001 Summa Ave., First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200
Charles Clarence Smith III
Internal Medicine Specialists 3525 Prytania St., Suite 526 New Orleans (504) 648-2500
Eric W. Smith
Shreveport Internal Medicine 1449 E. Bert Kouns, Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 629-0220
Fayne M. St. John
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, Fourth Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
James M. Jackson
Tri-State Medical Clinic 2551 Greenwood Road, Suite 410 Shreveport (318) 621-2929
Daniel John Moller Jr.
Internal Medicine Associates 8001 Youree Drive, Suite 400 Shreveport (318) 212-3456
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Parkway Harahan (504) 842-4747
Sara E. Fernandez
Roy Giles Kadair
Susan Ellen Nelson
James D. Stoll
Leonard B. Kancher
Timothy Nicholls
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, Fourth Floor Baton Rouge (225) 769-4044
Caroline F. Flint
The Center for Longevity and Wellness 3601 Houma Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 885-7360
Ochsner Health Center – Baton Rouge Department of Internal Medicine 16777 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 754-3278
David W. Fontenot
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Steven J. Granier
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747
C. Ray Halliburton
Lake Internal Medicine at Hennessy 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 7000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8829
Timothy S. Harlan
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1415 Tulane Ave.,
Peter Karam
Internal Medicine Clinic of Lake Charles 2770 Third Ave., Suite 350 Lake Charles (337) 494-6800
Frannie Kronenberg
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4747
Gloria Leary
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 7436 Bishop Ott Drive Baton Rouge (225) 490-0604 Tri-State Medical Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 2551 Greenwood Road, Suite 410 Shreveport (318) 621-2929
Joseph R. Tynes
Katherine F. Pearce
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, Fourth Floor Baton Rouge (225) 769-4044
Lake Internal Medicine at Hennessy 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 7000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8829
Eboni G. Price
Tulane Community Health Center 711 N. Broad St. New Orleans (504) 988-3000
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747
Michael Rolfsen
Christopher J. Lege
South Shreveport Internal Medicine 2508 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 301 Shreveport (318) 212-5992
Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 460 New Orleans (504) 897-7999
Theodore Richard Lieux Jr.
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine
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Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Susan Seiler-Smith
Michael R. Sewell
North Bossier Internal Medicine
Bossier Internal Medicine 2539 Viking Drive Bossier City (318) 747-8100
Edmund Bruce Vinci
Jeffrey Wiese
Tulane University School of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-7809
Internal Medicine/ Hospice and Palliative Medicine Christopher M. Blais
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4005
Susan Leala Vogel
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital
Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans, LA 70121 (504) 842-7518
Internal Medicine/ Hospital Medicine John R. Amoss
LSU Healthcare Network Touro Infirmary Department of Internal Medicine 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans (504) 897-8379
Dayton William Daberkow II
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1978 Industrial Blvd. Houma (985) 873-2200
Steven Deitelzweig
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-5766
Marianne Maumus
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3000
Geraldine E. Menard
Tulane University School of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-7518
Susan Leala Vogel
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-7518
Medical Genetics
Hans Christoph Andersson
Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 New Orleans (504) 988-5229
Michael Marble
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Clinical Genetics 200 Henry Clay Ave., Suite 2308 New Orleans (504) 896-9254
Medical Oncology and Hematology Deborah A. Abernathy
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Hematology and Oncology 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 767-0822
Bryan Bienvenu
Louisiana Hematology and Oncology Associates
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4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311
New Orleans (504) 842-3910
Frederic T. Billings III
Cancer Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 608 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 493-4346
Louisiana Hematology and Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311
Marcelo Blaya
3939 Houma Blvd., Suite 6 Metairie (504) 885-0577
J. Eugene (Gene) Brierre
Louisiana Oncology Associates 4809 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Suite 110 Lafayette (337) 235-7898
Burke J. Brooks Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Hematology and Oncology 9001 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 761-5410
Archie Watt Brown Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910
Gary V. Burton
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Feist-Weiller Cancer Center 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport, LA 71104 (318) 813-1200
Michael S. Cain
Cancer Center of Acadiana 1211 Coolidge Drive, Suite 100 Lafayette (337) 289-8400
Laura Casteel Campbell
Cancer Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 608 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 493-4346
Salvador Caputto
Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans (504) 897-8970
Michael J. Castine III
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Hematology and Oncology 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 767-0822
John Thomas Cole
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor
James K. Ellis
Jyotsna Fuloria
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910
Jayne Schlosser Gurtler Building 2, Suite 6 3939 Houma Blvd. Metairie (504) 885-0577
David Sam Hanson
Louisiana Hematology and Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311
Charles G. Hargon Jr.
Hematology and Oncology Associates 2600 Kings Highway, Suite 340 Shreveport (318) 212-8620
Rebecca Kruse-Jarres Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St New Orleans (504) 988-6300
Cindy Anne Leissinger
Tulane Medical Center Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5433
Robert J. Massingill
Christus Schumpert Cancer Treatment Center 1 St. Mary Place Shreveport (318) 681-4565
Gerald Patrick Miletello
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Hematology and Oncology 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 767-0822
David Oubre
Pontchartrain Hematology Oncology 15752 Medical Arts Plaza, Suite 101 Hammond (985) 419-0025
Judd E. Patten
Louisiana Hematology and Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311
Steven J. Saccaro
Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Christus Cabrini Cancer Center Division of Oncology and Hematology 3330 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 448-6522
Hana F. Safah
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St. New Orleans (504) 988-6300
Oliver Sartor
Tulane Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-2536
Kellie Schmeeckle
Louisiana Hematology and Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311
Milton Walsh Seiler Jr.
Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans (504) 897-8970
Scott Anthony Sonnier
Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans (504) 897-8970
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St. New Orleans (504) 988-6300
Roy Samuel Weiner
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St. New Orleans (504) 988-6300
Howard Gilbert Wold
Hematology Oncology Life Center 605 B Medical Center Drive Alexandria (318) 442-2232
Nephrology
Kenneth D. Abreo
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Nephrology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-7402
A. Brent Alper Jr.
Tulane University Multispecialty Clinic Department of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Michael Archie
Northeast Louisiana Kidney Specialists 711 Wood St., Suite A Monroe (318) 323-8847
Vecihi Batuman
Tulane Medical Center Section of Nephrology and Hypertension 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Joan Blondin
Chris Theodossiou
Shaminder M. Gupta
Frank Mott
Ulla Jo Ule
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Alexander W. Washington Jr.
Louisiana Hematology and Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311
Hematology and Oncology Associates 2600 Kings Highway, Suite 340 Shreveport (318) 212-8620 Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910
4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 330 Metairie (504) 455-0600
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Nephrology and Hypertension 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-7576
Derrick W. Spell
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1513 Jefferson Highway, Third Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910
Michael Rawls Moore
Robert Woody Veith
Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Christus Cabrini Cancer Center 3330 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 448-6917
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Department of Nephrology 1978 Industrial Blvd. Houma (985) 850-2328
L. Lee Hamm
Tulane Medical Center Department of Medicine 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Herschel Richard Harter
Northeast Louisiana Kidney Specialists 711 Wood St., Suite A
Monroe (318) 323-8847
Mitchell Jude Hebert
Renal Associates of Baton Rouge 5131 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 767-4893
Fred Eugenio Husserl
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Nephrology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3930
N. Kevin Krane
Tulane Medical Center Section of Nephrology and Hypertension 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-9800
Jill Suzanne Lindberg
New Orleans Nephrology Associates 4409 Utica St., Suite 100 Metairie (504) 457-3687
Daniel E. Marsh
Renal Associates of Baton Rouge 5131 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 767-4893
Melanie J. McKnight
Hospital Medicine Group 3600 Florida Blvd., Fourth Floor Baton Rouge (225) 387-7070
Richard M. O’Donovan
Northeast Louisiana Kidney Specialists 711 Wood St., Suite A Monroe (318) 323-8847
Bharat Sachdeva
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Nephrology Ambulatory Care Center, Second Floor 1606 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-7402
Eric Edward Simon
Tulane University Multispecialty Clinic Section of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-5838
Allen W. Vander
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Nephrology 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 405 Thibodaux (985) 446-0871
Mark M. Wilson
Freedman Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 1337 Centre Court Alexandria (318) 445-9331
Juan Carlos Zeik
Acadiana Renal Physicians 300 W. St. Mary Blvd. Lafayette (337) 233-6593
Neurological Surgery Alan J. Appley
Acadiana NeuroSurgery 155 Hospital Drive, Suite 100 Lafayette (337) 235-7743
Thomas V. Bertuccini
601 W. St. Mary Blvd., Suite 306 Lafayette (337) 235-0933
Lafayette (337) 289-8636
Bossier City (318) 742-8666
Anil Nanda
Neurology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Neurosurgery 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 813-1555
Kelly J. Scrantz
The NeuroMedical Center Clinic 10101 Park Rowe Ave., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 769-2200
Roger Douglas Smith
Spine Institute of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Second Floor, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 629-5555
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4033
Luke A. Corsten
Najeeb M. Thomas
David Albert Cavanaugh
The NeuroMedical Center Clinic 10101 Park Rowe Ave., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 769-2200
Southern Brain and Spine 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 510 Metairie (504) 454-0141
Donald Dietze Jr.
Southern Brain and Spine 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 510 Metairie (504) 454-0141
The NORTH Institute 29301 N. Dixie Ranch Road Lacombe (985) 871-4114
Stephen Ira Goldware
155 Hospital Drive, Suite 203
Rand Marcel Voorhies
Brian Keith Willis
University Neurosurgery 2300 Hospital Drive, Suite 350
Donald Adams
Jefferson Neurological Associates 3800 Houma Blvd., Suite 205 Metairie (504) 885-7337
Andrew Long Chesson Jr. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Sleep Disorders Center Department of Neurology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5365
Patricia Smith Cook
110 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 105 Metairie (504) 831-6760
Debra Elliott Davis
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Neurology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-4941
James N. Domingue
1245 S. College Road, Suite 100 Lafayette (337) 269-5840
Gerard Dynes
The Baton Rouge Clinic
Department of Adult Neurology 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9190
John D. England
Tulane Medical Center Stroke Center Department of Neurology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 412-1517
Anne L. Foundas
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Neurology Brain and Behavior Program 1542 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 568-4090
Toby I. Gropen
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Vascular Neurology 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3980
Amparo (Amy) Gutierrez
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1517
Roger Everett Kelley Jr.
Tulane Multispecialty Center Department of Neurology
Sheryl Martin-Schild
Alireza Minagar
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Neurology Clinic 1606 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-4679
Jeffrey Nicholl
Tulane Medical Center Department of Neurology 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-9190
Piotr Wladyslaw Olejniczak
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1517
R. Eugene Ramsay
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Neurology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Seventh Floor
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New Orleans (504) 842-3980
Robert Newton Schwendimann Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Second Floor 1606 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-7760
Steven James Snatic
William F. Beacham
North Oaks Obstetrics and Gynecology 15748 Medical Arts Plaza Hammond (985) 542-0663
Destin Black
Gynecologic Oncology Services Willis Knighton Cancer Center 2600 Kings Highway, Suite 420 Shreveport (318) 212-8727
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Neurology Center 2311 Kaliste Saloom Road Lafayette (337) 470-4978
William G. Black
Austin John Sumner
Robin B. Bone
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 412-1517
Steven Jeffrey Zuckerman
7922 Summa Ave., Suite A4 Baton Rouge (225) 341-8311
Richard M. Zweig
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Neurology Clinic 1606 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-4679
Nuclear Medicine Richard J. Campeau Jr.
LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Neuroendocrine Clinic 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 200 Kenner (504) 464-8500
Oussama Nachar
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Nuclear Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3470
Obstetrics and Gynecology Phillip A. Barksdale
Woman’s Hospital Louisiana Incontinence Center 500 Rue de la Vie Baton Rouge (225) 752-3000
Perry Scott Barrilleaux
Acadiana Maternal Fetal Medicine Building A, Suite 204 4630 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 989-9826
Lisa B. Bazzett
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Gynecologic Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4165
North Oaks Obstetrics and Gynecology 15748 Medical Arts Plaza Hammond (985) 542-0663 Lakeside Women’s Specialty Center East Jefferson Professional Building, Suite 500 4315 Houma Blvd. Metairie (504) 885-8563
Patricia S. Braly
Women’s Cancer Care 606 W. 12th Ave. Covington (985) 892-2252
Rose Marie Brouillette
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5370
Randall L. Brown
Louisiana Women’s Healthcare Associates 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 201-2010
Pui (Joan) Cheng
Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 320 New Orleans (504) 897-7142
Ralph R. Chesson Jr.
LSU Healthcare Network Division of Urogynecology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600A Metairie (504) 412-1600
Paul G. Crawford
Pierremont Women’s Clinic 8001 Youree Drive, Suite 300 Shreveport (318) 212-3800
Francis Ralph Dauterive
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 9001 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 761-5239
Ryan David Dickerson
Louisiana Women’s Healthcare Associates 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 201-2010
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Richard P. Dickey
Fertility Institute of New Orleans 800 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 2C Mandeville (985) 892-7621
Albert L. Diket
Woman’s Hospital Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 100 Woman’s Way, First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 924-8338
Chi P. Dola
Tulane Center for Women’s Health Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 300 Metairie (504) 988-8070
Michael Stephen Durel
(225) 578-6271
Richard Carl Kline
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Gynecologic Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4165
Stanley Ray Kordisch
Lake Area ObGyn Associates Building G, Suite 6 4150 Nelson Road Lake Charles (337) 562-3747
Ann M. LaFranca
Woman’s Hospital 500 Rue de La Vie, Suite 210 Baton Rouge (225) 928-5951
Sherri Anne Longo
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 9001 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 761-5239
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-6290
Louis Paul DuTreil
The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S. I-10 Service Road W., Suite 201 Metairie (504) 454-2165
Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 130 New Orleans (504) 897-7580
William James Farrell
The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S. I-10 Service Road W., Suite 201 Metairie (504) 454-2165
Eugene M. Fontenot Building A, Suite 1 4150 Nelson Road Lake Charles (337) 474-2056
Peter Lu
Robert T. Maupin Jr.
Rebecca Perret
Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 130 New Orleans (504) 897-7580
Gabriella Pridjian
Tulane Center for Women’s Health Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 302 Metairie (504) 988-8070
Carol Ridenour
Louisiana Women’s Healthcare Associates 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 201-2010
Alfred Godfrey Robichaux III Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3000
Hugh E. Mighty
Ellis J. Schwartzenburg
500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 311 Baton Rouge (225) 216-3006
Lynn J. Groome
Joseph Matthew Miller Jr.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5372
Touro Infirmary Perinatal Services Division LSU Health Sciences Center MFM Section 3434 Prytania St., Suite 105 New Orleans (504) 897-8213
Peyton Randolph Hall III
Lee Joseph Monlezun Jr.
The Woman’s Clinic 417 McMillan Road West Monroe (318) 322-7119
801 W. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 439-3205
Truman Post Hawes Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4155
LSU Student Health Center Women’s Clinic Infirmary Road Baton Rouge
Fertility and Women’s Health Center of Louisiana 206 E. Farrel Road Lafayette (337) 989-8795
Belinda Sartor
Milton G. (Giles) Fort III
Philip Hindelang
William David Pelletier
Touro Infirmary Perinatal Services Division LSU Health Sciences Center MFM Section 3434 Prytania St., Suite 105 New Orleans (504) 897-8213 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5379
Acadiana Women’s Health Group 4640 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 984-1050
100 Woman’s Way, First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 924-8338
George Brazil Morris III
Mark Newman
Woman’s Hospital Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine
The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S. I-10 Service Road W., Suite 201 Metairie (504) 454-2165 Woman’s Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician’s Office Building, Suite 210 500 Rue de la Vie Baton Rouge (225) 928-5951
Tonya Sheppard
The Woman’s Clinic 312 Grammont St., Suite 300 Monroe (318) 388-4030
Marshall Scarle St. Amant Woman’s Hospital Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 100 Woman’s Way Baton Rouge (225) 924-8338
Jerry Joseph St. Pierre
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4155
Charles Mallon Stedman
Woman’s Hospital Department of Maternal and
Fetal Medicine Physician’s Tower, Suite 370 9000 Airline Highway Baton Rouge (225) 924-8338
Louisiana 206 E. Farrel Road Lafayette (337) 989-8795
James R. Stenhouse
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 10th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3995
Louisiana Women’s Healthcare Associates 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 201-2010
John M. Storment
Fertility and Women’s Health Center of Louisiana 206 E. Farrel Road Lafayette (337) 989-8795
Steven Noel Taylor
Fertility Institute of New Orleans 800 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 2C Mandeville (985) 892-7621
Kerry Tynes
Ophthalmology Laurence W. Arend
Ramesh S. Ayyala
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Ophthalmology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5804
Barry A. Bohn
Bohn and Joseph Eye Center 609 Guilbeau Road Lafayette (337) 981-6430
Highland Clinic The Women’s Clinic 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Third Floor Shreveport (318) 798-4400
Stephen F. Brint
Catherine F. Vanderloos
515 E. Sixth St. Crowley (337) 783-3073
725 N. Ashley Ridge Loop, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 865-4333
William F. von Almen II
Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 130 New Orleans (504) 897-7580
John W. Waterfallen ObGyn Associates of Shreveport 7941 Youree Drive Shreveport (318) 797-7941
Donna S. Waters
Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Ste 320 New Orleans (504) 897-7142
Warren C. West Jr.
ObGyn Associates of Shreveport 7941 Youree Drive Shreveport (318) 797-7941
Felton L. Winfield Jr.
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 3700 St. Charles Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1100
James Louis Zehnder
Fertility and Women’s Health Center of
Singer Brint Custom Vision 4704 Veterans Blvd. Metairie (504) 888-2020
Thomas Henry Casanova
John Charles Cooksey 1310 N. 19th St. Monroe (318) 388-2020
Frank J. Culotta
Acadiana Retina Consultants 1101 S. College Road, Suite 304 Lafayette (337) 232-2710
James G. Diamond
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System New Orleans VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Ophthalmology 1601 Perdido St. New Orleans (504) 553-2135
Rudolph Michael Franklin 1538 Front St. Slidell (985) 641-9900
Alan Daniel Lacoste
The Eye Clinic 1717 Oak Park Blvd., Suite 1 Lake Charles (337) 478-3810
Ronald Andrew Landry Eyecare Associates 4324 Veterans Blvd., Suite 102 Metairie (504) 455-9825
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Charles Eliot Lyon
Vitreo-Retinal Associates 836 Olive St. Shreveport (318) 222-8421
Jonathan Nussdorf
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 10th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3995
Jayne S. Weiss
LSU Health Care Network Department of Ophthalmology 3700 St. Charles Ave., Sixth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1200
Jon Anthony Yokubaitis
The Eye Clinic 1717 Oak Park Blvd., Suite 1 Lake Charles (337) 478-3810
Orthopaedic Surgery Michael T. Acurio
Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 2005 Landry Drive Bossier City (318) 752-7850
Steven Atchison
Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052
Myron B. Bailey Jr.
North Louisiana Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 1501 Louisville Ave. Monroe (318) 323-8451
Sidney L. Bailey
North Louisiana Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 1501 Louisville Ave. Monroe (318) 323-8451
R. Shane Barton
The Orthopedic Clinic 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 212-3610
H. Ryan Bicknell Jr.
The Orthopedic Clinic 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 212-3610
Joseph E. Broyles
Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge 7301 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 766-0050
Michael Elden Brunet
Mid State Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center 3444 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 473-9556
James C. Butler
Southern Spine Care 1570 Lindburg Drive, Suite 4 Slidell (985) 661-2170
Lucas Thomas Cashio
Jefferson Orthopaedic Clinic 920 Ave. B Marrero (504) 349-6804
George Chimento
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970
Nathan Phillip Cohen
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Orthopaedic Specialists 1717 Oak Park Blvd., Third Floor Lake Charles (337) 494-4900
Kevin Darr
Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. Covington (985) 892-5117
Vinod Dasa
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 1542 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 568-4680
Michael J. Duval
Acadiana Orthopaedic Group 1448 S. College Road Lafayette (337) 233-5300
Luis M. Espinoza
Orthopaedic Center for Sports Medicine 671 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 100 Kenner (504) 467-5900
Donald C. Faust
2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 600 New Orleans (504) 899-1000
Thomas Bryan Ford
Lake Area Orthopedics Building G, Suite 1 4150 Nelson Road Lake Charles (337) 310-0440
Walter Stanley Foster
Acadiana Orthopaedic Group 1448 S. College Road Lafayette (337) 233-5300
Craig C. Greene
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424
R. Bryan Griffith Jr.
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424
Gary Michael Haynie
Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100
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3444 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 473-9556
New Orleans (504) 842-3970
Jesse Lee Leonard III
Acadiana Orthopaedic Group 1448 S. College Road Lafayette (337) 233-5300
Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. Covington (985) 892-5117
James Scott Lillich
David Pope
Catherine E. Johnson
Neil James Maki
Kevin Riche
Deryk Jones
John V. Marymont
Jason L. Rolling
Shreveport (318) 635-3052
Michael Alan Hinton 230 W. Sale Road Lake Charles (337) 477-5252
Mark J. Hontas
Tulane University Medical Group – Covington Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 71211 Highway 21, Suite A Covington (985) 893-9922 Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424 Ochsner Hospital – Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute Cartilage Restoration Institute 1201 S. Clearview Parkway Jefferson (504) 736-4800
Mark Juneau Jr.
Jefferson Orthopaedic Clinic 920 Ave. B Marrero (504) 349-6804
Jefferson James Kaye
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970
Euby J. Kerr III
Spine Institute of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Second Floor, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 629-5555
Andrew G. King
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569
Peter C. Krause
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Orthopaedics 3700 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 412-1366
James Monroe Laborde
Orthopaedic Associates of New Orleans 3434 Prytania St., Suite 430 New Orleans (504) 899-6391
James Lalonde
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424
Michael J. Leddy III
Mid State Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center
Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052 Thibodaux Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 525 St. Mary St. Thibodaux (985) 446-6284 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 813-2280
Keith Melancon
LSU Orthopaedics 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 500 Kenner (504) 412-1700
Mark S. Meyer
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970
Marion Ezra Milstead
Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052
Scott C. Montgomery
Ochsner Hospital – Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute Building B, Suite 104 1201 S. Clearview Parkway Jefferson (504) 736-4800
Thomas J. Montgomery 449 Heymann Blvd. Lafayette (337) 235-2264
Edward Lawrence Morgan
H. Reiss Plauche
Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge 7301 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 766-0050 Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424 Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. Covington (985) 892-5117
Felix H. Savoie III
Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine 202 McAlister Extension New Orleans (504) 864-1476
John P. Schutte
Acadiana Orthopaedic Group 1448 S. College Road Lafayette (337) 233-5300
Cambize Shahrdar
The Orthopedic Clinic 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 212-3610
Craig Rowan Springmeyer
Highland Clinic Highland Center for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Second Floor Shreveport (318) 798-4623
Misty Suri
Ochsner Hospital – Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute Building B, Suite 104 1201 S. Clearview Parkway Jefferson (504) 736-4800
John Armstead Thomas
Mid South Orthopaedics 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 220 Shreveport (318) 424-3400
Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424
Pierce D. Nunley
Robert Treuting
Spine Institute of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Second Floor, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 629-5555
J. Lockwood Ochsner Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970
David D. Waddell
Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100
Shreveport (318) 635-3052
Dennis Martin Walker
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Orthopaedic Specialists 1717 Oak Park Blvd., Third Floor Lake Charles (337) 494-4900
Fredric Harvey Warren
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970
William F. Webb
Mid South Orthopaedics 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 220 Shreveport (318) 424-3400
Otolaryngology C. Barrett Alldredge
Lafayette Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists 225 Bendel Road Lafayette (337) 232-2330
John W. Alldredge
Lafayette Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists 225 Bendel Road Lafayette (337) 232-2330
Ronald G. Amedee
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080
Moises Arriaga
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Hearing and Balance Center 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 709 Baton Rouge (225) 765-7735
Roger Earl Bowie
Ochsner Health SystemOchsner Medical Center North Shore Department of Otolaryngology 1000 Ochsner Blvd. Covington (985) 875-2828
R. Graham Boyce
Associated Surgical Specialists 804 Heavens Drive, Suite 105 Mandeville (985) 845-2677
James Vance Broussard
Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079
Bradley J. Chastant
Acadian Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 201 Lafayette (337) 237-0650
Louis Cucinotta
111 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 100 Mandeville (985) 626-3021
J. Kevin Duplechain
1103 Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 300 Lafayette (337) 456-3282
Michael Sydney Ellis
Tulane Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1415 Tulane Ave., Third Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800
David J. Foreman
Acadiana Otolaryngology Associates 1039 Camellia Blvd. Lafayette (337) 993-1335
Paul L. Friedlander
Tulane Medical Center Downtown ENT Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Third Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5451
Paul Thomas Gaudet
Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079
H. Devon Graham III
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080
Michael J. Hickham
ENT Specialists of Metairie 4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 401 Metairie (504) 889-5335
Calvin Morris Johnson Jr.
Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 895-7642
Jeffrey J. Joseph
Acadian Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 201 Lafayette (337) 237-0650
Herbert Wendt Marks Jr.
Medical Plaza ENT Physicians 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 110 Metairie (504) 455-3434
Lauren Jane Mickey
ENT Specialists 312 Grammont St., Suite 303 Monroe (318) 322-9882
Timothy Blake Molony
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080
Denbo Herbert Montgomery Jr. Lafayette Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists 225 Bendel Road Lafayette
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(337) 232-2330
Brian A. Moore
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080
Thomas Moulthrop
Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 895-7642
Daniel Wehrmann Nuss
Our Lady of the Lake Head and Neck Center 4950 Essen Lane, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 765-1765
Gerard Pena
Slidell Ear, Nose and Throat 1850 Gause Blvd. E., Suite 301 Slidell (985) 646-4400
Stanley Peters
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 2121 Baton Rouge (225) 767-7200
Brian Petit
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Anna Maria Pou
Our Lady of the Lake Head and Neck Center 4950 Essen Lane, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 765-1765
David Grehan Pou
Ear, Nose and Throat Center 2121 Line Ave. Shreveport (318) 226-9441
Elisabeth Rareshide
2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 820 New Orleans (504) 895-7707
Michael Robichaux Sr.
Southern ENT Associates 4425 Highway 1 Raceland (985) 537-7546
James R. Robinson
Highland Clinic 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport (318) 798-4440
James Sherman Soileau
Ear and Balance Institute 1401 Ochsner Blvd., Suite A Covington (985) 809-1111
Paul M. Spring
ENT Specialists of Metairie 4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 401 Metairie (504) 889-5335
Robert F. Tarpy
Acadiana Otolaryngology 1103 Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 308 Lafayette (337) 233-7016
Justin M. Tenney
Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079
Robert Strong Thornton
Ear, Nose and Throat Center 2121 Line Ave. Shreveport (318) 226-9441
Rohan R. Walvekar
Our Lady of the Lake Head and Neck Center 4950 Essen Lane, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 765-1765
Newland Knight Worley
4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 640 Metairie (504) 456-5120
Guy Paul Zeringue Jr.
Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079
Guy Paul Zeringue III
Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Rd Thibodaux (985) 446-5079
Pathology
Edwin Norquist Beckman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3330
James E. Brown
West Jefferson Medical Center Department of Pathology 1101 Medical Center Blvd. Marrero (504) 347-5511
Philip J. Daroca Jr.
Tulane University Health Sciences Center Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5224
Nancy K. Davis
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3330
Guillermo Antonio Herrera Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pathology 1541 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-4557
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George P. Koclanes
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of Southwest Louisiana 320 Settlers Trace Blvd. Lafayette (337) 981-9495
James Marion Kidd III 8017 Picardy Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 769-4432
Prem Kumar Menon
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center 5217 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-6931
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Pediatrics 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-4589
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pathology 1901 Perdido St., Room 5103 New Orleans (504) 568-6031
Stephanie S. Richard
The Pathology Laboratory 830 W. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 436-9557
Francis Rodwig
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3208
Frederick Wayne Stromeyer
Pathology Group of Louisiana 5339 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-4999
Elba A. Turbat-Herrera
John S. Van Hoose
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Pathology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 470-4383
Bina Elizabeth Joseph
William Proctor Newman III
Randall Douglas Craver
M’Liss L. Crosier
Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Vimla Menon
Pathology Group of Louisiana 5339 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-4999 Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Pathology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9873
Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3330
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pathology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5241
Edgar Shannon Cooper
Jane M. S. El-Dahr
The Pathology Laboratory 830 W. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 436-9557
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Sami L. Bahna
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Allergy and Immunology Clinic Women’s and Children’s Clinic, First Floor 1602 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-8604
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center 5217 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-6931
Ricardo U. Sorensen
Pediatric Anesthesiology Brandon Black
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456
Jimmie E. Colon
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Daniel P. Corsino
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Stanley Martin Hall
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456
John Frederick Heaton
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456
Vilasini Satish Karnik
Ochsner Health System
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456
Sheryl Lynn Sawatsky
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Joseph Caspi
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans The Heart Center Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-3928
Dennis M. Mello
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Pediatric Center 1516 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3966
Thomas Yeh Jr.
Tulane Medical Center Pediatric Heart Center 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-2273
Pediatric Cardiology Robert Joseph Ascuitto
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Cardiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9751
Terry Dean King
300 Pavilion Road West Monroe (318) 323-1100
Victor William Lucas Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Theodorus Johannes Mulder Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-5200
Michael Ramon Recto
Tulane Hospital for Children Division of Pediatric Cardiology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-2273
Ernest S. Siwik
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans The Heart Center 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9751
Aluizio Roberto Stopa
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Cardiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9751
Thomas Young
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-5200
Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia Donald Eric Harmon
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755
Pediatric Critical Care Bonnie Desselle
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Critical Care 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-9511
Gary L. Duhon
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Critical Care 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-9511
Edwin Michael Frieberg
Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Critical Care 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-2339
Pediatric Endocrinology Stuart A. Chalew
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9441
Ricardo Gomez
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9441
Neslihan K. Gungor
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Division of Pediatric Endocrinology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-6070
Robert McVie
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Division of Pediatric Endocrinology Women’s and Children’s Building, First Floor 1602 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-6070
Pediatric Gastroenterology Raynorda F. Brown
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9534
Ilana S. Fortgang
Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Pediatric Hematology – Oncology Renee V. Gardner
Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., First Floor New Orleans (504) 896-9740
L. Keith Scott
Julie Kanter-Washko
Robert Lee Hopkins
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5987
Pediatric Dermatology Jeffrey C. Poole
111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 406 Metairie (504) 838-8225
Tulane Medical Center Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Ammar B. Morad
Women’s and Children’s Hospital Kid’s Specialty Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 4704 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 371-3101
Jaime A. Morales Arias
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., First Floor New Orleans (504) 896-9740
Tammuella E. Singleton
Tulane Medical Center Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Maria C. Velez
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., First Floor New Orleans (504) 896-9740
Lolie Chua Yu
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., First Floor New Orleans (504) 896-9740
Pediatric Infectious Disease Thomas Alchediak
Tulane Medical Center General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie (504) 988-8000
Rodolfo E. Begue
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Infectious Diseases 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9820
Joseph A. Bocchini Jr.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Pediatric Infectious Disease Women’s and Children’s Building, First Floor 1602 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-6081
Margarita Silio
Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Russell Wesley Steele
Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Department of Neurosurgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9568
Ronald D. Wilcox
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurosurgery Ambulatory Care Center 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9568
The HOP Clinic 2235 Poydras St New Orleans (504) 826-2182
Pediatric Medical Genetics
Hans Christoph Andersson
Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 New Orleans (504) 988-5229
Dmitriy Niyazov
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Division of Medical Genetics 1315 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Pediatric Nephrology Diego H. Aviles
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Nephrology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9238
Robert J. Cunningham III
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Nephrology 1315 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Samir S. El-Dahr
Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Nephrology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Lewis Reisman
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Pediatric Nephrology Women’s and Children’s Clinic, First Floor 1602 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-8631
V. Matti Vehaskari
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Nephrology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9238
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Infectious Disease 1315 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Ihor V. Yosypiv
Russell Barrett Van Dyke
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans
Tulane Hospital for Children
Tulane Medical Center Division of Pediatric Nephrology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-2544
Pediatric Neurological Surgery Clarence S. Greene Jr.
Joseph Mortimer Dean Nadell
Pediatric Obesity Mary A. Younger
Tulane Downtown Pediatric Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5030
Pediatric Ophthalmology George S. Ellis Jr.
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Ophthalmology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3104 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9426
Horatio Sprague Eustis
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 10th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3995
Robert Allen Gordon
Tulane Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5804
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery William Accousti
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569
James Toliver Bennett Tulane University Medical Center Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-2177
Joseph A. Gonzales Jr.
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569
Stephen Douglas Heinrich
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569
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Andrew G. King
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569
Richard McCall
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 813-2280
Fredric Harvey Warren
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970
Pediatric Otolaryngology John Lindhe Guarisco
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080
Kimsey Rodriguez
Kristin N. Van Hook
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine 1315 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Pediatric Radiation Oncology Troy Gene Scroggins Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3440
Ellen (Elly) Zakris
Touro Infirmary Department of Radiation Oncology 1401 Foucher St., First Floor New Orleans (504) 897-8387
Pediatric Radiology
Chris M. (Christopher) Arcement Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Radiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9566
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080
Jane D. Congeni
Larry (Lawrence) M. Simon
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Neuroradiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Otolaryngology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888
Pediatric Pathology Randall Douglas Craver
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Pathology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9873
Pediatric Pulmonology Scott H. Davis
Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Robert Lee Hopkins
Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Michael Philip Kiernan
Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Radiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9565
Arthur J. Kenney
Pediatric Rheumatology Jane M. S. El-Dahr
Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Abraham Gedalia
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Rheumatology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3020 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9385
Pediatric Specialist/ Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Sue Ellen Abdalian
Tulane Medical Center General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie
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(504) 412-1580
Robert J. Cunningham III
Stacy Drury
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Nephrology 1315 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Sarah R.S. Stender
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9441
Pediatric Specialist/ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Milton Webster Anderson
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4025
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Mary Margaret Gleason
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Stephen R. Cochran 1426 Amelia St. New Orleans (504) 891-6020
Charles Calvin Coleman
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry 1542 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 568-6001
Robert Dahmes
New Orleans Psychotherapy Associates 3520 Gen. DeGaulle Drive, Suite 4098 New Orleans (504) 362-4122
Richard F. Dalton, Jr.
Tulane University Health Sciences Center Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 131 S. Robertson St., 14th Floor, Suite 1423 New Orleans (504) 988-5401
Martin J. Drell
Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., Fourth Floor New Orleans
Pediatric Specialist/ Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Brian Barkemeyer
Rosaire Josseline L. Belizaire
The Center for Individual and Family Counseling 3500 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 1410 Metairie (504) 838-9919
Rita Y. Horton
Kristopher Edward Kaliebe
Tulane Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 1440 Canal St. New Orleans (504) 988-5405
Tulane Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Rick Henderson
Gordon Lane Blundell Jr.
Neil W. Boris
Charles Henry Zeanah
229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 Gretna (504) 392-8348
Daphne Ann Glindmeyer
3525 Prytania St., Suite 211 New Orleans (504) 897-7939 179 Highway 22 E., Suite 100 Madisonville (985) 845-8101
1539 Jackson Ave., Suite 300 New Orleans (504) 581-3933
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9418
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Child Psychiatry Faculty Clinic 820 Jordan St., Suite 104 Shreveport (318) 676-5002
Ted Bloch III
Jason Murphy Wuttke
St. Charles Community Health Center Division of Behavioral Health 853 Milling Ave. Luling (985) 785-5881
Cecile L. Many
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Pamela McPherson
Shreveport Mental Health Center Building 3, Suite 350 2924 Knight St. Shreveport (318) 862-3053
Richard Howard Morse 4417 Danneel St. New Orleans (504) 891-2354
Paul G. Pelts
1539 Jackson Ave., Suite 300 New Orleans (504) 581-3933
Judy Marianne Roheim
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Psychiatry 9001 Summa Ave., Fourth Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5820
Mark Allen Sands
Mercy Family Center 110 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 425 Metairie (504) 838-8283
Pediatrix Medical Group of Louisiana 107 Montrose Ave., Suite D Lafayette (337) 981-9316
Euming Chong
Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 4700 S. I-10 Service Road New Orleans (504) 988-2339
Jay Paul Goldsmith
Women’s and Children’s Hospital Department of Neonatology 4600 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (504) 236-3566
Phillip V. Gordon
Tulane Lakeside Hospital Section of Neonatology 4700 S. I-10 Service Road W. Metairie (504) 988-5795
Chih-Hao Lin
Women and Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 4200 Nelson Road Lake Charles (337) 475-4181
Bedford Nieves-Cruz
Terrebonne General Medical Center Division of Neonatology 8166 Main St. Houma (985) 858-7300
Amarjit Singh Nijjar
Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Department of Neonatology 3330 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 448-6827
Staci Marie Olister
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9418
Duna Penn
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave.
New Orleans (504) 896-9418
Arun Kumar Pramanik
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Neonatology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-7276
Jane Ellen Reynolds
Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 4700 S. I-10 Service Road Metairie (504) 988-2339
Dana L. Rivera
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9418
Steven Brian Spedale
Woman’s Hospital Department of Neonatology 100 Woman’s Way, Third Floor Baton Rouge (225) 928-2555
Cong Thanh Vo
Pediatrix Medical Group of Louisiana 107 Montrose Ave., Suite D Lafayette (337) 981-9316
Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, Epilepsy Shannon McGuir
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3040 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9283
Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, General Diane K. Africk
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Neurology 1315 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Stephen Russell Deputy
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3040 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888
Shannon McGuire
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3040 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9283
Ann Henderson Tilton
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology
Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888
Department of Surgery 4704 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 371-3101
Maria Weimer
Faith Hansbrough
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9283
Joaquin Wong
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Section of Child Neurology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9458
Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, Movement Disorders Ann Henderson Tilton
Pediatric Surgery of Louisiana 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 212 Baton Rouge (225) 769-2295
Charles Baker Hill Jr.
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-3977
Rodney B. Steiner
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9756
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888
John Willson Walsh
Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, Neonatal Neurology
Joseph Ortenberg
Charlotte Marie Anderson Hollman The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatric Neurology 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, Neuromuscular Disease Ann Henderson Tilton
Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888
Pediatric Specialist/ Pediatric Metabolic Diseases Hans Christoph Andersson
Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 New Orleans (504) 988-5229
Pediatric Surgery Vincent Robert Adolph
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pediatric Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3907
Kenneth Wayne Falterman Women’s and Children’s Hospital Kid’s Specialty Center
Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253
Pediatric Urology Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Urology Ambulatory Care Center 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9233
Pediatrics/General Thomas Alchediak
Tulane Medical Center General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie (504) 988-8000
Susan M. Bankston
The Baton Rouge Clinic 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 767-2827
John S. Barbara
Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 833-7374
Darrell Stone Barnett Pediatric Associates 950 Olive St. Shreveport (318) 681-4896
Ronald L. Bombet
Daniel Richard Bronfin
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Richard Louis Brooke
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Pediatric Clinic 1978 Industrial Blvd. Houma (985) 873-1730
Traci Brumund
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Pediatric Clinic 1978 Industrial Blvd. Houma (985) 873-1730
Bonita H. Dyess
Pediatrics Plus 3401 Magnolia Cove Monroe (318) 325-6311
Kathryn Coreil Elkins
Pediatric Associates 59325 River W. Drive, Suite D Plaquemine (225) 687-3055
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290
David Anderson Estes Jr.
Danielle Calix
Tulane-Lakeside Pediatric Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie (504) 988-5800
Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. Metairie (504) 219-0880
Patrice B. Evers
Ochsner Children’s Health Center 1970 Ormond Blvd., Suite J Destrehan (985) 764-6036
Robert W. Clarke Jr.
Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 Houma (985) 868-5440
Keith Collins
Bernard Ferrer
Bayou Pediatrics 8120 Main St., Suite 300 Houma (985) 872-6405
Marc A. Fisher
2017 Metairie Road Metairie (504) 832-8022
12A Westbank Expressway, Suite 100 Gretna (504) 361-0234
Tracy Conrad
Ruthanne R. Gallagher
Tulane Metairie Multispecialty Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 101 Metairie (504) 988-5800
Cary A. Culbertson
Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 833-7374
Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 Houma (985) 868-5440
Gregory John Gelpi
Pediatric Clinic 888 Tara Blvd., Suite F Baton Rouge (225) 926-4400
Lois Herd Gesn
Tulane Multispecialty Uptown Clinic 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000
Ochsner Health Center – Baton Rouge Department of Pediatrics 16777 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 754-3278
Theresa Lynn Dise
Amy Glick
Terry L. Cummings
Tulane Multispecialty Uptown Clinic 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000
Hosea Joseph Doucet III
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290
Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Tulane Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie (504) 998-8000
Jennifer Alane Boustany
Robert Eldred Drumm
4630 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Suite 102 Lafayette (337) 989-2322
Adela Pratt Dupont
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Children’s Health Center Metairie Department of Pediatrics 4901 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Metairie (504) 887-1133
Patricia Granier
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Children’s Health Center Metairie Department of Pediatrics 4901 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Metairie (504) 887-1133
Stephen Wilson Hales
Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 New Orleans
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Shelley M. Martin
Mid City Pediatrics 2225 Line Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-2225
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290
Michael G. Heller Jr.
Ellen Blownstine McLean
Robert Davis Haynie
Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. Metairie (504) 219-0880
David Garrett Hill
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290
Jennifer V. Hogan
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Pediatrics 9001 Summa Ave., First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200
Lynne Frances Holladay
Pediatric Healthcare Associates 1717 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport (318) 212-2920
Amanda Brown Jackson
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Michael Keith Judice
4630 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Suite 102 Lafayette (337) 989-2322
Charles Maurice Kantrow III
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Katherine M. Knight
Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatrics 4720 I-10 Service Road New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Stuart Landry
Children’s Clinic of Southwest Louisiana 2903 First Ave. Lake Charles (337) 478-6480
Paul Joseph Marquis
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lapalco Department of Family Medicine 4225 Lapalco Blvd., Second Floor Marrero (504) 371-9355
Carousel Pediatrics 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 240 Metairie (504) 885-4141
Jamar A. Melton
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290
Elizabeth Swanson Milvid
Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 New Orleans (504) 897-0744
Mark Vincent Morici
Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 833-7374
M. Nora Oates
Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 New Orleans (504) 897-0744
Jennifer M. Parkerson
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Henry M. Peltier
Center For Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 200 Thibodaux (985) 448-3700
Keith Perrin
Napoleon Pediatrics 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 950 New Orleans (504) 897-4242
Kathryn Quarls
Fairway Pediatrics 7020 Highway 190, Suite C Covington (985) 871-7337
Renee F. Reymond
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Kenyatta D. Shamlin
Baton Rouge Family Medical Center 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 763-4900
Tasha C. Shamlin
Baton Rouge Family Medical
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Center 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 763-4900
Naglaa A. Shourbaji
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900
Edward David Sledge Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Pediatrics 9001 Summa Ave., First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200
Sam Jude Solis
Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. Metairie (504) 219-0880
Alisha M. Totina
Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 Houma (985) 868-5440
Arthur Gerard Tribou
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290
Carlos Alberto Trujillo
Jefferson Pediatric Clinic 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N813 Marrero (504) 349-6813
Mark Joseph Waggenspack The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290
Department of Pediatrics 4740 S. I-10 Service Road W., Second Floor Metairie (504) 883-3703
Gustavo A. Colon
Pediatrics/Hospital Medicine
Plastic Surgery Associates 2000 S. Woods Drive, Suite B Lake Charles (337) 497-1958
Vanessa G. Carroll
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Pediatric Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3088
Shaun McCrossen Kemmerly
4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 120 Metairie (504) 888-4297
Ralph William Colpitts
Frank J. DellaCroce
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800
Pediatric Hospitalists of Louisiana 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 103 Baton Rouge (225) 767-6700
J. Kevin Duplechain
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
H. Devon Graham III
David N. Adams
1500 Line Ave., Second Floor, Suite 204 Shreveport (318) 629-5425
Norman E. Anseman Jr.
1101 S. College Road, Suite 206 Lafayette (337) 237-3637
John Eric Bicknell
7925 Youree Drive, Suite 280A Shreveport (318) 798-6833
Joseph J. Biundo Jr.
4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 303 Metairie (504) 889-5242
Stephen Kishner
Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans 1450 Poydras St. New Orleans (504) 903-2373
1103 Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 300 Lafayette (337) 456-3282 Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080
Charles Gruenwald Jr.
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 4309 Bluebonnet Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 925-3140
David Albert Jansen
Face and Body Institute 3900 Veterans Blvd., Suite 200 Metairie (504) 455-1000
Calvin Morris Johnson Jr.
Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 895-7642
Jeffrey J. Joseph
Wheat Medical Center 138 E. Fifth St. Natchitoches (318) 352-4477
Acadian Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 201 Lafayette (337) 237-0650
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Plastic Surgery
Louis Gerrit Bryant Mes
4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 100 Metairie (504) 883-8900
Plastic Surgery Associates 1101 S. College Road, Suite 400 Lafayette (337) 233-5025
Danny Scott Wood
R. Graham Boyce
Timothy Joseph Mickel
Stephen M. Weimer
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 767-2827
Lindsay R. York
Stephen W. Wheat
Elliott B. Black III
Associated Surgical Specialists 804 Heavens Drive, Suite 105 Mandeville (985) 845-2677
Holly Dawn Casey Wall
1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N803 Marrero (504) 934-8333
The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery 8600 Fern Ave. Shreveport (318) 795-0801
Mary A. Younger
Bradley J. Chastant
Tulane Downtown Pediatric Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5030
Scott Rory Zander
Lakeside Children’s Clinic
Acadian Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 201 Lafayette (337) 237-0650
903 N. Second St. Monroe (318) 388-2050
Michael H. Moses 1603 Second St. New Orleans (504) 895-7200
Thomas Moulthrop
Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 895-7642
Barron Johns O’Neal
2210 Line Ave., Suite 204 Shreveport (318) 221-9671
Kenneth L. Odinet
Building 6 200 Beaullieu Drive Lafayette (337) 234-8648
Scott K. Sullivan Jr.
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800
Michael Albert Teague
Associates in Plastic Surgery 8425 Cumberland Place Baton Rouge (225) 924-7514
Chris Trahan
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800
Simeon H. Wall Sr. The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery 8600 Fern Ave. Shreveport (318) 426-9255
Simeon H. Wall Jr.
The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery 8600 Fern Ave. Shreveport (318) 795-0801
Psychiatry
James G. Barbee
3439 Magazine St. New Orleans (504) 891-8808
J. Robert Barnes
1301 Amelia St., Suite A New Orleans (504) 891-7000
John William Bick III 3705 Coliseum St. New Orleans (504) 891-0094
(504) 838-9919
Stephen R. Cochran 1426 Amelia St. New Orleans (504) 891-6020
Charles Calvin Coleman
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry 1542 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 568-6001
Erich J. Conrad
Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., Third Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1580
Maria Cruse
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 201 Thibodaux (985) 493-9304
Robert Dahmes
New Orleans Psychotherapy Associates 3520 Gen. DeGaulle Drive, Suite 4098 New Orleans (504) 362-4122
George Cecil Daul Jr.
Professional Psychotherapy Network 1529 River Oaks Road W., Suite 123 New Orleans (504) 729-4414
Denise L. Dorsey 1519 Fern St. New Orleans (504) 865-1723
Marcos Fe-Bornstein
Charles Kelso Billings Jr. 720 Lafayette St. Gretna (504) 366-9707
Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 1440 Canal St., TB-53 New Orleans (504) 988-5405
Ted Bloch III
Burl E. Forgey
3525 Prytania St., Suite 211 New Orleans (504) 897-7939
Psychiatry Associates 9229 Bluebonnet Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 769-7575
Renee Bruno
Edward F. Foulks
Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 1440 Canal St. New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Gonzales Mental Health Clinic 1112 E. Ascension Complex Blvd. Gonzales (225) 621-5770
Jose Calderon-Abbo 3439 Magazine St. New Orleans (504) 891-8808
1539 Jackson Ave., Suite 220 New Orleans (504) 552-9015
Charles Chester
Daphne Ann Glindmeyer
The Center for Individual and Family Counseling 3500 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 1410 Metairie
Ross A. Gallo
229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 Gretna (504) 392-8348
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Douglas William Greve 931 Rue St. Louis New Orleans (504) 236-5532
W. Scott Griffies
New Orleans Center for Mind-Body Health 536 Bienville St. New Orleans (504) 355-0509
Milton L. Harris Jr.
Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Craig W. Maumus
St. John VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Psychiatry 4004 Airline Highway Reserve (985) 479-6770
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System New Orleans VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Psychiatry 3434 Canal St. New Orleans (504) 539-5744
Pamela McPherson
Gerald Heintz
3525 Prytania St., Suite 518 New Orleans (504) 895-5533
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center The Family Center 7777 Hennessy Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 765-8648
Dean Anthony Hickman
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of General Psychiatry 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4025
Janet Elaine Johnson
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic Department of Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Kristopher Edward Kaliebe
St. Charles Community Health Center Division of Behavioral Health 853 Milling Ave. Luling (985) 785-5881
Keith Bradford Kessel
745 Olive St, Suite 109 Shreveport (318) 221-6070
Schoener Michele LaPrairie Southeast Louisiana Hospital 23515 Highway 190 Mandeville, (985) 626-6300
John Robert Macgregor Jr.
1305 W. Causeway Approach, Suite 106 Mandeville (985) 626-3400
Harminder Singh Mallik Tulane Medical Center Division of Forensic Neuropsychiatry 1440 Canal St. New Orleans (504) 988-2201
Donna M. Mancuso
229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 Gretna (504) 392-8348
Cecile L. Many
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic
Shreveport Mental Health Center Building 3, Suite 350 2924 Knight St. Shreveport (318) 862-3053
Christopher D. Meyers
Brian D. Monette
Gonzales Mental Health Clinic 1112 E. Ascension Complex Blvd. Gonzales (225) 621-5770
Richard Howard Morse 4417 Danneel St. New Orleans (504) 891-2354
Andrew E. Morson
Integrated Behavioral Health 400 Poydras St., Suite 1780 New Orleans (504) 322-3837
Howard Joseph Osofsky
Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., Third Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1580
Jayendra K. Patel
Lake Area Psychiatry 333 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Suite 220 Lake Charles (337) 478-9331
1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4025
Alphonse Kenison Roy III
Addiction Recovery Resources 4933 Wabash St. Metairie (504) 780-2766
Janet Seligson-Dowie
229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 Gretna (504) 392-8348
Marilyn M. Skinner 1303 Antonine St. New Orleans (504) 891-3001
John Martin Smith
Mental Health Center of Central Louisiana Behavioral Health 242 W. Shamrock St., Unit 1 Pineville (318) 484-6850
John Walter Thompson Jr. Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science 1440 Canal St. New Orleans (504) 988-0847
Mark Harold Townsend
Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., Third Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1580
L. Lee Tynes Jr.
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 6000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8941
Daniel Keith Winstead
1301 Antonine St. New Orleans (504) 899-1682
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic Department of Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Jose Manuel Pena
Mark Henry Zielinski
Nicholas G. Pejic
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794
Arwen Podesta
Townsend 4330 Loveland St., Suite A Metairie (504) 454-5172
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center The Family Center Department Psychiatry 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 6000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8648
Pulmonary Medicine Juzar Ali
Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Mental Health Service 1601 Perdido St. New Orleans (504) 571-8283
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 3700 St. Charles Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1517
Alvin Martin Rouchell
Gregory Jacob Ardoin
Dean Edward Robinson
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of General Psychiatry
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The Lung Center 201 Fourth St., Suite 1A Alexandria (318) 769-5864
John Areno
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411
Stephen P. Brierre
LSU Healthcare Network Department of Pulmonary Medicine 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755
Robert Craig Broussard
Pulmonary Associates of SouthwestLouisiana 2770 Third Ave., Suite 110 Lake Charles (337) 494-2750
Walter Dwayne Brown
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Pulmonary Medicine Professional Office Building, Suite 206 155 Hospital Drive Lafayette (337) 234-3204
Randy D. Bryn
2551 Greenwood Road, Suite 210 Shreveport (318) 635-0834
Clifford Braddock Burns
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055 Bennett Paul DeBoisblanc Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3925
George Gary Guidry
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Pulmonary Medicine Professional Office Building, Suite 206 155 Hospital Drive Lafayette (337) 234-3204
Thomas James Gullatt
St. Francis Medical Center Hospitalist Group 309 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 966-4541
Ronald F. Hammett
Glenwood Pulmonary Specialists 102 Thomas Road, Suite 104 West Monroe (318) 329-8485
Cullen Andrew Hebert
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge
(225) 765-5864
William H. Hines Sr.
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, First Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Mark Kenneth Hodges
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, Fourth Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Robert Cary Holladay
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Medicine Specialty Clinic Ambulatory Care Center, Second Floor 1606 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5920
Surma Jain
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055
Stephen Phillips Kantrow
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055
Joseph Alexander Lasky
Tulane Lung Center 1415 Tulane Ave., Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 988-8600
Stuart J. Lebas
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864
Carol M. Mason
LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 Kenner (504) 412-1705
William Henry Matthews
St. Francis Pulmonary Clinic 411 Calypso St., Suite 210 Monroe (318) 966-6500
Shawn Arlen Milligan
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411
Thomas Gerard Nuttli
East Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Pulmonary Associates 4200 Houma Blvd., Third Floor Metairie (504) 454-5205
Michael Wayne Owens
Matthew L. Schuette
Bayou Pulmonary 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 600 Metairie (504) 456-7456
Leonardo Seoane
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Medical Service 510 E. Stoner Ave., Suite 111 Shreveport (318) 990-5366
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonology, Lung Transplant and Critical Care 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4400
Nereida Alicia Parada
Judd Ernest Shellito
Tulane Medical Center Lung and Sleep Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Seventh Floor New Orleans (504) 988-8600
Donald Keith Payne
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5920
Billy Joe Rosson Jr.
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Pulmonary Medicine Professional Office Building, Suite 206 155 Hospital Drive Lafayette (337) 234-3204
LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 Kenner (504) 412-1705
Francesco Simeone
Tulane University Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
James Garland Smith Jr.
St. Francis Medical Center Hospitalist Group 309 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 966-4541
Kenneth B. Smith
East Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Pulmonary Associates 4200 Houma Blvd., Third Floor Metairie (504) 454-5205
Thomas Parks Smith
Green Clinic 1200 S. Farmerville St. Ruston (318) 255-3690
David E. Taylor
Lafayette (337) 237-2057
Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5920
Roland Benton Hawkins
David Allen Welsh
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1901 Perdido St., Suite 3205 New Orleans (504) 568-4634
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3440
Gregory Charles Henkelmann
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Ninth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055
Radiation Oncology
Ben Frank Thompson III
Robert Lee Ebeling Jr.
Pulmonary Associates of Southwest Louisiana 2770 Third Ave., Suite 110 Lake Charles (337) 494-2750
Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute 411 Calypso St. Monroe (318) 966-1900
Slidell Regional Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1120 Robert Blvd., Suite 100 Slidell (985) 649-8688
Brad D. Vincent
Robert Sidney Fields
Sheldon Ashley Johnson
Andrew Ralph Harwood
Maurice Leon King
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864
Robert E. Walter
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and
Michael Leonard Durci
Willis-Knighton Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 2600 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 212-4639
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 4950 Essen Lane Baton Rouge (225) 767-0847 OncoLogics 917 Gen. Mouton Ave.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 4950 Essen Lane Baton Rouge (225) 767-0847
Steven I. Hightower
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 4950 Essen Lane Baton Rouge (225) 215-1515 Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
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Department of Radiation Oncology 4950 Essen Lane Baton Rouge (225) 215-1515
Julian Krawczyk
OncoLogics 917 Gen. Mouton Ave. Lafayette (337) 237-2057
Paul David Monsour
East Jefferson General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology 4204 Houma Blvd., Suite 100 Metairie (504) 454-1724
Lane Rosen
Willis-Knighton Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 2600 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 212-4639
William E. Russell
Baton Rouge General Medical Center Pennington Cancer Center 3401 North Blvd. Baton Rouge (225) 387-7280
Troy Gene Scroggins Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3440
Ellen (Elly) Zakris
Touro Infirmary Department of Radiation Oncology 1401 Foucher St., First Floor New Orleans (504) 897-8387
Radiology Edward Bluth
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470
Charles Joseph Brdlik
Southwest Louisiana Imaging 650 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive Lake Charles (337) 439-7778
Daniel A. Devun
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470
Gregory Dobard
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Radiology 602 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 493-4877
William H. Gallmann III
Christus Schumpert Medical Center Department of Radiology 1 St. Mary Place Shreveport (318) 861-4347
Maureen Heldmann
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Radiology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-6247
Blaine H. Hoppe
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Division of Interventional Radiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 470-2558
Joseph Horton
Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Radiology 601 W. Saint Mary Blvd., Suite 306 Lafayette (337) 235-0933
Dennis Kay
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans, LA 70121 (504) 842-3470
Arthur J. Kenney
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Neuroradiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470
Gary B. Lum
Imaging Center of Louisiana 8338 Summa Ave., Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 761-8988
Charles Claiborne Matthews Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470
James Milburn
Opelousas (337) 948-3011
Dana Hampton Smetherman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470
Mark Tyler Stephan
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Acadiana Radiology Group 4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 470-2000
Richard Tupler
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-3470
Joan Wojak
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Radiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 470-2180
Rheumatology Seth Berney
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Rheumatology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5935
Joseph J. Biundo Jr.
4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 303 Metairie (504) 889-5242 Nicole Mes Cotter Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Specialists 820 Jordan St., Suite 201 Shreveport (318) 221-0399
William Eugene Davis
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920
John Edward Marshall
The Baton Rouge Clinic Division of Rheumatology 7373 Perkins Road, Fourth Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
Robert James Quinet
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920
Eve Scopelitis
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920
Delta Vein Care 1655 Louisville Ave. Monroe (318) 388-8880
Humberto Bohorquez
J. Philip Boudreaux
2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 New Orleans (504) 899-1120
Jerald Marc Zakem
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920
Sleep Medicine
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Eighth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070 LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Neuroendocrine Clinic 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 200 Kenner (504) 464-8500
E. Paul Breaux III
457 Heymann Blvd. Lafayette (337) 237-5774
Andrew Long Chesson Jr.
David Bruce
Robert C. Hinkle
Joseph Frederick Buell
Piotr Wladyslaw Olejniczak
Ian Carmody
Daniel J. Carroll
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Sleep Disorders Center Department of Neurology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5365
The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240
2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 New Orleans (504) 899-1120
Stephen Michael Lindsey
J. William Parker Jr.
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James L. Barr
Merlin Robert Wilson Jr.
Madelaine T. Feldman
Opelousas General Health System Department of Radiology 539 E. Prudhomme St.
Surgery
John S. Bolton
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Fifth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920
Robert Restrepo
Paula Sharkey
Tulane Medical Center The Lung Center Tulane Comprehensive Sleep Center 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Tamika A. Webb-Detiege
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1517
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Rheumatology 9001 Summa Ave., Second Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200
Supat Thammasitboon
Rheumatology Services 5247 Didesse Drive Baton Rouge (225) 765-6505
Sean E. Shannon
Luis R. Espinoza
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Radiology 1000 Ochsner Blvd. Covington (985) 875-2828
NHS Human Services 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 945 New Orleans (504) 302-1323
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Abdominal Organ Transplantation 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-5764
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Neuroradiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Second Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470
LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Rheumatology 3700 St. Charles Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1366
Katherine Smith
Highland Clinic 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 205 Shreveport (318) 798-4565
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925 Tulane Medical Center Tulane Abdominal T ransplant Institute 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-7867
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Transplant Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-5161 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 200 Lafayette (337) 233-6684
Bruce Palmer Cleland
Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Surgery 9001 Summa Ave., Third Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200
Ari Cohen
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Highway, First Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925
Kelvin Contreary
4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 310 Metairie (504) 454-6338
Brian Dockendorf
Highland Clinic Department of Surgery 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Second Floor Shreveport (318) 798-4600
Joseph Benton Dupont Jr.
George E. Loss Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Multi-Organ Transplant Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-5763
Weston Peter Miller III 2620 North Drive Abbeville (337) 898-1520
William Lewis Norwood
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center General Surgery Clinic 1606 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-6156
William S. Richardson
Douglas P. Slakey
Michael W. Hailey
Louisiana Breast Specialists 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 201 Baton Rouge (225) 751-2778
John Patrick Hunt III
Tulane Medical Center Department of Surgery 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-2317
Alan Jerry Stolier
1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 302 Lafayette (337) 232-8230
Robert C. DeWitt
Louisiana Cardiovascular and Thoracic Institute 3311 Prescott Road, Suite 202 Alexandria (318) 442-0106
Charles J. DiCorte
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center North Shore Department of Cardiovascular Surgery 1000 Ochsner Blvd. Covington (985) 875-2828
John Davidson Gladney
Surgical Specialists Louisiana 7015 Highway 190 E. Service Road, Suite 200 Covington (985) 234-3000
Michael C. Townsend
Joseph Frank Uddo Jr.
Kenneth John Laborde
Thoracic Surgery
Michael J. Thomas
Lester Wayne Johnson
Highland Clinic Department of Surgery 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport (318) 798-4691
Alan Jerry Stolier
Tommy L. Fudge
Ochnser Health System Ochnser Medical Center Department of Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Eighth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070
Charles Daniel Knight Jr.
8001 Youree Drive, Suite 840 Shreveport (318) 795-9100
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery 2025 Gravier St. New Orleans (504) 903-2373 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery 4864 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 330-7167
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4070
Kathryn Richardson
Daniel Joseph Frey
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-6126
George Michael Fuhrman
Kevin C. Marler
LSU Healthcare Network Department of Surgery 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755
Forrest Dean Griffen
LSU Healthcare Network Department of Surgery 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755
Norwood Surgical Specialists 2751 Albert Bicknell Drive, Suite 3A Shreveport (318) 212-4456
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4070
University Medical Center Division of Renal Transplantation and Pancreaticobiliary Surgery 2390 W. Congress St. Lafayette (337) 261-8500
Joseph Benton Dupont Jr.
4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 450 Metairie (504) 454-4441
Surgical Oncology John S. Bolton
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Eighth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070
Ralph Corsetti
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Eighth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070
Heart and Vascular Center 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 409 Thibodaux (985) 449-4670 Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Surgery 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411
P. Eugene Parrino
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Thoracic Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, Eighth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070
John D. Pigott III
Tulane Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute 1415 Tulane Ave., Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800
Victor E. Tedesco IV
Cardiovascular Clinic Province Building, Suite 14 A 5000 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette (337) 234-7779
Urology
Stephen F. Bardot
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Urology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fourth Floor
New Orleans (504) 842-4083
(504) 412-1600
Edward F. Breaux
Robert Craig Batson
Vascular Surgery
Southern Urology 1016 Coolidge Blvd. Lafayette (337) 233-6665
Sean Collins
East Jefferson Center for Urology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 330 Metairie (504) 454-5505
Chris Fontenot
Southern Urology Building 7 200 Beaullieu Drive Lafayette (337) 232-4555
LSU Healthcare Multispecialty Clinic Department of Vascular Surgery 4500 10th St Marrero (504) 412-1960
Larry Harold Hollier
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Vascular Surgery 433 Bolivar St., Suite 815 New Orleans (504) 568-4800
Charles Daniel Knight Jr.
Harold Anthony Fuselier Jr.
LSU Healthcare Network Department of Urology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600A Metairie (504) 412-1600
Wayne John G. Hellstrom
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Urology and Fertility Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Third Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5271
Benjamin R. Lee
Tulane University Hospital and Clinic Department of Urology 1430 Tulane Ave., Third Floor, Room 3522 New Orleans (504) 988-2985
Lester J. Prats Jr.
Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Urology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, Fourth Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4083
Robert S. Taylor
Louisiana Urology 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 3000 Baton Rouge (225) 766-8100
Raju Thomas
Tulane Medical Center Tulane Urology and Fertility Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5271
Dennis Dale Venable
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Urology 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport (318) 675-5600
Chester Frank Weimer
Thibodaux Urological Specialists 504 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 447-5667
Highland Clinic Department of Surgery 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport (318) 798-4691
Andrew J. Olinde
Baton Rouge General Health Center Vascular Specialty Center 8888 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 769-4493
W. Charles Sternbergh III Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway New Orleans (504) 842-4070
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rom Shreveport to Monroe, down through the heart of Louisiana into Bayou Country, and over to the Lake Area of Lake Charles, physicians and hospitals across the state have ensured quality care for all. No matter the medical need, health care providers in Louisiana are making sure patients don’t have to travel out of state for top-notch medical care. Specialized clinics, comprehensive cancer centers, and world-renowned research hospitals may be found in every corner of the state, and by staying at the forefront of medical advances, these acclaimed providers have made Louisiana a veritable “State of Medicine.”
Southeast Louisiana The holiday season should be a time of joy, but for many, it can also be a stressful time, one that can provoke a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke. To keep your holidays heart-healthy, make sure to plan your meals ahead of time and stay true to healthy habits with rare exceptions. Take time to relax and exercise, even if it is just for 15 minutes. Remember to stay alert for any signs or symptoms of heart disease, especially since many people tend to ignore cardiovascular symptoms during the holidays. Symptoms of a heart attack or stroke include chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, numbness, dizziness or lightheadedness. If you experience any of these symptoms, seek help immediately—don’t wait until after the holidays. For more than 29 years, Cardiovascular Institute of the South has provided a full range of personalized, cardiovascular care to communities in South Louisiana. For more information about CIS, call 1-800-425-2565 or visit www.cardio.com. In 2007, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center was the only hospital in the Bayou Region to acquire the da Vinci Robotic
Surgical System, and five years later, Thibodaux Regional remains at the forefront of minimally invasive robotic surgery by acquiring the next generation in robotic technology. Using the latest system, a Thibodaux Regional surgical team led by Dr. Barry Landry recently performed their first da Vinci® SingleSite™ gallbladder removal. With a single incision of about one inch, Single-Site gallbladder surgery’s potential benefits include virtually scarless results, minimal pain, low blood loss, fast recovery, a short hospital stay and high patient satisfaction. The surgery can be performed in about one hour with a typical hospital stay of less than 24 hours. More than 1 million people in the U.S. have their gallbladder removed each year, and many are candidates for Single-Site surgery. Most, however, are performed with traditional laparoscopy using several incisions. For information on robotic and other minimally invasive surgeries at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center call 985-4934326 or visit www.thibodaux.com. The Spine Center at the Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge is a comprehensive center for the treatment of spinal disorders. The center is led by Dr. Kevin P. McCarthy, a board certified and fellowship-trained specialist in adult and pediatric spine surgery. The facility has available resources for physical therapy, radiographs, MRI, neuro-diagnostic studies, and an outpatient surgical center for the performance of pain management and outpatient spinal procedures. Recently, the Spine Center was proud to announce the association of Dr. C. Chambliss Harrod. Dr. Harrod received his medical degree from LSU in New Orleans and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Harvard in Boston. In addition, he completed a fellowship in spinal surgery at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Harrod joins Dr. McCarthy and a team of physician assistants, nurse practitioners and medical assistants who have a primary goal of providing quality spinal care to patients in the region. The Spine Center focuses on a comprehensive approach to the treatment of spinal disorders. Treatment is individualized to each patient’s symptoms and pathology. A variety of treatment options are available including advanced physical therapy, medical treatments, pain management injections and minimally invasive spine procedures. Minimally invasive spine surgeries available to appropriate patients include endoscopic discectomy, endoscopic radiofrequency rhizotomies, percutaneous fusion procedures and a variety of minimally invasive decompression and spinal fusion procedures. View videos and learn more about the Spine Center by visiting www.spinecenterbr.com. The Spine Center may also be reached by calling 225-766-0050. Degenerative lumbar spine disorders affect up to 80 percent of adults during their lifetime and represent the most common cause of work-related disabilities in people younger than 45 years. Conservative treatment is the mainstay; however, select patients are indicated for appropriate decompressive or arthrodesis procedures. Oblique Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion is a new, minimally invasive procedure that involves placing a cage with bone graft between diseased lumbar vertebrae and is done under neuromonitoring, or while awake. It can be completed in an outpatient setting and represents a true, minimally invasive option to achieve pain relief for some degenerative conditions. Learn more at www.spinecenterbr.com or by calling 225-766-0050. For nearly 100 years, Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL) in Baton www.louisianalife.com Louisiana Life | 79
advertising section Rouge has served the region and the entire state of Louisiana. As the largest hospital in the state offering more than 60 medical specialties including a Children’s Hospital, pediatric ER, a freestanding ER in Livingston parish, and more, OLOL is just as focused on keeping you well as treating you when sick. Construction is now underway on a Heart and Vascular Tower, Level One Trauma Center and expanded ER – all expected to be complete in the fall of 2013. In addition, OLOL is investing more in a campus of learning to educate and inspire the next generation of health care leaders. OLOL has received many awards and distinctions that speak to the high quality of care patients can expect. These include Magnet designation for excellence in nursing care, only achieved by 5 percent of all hospitals; Cycle III Chest Pain Center for advanced heart care, the highest level; Bariatric Center of Excellence; Advanced Primary Stroke Center; and ranked as No. 1 in the Baton Rouge Metro area by U.S. News & World Report.
To learn more about how we’re making your health care better, visit www.ololrmc.com. For more than half a century, Tulane doctors have provided the best in health care and the latest in medical technology to the people of Louisiana. In addition to providing quality primary care, Tulane doctors are leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, resulting in numerous advances in clinical outcomes and patient health. They practice medicine across a wide range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment. Tulane doctors have access to leading-edge clinical trials and potentially life-saving new therapies. They demonstrate commitment to the community through various health care services and free educational outreach programs and health screenings. Find your Tulane doctor by calling 800-988-5800 or 504-988-5800 or visit tulanedoctors.com. Heart Clinic of Hammond, the practice of Ghiath Mikdadi, MD, and Frank Arena, MD, is proud to announce three new accreditations that display the clinic’s commitment to providing the people of Hammond and Southeast Louisiana with the highest level of quality cardiovascular care. The Heart Clinic of Hammond has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in both Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality 80 | Louisiana Life November/December 2012
and patient safety and is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Guidelines following an extensive peer-review evaluation by experts in the field. Additionally, Heart Clinic of Hammond was granted Echocardiography accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (ICAEL). The three-year accreditation in the area of Adult Transthoracic shows that Heart Clinic of Hammond excels in the field of Echocardiography testing, which is used in the early detection of life threatening heart disorders and diseases. For more information on Heart Clinic of Hammond and as well as each accreditation, visit HammondHeart.com or call 985-974-9278. Christwood Retirement Community in Covington recognizes that good nutrition and exercise are crucial to maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle. With healthy menu alternatives, numerous exercise options and social and educational opportunities, Christwood provides nourishment for body, mind and spirit. In addition, Christwood offers residents unparalleled Independent Living accommodations and services with beautiful amenities. By moving into Christwood while Independent, residents are assured of admittance into Assisted Living and Five-Star Rated Skilled Nursing featuring all private rooms - at discounted rates. Not only does moving to Christwood while Independent free residents from home maintenance, it also gives the security of knowing help is there when needed. With 143 Independent apartments, 18 free-standing cottages and an expansion underway for a Community Center that will house a pool, exercise room, fitness room and day spa, Christwood is strategically located for access to numerous activities as well as medical services. A resident-centered community, Christwood helps seniors live with dignity, independence and the assurance of needed physical, spiritual and medical care. Visit Christwoodrc.com or call 985-898-0515. The NORTH Institute, Neurological Orthopedic Rehabilitation Total Health, offers a multidisciplinary practice with experts in the fields of neurosurgery and spinal surgery, rehabilitative medicine, orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. Their experts treat diseases and injuries of the muscles, bones, joints and spine while striving to maintain the most technologically advanced and safest treatment options. The North is proud to include on their team a neurosurgeon, an orthopedic spine surgeon, a general orthopedic surgeon, two physiatrists and a state-of-the-art, onsite Physical Therapy facility with two Certified Manual Therapists on staff. With an in-office Injection Suite, spinal/orthopedic injections can be performed on site, rather than in the hospital. Many advances have been made recently, eliminating patient fear of surgery and diminishing disruption of lifestyle. The NORTH Institute has incorporated Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery into its practice, giving patients a much quicker return to normalcy, even walking back into their own homes within 24 hours. They are now able to serve the entire Northshore and Southshore, with locations in Lacombe, Metairie, Hammond and Bogalusa. Visit NorthInstitute.com. Terrebonne General Medical Center (TGMC) serves as the leading health care provider in the Bayou Region and recently received the prestigious Pathway to Excellence® designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and is one of only two facilities in the state of Louisiana to receive this nursing honor. As a Pathway to Excellence® designated organization, TGMC is committed to nurses, so that they can focus their talents and skills on providing high quality, outstanding care to our patients.
advertising section TGMC offers a complete range of services from world-class cardiovascular surgery services, a comprehensive Women’s Center, emergency care, rehabilitation and their Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC. Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC offers a comprehensive cancer care program with a full continuum of cancer care, from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, treatment, recovery and survivorship. Services include chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery, as well as patient navigators, clinical trials and free community screenings. For more information, visit tgmc.com. After more than a year of providing surgical care in Greater New Orleans, Crescent City Surgical Centre (CCSC) is receiving unprecedented positive feedback on the expert care patients have received. The largest physician-owned hospital in Greater New Orleans, CCSC is conveniently located just off of Causeway Boulevard in Metairie and provides direct access to 30 skilled physicians with specialties that include bariatrics, neurosurgery, orthopedics, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, colo-rectal, general surgery, total knee and hip replacements, pain management and onsite diagnostics. World-class physicians at CCSC utilize state-of-the-art technologies, which further enhances their top quality, compassionate and individualized care. “Our philosophy is to treat every patient as if they are a family member visiting our hospital,” says Kirk Long, CEO. “That philosophy is clearly working, as the reception we’ve seen from patients has been remarkable. Our physicians ensure each patient receives the best treatment available, and our hand-picked staff ensure each patient is given special
treatment.” To find out more about CCSC, visit ccsurg.com or call 504-830-2500. Southwest Louisiana When it comes to gastrointestinal endoscopy, Lafayette General Endoscopy Center in Lafayette, LA, has raised the bar for excellence in care and research. LGEC was the first to utilize high-definition endoscopy technology in Acadiana, and, in doing so, vastly increased the quality of care provided by their physicians. LGEC’s published comparative study of their detection rates of polyps in high-definition screening colonoscopy is now being used around the country as the “benchmark” for quality endoscopy – thus designating LGEC with a distinct level of national prestige. Located on the campus of Lafayette General Medical Center, LGEC’s modern facility is calming and serene, which ensures patients’ comfort. The knowledge and friendliness of staff, combined with the expertise and compassion of their physicians, makes for a superior endoscopy experience. As part of their concern for the community, LGEC highly recommends anyone turning the golden age of 50 to make arrangements for a routine colonoscopy. Trust LGEC for their experience and skill and have peace of mind about your gastrointestinal health. For more information, visit LGEC.net, or call for information on scheduling an appointment: 337-289-8249. Since its establishment in Lafayette in 2002, Fertility & Women’s Health Center has excelled in women’s health care, achieving remarkable success rates for achieving pregnancy through assisted reproduction technologies under the expertise of Dr. John Storment. With a state-of-the-art facility
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advertising section and a committed team of experts, the center helps couples unable to conceive by determining the cause of infertility and customizing an individualized plan. To date, FWHC has helped thousands of couples realize their dreams of building a family. FWHC offers a comforting environment to those experiencing the stress of infertility or recurrent miscarriage. Dr. Storment and staff are committed to minimizing patients’ anxiety, while providing the most current available options for treatment. Seven years ago, he initiated the Gift of Hope program, providing one deserving couple each year a free IVF cycle. Since its initiation, the Gift of Hope has resulted in three healthy babies (and one on the way). For more information, call 888-467-BABY (2229) or visit fertilityanswers.com. The practice of Miguel A. DePuy, MD, Thomas J. Mulhearn IV, MD, and Michael C. Turner, MD, Cardiovascular Specialists of Southwest Louisiana (CSSWLA) offers comprehensive cardiac care to patients in Southwest Louisiana and beyond. With a focus on prevention and early intervention of cardiac conditions such as cardiovascular disease and peripheral arterial disease, physicians at CSSWLA combine years of experience, education and research with the latest advances in cardiac technologies and techniques in assessing risk, making diagnoses and providing treatment. A complete range of diagnostic and treatment services for cardiovascular disease includes both non-invasive and interventional procedures. Physicians at CSSWLA have recently added a new approach to diagnosing heart problems through Transradial Catheterization, an alternative to traditional cardiac catheterization through the groin. Using an insertion through the wrist, Transradial Catheterization is safer, quicker and lessens patient recovery time, and over 90% of heart patients are candidates for the procedure. For more information on CSSWLA’s board certified cardiologists and quality services or to find informative videos and cardiovascular news, visit CSSWLA.com. For scheduling at their Lake Charles, Sulphur and Jennings locations, call 337-436-3813. Those battling cancer know that the battle extends beyond the body. Covering the costs of cancer care is often a difficult task as many people do not realize that insurance, such as Medicare and that of third party payors, only covers a portion of the cost. Patients and/or family members are left to pay the remainder, which, in some cases, can exhaust personal funds. The shortfall leaves many cancer patients no option but to forego cancer care. At Community Oncology Resources Foundation, Inc. (COR Foundation), the mission is to bridge the gap between cancer patients and accessibility of community cancer care resources. Medicare recipients are responsible for as paying as much as 20 percent of their cancer treatment, which can run as high as $40,000 or more. The COR Foundation was born out of this threat to access of quality care. With three programs designed to help Louisiana patients, COR offers payment assistance to qualifying cancer patients, works closely with area community providers to bring in new technologies and resources, and provides volunteer mentors and assistance to patients. For more information, visit corfoundation.com, or call 337-312-8234. central Louisiana Located in Alexandria and celebrating its 10-year anniversary in January 2013, Louisiana Cardiovascular & Thoracic Institute (LA CVT), displays a proud commitment to providing top quality cardiovascular and thoracic surgical care. With years of experience and a passion for healthy heartbeats, Drs. Jones and DeWitt utilize the latest in cutting edge technologies and 82 | Louisiana Life November/December 2012
medical breakthroughs. Within the past six months, LA CVT has expanded with the development of the only dedicated Vascular Clinic for Central Louisiana. Attended by Drs. Jones and DeWitt, the clinic serves to diagnose and treat carotid artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, PAD, venous stasis and Restless Leg Syndrome. Anyone with these diagnoses or who are at risk from family or lifestyle factors can call and make an appointment to see Dr. Jones or DeWitt at the clinic. For more information on LA CVT or the new Vascular Clinic for Central Louisiana, visit LACVT.com and “Like” them on Facebook for news and updates. To schedule an appointment, call 866-860-0106. northeast Louisiana For superior eye and cosmetic care in Northeast Louisiana, look to John Cooksey, MD, at the Cooksey Vision and Cosmetic Center in Monroe. Dr. Cooksey is a highly experienced board certified ophthalmologist who has been practicing in Monroe since 1972. Having attained a medical degree from LSU School of Medicine, Dr. Cooksey also served as a flight surgeon during the Vietnam War. One of the first to perform the phacoemulsifaction technique of cataract surgery in Louisiana, he has also taught and performed the procedure around the world. In addition to eye procedures, Dr. Cooksey has decades of experience performing successful cosmetic surgeries. For further information on the center, visit CookseyMD.com or call 800-368-3937 for an appointment. northwest Louisiana Construction is underway at Willis-Knighton Cancer Center for an addition to the facility, including a proton beam therapy center. The proton unit from Belgian developer IBA, scheduled to arrive next year, will be the first of its kind to be installed anywhere in the world. The addition of the proton beam is made possible through the leadership of the Cancer Center’s radiation therapy department, including a decade of experience in radiosurgery. The Center has also served as a training site for TomoTherapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), and has assisted in the development of that leading-edge radiation technique. Proton therapy is a more precise form of radiation therapy that kills tumor cells with less damage to healthy tissue. Currently, proton beam therapy is available in the U.S. at only 10 cancer centers. When operational, the proton therapy unit at Willis-Knighton will reinforce the center’s reputation for world-class cancer care. For more information on the WillisKnighton Cancer Center, visit wkhs.com. statewide Seventy percent of us will need long-term care after age 65, yet few of us openly discuss care needs and wishes. The Louisiana Nursing Home Association invites you to start a new conversation. A dynamic new Web site, CareConversations.org, is bringing people together to change this trend of silence by providing information and resources to get people talking with loved ones, health care providers and industry experts. There may be a time when you or your loved one will no longer be able to live independently. Finding care may seem difficult or even overwhelming at first. CareConversations.org will help you and your loved ones take control of the future and enjoy greater peace of mind. Start a conversation, explore options, and find solutions that are right for you by visiting CareConversations.org today. •
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Commissioner of Retirement Why settle here? He’ll tell you. by Judi Russell
S
One of Louisiana Encore’s
Louisiana also has a good
teve Windham can’t
retirees can spend their time
think of a better
on such diverse activities as
target markets is the military.
complement of hospitals and
way to spend your
deep-sea fishing and hiking
Louisiana has a long history
clinics, Windham points out,
retirement years than
in the piney woods.
of being home to military
so retirees needn’t travel far
personnel during their tours
for medical care. The state’s
And when it comes to cele-
settling in Louisiana.
Windham, commissioner of
brations, Louisiana takes the
of duty. Windham says many
roster of four-year colleges
Louisiana Encore, is charged
King Cake, Windham says.
of these men and women
and universities, community
with letting prospective
“There are more festivals
get to know the state so
colleges and technical schools
retirees know about the
here than there are days of
well that when they retire,
makes it easy for people to
charms of the state as a
the week,” he says.
they make it their retirement
retrain for a new job or learn
base. Because homes are so
a hobby or two.
Another plus? Louisiana’s
retirement destination. Using
Lots of sunshine, plenty of
the slogan “Retire – Louisiana
welcoming people. Louisiana
affordable, those who hail
Style,” Windham’s mission
folks like nothing better than
from colder states can have
places to get outside and a
is to spread the word about
to sit and talk over a cup of
two hometowns, a cooler
wealth of history and culture
Louisiana being more than
chicory coffee or a slice of
spot during the summers
to learn about – a Louisiana-
just a great place to visit.
homemade pecan pie.
and Louisiana in the winter.
style retirement is as good as
Louisiana’s mild winters
it gets.
Throw in the inexpensive
“There’s so much for you
Learn more about retiring
here,” says Windham. “We
property taxes and afford-
mean retirees seldom have to
have such a unique lifestyle.”
ability of houses and what’s
spend a day indoors if they
in Louisiana at
In Louisiana, he points out,
not to like, Windham says.
don’t want to.
retirelouisianastyle.com.
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Lake D’Arbonne State Park
north louisiana
N
orth Louisiana is
Sportsman’s Paradise,
is a treat to see; it was built
your kind of fun, you’re in
justly famed for its
Shreveport combines
in 1923 as a movie theater
luck, too. Shreveport has
wealth of options
the charm of Louisiana’s
and restored to its original
two casinos, and Bossier
for enjoying the
lifestyle with the fun
grandeur 28 years ago.
City has three. Both cities
outdoor life.
you find in big cities
Grandkids and grand-
offer a wide array of
Sportsman’s Paradise really
everywhere. Shreveport
parents alike will enjoy
assisted living complexes
is a paradise for those who
was founded in 1836 and
the hands-on activities at
as well as a wide variety of
love to hunt, fish, hike, bike
sits at the junction of the
Sci-Port Discovery Center,
housing for sale.
or just relax by a quiet lake.
Red River and the Texas
and every fall the Red River
But the region has other
Trail. Its neighbor across
Revel draws art-lovers from
has many other towns
attributes, as well – vibrant
the river is Bossier City.
all around. Shreveport
that might make an
Sportsman’s Paradise
is home to Centenary
ideal hometown for you.
colleges and universities,
Shreveport, from smelling
College as well as campuses
Ruston, known for its
high-quality medical care
the gorgeous flowers at
of Louisiana State and
juicy peach crop, has an
and lots of history. Come
the 118-acre gardens at
Southern universities.
18-block historic district,
see for yourself.
the American Rose Center
Bossier City’s Louisiana
the Louisiana Military
to taking in a Broadway
Boardwalk is an ideal place
Museum and two institu-
show at the historic Strand
to shop and eat. If taking a
tions of higher learning:
Theatre. The theater itself
chance on cards or slots is
Grambling State University
cities, public and private
Shreveport’s City Life The largest city in
There’s so much to do in
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and Louisiana Tech. Each
Golf Trail.
June, the Peach Festival celebrates the town’s
Finding History
bounty. In Monroe, you’ll
At Poverty Point State
find a campus of the
Historic Site, you’ll see
University of Louisiana and
unique earthen mounds
the Biedenharn Museum
built by Indians between
and Gardens, founded
1650 and 700 B.C. The
by Coca-Cola bottler Joe
site features a 2.6-mile
Biedenharn. Other friendly
trail and guided tours. In
small towns in Sportsman’s
Homer, the Herbert S. Ford
Paradise are Winnsboro,
Memorial Museum gives
Bastrop and Homer.
a fascinating taste of the history of North Louisiana.
American Rose Center
Fishing and more
The story of the region
If you long to reel in
is told in such personal
largemouth bass, catfish,
artifacts as furniture, a
bream or crappie,
doctor’s equipment and
Sportsman’s Paradise is
items from an old-time
your kind of place. Few
county store. The museum
areas are blessed with
itself dates back to 1890 and
so many parks. Lake
was originally the Hotel
D’Arbonne State Park, about
Claiborne.
20 miles from Ruston, offers
When you visit
piney forests, fishing piers
Sportsman’s Paradise,
and a tennis and swimming
you’ll find out what so
complex. Between Bossier
many retirees have already
and Minden is Lake
discovered: North Louisiana
Bistineau State Park, with its
is a great place to meet
campgrounds and cabins for
friendly people and enjoy
rent. And at Poverty Point
the outdoors. It’s also a
Reservoir State Park, you
good springboard for
can fish in a 2,700-acre lake
people who like to travel
and see all kinds of wildlife.
throughout the Ark-La-Tex
If golf is your thing, try Olde
area now that retirement
Oaks or Black Bear, part of
has given them more time
the state’s scenic Audubon
for fun.
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to Northwestern State University. Just a short drive away is the Cane River National Historical Park, which includes Oakland and Magnolia plantations. And for retirees who want a modern, no-maintenance lifestyle, the St. Denis Place condominiums in the heart of the historic district are perfect. Hodges Gardens State Park
Enjoying SmallTown Life For those who want a
Historic Landmark District
retirement with a little slower
is a charming way to enjoy
pace, Crossroads offers an
the city’s history and culture.
abundance of small towns,
colleges and universities to
Visitors and residents
each with its own character.
make that possible.
alike fill its bed-and-
Alexandria and Pineville, on
a place with a flavor all its
breakfast inns, restaurants,
opposite sides of the Red
own. Crossroads is filled
Nowhere Like Natchitoches
boutiques, bookstores and
River, are popular choices. In
art galleries. The city’s
fact, Alexandria this year was
lakes, parks and forests make
The city of Natchitoches
Christmas celebration, City
named by Forbes magazine
it ideal for those who love
(pronounced NACK-a-tish)
of Lights, is a popular draw,
as one of the Top 25 places in
the outdoors, and its towns
is a gem of the Crossroads
and everybody likes the
America to retire.
are friendly, picturesque and
region. Natchitoches is the
well-known Natchitoches
welcoming. But Crossroads
oldest permanent settlement
meat pie, a wedge of dough
the Louisiana Maneuvers
folks like to stay up-to-date,
in the Louisiana Purchase
stuffed with spicy meat.
and Military Museum and
central louisiana
I
n the heart of Louisiana, the Crossroads region is
with history. Its many
and the region has the
Territory, and the 33-block
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Natchitoches is home
Alexandria’s draws include
the Alexandria Museum of
Art, as well as the Arna
politicos such as Huey and
Bontemps African-American
Earl Long; and Ferriday,
Museum and Cultural Arts
whose Delta Music Museum
Center. For those who
highlights Jerry Lee Lewis
want to retire in an older
and Fats Domino. In
home with lots of character,
Marksville, you can try your
Alexandria’s Garden
luck at the Paragon Casino
District is a good place to
Resort and learn about the
look. Just minutes away is
state’s prehistoric American
England Oaks, a retirement
Indians at the Marksville
community for people 55
State Historic Site.
and older. Pineville residents enjoy
Natural Beauty
walking and bird-watching
Louisiana has many
at the Forts Randolph &
beautiful outdoor destina-
Buhlow State Historic
tions, and Crossroads is
Site. The Civil War site
blessed with its fair share.
includes earthen forts with
At Hodges Gardens State
ramparts between them,
Park, between the towns
ideal for walks.
of Many and Leesville,
If you want to “hit the books” for pleasure or to
you’ll enjoy a 225-acre lake, ideal for fishing, as well as
Downtown Natchitoches
qualify for another career,
hiking, biking and walking
Alexandria has a branch of
trails. The park’s formal and
Louisiana State University and
natural gardens are lovely
Pineville is home to Louisiana
places to stop and reflect.
College. Residents have two
The Kisatchie National
regional hospitals to handle
Forest, which ranges over
medical needs, and Pineville
seven parishes, offers lots
has a Veterans Administration
of opportunities for fishing,
hospital, as well.
hunting, bird-watching and
Other popular small
camping. The Toledo Bend
towns in the Crossroads are
Reservoir is another popular
Vidalia, with its renovated
spot for swimming, boating
river walk and nearby
and picnicking.
Frogmore Cotton Plantation
Indoors and out, small
and Gins; Winnfield, where
town and big city, the
the Louisiana Political
Crossroads gives people the
Museum and Hall of Fame
choices they want as they
salutes the state’s colorful
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Acadian Village
cajun country
N
estled in the
when the British expelled
of Cajun Country, known for
the 180-mile Creole Nature
southwest corner
more than 12,000 French
its beautiful historic homes.
Trail, an ideal place for
of Louisiana, Cajun
people from the Nova
The University of Louisiana in
enjoying nature.
Country is a place
Scotia area. These Acadians
Lafayette is a great place for
where family, food
were the ancestors of the
retirees to learn something
and fun take center stage.
Cajuns who populate the
new; there is also a lot to
Small towns with flavor
People from all over love
region today. Along with
discover at such living history
Cajun Country’s many small
to visit, eager to dance a
their French language,
museums as Acadian Village
towns are also ideal spots
two-step or taste the famous
they brought their love
and Vermilionville.
to retire. Each has its own
filé gumbo. But Cajun
of hunting, trapping and
Country is also a great
fishing. Today, a real effort
about halfway between New
instance, says life there is
place to live, too, especially
is being made to keep the
Orleans and Houston, offers
“rice and easy,” a motto that
if you long for a retirement
French language alive.
a wide variety of neigh-
reflects the rice industry
borhoods. The 20-block
there. That heritage is
Charpentier District is filled
celebrated each October at
know that “passing a good
Living in Lafayette, Lake Charles
with Victorian gems, but
the International Rice Festival.
time” is for every day, not
Those who retire in
newer subdivisions have
that takes life a little easier. It’s a region where people
Lake Charles, located
trademark; Crowley, for
In St. Martinville, you can
just weekends, and where
Southwest Louisiana have
houses in many price ranges.
tour the Evangeline State
newcomers become friends
their pick of cities and towns
Lake Charles offers plenty to
Historic Site, which pays
in no time.
from which to choose. Many
do, from trying your luck at
homage to the story of the
gravitate toward Lafayette,
the beautiful L’Auberge du
Acadians. Mamou is the spot
sometimes called the capital
Lac casino resort to exploring
to dance the Cajun two-step
The roots of Cajun Country go back to 1755,
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at Fred’s Lounge, while
flavorful than hot. Cajun
Breaux Bridge celebrates
cooks know the secrets of
the crawfish harvest every
seasoning passed down
year at a popular festival.
through generations.
Eunice is home to the
You can visit one of the
Prairie Acadian Cultural
many popular restaurants
Center; you can take in
in the area, but one of
the Cajun Grand Ole Opry,
the most enjoyable ways
Rendez-Vous Des Cajuns, at
to savor Cajun Country’s
the nearby Liberty Theatre.
bounty is to spread some
Thibodaux, just about an
newspapers on a picnic
hour from New Orleans,
table; empty out a pot of
is another popular small
boiled crawfish, corn on the
town. Besides being the
cob and new potatoes; and
Lake Charles Historic District
home of Nicholls State
get cracking. It’s the kind of
University, it’s known for
neighborly entertainment
the Thibodaux Regional
that always has room for
Medical Center.
one more.
What’s for dinner?
retirement home where
As you might expect, meals
snow and ice won’t keep
in Cajun Country emphasize
you indoors for most of the
fresh ingredients, whether
year, visit Cajun Country.
it’s the region’s abundant
Once you fish in its many
seafood or homegrown
lakes and rivers, visit its
fruits and vegetables. Some
many parks and historical
people think all Cajun
sites and sample its
cuisine is hot; the area is
delicious cuisine and music,
home to the makers of the
you’ll see why retiring in
famous Tabasco pepper
Cajun Country is music to
sauce. But the food is more
so many people’s ears.
If you yearn for a
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Afton Villa Gardens
plantation country
P
lantation Country
Plantation Country will find a
these homes have elaborate
to Louisiana’s capital city,
takes its name from
friendly welcome and plenty
holiday celebrations, with
and there you will find
the gracious estates
to do.
special meals and activities.
many historic sites, such
In Donaldsonville, the
as the restored Old State
built by Louisiana’s
History’s Treasures
River Road African American
Capitol, which has a political
planters. Many of these
History comes alive when
Museum and Gallery tells
museum. Louisiana State
mansions still remain; they
you tour Plantation Country’s
the story of the African
University and Southern
and the slave cabins around
beautiful antebellum
Americans who lived along
University bring many
them together paint a picture
treasures, many of which lie
the Mississippi River.
exciting athletic matchups to
of what life was like in
along the scenic River Road.
At the Audubon
town, along with the cultural
bygone times.
Houmas House, Oak Alley,
State Historic Site in St.
activities prevalent on college
Nottoway, The Myrtles – each
Francisville, you can see
campuses. You can learn
eastern Louisiana is much
one has a story to tell. Some
Oakley Plantation, the
about Louisiana’s agrarian
more than a history lesson.
of the plantations are house
home where famed artist
past at the LSU Rural Life
Its cities and towns are home
museums while others have
John James Audubon once
Museum or take in a show
to cutting-edge medical
been converted to bed-and-
sketched. Admission to state
at the Shaw Center for the
facilities, lots of places to
breakfast inns. Many have
historic sites is free for those
Arts, a multiuse museum and
enjoy the outdoors and
restored their outbuildings,
62 and older.
theater complex.
a wide variety of neigh-
so visitors can see what it
borhoods from which to
was like to be a worker on
Baton Rouge Highlights
entertain, head on over to
choose. People who retire in
one of these estates. Some of
Plantation Country is home
Blue Bayou Water Park and
cotton and sugar
But this region of south-
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If you’ve got grandkids to
the adjacent Dixie Landin’
resort in Springfield with a
Amusement Park. Each year
David Toms golf course and
from May to Labor Day, the
a fine restaurant.
young (and young-at-heart) can thrill to water slides and
Lovely Small Towns
roller coasters.
Life is gracious in Plantation
You can find all the
Country’s small towns.
shopping you want at the
One of the loveliest is St.
Mall of the Americas in
Francisville, with a historic
Baton Rouge. If medical care
district that includes
is needed, you don’t have to
churches, cemeteries and
go far; the Mary Bird Perkins
inviting antiques and gift
Cancer Center delivers the
shops. You can relax in a
most up-to-date treatment
B&B or enjoy Louisiana
close to home.
cuisine in a café. You won’t want to miss Afton Villa
Enjoying the Outdoors
Gardens, with its 250 acres
Plantation Country offers
of flowers. Another popular
its residents many ways to
destination, New Roads, lies
enjoy Louisiana’s moderate
along the False River, where
weather. At Tickfaw State
fishing is the thing.
Park, a mile of boardwalks connects trails that go
Because it encompasses such a wide variety of
Old State Capitol
through swamps and
hometowns, Plantation
forests; you can even hike at
Country also provides
night. Cabins are available
just about any neighbor-
for rental. Other outdoor
hood a retiree could want,
spots include the Tunica
from easy-maintenance
Hills Wildlife Management
new subdivisions and town
Area, northwest of St.
houses to lots of older homes
Francisville, where you can
for those who desire their
go hunting, fishing, bird-
own piece of history. Plan
watching, hiking or biking
a visit to this unique area
– or simply take pictures of
of Louisiana, and you’ll see
the varied wildlife.
why so many people decide
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Sailing on Lake
Pontchartrain
on the Northshore, which also offers independent living and continuing care.
So Much To Do When it comes to having a good time, New Orleans-area residents aren’t limited to such well-known “biggies” as Mardi Gras and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The symphony, opera and ballet offer highquality performances, as do several regional theater groups. If you like the outdoor life, New Orleans has you covered, too. Its mild weather means lots of sunny days just right for hitting one of the area’s many golf courses, riding your bicycle along the 31-mile Tammany Trace or sailing on Lake Pontchartrain. The city has charming shopping districts, too, such as Magazine Street, which is lined with everything from antique shops to home fashion boutiques. And you’ll never run out of dining spots to try, whether you’re
greater new orleans region
looking for a renowned
T
crave a shrimp poor boy at
white-tablecloth restaurant such as Antoine’s or you
o many people,
So Many Choices
of the grande dames that
one of the many neighbor-
New Orleans is the
Deciding where, and how,
line St. Charles Avenue and
hood cafés. If cooking is your
ideal vacation spot.
to live is one of the first
other Uptown streets. And
thing, pick up the ingredients
hurdles retirees face. When
if you yearn for the more
for a healthy and delicious
it comes to New Orleans, the
quiet, rural life, you’ll find
meal at one of the area’s
New Orleans region is also
choices are endless. Those
friendly, small towns such
many farmers markets.
an ideal retirement location.
who prefer a busy downtown
as Abita Springs, Covington
Retirees enjoy some of the
atmosphere have their pick of
and Hammond just a
Company’s Coming
same charms that fascinate
modern lofts, often located in
short drive over the Lake
When you live in New
visitors, but they also get to
converted warehouses just a
Pontchartrain Causeway.
Orleans, friends and family
know the pleasures of the city
quick walk from Canal Street
But for those in the know, the Greater
that reveal themselves only to
and the French Quarter.
residents.
If historic houses are your ideal, you’ll love the beauty
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Those who want to take it a
love to visit, and you’ll love
little easier have their pick of
showing off your hometown.
assisted-living facilities, too,
Your guests can choose from
such as beautiful Christwood
the National World War II
Museum, the New Orleans
There’s no such thing as
Museum of Art, the Ogden
“running out of things to
Museum of Southern Art or
do” in New Orleans.
Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World, just to name a few
Nuts and Bolts
great spots to visit. Almost
Of course, retirees want
every weekend brings a
more than restaurants and
happening of some kind,
good times. Each area in the
from the world-famous
Greater New Orleans region
Essence Festival to the many
has up-to-date medical
festivals featuring seafood
facilities. One of the largest,
or such local delights as the
the Ochsner Medical Center,
Creole tomato.
has hospitals and clinics
Need more to do? Bet on a
throughout the region. If
favorite at the Fair Grounds
you have older relatives
Race Track, try your luck at
who make the move with
downtown Harrah’s New
you, the Louisiana Assisted
Orleans Casino, take in a New
Living Foundation and the
Orleans Saints game, or scarf
Louisiana Department of
a hot dog while watching the
Health and Hospitals can
New Orleans Zephyrs.
help you find resources to
National WWII Museum
If the company includes grandkids, you’ll delight them with visits to the
give your loved ones the best of care. To keep your mind
Louisiana Children’s
sharp, train for a new
Museum; the Audubon
job or learn a skill for
Zoo; the Aquarium of the
pleasure, the campuses at
Americas; and the Audubon
Tulane University, Loyola
Insectarium, where kids can
University, the University of
eat a bug. Many of the city’s
New Orleans and Delgado
most enjoyable activities are
Community College, among
also extremely affordable;
others, offer courses in a
hop on the streetcar at
multitude of subjects.
the foot of Canal Street,
Come visit Greater New
ride it to the end of the
Orleans today, and you’ll see
line, and then stop by the
that the same city you love to
iconic Camellia Grill before
visit can be the ideal place to
making the return trip.
put down roots at retirement.
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Restaurant Sage
compiled and edited by jeanne frois
northern Fork in the Road Sage Dining in Monroe
awaiting the entrees in sweet
Visit Restaurant Sage during
disappointed.
anticipation that won’t be The sweet, tender flesh
the holiday season, and you’re likely to be treated
of redfish is grilled with
to the glow of a roaring
no embellishment, served
heath – a sagacious prelude
with blue crab risotto;
good book or a good dish
Christmas red velvet cake;
to the repast that awaits
wild mushrooms; and that
of eats. And if you’d rather
the brown sugar-praline
you. The upscale eatery
wonderful hybrid vegetable,
enjoy friends and family
gâteau; and the Raspberry
recently acquired a new
broccolini. Pan-roasted
instead of slaving away in the
Cream Cheese Delight. The
chef, Christopher McKnight.
sea bass, with just the
kitchen, Julie Anne’s Bakery
Caramel Chocolate Pecan Pie
Begin your meal with an
right amount of crisp, is
in Shreveport won’t let you
is a huge Christmas goodie,
appetizer of wood-grilled
surrounded by a citrus-
down for your Thanksgiving
perfect for that after-feast
oysters, widely acclaimed by
flavored grilled bok choy,
or Christmas dessert. This
cup of coffee. You might
patrons – with good cause.
blanched cauliflower and
combination bakery and
want to think ahead to
Grilled to the perfect balance
imperial blue crab meat. The
café offers holiday gift trays.
Epiphany while you’re at it –
of smokiness sans dryness,
shrimp and grits dish is a
Some are filled with a medley
the bakery makes and ships
these little bivalves get a
wonder – fresh Gulf shrimp,
of cookies Santa would love:
some of the finest King Cakes
perfect addition of flavorful
flavors of the holy trinity
butter pecan, chocolate
in the region.
lemon with Parmesan cheese
(sautéed green pepper, onion
chip, sand tarts and raisin.
accompanied by grilled
and celery) and Poche’s
Another tray features
for a quick lunch while
Cartozzo’s bread, perfect to
andouille rest on a delicious,
Christmas trees, Santas,
Christmas shopping, Julie
catch any juices. You might
creamy bed of sweet
Christmas stars, snowmen
Anne’s is the perfect spot.
feel you’re in a more multi-
corn grits flavored with
and wreaths. And then there
Try the Turkey Walnut
dimensional mood instead
bacon. New Roads pecans,
is heaven on a tray, brownies
Wrap: Generous portions
and choose the Tuna Tower
choucroute, golden raisins
adorned with holly leaves.
of thinly shaved turkey,
– Gulf tuna in a sweet Thai
and a raspberry demi-glace
chile sauce, accompanied
power the cured and seared
pumpkin and pecan pies
mozzarella and a plethora
by Gulf shrimp, pineapple,
duck breast, served alongside
for Thanksgiving, to me
of chopped walnuts are
sesame seeds, scallion,
sweet potato gnocchi.
there’s almost no better
wrapped together in a
way to celebrate the birth
flour tortilla like a
Restaurant Sage, 1301
avocado and cherry tomato.
Although I prefer
If you need to stop
baby spinach, tomatoes,
The apricot-and-spinach
N. 19th St., Monroe, (318)
of Baby Jesus than by
Christmas bundle, soaking
salad seems inspired by
410-9400
having a sumptuous cake
up Julie Anne’s homemade
for Christmas dessert. The
honey-mustard dressing.
bakery is famous for its
Sip a raspberry lemonade
cheese and a healthy dose
Fork in the Road For Sweets’ Sake
cakes, especially the light
as you dine.
of New Roads pecans in a
When it comes to holiday
richness of the Italian Crème
Steen’s syrup vinaigrette.
gifts for those closest to
cake with its cream cheese
Café, 825 Kings Highway,
By now, you’re probably
me, it seems I either give a
frosting; the perfect-for-
Shreveport, (318) 424-4995 n
Louisiana, created with an egg sunny side up, goat
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Julie Anne’s Bakery and
around louisiana
central
the Bayou Festival was held,
public consumption. In
and it turns 47 this year.
addition to raising children,
For two days, the bayou in
trees and sugar cane, the
the center of town is lined
Andersons are foster parents
cause to celebrate Christmas on Bayou Rouge
pancakes as big as my face,
with Christmas treats, crafts,
to honeybees, with hives
but we were so heartbroken
decorations and general
spread over a 15-mile radius
no one could eat them. To
Joyeux Noël celebration.
of their property; when the
My first recollections of
this day, I have never tasted
One of the largest Christmas
autumn sun filters through
Christmas began when my
homemade oatmeal cookies
parades in the state winds
the trees, the honey is
family lived in a shotgun
that can compare with hers.
along the waterway,
gathered and processed, and
followed by the splendor of
jars filled with the golden
cottage in Uptown New
Cottonport remains a
Orleans, and our next-door
postcard-like beautiful little
Christmas fireworks lighting
fluid then adorn the farm’s
neighbors were the Austins
town, filled with greenery,
up the sky. The tiny town
gift shop shelves.
who hailed from Cottonport
with the remnants of Bayou
is filled with thousands of
in Avoyelles Parish. Mrs.
Rouge placed at the center
Christmas partiers spreading
Saturdays that follow
Ann Austin’s face always
of the town. Founded in
good cheer.
Thanksgiving, the Andersons
glowed when she spoke of
the early years of the 19th
their hometown. Mr. and Mrs. Austin were
For the first three
Cottonport Christmas on
hold the Fall Harvest Festival
century on the banks of
the Bayou Festival, Dec. 9-10,
and welcome visitors. Guests
Bayou Rouge, it was once
Cottonport, (318) 876-3417
are treated to the sight of a
a middle-aged couple with a
a bustling little town.
grown married daughter, and
The bayou is no longer
they became an extension of
navigable, but once it was
our family. On the nights that
donkey working an old-time cane press as it extracts the
deep and sweeping enough
Louisiana-Grown Harvesting Christmas in Grant
Mrs. Austin went to choir
to buoy large steamboats
The Grant Christmas Tree
syrup, the entire air smells
practice, the minute the door
carrying cargo from
Farm and Syrup Mill, run by
like pralines are cooking.
closed behind her, we’d hear
Cottonport to New Orleans.
Gray and Mollie Anderson
Biscuits, syrup, white gravy
Mr. Austin blaring Dixieland
Shaped like a horseshoe,
with their children, looks
and sausage are there for
jazz and the sounds of his
it was a perfect waterway
like it’s been plucked from
the taking, as are bluegrass
dancing feet against the
to allow boats to switch
a Bavarian mountainside
and gospel music, hayrides
hardwood floors. Somehow,
direction. The bulk of the
and planted in Louisiana.
and artisans working their
seemingly by magic, the
cargo the ships carried
The grounds are jeweled in
weaving looms and spinning
music would end five minutes
was bales of cotton, and so
the emerald-green colors of
wheels. This feel-good
before Mrs. Austin returned
much of it was shipped from
Leyland cypress trees and
haven in Grant is the perfect
from church, and quiet would
the area that the residents
Virginia pines; the air smells
place to banish any “bah
resume. The December
named the town Cottonport.
like a virgin forest in the
humbug” feelings you may
evening we learned my
Although the glory days
Pacific Northwest. Growing
have and capture the joy of
father would not survive the
of Bayou Rouge are long
on the property along with
the season. It’s also ideal for
night, Mrs. Austin sat with
past, it still provides a lot of
the trees is sugar cane,
buying your Christmas tree
us in our living room and
pleasure for fishermen and
something the Andersons
or a special gift.
wept as much as we did. The
boaters today.
harvest themselves and
next morning she brought
In 1965, the inaugural
us homemade buckwheat
Cottonport Christmas on
juice from the plant to make syrup – as they prepare the
Grant Christmas Tree Farm,
use to make their own
716 Whitaker Road, Grant,
nectar-like cane syrup for
(800) 987-NOEL (6635)
n
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cajun
cause to celebrate Christmas at the Zoo
the largest of its kind in the
The Zoo of Acadiana is a
slides, hiding places, bridges
free-range sort of place,
and crawl-holes.
Bayou State, brimming with
what the soul of a fiddle was,
craft comes from spruce
December, it’s a good
he was rather astounded
trees grown on a mountain’s
idea to stay until after
when Fuselier replied, “It is
south side to avoid exposure
dark. When the zoo
the sound post.”
to wind that could eventually
filled with a sampler of God’s creations, including kookaburras, tigers, alligators and giraffes. Although the expression
If you visit the zoo in
denizens are given supper
The sound post, it seems,
cause wood-grain irregularities that would harshly
“this place is a zoo” has
and tucked away for the
that tiny wooden dowel
frequently applied to certain
night, the Safari of Lights
that’s placed under the
affect the pitch of the
surroundings I have been
has full sway. The zoo is
bridge where the strings
instrument. The sides can
in, to be honest, I have
festooned with thousands of
rest, is the source of the
be of maple, and pine can
Christmas lights from one
violin’s sound.
be used for the top.
always felt perfectly sane, calm and well-ordered in
end to the other, and more
And according to a
Fuselier bases his fiddle design on the same one used
the spreading boundaries
than 30 life-size animated
report filed online in Eunice
of a zoo. And truthfully,
displays set aglow in the
Today, Fuselier knows
by Stradivarius. The creation
I’ve looked into the eyes of
twinkling lights are there
whence he speaks. He has
of this beautiful instrument
some camels and seen more
for viewing. With the music
been crafting fiddles and
is exacting and not for the
sense written there than in
blaring, the Christmas-lit
violins for the past 12 years.
impatient. After heating
the eyes of a few humans I
red Coca-Cola 18-wheeler
When asked the difference
the curved sides of the
acts as a kind of sidekick
between a fiddle and violin,
instrument at 165 degrees
for Santa and his sleigh.
Fuselier cites the strings:
Fahrenheit, the flexible
Morning visitors can enjoy
Violin strings are made of
pieces are then clamped
breakfast with Santa as they
catgut; fiddle strings are
onto molds for a night. Any
Live animal show, a sort of
partake of Ricky Meche’s
made of steel more suitable
parts attached with glue
au naturel tableau where
Donuts, fresh milk and juice
to country or Cajun music
have to set for at least 24
the resident animals show
and have a photo-op with
because, as Fuselier tells it:
hours. That step is followed
off their talents in the new
the bearded one.
“You can beat on it. You can
by seven layers of varnish
fight with it.”
– each layer has to dry for
have known. This zoo, located in Broussard, turned 20 this year and features the Zoo
Zootorium. The Antelope
Safari of Lights, 5 p.m. to
24 hours before the next
9 p.m., Nov. 25-26 and Dec.
Fuselier has honed his
2-30 (except Dec. 24-25), at
knowledge of fiddle-making
layer is applied. Next comes
The Zoo of Acadiana, 5601
as precisely as he hones his
the precise and careful
savanna, while gibbons,
U.S. 90 E., Broussard, (337)
actual creations. He learned
placement of the sound post,
zebras, birds and a host of
837-4325
fiddle-making from one
so critical to the soul of the
T-Joe Fontenot of Evangeline
violin; as delicately as in
Parish after years of sharing
some surgeries, it has to be
waiting for Santa passes
Profile Fiddler’s Soul
carpentry projects with his
perfectly placed through one
more quickly once they’ve
When a mocking French tour
own father, Madias.
of the two curved openings
been set loose upon the
guide recently asked Ville
Jungle Lodge Playground,
Platte resident Terry Fuselier
Express Train Ride is an old-time locomotive that chugs through the huge
primates glide past your eyes. Kids may find the time
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One type of wood that’s used in this very precise
next to the strings on the face of the violin.
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baton rouge/ plantation country
a successful
Rouge beauty contest and in
eatery’s popular roast beef
career as a real
1957 was named Miss New
gravy with shredded cheese
estate agent
Orleans. After The Beverly
thrown in for a delightful
in California.
Hillbillies ended, she turned
twist. The eggplant
Like her co-star
down a role in a nighttime
medallions, breaded and
Buddy Ebsen,
soap opera because family
fried, come with savory
she was an
values meant a lot to her
marinara sauce. Cooling
accomplished
and she didn’t want to do
homemade ranch dressing is
gospel singer.
anything she described as
a perfect dip for the
She appeared in
garbage. Douglas makes
fried pickles.
Profile Dash’s Beloved
one of the best Twilight Zone
frequent public appearances,
She was the sweet young
entries, Rod Serling’s “Eye
sometimes dressed as Elly
epicurean quality of a good
daughter of Jed Clampett
of the Beholder,” filmed
May. Seen in reruns, the
roast beef poor boy is
on the uproariously funny
with the faces of doctors
saga of the Clampetts in
measured by its sloppiness,
series The Beverly Hillbillies,
and nurses in a hospital in
Tinseltown still has the
and Taste of Louisiana
whose plaintive blonde
shadow as they tend to a
power to make me laugh.
makes a fine mess of things
beauty and sweet ways with
desperate woman whose
critters stole the heart of
own face is bandaged after
Hollywood leading man and
In my opinion, the
with its home-cooked roast beef and gravy poor boy that
surgery that was performed
Fork in the Road Tasting the State
movie star Dash Riprock.
to cure her hideous
The Denham Springs
gravy and makes a lovely
Throughout the many years
“ugliness” and make her
Antiques and Arts District
slather of accompanying
my family laughed at this
look like other people. The
is perfect for Christmas
lettuce, tomato and mayo.
series, even through a ‘90s
bandages are removed,
shopping with establish-
You’ll either need a fork or a
reunion show that featured
and before you see her
ments such as DeLou Glass
pack of napkins for this one.
the famous episode of the
face, the doctor cries, “No
Designs, filled with artfully
And I have to give one huge
“billi-ARD” room and pot
change!” to the dismay of
crafted stained-glass works
salute to a place that offers
passers (cue sticks), I never
all; when the woman’s face
and mosaics, and BrushFire,
a choice of fries or okra as
knew Donna Douglas, aka
is revealed, the viewer sees
a place where you can paint
a side dish. If you want to
Elly May, hailed from the
the absolute loveliness of
your own pottery, take art
behave and eat light, the
Bayou State. About two
Donna Douglas surrounded
classes and or learn pottery-
Orchard Chicken Salad is
years ago, I read a snippet
by a medical staff whose
making. Nestled in the
complete with a fresh bed of
in the Times-Picayune about
visages resemble pigs,
heart of the district is Taste
lettuce and shredded apple
a man who said he sat next
those who are considered
of Louisiana Café, ready
and homemade chicken
to her on a plane bound for
the beautiful people on that
to sate that huge appetite
salad topped with dried
Louisiana from Los Angeles
particular planet.
you’ve built from too much
cranberries and walnuts. All
shopping or too many
salad dressings are made
artistic endeavors.
in- house.
as she told him she was
Douglas grew up in Pride,
soaks French bread with
returning home to Louisiana,
in the Baton Rouge area,
the “best place on earth.”
and like Elly May, she was a
Appetizers include the
Taste of Louisiana Café,
tomboy who loved critters.
wicked Swamp Fries – fries
105 N. Range Ave., Denham
She won the Miss Baton
with a good dousing of the
Springs, (225) 664-4181
After her role as Elly May ended, Douglas enjoyed
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Fork in the Road Kitchen Witchery in New Orleans
and pans and laughing her
There was a rather charming
bottle of perfume as a gift.)
fad during the 1970s when
Even my dog Earl knew her
shops sold “kitchen witches,”
genius. One afternoon, he
oddly appealing crones with
ran to the oven, pounced
floral babushkas and full
on it and then pounced on
skirts sitting on a broom
my mother, back and forth
stick. It was said that hanging
repeatedly, barking, as if to
one in your kitchen brought
say, “Cook, woman, cook!”
head off. (At least I did have the good grace to include a
On Toulouse Street in the
you luck. At the time, our kitchen was rather small,
French Quarter, in an old
but one wall was covered by
house from 1830, Kitchen
a pegboard painted bright-
Witch Cookbooks is like
yellow from which we hung
an old curiosity shop for
curved teapots, cast-iron
cookery that just might bring
skillets, ladles, spoons and
you epicurean luck. It offers
the kitchen witch in a yellow
Kitchen Witch Cookbooks
of fruit and garlands – the
rare, vintage and out-of-print
Cause to Celebrate 1850s Christmas
skirt. The rest of the room
cookbooks; there is also a
I have been visiting the
half-tester beds, oval-framed
was yellow with touches
full line of Cajun, Creole
French Quarter since
portraits, a rocking chair by
of red and orange – it was
and just-plain-Louisiana
childhood frequently, and
the kitchen hearth, marble-
a cheery little place where
cookbooks available. You
there are some places there
topped tables, armoires,
I learned to cook cheese
can’t help but think that if
that affect me like an evil
Sevres china and Old
Gillian Holroyd had opened
miasma; some do not. The
Paris porcelain. It simply
and scampi, but without a
a bookshop, it might be
1850 House in the Lower
glows softly like a glass of
doubt, it was my mother’s
like this one. Additionally,
Pontalba Building was always
champagne on New Year’s
realm. Born in Avoyelles
the store sells its own
a place where I felt consumed
Eve. There is an imprint of
Parish, she hailed from a
spice blends and vanilla,
by lightness and air; it was
happiness in this house, like
female familial line that never
an essential for Christmas
a good house, sitting there
Christmas morning.
produced a bad cook and
baking and cooking. It’s
on Jackson Square. Jackson
seldom needed a cookbook.
worth a visit for that person
Square during Christmastime
by wealthy widows and
So pronounced was her
on your Christmas list who
is a thing of beauty with
merchants. In 1856, William
might just be waiting for
sparkling lights, the sound
Hewes, president of both a
brother and I showered her
that long-lost cookbook or
of steamboats from the
bank and the New Orleans,
with a new skillet, a hand
the recipe for the perfect
river and the holiness of St.
Opelousas & Great Western
mixer and other cookery
pumpkin pie, Louisiana-style.
Louis Cathedral reigning
Railroad, lived there with
at its center, flanked by the
his family.
soufflés, Yorkshire puddings
talent that one Christmas my
Kitchen Witch Cookbooks,
items – I didn’t realize what we had done until I saw her
631 Toulouse St., New
sitting on the floor near the
Orleans, (504) 528-8382
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Pontalba Buildings. Clothed in its traditional Creole decoration – bowls
house rises in tiers filled with
It was once rented
The 1850 House, 523 St. Ann St., New Orleans, (504) 568-6968
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NORTHern Through Nov. 11. The State Fair of Louisiana. Hirsch Coliseum, Shreveport. (318) 635-1361. Nov. 1-4. Bead Town Winnsboro. Winnsboro. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 2-3. Main to Main Trade Days: 50 Miles of Food, Fun, and Shopping. Minden. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 2-3. Main to Main Trade Days: 50 Miles of Food, Fun, and Shopping. Springhill. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 2-3. Found on 15. Winnsboro. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 3-Dec. 15, Saturdays. Downtown RiverMarket Days. RiverMarket, Monroe. (318) 807-9985. Nov. 3. Blues and BBQ on the Ouachita. Columbia. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 3. Birthday Card Contest. Columbia. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 3. Ten Flags Over Louisiana. Columbia. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 3. Bicentennial History Stops in each community between Minden and Springhill. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 7-30. Bead Town Ruston. Ruston. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 8-14. Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall. Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, Monroe. (318) 362-5540. Nov. 9-Jan. 31, 2013. Masur Museum Exhibition: Human|Nature. Masur Museum of Art, Monroe. (318) 329-2237. Nov. 10-11. Fasching Fifth Season Festival. Minden. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 11. Freedom Tree. Chennault Aviation and Military Museum, Monroe. (318) 362-5540. Nov. 11. The Dixie Center Presents: Veterans Day Tribute. Dixie Center for the Arts, Ruston. (318) 255-1450. 106 | Louisiana Life November/December 2012
Nov. 15. Christmas Tree Lighting. Louisiana Boardwalk, Bossier City. (318) 752-1455. Nov. 15. Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker. Monroe Civic Center, Monroe. (318) 329-2225. Nov. 15-17. Christmas Open House. Ruston. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 15-17. Opening of 1976 U.S. Bicentennial Time Capsule. Ruston. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 16-17. Annual Mistletoe and More Show. West Monroe Convention Center, West Monroe. (318) 470-6714. Nov. 17. Highland Jazz & Blues Festival. Columbia Park, Shreveport. (318) 869-5706. Nov. 17-Dec. 24. Photos with Santa. Pecanland Mall, Monroe. (318) 322-4635. Nov. 19-30. T’was a Louisiana Night Before Christmas. Winnsboro. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Gardens, Monroe. (318) 387-5281. Dec. 1. The Gingerbread House Kids Alley. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (800) 843-1872. Dec. 1. Fourth Annual Christmas Festival. Town of Sarepta Park, Sarepta. (318) 847-4466. Dec. 1-2. 31st Annual Journey to Bethlehem. Pecanland Mall, Monroe. ccbchurch.org. Dec. 1. Kiwanis Club of West Monroe Christmas Parade sponsored by Ouachita Independent Bank. DeSiard and Trenton streets, downtown Monroe and West Monroe. (800) 843-1872. Dec. 1. Rockin’ on the Alley on the Paramount Healthcare Stage. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (800) 843-1872. Dec. 1. Up on the Rooftop Party. Vantage ONB Tower Parking Garage, Monroe. (318) 324-0001.
Nov. 22-Dec. 30. Christmas in Calhoun. 325 Connie Walters Road, Calhoun. (318) 644-7298.
Dec. 1. Ouachita Independent Bank Fireworks Extravaganza presented by the Downtown Renaissance. South Grand Street, downtown Monroe and West Monroe. (800) 843-1872.
Nov. 24.-Dec. 23, Thursdays-Sundays. Santa’s Christmas Village. Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum, Monroe. (318) 361-9611.
Dec. 1-2. The Nutcracker. Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet, Shreveport. (318) 221-8500.
Nov. 24. Little Miss Christmas on the River Pageant. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (318) 376-8664.
Dec. 1. Where Are You, Christmas? Monroe Civic Center, Monroe. (318) 388-3011.
Nov. 24. Special Lighting Ceremony. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (800) 843-1872. Nov. 27. The Kansas City Southern Holiday Train Visits Ruston. Railroad Park, Ruston. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 1, 9 and 23. Holiday Concert. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, Shreveport. (318) 861-7615. Dec. 6. Downtown Gallery Crawl. Art Alley, Monroe. (318) 503-5125.
Dec. 1. Bah Humbug 5K Run. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (800) 843-1872.
Dec. 6-9. Ruston Community Theatre Presents: Dad’s Christmas Miracle. Dixie Center for the Arts, Ruston. (318) 255-1450.
Dec. 1. Sixth Annual Bawcomville Redneck Parade. Smith Street, West Monroe. (318) 388-5858.
Dec. 8. Ascend Combat “Season’s Beatings 4.” Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport. (318) 402-6644.
Dec. 1.-30, Tuesdays-Saturdays. Christmas at the Biedenharn. Biedenharn Museum and
Dec. 8. Louisiana Beef Industry Council Chili Cook-Off. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (800) 843-1872.
Dec. 8. Christmas Pet Paw-Rade. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (800) 843-1872.
Nov. 9. Downtown Alive! Nik-L Beer. Parc Sans Souci, Downtown Lafayette. (337) 291-5566.
Dec. 9. Fourth Annual Christmas Festival “Tour of Homes.” Sarepta. (318) 847-7460.
Nov. 9. If Headstones Could Talk... Abbeville. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 13. Ruston Christmas Parade. Downtown Ruston. (318) 255-2031.
Nov. 9. Music and Market. Opelousas. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 13-15. Holiday Open House at the Biedenharn. Biedenharn Museum and Gardens, Monroe. (318) 387-5281.
Nov. 9. Fiddle Mania Exhibit Opening. Opelousas. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 8. Delcambre Christmas Boat Parade. North Pier Marina, Delcambre. (337) 658-2422.
Nov. 9. Big Boy’s Main Street Cook-Off. Thibodaux. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 8. Christmas in the Park. Downtown Gueydan. (337) 536-6140.
Nov. 10. Main Street Memories. Eunice. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 9. Delcambre Christmas on the Bayou. Main Street, Delcambre. (337) 519-2541.
Nov. 10. Thibodeauxville Fall Festival. Thibodaux. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 9. St. Lucy Festival of Light and Christmas Parade. St. Martin de Tours Church Square, St. Martinville. (337) 394-2233.
Dec. 13-16 and Dec. 20-23. A Taffeta Christmas. Strauss Theatre Center, Monroe. (318) 323-6681. Dec. 15. The Gingerbread House presents Old Fashioned Christmas in Antique Alley. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (800) 843-1872. Dec. 15. Antique Car Cruise & Show. Antique Alley, West Monroe. (800) 843-1872. Dec. 15. Return to Christmas in Oz – A Christmas Spectacular. W.L. “Jack” Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center, Monroe. (318) 329-2225.
CAJUN Nov.1-30. Coastal Birds and Coastal Cowboys Exhibit. Abbeville. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov.1-30. Lyn Fontenot Exhibit: Inspirational Paintings–Louisiana’s Bicentennial–The Spirit of 1812. Eunice. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov.1-30. Fiddle Mania – A Downtown Public Art Project. Opelousas. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 1. Taste of Vermilion. Abbeville. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 1. Community Foundation of Acadiana’s Second Annual Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon. Cajundome Convention Center, Lafayette. (337) 769-4845. Nov. 2. Downtown Alive! Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole. Parc Sans Souci, Downtown Lafayette. (337) 291-5566. Nov. 2. Vendredi en Français: French Friday on Main Street. St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square, Opelousas. (337) 948-5227.
Nov. 11. Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony. New Iberia. www.louisianamaintomain.org..
Downtown Kaplan. (337) 898-6600. Dec. 7. Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Ceremony. Bouligny Plaza, New Iberia. (337) 365-1428. Dec. 8. Yuletide on the Bayou. Bouligny Plaza, New Iberia. (337) 369-2330.
Nov. 17. Abbeville Farmers’ Market Festival. Magdalen Square, Abbeville. (337) 898-6600.
Dec. 13. Opelousas Children’s Christmas Parade. Downtown Opelousas. (337) 948-2589.
Nov. 17. New Iberia Downtown Art Walk. Main Street, New Iberia. (337) 369-2330.
Dec. 21. Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival. Cajundome, Lafayette. (337) 265-2100.
Nov. 17. Main Street Memories. Eunice. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 31. Thibodaux New Year’s Eve Party. Warren J. Harang Jr. Municipal Auditorium, Thibodaux. (985) 446-7260.
Nov. 17-18. El Festival Espanol de Nueva Iberia. New Iberia. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 17-18. 200 Years of Art & History in Louisiana. New Iberia. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
CENTRAL Nov. 1-30. Bicentennial Statehood Display. Leesville. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 2. Cane River Green Market. Natchitoches. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 18. Country Christmas. Sugar Mill Pond Town Center, Youngsville. (337) 856-2323.
Nov. 10. Sugar Day Festival. Kent Plantation House, Alexandria. (318) 487-5998.
Nov. 21. Downtown Alive! The Pine Leaf Boys. Parc Sans Souci, Downtown Lafayette. (337) 291-5566.
Nov. 10. La Cuisine de Beauregard. DeRidder. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 22. Christmas Lighting Ceremony. Morgan City. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 10. Appearance by DeRidder’s Miss Bicentennial. DeRidder. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 23-25. Safari of Lights. Zoo of Acadiana, Broussard. (337) 837-4325.
Nov. 10. Cane River Green Market. Natchitoches. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 24. Movies in the Parc. Parc International, Downtown Lafayette. (337) 291-5566.
Nov. 10-11. November to Remember. Leesville. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 25. Sounds of the Season with the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra. New Iberia. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 10-11. A Merry Cenla Christmas Festival. Rapides Parish Coliseum Exhibition Hall, Alexandria. (318) 443-1785.
Nov. 28. New Iberia Christmas Parade. New Iberia. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 11-14. NSU Presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A. A. Fredericks Auditorium, Natchitoches. (318) 357-4483.
Nov. 3. Jazzin’ It Up for 200 Years. Morgan City. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 1. 20th Annual Christmas Shopping Extravaganza. Crowley. (337) 783-9076.
Nov. 11. Veterans Day Ceremony. Leesville. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 3-4. The Giant Omelette Celebration. Abbeville. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 1. Le Feu et l’Eau Rural Arts Celebration. Arnaudville. (337) 453-3307.
Nov. 4-6. 19th Annual Creole Festival. Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Opelousas. (337) 942-2732.
Dec. 1. Lighting at the Village. Le Vieux Village, Opelousas. (337) 948-5227.
Nov. 17-Jan. 6. Natchitoches Christmas Festival of Lights. Landmark Historic District, Natchitoches. (800) 259-1714.
Nov. 3-4. Shadows-on-the-Teche Civil War Encampment. Shadows-on-the-Teche, New Iberia. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 8. Taste of Crowley. Crowley. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 8-11. 40th Frog Festival. Gossen Memorial Park, Rayne. (877) 783-2109.
Dec. 1-23. Noel Acadien au Village. Acadian Village, Lafayette. (337) 981-2364. Dec. 6. 14th Annual Christmas Stroll. Downtown Abbeville. (337) 898-6600. Dec. 6-8. Kaplan Area Spirit of Christmas.
Nov. 17. Turn On the Holidays. Natchitoches. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 17. Unveiling of Louisiana Bicentennial lighting set piece. Natchitoches. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 24. Fleur de Lis Arts & Crafts Festival. . www.louisianalife.com Louisiana Life | 107
Natchitoches Events Center, Natchitoches. (318) 352-6068.
Nov. 23-25 & Dec. 1-30. Zoolights. Baton Rouge Zoo, Baton Rouge. (225) 775-3877.
Nov. 6. LA Story Pop Up Art Gallery. Dat Dog, New Orleans. (281) 770-1465.
Nov. 24. Frosty’s Avalanche Slide & Fireworks Over Cane River Lake. Natchitoches. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 26. Broadway in Baton Rouge Presents The Midtown Men. Baton Rouge River Center, Baton Rouge. (225) 389-3030.
Nov. 7. & Dec. 12. Pat Bourgeois’ Debauchery. Mid-City Theatre, New Orleans. (504) 488-1460.
Nov. 28-30. Natchitoches/NSU Christmas Gala. A. A. Fredericks Auditorium, Natchitoches. (318) 357-4483.
Nov. 30. Museum Store Holiday Trunk Show. LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge. (225) 389-7200.
Nov. 8-9 & 15-16. Bless Ya, Boys: The Curse of Goodell. Mid-City Theatre, New Orleans. (504) 488-1460.
Nov. 29. Christmas Tree Lighting. Downtown DeRidder. (337) 462-8900.
Dec. 1. Oak Alley Plantation’s Annual Christmas Bonfire Party. Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie. (225) 265-2151.
Nov. 10. Brewhaha on Bayou Road. Broad Street, New Orleans. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 2. A Rural Life Christmas. Rural Life Museum, Baton Rouge. (225) 765-2437.
Nov. 10. Central City Fest – Make A Joyful Noise. O.C. Haley Boulevard, New Orleans. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 1. 86th Annual Christmas Festival. Front Street and Riverbank, Natchitoches. (800) 259-1714. Dec. 1. Miracle on Washington Christmas Parade. Downtown DeRidder. (337) 462-8900. Dec. 8. Christmas Parade and Fireworks. Downtown Bunkie. (318) 346-2575. Dec. 8-9. Gem & Mineral Show. Fair Grounds, DeRidder. (337) 585-3693. Dec. 8. Fête d’Hiver. Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, Natchitoches. (800) 259-1714.
Dec. 6. Penny Edwards: Pennimo Signature Collection Trunk Show. LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge. (225) 389-7200. Dec. 7. USS Kidd Pearl Harbor Day Observance. USS Kidd, Baton Rouge. (225) 342-1942. Dec. 8. Christmas Parade. Denham Springs High School, Denham Springs. (225) 665-8155.
Nov. 10. St. Claude Celebrates the Arts New Orleans Open Studios. St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 10. St. Claude Night Market. St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Dec. 8. Downtown Christmas Parade. Downtown Baton Rouge. (225) 603-5914.
Nov. 14-18. New Orleans Fringe Festival. French Quarter and Marigny, New Orleans. (504) 941-3640.
Dec. 8. Children’s Christmas Parade and Festival. Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park, Plaquemine. (225) 687-3116.
Nov. 15. Bipartisan Policy Center Fourth Annual Political Summit. Bipartisan Policy Center, New Orleans. (202) 637-1456.
Dec. 14-16. Festival of the Bonfires. Lutcher Recreation Park, Lutcher. (225) 869-1717.
Nov. 16. Starry November Night. Hammond. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Through Nov. 4. Greater Baton Rouge State Fair. Airline Highway Park/Fairgrounds, Baton Rouge. (225) 755-3247.
Dec. 22. Holly Jolly Christmas Festival. City of Plaquemine Activity Center, Plaquemine. (225) 776-4112.
Nov. 16. “A Good Defense”: New Works by Beth Bojarski. Antieau Gallery, New Orleans. (504) 304-0849.
Nov. 3. LaHouse Fall Saturday Open House. Baton Rouge. (225) 587-7913.
GREATER NEW ORLEANS
Nov. 17-18. Monologues and Musings for Money, Honey! Mid-City Theatre, New Orleans. (504) 488-1460.
Dec. 8. Fireworks Show. Cane River Lake, Natchitoches. (800) 259-1714. Dec. 14. Natchitoches Fall Pilgrimage Tour of Homes. Natchitoches. (318) 581-8042.
BATON ROUGE/ PLANTATION COUNTRY
Nov. 3. New Roads Veterans Parade. New Roads. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 4. Gallery Talk: Ann Connelly. LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge. (225) 389-7200. Nov. 8. Veterans Day Celebration. St. James Parish Welcome Center, Gramercy. (225) 869-1717. Nov. 10. Avenue Evening Stroll. Donaldsonville. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 10. River Roux Triathlon. New Roads. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 10. Louisiana Bicentennial Display. New Roads. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 10-11. Agriculture, Archaeology & Atchafalaya – A Triple A Road Show. Plaquemine. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 11. Veterans Day Memorial Service. Louisiana Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge. (225) 342-0500. Nov. 15. Museum After Dark Collections. LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge. (225) 389-7200. Nov. 16-17. Annual Broadmoor Arts & Crafts Festival. Broadmoor High School, Baton Rouge. (225) 926-1420. 108 | Louisiana Life November/December 2012
Nov. 1-30. RampART Exhibit. North Rampart Street, New Orleans. www.louisianamaintomain.org. Nov. 1-3. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Mid-City Theatre, New Orleans. (504) 488-1460. Nov. 2-4. Ponchatoula Antique Trade Days – Arts & Crafts Fair. Ponchatoula. www.louisianamaintomain.org.
Nov. 18. Oak Street Po-Boy Festival. Oak Street, New Orleans. PoBoyFest.com. Nov. 24. Pontchartrain Vineyards Holiday in the Vines Festival. Pontchartrain Vineyards, Covington. (985) 892-9742. Dec. 7-8 & 14-15. Christmas Under the Stars. Griffith Park, Slidell. (985) 646-4375.
Nov. 3. Grow Dat Youth Farm Plant Sale and Party. New Orleans. (678) 544-6593.
Dec. 8. Winter on the Water. Lakeshore Drive, Mandeville. (985) 624-3147.
Nov. 3. Bayou Blues Fest. UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans. (504) 280-7171.
Dec. 14. Baroque Christmas presented by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. St. Timothy United Methodist Church, Mandeville. (504) 523-6530. n
Nov. 3-4. Louisiana Swamp Festival. Audubon Zoo, New Orleans. (504) 581-4629.
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quirky places Great blue heron and egret sharing space
youngsters can enjoy. On our first drive into the park and toward the campground, a coyote crossed the road a hundred feet in front of us. Alligators lazed along the lakeshore. Egrets and great blue herons swooped in for graceful landings in the shallows of narrow waterways that define sections of the park. Nature! Real nature! (For those fearful of coyotes and alligators, be assured that they pose little threat to visitors by their very “nature.”)
A Covey of Snowbirds I hear you saying, “State parks are for those other folks, not me and my family.” Who goes to Bayou Segnette? The answer is seasonally adjusted. During the warm months – the Memorial Day to Labor Day span – it’s likely to be locals, with a few cross-region tourists. In the colder months, it’s lots of “snowbirds,” the hordes of travelers from the Snowbelt of the U.S., with a large number of Canadians escaping the harsh temperatures of their homeland for the six months they are allowed to be out-ofcountry without losing health benefits. Add to the mix a strong representation of Europeans, many of whom want to see for themselves how their 17th-century countrymen became part of the area’s Acadian heritage. That’s a recurring theme throughout the state parks of South Louisiana: lots of Europeans spending their
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By Barry Zander
holidays – sometimes months or longer – in America. They feel comfortable in Louisiana with its strong Old World culture. We, as full-time travelers in our recreational vehicle, often strike up conversations with them. In case the reality of the state of Louisiana state parks hasn’t caught
The murmur of a barred owl, a soft, breathy “h’Hoo h’Hoo h’Hoo.” Steady deep-throated croaks from a
Westwego on the west bank of Jefferson
up with you, the parks are among the
Parish near New Orleans.
best in the nation. In the Cajun Belt,
A park, yes, with picnic sites for day
they boast beautiful settings, excellent
bullfrog. The angry chirp of a distant
use and campfires at night but oh-so-
facilities (clean, modern bathhouses and
blackbird disturbed from his sleep. The
much-more value added to the mix for
WiFi included) and a variety of activities
reality of nature 8 miles from Canal Street.
those who stay and relax for a spell – a
designed to keep youngsters involved.
As you look to the south into the
weekend or longer. Bayou Segnette has
We have stayed in several – Lake
late-night sky above Bayou Segnette
an abundance of wildlife and vegetation
Fausse Pointe, Palmetto Island and
State Park, stars flicker in the skies,
in a setting carved from the marshlands
Grand Isle, all of which exceeded our
while on the horizon, in other directions,
of Westwego. Beyond that, it provides
expectations. Bayou Segnette, just 9
a red glow prevails. You are in
activities that even the most blasé
miles from Clearview Shopping Center
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over the expanded Huey P. Long Bridge,
mattresses for all. Each site has water
their business – don’t expect them to
is among the best.
and electricity, and LED lighting is now
back down from the price, although if
an acceptable light source.
the crabs are small, they may throw in
Beginning with the natural aspects of the park, driving in, you are surrounded
Travelers passing through the area
lagniappe. Beyond that, both sides of the
by a vast palette of greens, from the
appreciate the free laundry facilities
street-level part of the expressway are
bright to the somber, an array that lets
and bathhouse.
dotted with signs proclaiming the avail-
you know immediately that, for the next
Summertime in Bayou Segnette
few days, the city will stay far behind.
State Park offers all the usual activities:
A microcosm of wildlife abounds:
Frisbee-throwing, picnics, playgrounds,
ability of seafood, raw and boiled. The 142-year-old city of Westwego, proud of its heritage, has a quaint
numerous species of birds indigenous to Louisiana’s marshlands and numerous woodland types that perch in the cypress and other native trees of the area. At night, bats (again, not a menace to humans; they are there to feast on the bugs) whistle as they ply their erratic courses over the landscape. A fledging eagle glided above us near the campground entrance. Throughout the year, rabbits and
Casting a net on Bayou Segnette is local Tim Davis while Sidney Foret guides the skiff.
armadillos scurry over mowed grass seeking nourishment. In the spring, alligators and turtles awake from hibernation. Less-than-stellar is the park’s nature center. In comparison to those at other state parks, it’s small and not what anyone would call a “wow,” but for small kids, it has enough exhibits to fill their usually short attention spans. The on-site naturalist, Ben Ross, says he hopes to
fishing and lounging. Or you can fill
museum in the heart of town, worth a visit
upgrade the center with the help of
your day with bike-riding, canoeing for
if for no other reason than to experience
ecology-minded interns.
groups, hiking, training binoculars to
the depth of interest in local culture. It’s
find birds that rarely cross the river …
across the expressway at 275 Sala St.
How can you avail yourself of this island in the authentic swamps? If you’re
or meditating along the banks of the lake
a day-tripper, you can cross either
or bayous.
bridge from the east bank and put 7777
A huge wave pool and a separate
One final bit of advice about taking advantage of this pearl among the oyster fishing grounds of the area: Pick a day
Westbank Expressway in your GPS, pay
swimming pool are both open from
to visit now and “ink” it in, or pick a
the necessary fees at the registration
Memorial Day to Labor Day. For groups,
weekend now and go to reserveamerica.
desk and coast slowly toward the picnic
there is a hamlet of dormitories, which,
com to make reservations. That’s the
and activities areas (the 15 mile per hour
like the cabins, is awaiting funding for
best way to make a weekend in the wilds
speed limit is very strictly enforced).
renovation. Group shelters abound in
into a reality.
Hurricane Katrina took its toll on the
the large picnicking area.
20 cabins that stood a few feet above
The one-day fee for park entry is $1; it is free for seniors 62 and older and
Bayou Segnette. Don’t wait for the
Along the Highway
children 3 and younger. Campsites
rebuilding – according to Matt Vance,
Yet there are more features to attract
October through March are $18
assistant park manager, in all probability
visitors to the Westbank. Turn right
per night and $26 per night April
it won’t happen soon. For overnighters,
when exiting the park, and within two
through September, plus a $6 one-time
that leaves camping – reservations
blocks you arrive at one of the area’s
processing charge. Louisiana seniors
strongly recommended – which means
best fresh seafood outlets – about 20
with access cards get a discount. More
getting the tent down from the attic or
individual stands compete for business
fee information is available at www.crt.
buying, renting or borrowing an RV. If
selling crabs, crawfish, shrimp, fish and
state.la.us/parks/ibyusegne.aspx.
you haven’t tent-camped in years, you’ll
oysters right off the boats. This is not
be happy to know that today’s tents are
a haggling flea market operation but a
much roomier, better able to handle
place to find the biggest crabs or lowest-
who travels North America with his wife,
local weather and actually have come
priced shrimp from the vendors. While
Monique, in an RV. He is a monthly
down in price. I’d also recommend air
they are customer-oriented, they know
columnist for Travel Life Magazine.
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Barry Zander is a New Orleans native
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a louisiana life
her,” he says, amused by the
because “the food here is
incident. “It’s humbling when
over the top.”
people come up and ask for a signature or picture.” The overtime kick against
moment” type of guy. Outside
Hartley’s overnight fame,
of football, his passion is
perhaps signified to the
hunting. He is a pro staffer
universe that the Saints
for Bowhunting Addiction TV
were no longer the lovable
and the co-owner of X Tag, a
underdogs; they’d evolved
company that makes tactical
into hardworking, resilient
archery equipment.
By sarah ravits
It was seen around
waiting in line for lunch
Hartley, like the team
were ready to win the cham-
itself, has dealt with
pionship.
hardship. Last year, in a
During the Super Bowl,
Kicking it up a notch for the New Orleans Saints
says he is a “spur-of-the-
the Vikings, along with
and talented players who
Garrett Hartley
Louisiana is a good fit for the now-26-year-old, who
preseason game, he suffered
Hartley made a successful
a season-ending hip injury
onside kick, a key move that
that left him on the sidelines
helped the Saints secure the
struggling to recover. “It
crowning victory over the
was a reality check,” he says.
Indianapolis Colts on that
“As blessed as I’ve been, it
glorious day in Miami.
could have been taken away
Nearly three years later,
from me in a moment’s
Hartley, like Saints fans
notice. It rattled me not
everywhere, reflects on
knowing if I would ever be
that particular season – and
able to kick, let alone at the
in fact, on his career so
level needed to be in the
far – with awe. “I’ve made
league.” After three months
memories that will last a
of rehabilitation, six days
lifetime,” he muses.
a weeks, three times a day, Hartley was finally able to
the world: Garrett Hartley,
one day with a buddy at
during overtime in the NFC
La Madeleine. He noticed
attended Carroll High School
start kicking again. “Having
championship that would
people reading the paper –
in Southlake, went on to
my family and friends’
determine the Super Bowl
he was on the front page.
play football for Oklahoma
support, along with my
contestants, kicked a field
“Before I knew it, I received
and signed as a free agent
physical therapist, was vital
goal 40 yards, sending the
a standing ovation,” he
with the Denver Broncos in
for my return,” he says.
New Orleans Saints (instead
remembers. Another time, a
2008. Just a few months later,
This season, Hartley hopes
of the Minnesota Vikings) to
customer at Academy Sports
however, he became a Saint,
to make it to the Pro Bowl and
the Super Bowl – and sending
approached him. She was
and the rest is history.
continue to improve his game.
their fans into an unparal-
an elderly lady, asking for a
leled frenzy of joy. Hartley
photograph. “She handed me
Orleans, he’s developed a
simple: Help my team win and
quickly became a household
her Chihuahua and began
particular fondness for the
improve week in and week
name after that, a 23-year-old
digging in her purse. About
French Quarter. His favorite
out.” He says he will continue
hero who would never be
10 minutes later she said she
musician is Trombone Shorty,
to enjoy the moments with his
anonymous again.
left her camera at home and
and he can’t decide which
friends playing the sport that
asked me if I would follow
restaurant he likes the best
he loves. n
He realized this while
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A Texas native, Hartley
Since moving to New
“My goals,” he says, “are
michael hebert photograph