New Orleans Magazine August 2013 by Renaissance Publishing

August 2013 VOLUME 47 NUMBER 11 Editor Errol Laborde Managing Editor Morgan Packard Art Director Eric Gernhauser Associate Editors Haley Adams and

Lauren LaBorde Contributing Editor Liz Scott Monaghan Food Editor Dale Curry Dining Editor Jay Forman Wine and Spirits Editor Tim McNally Restaurant Reporter Robert Peyton Home and Garden Editor Bonnie Warren Intern Shannon Donaldson SALES MANAGER Shannon Smith Senior Account Executive Jonée Daigle Ferrand Account Executives Erica Northcott Adams, Erin Fontenot, Maegan O’Brien, Elizabeth Schindler Sales Assistant Erin Maher Azar Web/Production Manager Staci Woodward McCarty Production Designers Sarah George, Antoine Passelac Web Editor Haley Adams Chief Executive Officer Todd Matherne President Alan Campell Executive VICE PRESIDENT/Editor-in-Chief Errol Laborde Executive Assistant Kristi Ferrante Distribution Manager Christian Coombs SUBSCRIPTIONS Erin Duhe

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CONTENTS 8.13 VOL. 47 NO. 11

THE MIND AS HEALER OF THE BODY PAGE

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SPEAKING OUT PAGE

FEATURES 92 When Price is not an object Libations from the high end. by Tim McNally

96 the mind as healer of the body Exploring the mental impact on physical health by Indranill Basu Ray, M. D.

102 best doctors 589 doctors in 76 speciality areas profiles by Judi Russell and Megan Snider

IN EVERY ISSUE 10 14 16 175 176 BEST DOCTORS PAGE

INSIDE “Who Runs the Hospitals” speaking out Editorial, plus a Mike Luckovich cartoon JULIA STREET Questions and answers about our city Try This “Into the World of Improv” STREETCAR “The Grapefruit Solution” ON THE COVER

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Pediatric Neurologist Dr. Ann H. Tilton GREG MILES PHOTOGRAPH

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CHRONICLES PAGE

MUSIC PAGE

CONTENTS

PERSONA PAGE

THE BEAT 22 24 28 30 34 38 42

MARQUEE Entertainment calendar PERSONA New Orleans Saints Wide Receiver Lance Moore newsbeat “Coming Soon: South Market District” Biz ”Starting a Business? Start Here” Education “Calculating the Big Picture” HEALTH Sleep disorders and health HEALTHBEAT The latest news in health from New Orleans and beyond 44 newsbeat “Putting Students in the Director’s Chair” 46 Crime FIghting The turmoil of prison reform 48 newsbeat “Oyster Shells for the Coast”

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LOCAL COLOR 50 54 55 58 62 64 66 68

THE SCOOP And now the performance season begins music Davell Crawford’s gift Read & Spin A look at the latest CDs and books CAST OF CHARACTERS Rick Delaup is bringing back burlesque MODINE’S NEW ORLEANS “Enhancing the Derrière” Joie d’Eve “Moms in the Kitchen” CHRONICLES “Reading, Writing and Uniforms” HOME The Bradys’ home above Lafayette Square melds glamour and drama.

THE MENU 74 76 78 82 84

table talk Fish dishes of a different kind restaurant insider “Cool Discoveries” FOOD “Mucho Poblanos” LAST CALL The Lavender Margarita DINING GUIDE

DIAL 12 D1 Stay in from the heat and watch some of the hottest musical performances on WYES-TV! Don’t miss “Elvis, Aloha From Hawaii,” “Il Volo: We Are Love,” “Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser in Concert,” “Hugh Laurie – Live on the Queen Mary” and more! 6

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IN SID E

Who Runs the Hospitals

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the time that we have been working on this, our annual Best Doctors Issue, a news story happened that’s a harbinger of health care and doctoring in the future. The Jefferson Parish council unanimously approved action that will allow the council (bypassing the need for a public vote) to negotiate with companies to run West Jefferson and East Jefferson hospitals, both owned by the parish. We see the future here. Throughout the state, which was a pioneer of publicly financed health care, all public hospitals now seem destined for private management. This may prove to be a good thing in the long run. Private enterprise has the challenge of competitiveness countered with the need for cost efficiencies. If done right, the two hospitals, which have enjoyed good reputations for most of their existence, may further improve. This will also affect the quality of doctors. Management companies that are willing to invest in technology and equipment will be better able to attract top echelon doctors. Behind every Best Doctor there’s a business story that made that doctor possible. For now there seems to be three main contenders to manage the hospitals: Ochsner Health System, Louisiana Children’s Medical Center (which is partnered with Touro) and the Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). Whichever comes out ahead will have much to do with an important chunk of the area’s health care. We wish the Jefferson Parish Council the best with its analysis. This diagnosis is critical.

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LABORDE WINS NATIONAL WRITING AWARD Errol Laborde, Editor-in-Chief of New Orleans Magazine, won first place in the Column category in the awards competition of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA is the national umbrella trade organization for city magazines). Laborde won, over four finalists, for his Streetcar column that appears on the back page of this magazine. (Entries must consist of three separate columns that were written in the past calendar year.) Awards were announced at the annual CRMA conference, which this year was held in Atlanta. Though it was unclear if he was thinking about the Saints, Laborde commented that, “it is always good to win one in Atlanta.”

On The Web Most Read on the Web One of our most popular articles of the summer has been Annie Drummond’s commentary on Bywater’s “hipster” appeal. Join the conversation at MyNewOrleans.com/bywater.

Congratulations, Errol Laborde! Our Editor-in-Chief Errol Laborde recently won the National City and Regional Magazine Association Award for “Column” for his monthly column in New Orleans Magazine. Read his three award-winning pieces at MyNewOrleans.com/errol.

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S P E A KI N G O U T

Save the World Trade Center

f the local W orld T rade C enter had as many

tenants as there have been failed plans to redevelop it, there would be no current controversy about what to do with the building. Its capacity would be full. Unfortunately, the building, which is located at what is often referred to as being the most valuable plot of land in the state, stands closed. The onceglorious visions of it being a center for global trade are as distant as the days of steam freighters hauling bananas to the nearby docks. Times and riverfronts have changed. There are currently at least three proposals for what to do with the building. Two of the plans would save the building, fix it and develop it for multipurpose use. Another plan calls for tearing down the building and replacing it with an unspecified monument that would, it is hoped, become a symbol of the city. The St. Louis Gateway Arch and the Sydney Opera House are often mentioned as examples. We take no position on which of the restoration plans should be adopted, however we do feel strongly that the building should be allowed to stand. We do so for several reasons: B Even in its rundown state it is a handsome building that still has the airy feeling and extra touches (such as a revolving night club space as its crown) worthy of a building standing as a window to the world. Situated as it is on the edge of Spanish Plaza and with statues of Simone Bolivar and Winston Churchill nearby, it can be the centerpiece of an international setting. Done right, the building can be riveting. B There is a historical importance to the building, which was completed in 1967. Having evolved from the former International Trade Mart, it was at the forefront of the global drive to create World Trade Centers. B New Orleans is already blessed with landmarks. There are Jackson Square, the steeple of the cathedral and the cupolas of the Cabildo and Presbytere. For something more modern there is the Superdome, freshly scrubbed and with a dazzling new look, especially at night. We are a city of landmarks. Why the building has not been more successful has had more to do with timing than with structure. Countries do not invest as

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much in consular corps as they used to. What were once fully staffed consulates have frequently been replaced by Honorary Consul Generals, many operating out of local law offices. Also with the end of the Cold War, some nations turned their attention to newly liberated countries with fresh opportunities to mine. Whatever the future of the building will be, its role as a setting for foreign trade will be diminished, yet it can flourish as a setting for hotel rooms, condos, apartments and office space. The building could be one of the most desirable places to live and work in the city. It could also bring new energy to the area that surrounds it. Restored with thought and ambition the building can ultimately be a monument in itself – one dedicated to commerce – and that’s a statement that the city clearly needs to make.

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T H E P U R S U IT T O A N S W E R E T E R N A L Q U E STI O N S

Aerial view of LaGarde General Hospital

Dear Julia, My birth certificate reads “Lakeshore Hospital, New Orleans, LA.” I was born in 1947. The attending physician was Dr. Lewis H. Levy. What can you tell me about this hospital? Where was it located? When was it established? Who owned or operated the hospital? What was the hospital’s mission? How long was it in existence? What was its final end? Cynthia A. Seals N ew O rlean s

After World War II, part of what was known as the LaGarde hospital complex was converted to civilian use. On June 1, 1946, the New Orleans Medical Foundation, a group comprised of 125 former military physicians, announced the formal opening of the new 16

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Lakeshore Hospital. Located at Lakeshore Drive and West End Boulevard, the facility admitted nine patients on its opening day, and by the end of the year, had treated 2,300 patients. Obstetrical services were added on Oct. 1, 1946 and the hospital’s first annual report proudly noted that 175 babies had been delivered at Lakeshore. Plans initially called for the 175-bed facility to expand further into the former LaGarde compound and eventually have as many as 500 beds, but the grandiose plans never materialized. On Oct. 26, 1949, The Times-Picayune announced Lakeshore Hospital would close Oct. 31, only five days later and less than three-and-a-half years after it opened. On Oct. 29, The Times-Picayune reported Judge Alexander Rainold

of the Civil District Court approved the three-year-old Lakeshore Hospital’s abandonment and the liquidation of the New Orleans Medical Foundation. The article also noted that officials from Charity Hospital and the Levee Board had toured the hospital to see how much of the complex may be suitable as a new home for the Gordon-Musser tuberculosis hospital. The idea that tubercular patients would be treated in a facility that just happened to sit on prime lakeshore real estate didn’t sit well with residents, developers or the Levee Board. The site became a shopping center. Dear Julia, I own an old corner grocery on the corner of General Pershing and S. Liberty streets. Can you help me find more

Win a Court of Two Sisters Jazz Brunch or Lunch at the Rib Room Here is a chance to eat, drink and listen to music, and have your curiosity satiated all at once. Send Julia a question. If we use it, you’ll be eligible for a monthly drawing for one of two Jazz Brunch gift certificates for two at The Court of Two Sisters in the Vieux Carré. To take part, send your question to: Julia Street, c/o New Orleans Magazine, 110 Veterans Blvd., Suite 123, Metairie, LA 70005 or email: Errol@MyNewOrleans. com. This month’s winners are: Carmel Brown, Vestavia, Ala.; and David Keiffer, New Orleans.

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information on this property or send my request along? Any help would be greatly appreciated! David Jackson N ew O rlean s

Your grocery was, for more than a half a century, run by members of the Williamson family. Around 1909, Thomas Williamson (d. 1911), a first generation American of German-Irish heritage, managed the corner grocery later run by his son, John S. Williamson (d. 1964), who lived there his entire life. Thomas Williamson and his wife, Amelia Musser, both of German heritage, would have been acutely aware of the anti-German sentiment sweeping the community during and after World War I. I am quite certain they noticed when their Berlin Street address was changed to General Pershing, honoring a war hero but removing a German city’s name from the

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street grid. Unfortunately, while there’s no one-stop shop for histories or chains of title for properties beyond the French Quarter, there’s some good news. The New Orleans Public Library has recently updated its excellent instructional guide which details how to research local buildings from scratch. You can find the updated guide at: NewOrleansPublicLibrary. org/~nopl/house2/intro.htm. Dear Julia & Poydras, I recently located the obituary of my great-grandfather, Louis P. Cuneo, who died Sept. 28, 1910, in New Orleans. He owned a restaurant at 707 St. Charles St., named Cuneo. My mom used to tell stories of how her mother and father met in the restaurant. What I would like to know is, in his obit they mentioned that he was a member of Stonehenge Grove of Druids and Sons of Louisiana. I haven’t

been able to locate any information on these clubs. Louis P. Cuneo was born in Genoa in 1855 and when he was 2 he moved to New Orleans. When he died he had had the restaurant for 34 years. Up until a few years before someone redid the building where the restaurant was you could still see the name “CUNEO’S” on the top of the brick above the balcony. I would appreciate any information you could find on him. If anyone can, I’m sure Poydras can find something! Pat W. Higginbotham Me ta ir ie

members with not only fellowship but also security in times of need. Charles R. Fagot was the first president of the Benevolent Association of the Sons of Louisiana, which was established in 1856. As its name suggests, it was a benevolent association that used membership fees to help members in need of medical care or funeral services. In 1881, the Benevolent Association of the Sons of Louisiana took part in festivities honoring the late President James A. Garfield.

Why does everyone think Poydras has all the answers? His idea of Italian dining is to open a can of SpaghettiO’s. The Stonehenge Grove was a local lodge of the United Ancient Order of Druids (UAOD), an international fraternal organization that had first come to New Orleans in the mid-1850s. Like other similar groups, it provided

Dear Julia, Driving the new Huey P. Long Bridge can’t help but bring back the tight-fisted drive over the old Huey P. My wife and I often speculated on the sharp jog in the roadway about two thirds of the way over coming from the West Bank. The jog was up river, and if you were in the slow lane, as I always was hugging the railing, it was

very noticeable and somewhat disconcerting. It was marked by tire rubbings on the concrete curb. On the trip from east to west the curb jogged away if in the slow lane and wasn’t nearly as noticeable. Our speculation was that the construction started from both sides and didn’t quite match up. Do you have and information on this “jog?” David Keiffer N ew O rlean s

I have information on it but I still don’t know if the “jogs” are flaws or intentional features. There is about a three-foot difference in width between the east approach roadway and the throughtruss section of the bridge, necessitating the foot-and-ahalf jogs at the points where one leaves or enters the through-truss section from the east side. Bridge construction did begin at each shore and continue until the pieces met but, since

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the amount of compensation appears to be about the same on both sides of the east approach, was the problem a lack of alignment or was the problem actually that the east roadway was correctly aligned but was built too wide to connect with the narrower section where the roadway runs through the central truss? Why isn’t the west approach “kinky” as well? Dear Julia, During the Preakness race the official state song “Maryland, My Maryland” was sung. It brought to mind the tribute to John McDonogh whose philanthropy funded schools in New Orleans and Baltimore. Every May, New Orleans public school children would be bused to Lafayette Square to lay flowers at the statue of John McDonogh. Then they would pass though the mayor’s office in Gallier Hall, all the while

singing to the “Maryland, My Maryland” tune. I can’t remember all the words to the song but one line was “All praise to him, all praise to him!” Any chance Poydras would know the rest? Carmel N. Brown Ve st av ia , AL

Poydras doesn’t remember all the words, but Myrrah Font’s original poem appeared in its entirety in the Dec. 4, 1898 issue of the Daily Picayune. Font, the winner of a contest to compose a poem in McDonogh’s honor, had graduated from the Upper Girls’ High School earlier that year and had accepted a scholarship to Newcomb College. As the McDonogh monument committee had stipulated when asking for poetic submissions, Font set her verses to the tune of “Maryland, My Maryland” – a nod to the philanthropist’s birthplace.

JOHN McDONOGH I. O, wake the trumpet of renown Far echoing a hero’s name! O, bring the shining laurel crown That marks the glow of honored fame! “McDonogh!” let the trumpet blow, And with the garland twine his brow, Extol him with your voices now, “Praise to him, all praise to him!” II. He sought not paths where glory shone, Nor dreamed of name in southern lore; Twin cities claim him for their own, New Orleans and Baltimore! He gave his wealth to educate, He lived that end to consummate, His memory then perpetuate; “Praise to him, all praise to him!” III. McDonogh, unto three we rear A monument of fairest art, In memory of thy high career, Enshrined within each grateful heart! Now, ready hands, your offerings fling! No, youthful tongues, laudations sing Until the heavens the echoes ring “Praise to him, all praise to him!” – Myrrah Font

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Lance Moore was named the New Orleans Saints 2012 Man of the Year and the team nominated him for the National Football Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

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Running in Red

Swedish Pop

Sweden has a long history of producing irresistible pop music, from ABBA in the 1970s to Robyn more recently. The latest Swedes to resonate with American pop fans is Icona Pop, a pair of best friends who make music seemingly tailored for girls’ nights. Their pulsing break-up anthem “I Love It,” which was featured on the HBO series “Girls,” contains such defiant missives as “I threw your s--- into a bag and pushed it down the stairs / I crashed my car into a bridge / I don’t care / I love it.” K. Flay and Sirah open at the House of Blues on Aug. 20. Information, HouseOfBlues.com

Not too long after White Linen Night, revelers paint the town red for the annual Red Dress Run, which draws red dress-clad droves for day drinking and little actual running through the French Quarter. Cowboy Mouth and Dash Rip Rock perform at this year’s installment of the New Orleans Hash House Harriers’ (NOH3) event on Aug. 10. NOH3 members have the option of participating in a Lingerie Run the night before and Hangover Run the day after (the website has details on becoming a member). Registration includes free beer, food and giveaways. Information, NolaRedDress.com

FILMS EN FRANçAIS

For those feeling the ennui of a summer movie season rife with action movies and other brainless blockbusters, the New Orleans Film Society offers something a bit more refined in its annual French Film Festival, held Aug. 2-8. This year’s fest includes a mini retrospective of the early films of Jacques Demy, an obscure filmmaker whose The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (which will be shown in the retrospective) launched Catherine Deneuve. The festival screens two films from the The Weinstein Company that won’t be released until the fall – Haute Cuisine and Populaire – as well as Renoir, a biopic of the French impressionist painter. Information, NewOrleansFilmSociety.org

Through Sept. 15.

Aug. 1-4. Satchmo

Aug. 1-4. Tulane Summer

“Rashaad Newsome: King of Arms”; New Orleans Museum of Art. Information, noma.org

Summerfest; Old U.S. Mint. Information, fqfi.org

Lyric presents Kiss Me Kate; Tulane’s Dixon Hall. Information, SummerLyric. Tulane.edu

Aug. 3. Whitney White

Linen Night; Warehouse/ Arts District. Information, cacno.org

Aug. 1-4. New Orleans

Antiques Forum; Historic New Orleans Collection. Information, hnoc.org

Satchmo Summerfest, Aug. 1-4

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Aug. 7. Melvins 30th

Anniversary Tour featuring Honky; One Eyed Jacks. Information, OneEyedJacks.net Aug. 9 & 16. New Orleans

Saints pre-season games. Information, NewOrleansSaints.com

Bryan Adams, Aug. 10

SPOTLIGHT

Dog Days of Summer raiser’s proceeds benefit? City Park receives

New Orleans’ first fullfledged dog park, NOLA City Bark, a veritable canine heaven located behind City Park’s Popp Foundation, hosts its 101 Donations fundraiser at the new Arbor Room across from the dog park on Aug. 24. The Mexican fiesta-themed event features live music, food, margaritas and more. Jackie Shreves, NOLA City Bark’s board vice president who’s chairing the event with Sue Guarisco, discusses the park.

permit fee supports the day-to-day operations, but there isn’t enough left over to make improvements or large repairs. There is a tremendous amount

no operating funds from the city or the state, so entities in the park need to be selfsupporting. Our annual

of wear and tear at the dog park because of the high usage. One of the biggest reasons that dog parks fail is lack of maintenance. We are determined

that won’t happen at our park. How did you get involved in NOLA City Bark? I’m on the board

of the LA/SPCA as well as a City Park commissioner. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, the LA/SPCA was going to build an adoption center and a dog park in City Park. With the shelter and the park flooded, those plans were no longer possible. As the city began to rebuild, returning residents who had visited dog parks in other cities talked about why New Orleans did not have a dog park. I had also visited dog parks in New York where my daughter lives, so when an email circulated about the possibility of building one I answered it … that was in August 2007, and I’m still here. What’s great about the dog park is it allows me to work on behalf of my passions, animals and parks. For more information about the park and 101 Donations, visit NolaCityBark.org.

ELIZABETH PERRIN PHOTOGRAPH, TOP

How did you envision NOLA City Bark before opening it? Our goal

was always to become the gold standard of dog parks … not just a fence in a grassy area. We wanted it to reflect New Orleans so that when people visited they would remember the dog park in New Orleans, and they do. As someone remarked to me, this is doggy nirvana. Our mission has always been to be a part of the larger dog community.

City Bark’s Jackie Shreves, left, and Sue Guarisco

What will the fund-

cert; Mahalia Jackson Theater. Information, MahaliaJacksonTheater. com

Aug. 10. Dirty

Linen Night; French Quarter. Information, ArtsCouncilOfNewOrleans. org

Daiquiri Festival; 527 Elysian Fields Ave. Information, NewOrleansDaiquiriFestival. com

Aug. 16. Dr. John & the

Nite Trippers and Gravy in concert; Tipitina’s. Information, Tipitinas.com

Aug. 10. Bryan

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Aug. 17. New Orleans

Aug. 31. Krewe of OAK

Mid-Summer Mardi Gras; Oak Street/ Riverbend. Information, MapleLeafBar.com

Aug. 28-Sept. 2.

Southern Decadence; downtown. Information,

Adams in con-

Krewe of Oak, Aug. 31

New Orleans Saints, Aug. 9 & 16

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are the saints or the sinners of football. They can catch the “Hail Marys” or drop the fiveyard “easy” pass. But whatever the position they may find themselves in, they’re often the focus of the quarterback, defensive backfield or the fans. New Orleans Saints wide receiver Lance Moore has been playing these dual roles since high school – when his number was 1, as it was at University of Toledo (as a Saint it’s No. 16). Moore’s professional football career began in 2005 when the Cleveland Browns signed him as a free agent. Cut after the third preseason game, the New Orleans Saints picked him up that same year. It wasn’t until ’07 that Moore hit his stride as a player, with ’12 being a particularly good year for him with 65 receptions for a career-high 1,041 yards and six touchdowns. In addition to his position as wide receiver, Moore has also served as a punt returner and kick returner – obviously he’s a key player with the Saints. “I have an extraordinary amount of trust and confidence in Lance Moore, which has been built up over seven years of workouts, practices

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At a Glance Profession: Wide receiver,

New Orleans Saints Age: 29 Family: Parents: Rick and Debbie; brother Nick, who’s a slot back in Canadian Football League – BC Lions; an older half brother, Roland; and an older half sister, Quintrilla. My girlfriend is Kasey. Resides: Metairie Education: Westerville South High School (Ohio); bachelor of science in marketing and professional sales, University of Toledo. Currently taking classes for a master’s degree. Favorite book: 212 The Extra Degree by S.L. Parker and Mac Anderson Favorite movies: Goonies, Troy and Wedding Crashers Favorite restaurant: Mr. John’s Steakhouse Favorite food: My mom’s baked macaroni and cheese Favorite music: Hiphop and R&B Favorite vacation spot: I don’t have one yet, but I’m going to Hawaii in a couple weeks. That could be my favorite spot after that! Hobby: I like to play basketball. I am addicted to shoes, so I like to shoe shop – my favorite brand is Nike. CRAIG MULCAHY PHOTOGRAPH

and games,” says New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. “When you have worked with someone for that long, like I have with both him and Marques Colston, the chemistry that you see between us is the result of it.” Moore is also active in the community: His Lance Moore Community Cares Foundation (LanceMooreCC.org) “… is dedicated to strengthening the community both now and for future generations and is committed to helping people to help themselves and those around them, in hopes of leading productive and satisfying lives … It serves disadvantaged children and families who are in need of financial, educational and communal assistance,” states the foundation’s website. He was named the New Orleans Saints 2012 Man of the Year and the team nominated him for the National Football League’s Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, which is given annually by the NFL honoring a player’s volunteer and charity work, as well as his excellence on the field. And there’s more: In 2012, Moore was bestowed the USA Today All-Joe Award, given to a player who NFL players and coaches believe are hard workers who may have been overlooked by the media, and 2012 United Way Hope Award, for commitment to the community. Moore is the spokesman for the Saints Copeland’s Kids Club as well as the Saints Keep Gym in Schools promotion, and a Play 60/Got Milk Ambassador. Other endeavors include his foundation’s toy drive, Football Camp for Her Breast Cancer Awareness Program, Football Camp for Kids and Home Runs for Kids Celebrity Softball Game. Saint or sinner? Right now he’s a Saint, of course.

has to worry about the success of the team first; not only their own (personal) success; a willing blocker; and to catch the ball.

In your own words, what’s the job of a wide receiver? First and

(Want to learn more about day-to-day Lance Moore? Follow his entertaining Twitter: @LanceMoore16)

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Is there another wide receiver, from another team, that you watch? Reggie Wayne (wide

receiver with the Indianapolis Colts). Who is the hardest player you’ve come up against? I try

to stay away from the players that hit hard. There are roles for wide receivers – split end, slot back, slot receiver and flanker. As the starting wide receivers for the Saints, do you and Marques Colston play a specific role? In

this office, they move all of us around so there is no specific spot that we play. We all kind of play everywhere. What was your longest catch? It was an 80-yard

touchdown reception in the Atlanta Falcons game on Sept. 26, 2010. Anything in your game that you feel you could do better? I

can always get better. More yards after the catch, and to block better. What do you like best about New Orleans? Playing here

– because of the fans. What was the one thing that surprised you arrived to New Orleans? My rookie year was

when the Saints were in San Antonio, so I didn’t come to New Orleans until 2006. But, I would say how fanatical the Who Dat Nation is. I’m from Columbus, Ohio, where Ohio State is, and it was pretty crazy there – but nothing like here. Ohio State has historically been good, versus the Saints who had not been good for a long time, but the fans were loyal – die-hard. True Confession: I like cooking shows, such as “Chopped” or “Master Chef.” Since you are a fan of cooking shows, what is your “signature dish”? Pizza-baked pasta.

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When Saints fans pour into downtown New Orleans this season, they may notice something new along erstwhile empty blocks near the Mercedes-Benz Superdome: progress. Namely, it’s the opening salvo of the ambitious South Market District retail and residential project. The New Orleans-based developer Domain Companies began construction over the summer for the first phase of the project, which altogether promises 500 apartments, 170,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a 1,300-car parking garage. It will all be in a six-building, four-block cluster centered on O’Keefe Avenue and Girod Street, between the new Rouses Market and the Loyola Avenue streetcar line. These sites have been surface parking lots for many years. The project aims to restore more urban vitality here while replacing a de facto dead zone between the Warehouse District, the CBD and sports entertainment district around the Superdome. “First, we’re creating enough mass so we’re not developing one project that would just stand there on its own,” says Matt Schwartz, a principal at Domain Companies. “And then by having the restau-

rant and entertainment components, it will become a destination in its own right, bringing more people to the area and that creates its own momentum.” After Hurricane Katrina, the Domain Companies built a pair of large apartment buildings in Mid-City and along Tulane Avenue. As those were taking shape, the rise in professional jobs in the CBD and the potential of the nearby medical district now under construction drew the company’s interest in the South Market site, Schwartz says. “When the Loyola streetcar location was announced, that solidified for us where we should go next,” he says. The South Market District is planned in four phases. Its flagship Paramount building, which is underway now, will include 209 apartments and 22,000 square feet of retail space and should be ready for occupancy by the fall of 2014, Schwartz says. The second phase will add a parking garage and another 25,000 square feet for retail, and should be ready around the same time. The next two mixed-use phases, containing two buildings each, are expected to roll out a year later. Kurt Weigle, the president and CEO of the city’s Downtown Development District, called the South Market project “a major milestone” for the area, with the potential to “create essentially a new downtown neighborhood.” – I an M c N u l ty

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Starting a Business? Start Here Small business development centers offer professional help for free B y K athy F inn

ay you ha v e a great idea for a new

business and you’re dying to get it off the ground. You have thoroughly researched the concept, found a perfect business location and even started shopping for office furniture. Business consultant Carmen Sunda has three words of advice: “Don’t sign anything.” Too many hopeful entrepreneurs jump headlong into costly commitments before they fully understand what they’re getting into, she says. If they’re not careful, they’ll find their business burning through cash at warp speed and plunging toward failure. “Don’t sign any leases or purchase agreements until you’re really sure your business plan makes sense,” Sunda advises. Helping peoLouisiana Small Business ple reach that point is her bread and butter. Development Center director Sunda is the director of the Louisiana Small Business Development Carmen Sunda Center in New Orleans, which is part of a nationwide network of small business assistance centers that help entrepreneurs start new businesses or grow existing ones. Every day, she and a team of a dozen or so experienced advisers work with startups and existing businesses in Initial services typically involve guiding entrepreseven area parishes to guide their progress and help them stay on track toward neurs through planning, organizing and registering realistic business goals. a new business. Counseling often continues with The center, which is in its 30th year of providing assistance to small busiadvice on marketing and managing the business nesses, recently got a big pat on the back for its efforts. The U.S. Small Business and planning for future growth. Administration presented it with the Small Business Development Center While startups might seem the most likely canExcellence and Innovation Award, ranking it No. 1 among about 1,000 centers didates for help from the small business assistance in the country. center, Sunda says 70 percent of clients are existing Sunda, who went to Washington, D.C., to receive the award, says she was companies looking to expand. The consultants try stunned when she first got word the local center had been singled out. “We’re to help such clients understand all the challenges just doing our job and focusing on the small businesses,” she says. and implications of an expansion before they take The assistance the center offers – free of charge – runs the gamut of what on debt. an entrepreneur needs to either get an enterprise up and running or plan an Say a small business owner wants to add a secexpansion. Finding access to capital is a high priority, and the consultants can ond location and at the same time hopes to buy help identify sources ranging from banks to nonprofit lenders and state financequipment that will help increase sales at the curing programs. rent location. “We might suggest that they buy the “This is a really great time to be in business and start a business because there equipment first and get their sales up so they can are so many financing options,” Sunda says. “We like to say that if we can’t help prove to a lender that sales will increase, then they you find some good choices and get financed, it’s not possible.” can look at a second location,” Sunda says. “We’ll The business consultants provide their services through one-on-one counseltry to talk them off a cliff.” ing in locations spread across Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, St. Many of the center’s startup clients are individuals Charles, St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes. The center also periodically who have worked in an industry for some years and offers classroom training, in partnership with other providers, to accommodate want to move out on their own, or they already have groups of entrepreneurs. experience operating a business and are launch-

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ing their second or third company. The Louisiana Small Business The Louisiana Small Business Development starting a business, writing a business plan or Development Center has taken on a Center is funded in part through an agreement financing, among other topics. higher profile in recent years, owing with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Whatever the starting point, each client eventuto the way it stepped in to help in the Louisiana Economic Development, Delgado ally is paired with an individual consultant who wake of devastating hurricanes. Community College and Loyola, Southern and will help the entrepreneur with next steps, from “Because we’ve focused for so long Xavier universities. It provides all of its services the business plan and financing options to peron getting out there in the field and free of charge. mitting procedures, tax requirements, business working with businesses impacted To access services, an individual can call 831location and legal matters. by (hurricanes) Katrina, Rita, Gustav 3730 for an appointment. Online registration for “We work collaboratively with the client,” Sunda and Isaac, we’ve become disaster counseling, technical assistance and training says. “They come in for a private consulting sesexperts,” Sunda says. “We’ve become resources is also available at lsbdc.org. sion, and at the end they will know what their next good at risk management, risk mitigaCenter Director Carmen Sunda says the first steps are. We’re going to help them lay it out.” tion, disaster preparedness and disasphone call by a prospective client usually involves No matter what the business or how much ter recovery.” a brief assessment during which a consultant will research an entrepreneur may have done on an The center used this expertise to ask questions to determine what type of assisidea, Sunda advises seeking advice from the cenhelp develop a statewide business tance is appropriate. Depending on the results, ter before beginning to search for financing. disaster program that Sunda says the consultant may schedule a one-on-one “Come and get the free assistance,” she says, has become a model for other states. meeting, or suggest attending a workshop about “before you sink your money in.” The Small Business Administration has tapped the center to help train other lenders. These entitites not only regularly refer clients to the other center staff around the country. center, but in many cases provide space in their offices where the Sunda believes one of the local center’s greatest strengths is its consultants can meet with clients, so clients don’t have to travel access to the resources of local colleges and universities. The confar from home to access the service. sultants collaborate with Loyola University New Orleans, Delgado Since Sunda joined the Louisiana Small Business Development Community College, Southern University at New Orleans and Xavier Center in 2003, she and her team have served some 9,000 clients, University of Louisiana. These partnerships enable them to reach helped train 18,000 individuals and assisted in securing more than entrepreneurs through an extensive education and training network $120 million in capital for area entrepreneurs. The center estithat touches businesses and industries throughout the region. mates that 6,000 area jobs have been created or retained through The consulting team also has developed strong ties with area its assistance. chambers, economic development organizations, banks and

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EDUCATION

Calculating the Big Picture Hard times for higher ed

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with increases in student tuition. Additional cuts in 2012-’13, will increase these staggering figures in future reports. No matter what calculations are used to create the big picture, the outcome is the same: larger class sizes, less instructional interaction between faculty and students, fewer program and class options and the loss of quality faculty to more stable environments. The bottom line is a general weakening of educational quality and national reputation. All of this comes from a governor who promised more jobs by bringing high-paying industry to Louisiana, a governor who has insisted for more than six years that higher education is important for economic development. When Jindal took office in 2008, state funding Governor Bobby Jindal speaks for higher education had reached the southern at a Republican fundraiser in average for the first time in 25 years because of Manchester, N.H. the truly heroic efforts of the two governors who preceded him. Gov. Mike Foster, a Republican, and Gov. Kathleen Blanco, a Democrat, truly made education a priority – their actions matched their words. “Now it’s just eroded,” former Gov. Blanco said in a recent interview with this writer. “It’s extremely disappointing. It took years to get to that point, and it would have been easy to maintain.” While it’s true that many states in the southern region reduced funding to higher education during the economic recession, Louisiana’s reductions have been more drastic. Under Jindal’s supervision, Louisiana has resumed its place at near the bottom of appropriations per student, SREB figures show. Jindal and the state legislature intensified the effect of the recession on higher education and health care immediately after he took office by rolling back tax rates, mostly for the state’s most wealthy residents. The failure to renew these taxes resulted in an estimated loss of $300 and $350 million in state revenue, enough to offset future cuts to education and health care. The Board of Regents report says that state funding to higher education was cut $625 million between 2008 and ’12, and tuition increases have made up less than half of the revenue losses. Jindal used the word “heroic” to describe his administration’s efforts to protect higher

o v . J indal brags about his “ heroic work ” for

higher education, but the numbers tell a different story. His so-called heroism has led to faculty and staff layoffs, program cuts and bone-thin campus budgets that put the entire higher education system in serious jeopardy. During Jindal’s first four years of office, between 2008 and ’12, funding for two-year colleges plunged 26.3 percent and funding for four-year colleges decreased 18.2 percent, according to the Southern Regional Education Board’s 2013 Fact Book. The reductions added up to $2,000 to $2,400 less funding per full-time equivalent student, SREB statistics show. Moreover, a report compiled by the Board of Regents, Louisiana’s coordinating board for higher education, says that state funding for the entire higher education system was cut 42 percent in those years, with less than half replaced

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education in April when Hoda Kotb of NBC News interviewed him during an education event held in New Orleans. “We have made it a priority,” Jindal told Kotb in an interview broadcast live. A month after he uttered these words, the Louisiana Technical and Community College System board approved plans to lay off 115 employees at Delgado Community College, 64 of which were faculty. It was the second round of layoffs at Delgado. In February the college cut 46 administrative and staff positions. May’s action included the elimination of 15 academic programs, the Associated Press reported. At the same time, Nunez Community College won approval to reduce its workforce by 15. In a strange twist, during the same period that both New Orleans area community college campuses were struggling to operate with reduced operating funds, NOLA.com reported that the Legislature and Jindal approved $251.6 million in construction projects for community colleges around the state. Delgado is slated to receive $92 million in new construction, including a new nursing facility, and Nunez is getting a student success center. New facilities are good news for community colleges and will be money well spent. A state Occupational Forecasting Conference concluded that 95 percent of future jobs will require training above a high school degree, but only 28 percent will require a bachelor’s degree from a four-year university. This kind of training between high school and university is the purview of community and technical colleges, and they need up-to-date facilities to train tomorrow’s workforce. On the other hand, what’s the point of spending $250 million on new buildings for campuses that the state refuses to fund adequately? These facilities will require workers to provide services and faculty members to teach technical skills and the general

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education courses necessary to earn associate’s degrees. College officials say that the most devastating cuts to college operations have been the mid-year cuts that the state has imposed almost annually since 2008. The state’s allocation and student tuition support two semesters of instruction, one in the fall and one in the spring, so the total must be divided between the two. By January of every year, after the spring semester begins, 100 percent of a college’s budget has been committed to completing the semester, even though the money itself hasn’t yet been spent. Salaries, for example, are committed but paid on a biweekly cycle. When the state cuts college budgets in later months, colleges are left with inadequate money to finish the semester, which forces them to dip into rapidly disappearing emergency funds. “We cannot just decide to cancel or reduce the spring semester in March or April when we learn of the impending cut,” says Nunez’ Chief Financial Officer Louis Lehr about budgeting. “So for the state to consistently cut our budget after the spring semester begins when they know that 100 percent of our state money is gone is devastating to our operations.” Jindal’s pattern of exaggerating his achievements and ignoring his failures hasn’t escaped the notice of Louisiana voters. Two recent polls show that his approval rating took a dive between 2012 and ’13. A poll taken by Southern Media and Opinion Research, an independent research firm, showed his approval rating dropped from 51 percent in October to 38 percent in March, various news agencies reported. If Jindal plans to continue his political career after he leaves the governor’s office he’d be wise to spend what remains of his term doing some real heroic work. Editor’s Note: Dawn Ruth is on the faculty at Nunez Community College.

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HEALTH

Snooze Control Sleep disorders and health

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B Y B R O B S O N L U T Z , M.D. don ’ t need a sleep study to diagnose a sleep

When someone tells me that they need a sleeping pill every night to get to sleep, my concern rises. A person can become dependent on the hypnotic activity of sleeping medication, and their sleep quality suffers from a lack of restorative sleep. Such folks may pass the night in a drug-induced state, but they often never awake fully refreshed. When nature calls during the night, persons under the influence of sleeping pills are more likely to fall and break bones. Longterm nightly medication to induce sleep is akin to white washing a termite-infested house. It is necessary to diagnose the cause of the sleep disorder before rational treatment can be addressed. Daytime inactivity seems related to increased insomnia in the elderly. Too many older adults take nightly sleeping medication, and these numbers have grown as pharmaceutical companies embraced direct consumer advertising. Each generation of sleeping pills is labeled as safer and more effective than earlier editions. Sleeping medications of today are less likely to be implicated in suicides and attempted suicides than the Nembutal and Seconal of yesteryear; however, there’s nothing safe about longterm nightly hypnotics. The occasional inability to fall asleep at night is at the very tip-top of the iceberg of sleep disorders. Severe sleep disorders, such as the classic fat, red-faced card player asleep at the poker table (Pickwickian syndrome) or the narcoleptic bus driver, are easy diagnostic pickings. But the majority of sleeping disorders are less obvious versions of obstructive sleep apnea. Most folks with obstructive sleep disorders have vague sleeping-related complaints. An early and common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea is fatigue. Other common complaints include insomnia, depression, excessive daytime drowsiness, snoring and a dry mouth upon awaking from breathing through an open one. When asked about snoring, the answer is often but not always “yes.” Other complaints related to sleep disorders include morning headaches, increased irritability, heartburn, obesity and difficult to control hypertension. Obstructive sleep apnea describes the abnormal breathing during sleep, causing a decrease in circulation of oxygen-rich blood. Persons suffering from sleep apnea may stop breathing hundreds of times a night, often for a minute or longer. The classic sign of complete cessation of breathing ending with a grunt and a deep breath only occurs in a minority

disorder. The diagnosis is in the history,” says Gregory Ferriss, the grandfather of sleep medicine in New Orleans. Ferriss became interested in sleep disorders as a neurologist and now limits his practice to that sub-specialty. His trademark is his listening and detailed history taking. One patient told me a visit to see Dr. Ferriss is like stepping back into a Norman Rockwell painting. Sleep complaints are common. Like most internists, hardly a day goes by that I don’t see someone with a sleep problem. Most sleep complaints center around the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep. But many sleep disorders aren’t so easily recognized. Insomnia, defined as a problem falling asleep or staying asleep, can be an occasional, recurrent event specific or longterm. My favorite therapeutic tool for treating occasional insomnia is a bottle of sleeping pills in the medicine cabinet. I say “in the medicine cabinet,” as the mere presence of a relief close at hand is often enough to tackle the fear of not going to sleep before an important event or trip. Next to insomnia, the most common sleep problem bringPoor sleepers have more: attention deficit disorders, fibromyalgia, ing patients to internists is being too sleepy during the day. fatigue, multiple sclerosis, memory impairment, depression, dyslexia, Other sleep problems handled by primary care physicians bipolar disorder and increased anxiety. Their hypertension and congestive include those related to working irregular hours and traveling heart failure are more difficult to control. They have a higher incidence of across time zones. Except for restless leg syndrome, sleep disstrokes, heart attacks and irregular heart rhythms. Their bones are more ruptive disorders, such as sleepwalking, nightmares and adult prone to osteoporosis. Diabetes and heartburn are more common. bed-wetting, are less common.

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of the persons with this disorder. Most at risk are overweight persons with large necks. In addition, A Louisiana State University student returned to his apartment from brunch one it’s a condition that accelerates with age, being Sunday morning to find his complex flooded with a SWAT Team. He was taken into uncommon in men less than 40 years old and in custody and charged with attempted robbery of a drugstore a few blocks from where women before menopause, as tissues in the back he lived; a crime he vehemently denied. They showed him the video surveillance tape. of the throat sag with age. There he was with a pistol stuck in his pajama bottoms. According to the drugstore Even mild cases of obstructive sleep apnea employees, he fled after they expressed bewilderment with his request to “give me all deserve attention as persons with sleep disoryour drugs.” The employees recognized him as a frequent customer, but it took several ders are at high risk for other significant health hours before the police could come up with a name. problems involving every major system, from the A local physician in his 30s received a telephone call from the emergency departbrain to the bones. Poor sleep quality is associment at Touro Infirmary one weekend morning asking how he was feeling and if his ated with increased markers of inflammations and treatment the night before had been satisfactory. He had no idea what they were talkabnormal hormonal shifts. The diverse medical ing about. He later called a friend who worked in the emergency department. Turns out problems associated or made worse by sleep disthat the physician patient had driven himself to the hospital telling the emergency room orders aren’t surprising when you consider that all staff that he was worried about his blood pressure. He registered as a patient, saw the organs and tissue systems need some down time ER physician and then drove himself home awaking a few hours later with no memory for rest (see box). of the nocturnal adventure. “Take my wife, take my dog, but please don’t take A physician on a trans-Atlantic trip took an Ambien to help him sleep as he crossed my CPAP machine,” a physician who now practices the great pond. He woke up two days later in a panic thinking he had slept through his out of town once told me. A CPAP machine keeps scheduled lecture. He called his host colleague who congratulated him on giving just floppy airways open with a small pressure head of a sterling lecture before he had the chance to apologize. He remembered nothing and airflow, thus the name: continuous positive airway was an early victim of Ambien amnesia. pressure. The early machines were bulky, loud and The LSU student and the physicians share a common link: Both took Ambien, a frehard to use. With proper instruction, training and quently prescribed hypnotic, on a regular basis. I believe the first report of amnesia assosupervision, most patients do adjust to CPAP and ciated with Ambien was published as a letter in a medical journal more than a decade ago. begin feeling much better in a couple of weeks. The resultant decrease in daytime fatigue and increase in weight loss give early and important positive feedback. and monitoring.” Dr. Ferriss continues, “In the past, we needed the “It is nice to be able to verify a diagnosis in a sleep lab with data technician to wake the patient up to test various pressure CPAP setsuch as whether the patient is sleeping on his or her side or back, tings, but now we have the AutoPAP. The AutoPAP systems today but sleep labs have gotten so expensive they are pricing themselves are so sensitive that they automatically adjust the machine pressure out of business. Now the trend is toward more home diagnosing to match the needed pressure without specific settings.”

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Sunstar Americas and RDH magazine have awarded LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry assistant professor Jennifer Hew a Sunstar/RDH Award of Distinction. Hew, a registered dental hygienist, is one of eight recipients nationally. At the LSUHSC School of Dentistry, Hew launched a program that integrates care

for special needs adults and children into the dental hygiene curriculum – the first of its kind in the nation. She also leads the Special Olympics Special Smiles Program, which provides comprehensive exams, X-rays, cleanings and instructions on dental hygiene at athletic events. Recipients of the awards, now in their 12th year, are nominated by colleagues for displaying drive, passion and experience.

Ochsner Health System recently received two national re-accreditations by the American College of Surgeons: a threeyear accreditation by the Commission on Cancer (COC) and a three-year full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) for its Lieselotte Tansey Breast Center. Accreditation by

the COC means a cancer program meets or exceeds 34 quality care standards, is evaluated every three years through a survey process and maintains high care standards. The Lieselotte Tansey Breast Center is the only NAPBC accredited breast cancer program in New Orleans. To receive NAPBC accreditation an institution must uphold certain standards in treatment, including proficiency in the areas of center leadership, clinical management, research, community outreach, professional education and quality improvement.

The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) awards grants to help families in need of financial assistance pay for their child’s health care treatments, services or equipment not covered, or not fully covered, by their commercial health insurance plans. Families of children 16 years old or younger who meet economic guidelines, reside in the

United States and have a commercial health insurance plan can receive up to $5,000 per grant. In 2012, UHCCF awarded more than 1,300 grants worth more than $4.1 million to families seeking treatments for medical conditions including cancer, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, diabetes, hearing loss, autism, cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, ADHD and cerebral palsy. Visit uhccf.org to apply or make donations to the fund. There is no application deadline. – LAUREN LABORDE

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Putting Students in the Director’s Chair The film industry is big business in New Orleans these days, bringing top directors, famous actors and big-budget productions to the city. But quietly, and well behind the scenes, more local students are developing their own skills in filmmaking and storytelling through some innovative new programs reaching into New Orleans public schools. “Film is a different way to express some of the issues, themes and concerns these students are experiencing in their lives,” says Luisa Dantas, a local filmmaker who guides one such program. “It’s a really exciting medium for them, a really engaging way for them to share their work and their experiences.” Dantas teaches a course at Tulane University called Place-Based Storytelling in New Orleans, which is supported with funding through the university’s New Orleans Center for the Gulf South. Tulane students produce short films about New Orleans, and as part of the “service-learning” component of the course they mentor younger students in an after-school media program at the Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School in the Tremé neighborhood and with 44

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Kids ReThink New Orleans Schools, a student-driven education group that works with an array of public schools across the city. Last year, these young students produced 22 films over two semesters, including one that has attracted national attention. Splitting the Treme, a mini-documentary from the Clark high school students about the Interstate 10/Claiborne Avenue corridor, won a national film contest from the Congress for the New Urbanism, a planning group that has been advocating for the highway overpass to be removed. The nonprofit New Orleans Video Access Center has been working with Dantas and Clark to develop an after-school video production club. The program resumes this fall, and it could grow from there, says NOVAC executive director Darcy McKinnon. “What I’d like is the opportunity to offer a full digital storytelling program to students, with photography, film production, having them make web sites for their videos — really a comprehensive digital media program for public schools,” McKinnon says. “They’re learning teamwork, they’re writing scripts, they’re learning the technical aspects and using technology to create their projects. It can help them wherever else they go in their careers.” – I an M c N u l ty

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CRIME FIGHTING “city for the ages.” “Public safety” – the first maxim of any government – is more of a goal here than a rule; more honored in the breach than in the observance. Since President Obama took office, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has been the focus of the most intensive reform effort in the history of the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ). The feds have undertaken a similar initiative with the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) system, which a court-recognized corrections expert recently described as “likely the worst large city jail in the United States.” Landrieu took office in May 2010 by asking for federal help to reform the NOPD and to end the city’s “culture of death and violence.” B

A City for the Ages The turmoil of prison reform B Y A LL E N J O H N S O N J R .

dam N ossiter , a reporter for T h e N e w Y or k T i m e s ,

once wrote that New Orleans is “a city fond of its own self-portrait.” It was an astute observation – revived by Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s recent State of the City address. Buoyed by glowing economic reports and the success of the Super Bowl, the mayor urged locals to begin working together for the city’s 300th anniversary celebration in 2018. “The goal,” Landrieu says, is to create a safe and prosperous

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Expressing sticker shock at millions of dollars in estimated costs to the city for reforming both the NOPD and OPP, Landrieu tried, unsuccessfully, to get out of his courtapproved deal with the feds to implement “constitutional policing” at the NOPD. The mayor then tried (and failed) to block a second federal plan, aimed at wresting control of OPP from violent prison predators. Landrieu feuded openly with Sheriff Marlin Gusman, accusing him of poorly managing his annual city funding allotment, which his administration under-estimated at $22.5 million, according to a June 6 audit by the city Inspector General which said the allocation topped $37.5 million in 2011. Gusman, a career politician and skilled bureaucratic infighter, disputed the OIG figures, blaming his ineffectiveness on inadequate city financing and a lack of new gulags. On June 6, U.S. District Judge Lance Africk approved a consent judgment between Gusman, the feds and civil rights attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center, representing juvenile and mentally ill inmates, who sued the sheriff. Africk, an appointee of President George W. Bush, who served as a chief prosecutor under local U.S. Attorney John Volz (1982’90) and Orleans Parish District Attorney Connick (’77-’80), ruled the prison reform plan is “the only way to overcome years of stagnation that have permitted OPP to remain an indelible stain on the community, and it will ensure that OPP inmates are treated in a manner that does not offend contemporary notions of human decency.” The plan also meets the standards of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, which Congress enacted to limit the courts’ involvement in prison reform to the CHERYL GERBER PHOTOGRAPH

constitutional minimum requirements needed to remedy federal rights violations, Africk wrote. The judge said a five-year federal investigation of the prison and a trial of the inmates’ suit obviated the need for change. (Jones v. Gusman, 12-1924) “The staggering level of violence at OPP is evidenced by the testimony of the experts and inmates, the number of investigated assaults, the high threshold required for such investigations, the records of hospital transports, and inmate grievances,” the judge wrote. “Experts opined that OPP poses ‘clear and present dangers’ of ‘life and death proportions’ with respect to suicide and inmate violence, and the risk of a tragic fire is unacceptable. Inmate escapes are not uncommon, and the prospect of armed inmates, whether outside or inside prison walls, is alarming. The evidence shows that OPP itself presents a public safety crisis, which endangers inmates, staff, and the community at large.” Jeffrey Schwartz, a 35-year veteran corrections expert who has evaluated approximately 300 prisons and jails, testified – “OPP is the worst jail I’ve ever seen.” Schwartz described, “extraordinary and horrific” conditions on a prison system “plagued” by “suicides and other in-custody deaths, rapes and other sexual assaults, stabbings and severe beatings.” The judge rejected the city’s opposition to the jail plan, saying it offered no constitutional alternative. He rejected arguments the plan would force the city to place the needs of prisoners above the public as “disingenuous.” “The court is well aware of New Orleans’ high homicide rate and budgetary constraints, but the evidence shows that violent crime is endemic within OPP as well,” the judge ruled. “OPP inmates, and particularly inmates with mental health issues, leave the facility more damaged, and perhaps more dangerous, than when they arrived.” Landrieu appeared in court to say he was “unwilling to sign” the OPP agreement. “The mayor advised the court that when he signed the NOPD consent decree, the city was unaware that it was facing additional, significant revenue requests in connection with the OPP litigation.” The mayor made a similar argument to U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, who denied the city’s request to vacate its consent decree with the feds to reform the NOPD. “The city’s argument that it had no knowledge of the potential cost ramifications for the OPP Consent Decree at the time it signed the NOPD consent decree is patently false,” Morgan wrote May 23. “At least as early as July 19, 2012, several days before the city signed the NOPD consent decree on July 24, ’12, the city was on notice that the sheriff intended to request ‘$22.5 million of ‘new’ estimated costs’ that would ‘bring the total budget for OPP to $45 million’ for 2013.” (United States v. City of New Orleans, No. 12-1924) Africk says he will provide a “rigorous examination” of the sheriff’s books and monitor the OPP reform plan to “minimize any indirect adverse effects on public safety.” Going forward, the mayor should insist reforms for NOPD’s paid details (a.k.a. the “aorta of corruption”) should be extended to sheriff’s deputies, whose first priority should be the prison. He also should amplify the outrage of the sheriff’s attorney who told Africk that rising health care costs has resulted, increasingly, in the “dumping” of the mentally ill at OPP and the housing of more disabled people in the nation’s jails and prisons than its psychiatric facilities. A city as good as the people of New Orleans needs both “constitutional incarceration” and constitutional policing. That is a “self-portrait” we’d like to see by 2018. myneworleans.com

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Oyster Shells for the Coast Whether they’re served on trays of ice or chargrilled, the shells from the oysters you have for dinner at select New Orleans restaurants may soon end up serving a new role along the Louisiana coast. This fall, the nonprofit Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is set to begin its Oyster Shell Recycling and Reef Restoration Program to funnel used shells from restaurants to local waterways, where they can help build up new oyster reefs or become material for coastal restoration projects. “Some restaurants have been recycling (shells) independently for years, but this is the first formal program of its kind in the state to return the shells to the environment where they can be beneficial,” says Hilary Collis, the coalition’s restoration program director. Shell Oil Co. (Yes, the name is ironic.) is funding the effort with a $1 million grant, and it will begin this fall as a pilot program involving two New Orleans restaurants: Drago’s Seafood Restaurant and Acme Oyster House. The restaurants will collect their used shells, which will be transported to a stockpile area in Plaquemines Parish to be “cured” through sun exposure and readied for eventual distribution back 48

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into the water. Oyster shells make ideal material for maintaining and expanding oyster beds, Collis says. That is good for oyster harvesters, and also for the coast, since healthy oyster reefs can help purify water and reduce the impact of storms. Similar programs are commonplace in other states but have been lacking in Louisiana, which leads the nation in oyster production and is responsible for consuming quite a lot of them, too. “Since Louisiana provides one-third of the nation’s oysters, it’s good to see that we’re finally starting a recycling program,” Collis says. “Everyone has wanted something like this to happen here, but it needed the impetus to really get it going and the new funding provided that spark.” While the program is starting relatively small, Collis believes it has the potential to grow across Louisiana. “The outpouring of support and interest from the restaurant community has been huge,” she says. “The restaurateurs realize that without a healthy coastline and without our oyster reefs a lot of what we have here just won’t be sustainable.” – I an M c N u l ty

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And now the performance season begins by Kathy Finn

city that has nurtured a centuries-

long relationship with its creative muse is bound to have a vibrant performing arts scene. So stages formal and informal throughout New Orleans regularly serve up both traditional and cutting-edge programs featuring high-quality dramatic and musical talent. Here is a look at some of the offerings on tap during the upcoming performance season. Be sure to check the venue websites for additional program listings and updated schedule details.

Drama, Musicals & Comedy

Saenger Theatre. The longawaited restoration of this beautiful downtown landmark is almost complete, and the venue known as the South’s grandest theater has announced a splashy re-opening lineup of music, comedy, Broadway shows and more. The season includes three shows with Jerry Seinfeld (Sept. 27-28); opening gala featuring Kristin Chenoweth (Oct. 5); A Prairie Home Companion starring Garrison Keillor (Oct. 12); The Book of Mormon (Oct. 15-27); Diana Ross in concert (Oct. 30); political pundit Bill Maher (Nov. 16); Ghost, the Musical (Nov. 19-24); blues guitar legend Joe Bonamassa (Nov. 26); and holiday performances by The Irish Tenors (Dec. 3) and Moscow Ballet (Dec. 26). Hot ticket: Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra perform the Abyssinian Mass on Oct. 13. Saenger Theatre, 1111 Canal St., 2870351, SaengerNola.com

Southern Repertory Theatre.

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ity that reflect the diversity of New Orleans. Producing Artistic Director Aimée Hayes promises abundant “passion, politics, sex and satire” this season as Southern Rep takes its show on the road, making stops on several stages around the city. The fall lineup of plays includes 33 Variations and Pride and Prejudice; a Tennessee Williams favorite, The Night of the Iguana, is slated in the spring. Hot ticket: Southern Rep will bring the world premiere of the comedy, The Totalitarians, to a local stage in early 2014. Check the website for dates, times and locations for all productions. Southern Repertory Theatre, 5226545, SouthernRep.com

Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré. The city’s oldest stage

returns after an extensive renovation with a diverse lineup just off Jackson Square in the French Quarter. On tap are: Hair, the ultimate rock musical (Nov. 8-23); Golda’s Balcony, the amazing story of Golda Meir (Jan. 24-Feb. 8); and Death of a Salesman, the famous play by Arthur Miller (May 9-24). Hot ticket: An unlikely subject for the stage soars

Jerry Seinfeld, Sept. 27-28

Dena Blizzard, Oct. 11-27

to unexpected heights in Lombardi, a look at the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers (Sept. 6-21). Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré, 616 St. Peter St., 522-2081, LePetitTheatre.com

Mid-City Theatre. In the heart of a vibrant neighborhood, this theater is fast becoming a hub for live stage entertainment including original drama, musical comedy and cabaret. Free parking is icing on the cake. The lineup

Wu Man, Jan. 31

includes Debauchery, the Soap Opera (Aug. 14); 6X6, six original plays by regional authors (Aug. 28). Hot ticket: The Golden Girls, the latest wacky take-off from Varla Jean Merman, Ricky Graham, Brian Peterson and Jack Long (Dec. 27-Jan. 12). Mid-City Theatre, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460, MidCityTheatre.com

Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts. Top talents

Gary Rucker and Kelly Fouchi have brought new life and

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high-powered entertainment to the stages of this riverside venue in Kenner. The new season includes 42nd Street (Sept. 13-28); Harvey (Nov. 1-16); and Annie (Dec. 6-22). Hot ticket: Under the Boardwalk, featuring hits from The Four Seasons, The Beach Boys and Motown, directed by Rich Arnold (Jan. 10-25). Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, 4687221, RivertownTheaters.com

World War II Museum, this stage offers both war-era entertainment and contemporary fare. Coming up are Big Band Hits of the 1930s and ’40s (Aug. 10, 17, 24, Sept. 7, 14); and Spirit of America, presented by the Victory Belles from the Great American Songbook (Wednesdays, Sept. 18-Oct. 16).

Burlesque (Nov. 7-Dec. 1); and Lightwire: A Very Electric Christmas (Dec. 12-22). Hot ticket: One Funny Mother – I’m Not Crazy! stars rising comedian Dena Blizzard in a hilarious look at an American woman’s daily life (Oct. 11-27). The Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., 5289569, TheJoyTheater.com

Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire, Oct. 4

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 801 N. Rampart St., 523-6530, LpoMusic.com

Jefferson Performing Arts Society. This organization

offers high-quality drama and musical theater, guided by Artistic Director Dennis Assaf. Coming this season: I Didn’t Know That! (Sept. 12-15), a lighthearted revue of oddities from the Guinness Book of World Records; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Oct. 18-Nov. 3); and Murder at Café Noir (Jan. 24-Feb. 9). Check the website for dates, times and locations of all productions. Hot ticket: Blueberry Hill (Sept. 20-Oct. 6), a homegrown jukebox musical by Butch Caire featuring the songs of Fats Domino, Irma Thomas, Ernie K-Doe and others. Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 885-2000, Jpas.org

Anthony Bean Community Theater. The development

of young talent is a priority of Artistic Director Anthony Bean, who pairs novices and professional actors in productions aimed to enlighten as they entertain. Coming up is August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Sept. 6-29) and Black Nativity, a Christmas gospel musical written by Langston Hughes (Dec. 6-22). Hot ticket: You Don’t Even Know Me, an original hip-hop musical drama written and directed by Anthony Bean (Nov. 1-24). Anthony Bean Community Theater, 1333 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-7529, AnthonyBeanTheater.com

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slated for this season include Strauss’ Don Quixote (Sept. 28); Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring pianist Benedetto Lupo (Oct. 24); a multimedia exploration of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde (Nov. 2) and a Britten centennial celebration featuring Karen Gomyo on violin. Hot ticket: Chinese New Year performance of Stravinsky’s Fireworks, with Wu Man on pipa (Jan. 31).

New Orleans Ballet Association. Once again the

Hot ticket: Thanks for the Memories, a recreation of Bob Hope’s all-star Pacific entertainment tour (weekends, Sept. 20-Oct. 13).

Stage Door Canteen at the National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 528-1943, NationalWW2Museum.org

The Joy Theatrical Series. A renovated historical landmark offers a new program series featuring popular and quirky productions. The schedule includes Beatlemania Now (Sept. 12-Oct. 6); Valentine’s

Opera, Symphony, Ballet Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The 23rd season of

the musician-managed orchestra brings a powerful lineup of compositions and soloists appearing in the orchestra’s classics series and special programs. Under the guidance of Music Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto, the orchestra is at home at the Mahalia Jackson Theater, but also “tours” to suburban locations in Kenner, Lakeview and the Northshore. The dozens of performances

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A number of other theaters and producing companies offer topnotch presentations of classics and original works around the city. For details, check these websites: Allways Lounge and Theater TheAllwaysLounge.com ArtSpot Productions ArtSpotProductions.org Cripple Creek Theatre Company CrippleCreekPlayers.org The Elm Theatre ElmTheatre.org Four Humours Theater FourHumoursTheater.org Goat in the Road Productions GoatInTheRoadProductions.org Mondo Bizarro MondoBizarro.org New Noise NewNoise.org The NOLA Project NolaProject.com Skin Horse Theater SkinHorseTheater.org

association has planned a season of performances by some of the world’s most exciting dance companies and artists. Programs at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts and other venues include the Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Oct. 4); India Jazz Suites, featuring Chitresh Das and Jason Samuels Smith (Nov. 8-10); and The Joffrey Ballet (March 29). Hot ticket: Diavolo Dance Theater performs to music by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (Jan. 25). New Orleans Ballet Association, Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 801 N. Rampart St., 522-0996, NobaDance.com

New Orleans Opera Association. Grand composi-

tions come alive in spectacular settings in the Mahalia Jackson Theater. Artistic Director Robert Lyall presents a season lineup that includes Marschner’s 19th-century masterpiece The Vampire (Oct. 11, 13); Britten’s Noah’s Flood (Nov. 15-17); and Puccini’s La Bohème (April 4, 6). Hot ticket: Massenet’s Cinderella, sung in French with English supertitles (Feb. 14, 16). New Orleans Opera Association, Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 801 N. Rampart St., 529-3000, NewOrleansOpera.org C HERYL GER B ER P HOTOGRA P H

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a gift indeed, particularly the inspired version of Billy Joel’s throbbing rock song of yesteryear, “River of Dreams.” Crawford – the grandson of “Jock-A-Mo” singer, the late Sugar Boy Crawford – with a long family background in church music, takes a feathery, slow-tempo turn at the piano and with his tender voice magnifies the lines of a salvation quest: “In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep From the mountains of faith To a river so deep I must be looking for something Something sacred I lost But the river is wide And it’s too hard to cross.” In a liner note booklet included in the Basin Street Records release, Crawford says he was swept along by the song when he first heard it as a teenager, that he couldn’t get “River of Dreams” out of his head. The words 54

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touched him (the same words that eluded this writer, who was pulled by the rocking tempo and surging chorus). In this cover song – an old term from the heyday of early rock ’n’ roll, when one artist does a version of another’s song – Crawford strips out the bam-bam chorus to let his own voice, more spare than Joel’s, roam with help from serene alto saxophone clouds provided by Donald Harrison Jr. The horn player works nimbly with Crawford on keyboard to give the melody a more meandering flow and opens up space for Crawford to sing about the spiritual journey. Other songs on My Gift to You register the skills of a jazz pianist and vocalist, doing what jazz has always done: refashioning pop standards, improvising something known into something new. As many times as I’ve heard James Taylor sing “Fire and Rain,” I was ready to be underwhelmed; but Crawford’s take has a sweetness and fresh nature, much like his approach to

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MEMOIR As a renowned land use expert, author and financial adviser, Peter M. Wolf has a long list of accomplishments in a lot of different places, but he has always considered New Orleans his home. In his memoir, My New Orleans, Gone Away, Wolf chronicles his life starting with his childhood days in Metairie and later explaining what it was like to come back to New Orleans soon after Hurricane Katrina.

CHILDREN Louisiana-based environmental educator Amy Griffin Ouchley helps kids learn about habitats and ecosystems in her book Swamper: Letters from a Louisiana Swamp Rabbit. The book follows Swamper, a rabbit who shares stores from his hollow log in a Louisiana swamp, through letters to the reader. The book offers questions and activities to help kids understand the key concepts, such as ecosystems and food chains.

JAZZ Harry Connick Jr., one of New Orleans’ most famous natives, released album No. 30 earlier this summer with Every Man Should Know. Some of the 12 original tracks stick with the smooth jazz style the three-time Grammy Award winner is famous for, while others are a variation on Connick’s signature sound. Local fans will appreciate that some of his famous New Orleanian friends, including Branford and Wynton Marsalis, helped out on the album. –Haley ADAMS

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“River of Dreams,” this time with a poetic trumpet solo from Nicholas Payton. Crawford showcases a refined keyboard talent on an instrumental version of the Allen Toussaint classic, “Southern Nights.” This one has none of the echo chamber effects in the original, rather an easy loping melody that manages to convey a surreal sense of sunshine. My Gift to You is a major shift from his 1995 breakout Rounder Records release, Let Them Talk, a tribute to the rhythm and blues era of his grandpa. Sugar Boy was riding high with the Cane Cutters in ’63 when he suffered brain damage after a beating by cops in Monroe who arrested the band and beat the singer in an alleged response to civil rights demonstrations of the time. The band was going to a gig. Never the same, Sugar Boy soldiered on as a gospel singer, and died last year. On that album, released when he was 20, Crawford gave a slow-drag piano to “Still in Love,” a ballad by Doc Pomus that bluesman Johnny Adams recorded most memorably. In that cut one hears now the shape of things to come. He used veteran gospel artist, the late Sammy Berfect, on a Hammond B-3 organ to give the song a rocking-thechoirs gospel style. The contrast with Johnny Adams is striking. Adams sang with the deep heart of a bluesman, moaning for that woman who was gone, “still ... in love ... with youuuu!” Crawford rolls it out like a rock singer: “I’m still in love with you, oh-yes I am, yes-I-am!” One man’s blues is another man’s jump. Davell Crawford moved to New York years ago, where he found steady work at private events. Having an economic base gives a musician a certain freedom to explore without the pressure of constantly gigging on the club circuit. He has returned

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to New Orleans periodically over the years. He also works with a mass choir, the Davell Crawford Singers. He took the group to Switzerland in 2007 and performed with them several times at the gospel tent during Jazz Fest this year. The studio sessions that culminated in My Gift to You also advanced his own lyrics. “I am the Creole man,” he sings on “Creole Man,” the first cut, “I come from foreign lands to spread the news.” This summer Crawford was back in New Orleans for a string of Tuesday nights at Snug Harbor using a jazz ensemble back up, singing tunes from My Gift to You and others from Ray Charles to Professor Longhair. His next venture for Basin Street will be Piano in the Vaults, a gathering of pieces he recorded over many years. “A lot of it is from the New Orleans songbook,” he remarked in a phone interview from New York as we went to press. “‘Blueberry Hill,’ ‘Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans’... ‘A Song for James’ in honor of Booker and ‘Basin Street Blues.’” It pays tribute to everyone who has played black and white keys, and roots music as a whole.” Correction: Scholar S. Frederick Starr, author of Bamboula! The Life and Times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, responding to the June column on the banjo, states that Gottschalk didn’t hear Congo Square rhythms as a child. Rather, as he writes in the biography, the family lived near the square only briefly when he was 2; however Gottschalk had a grandmother and a nurse, both from the island of Saint-Domingue. From them, “he was exposed to these [island] songs from earliest childhood,” as Starr writes in the book. “His sisters sang them and he learned to play them on the piano.” We regret the error.

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The Shows That Showed Rick Delaup is bringing back burlesque BY G E O R G E G U R TN E R

ay back when, during the late 1950s and

early ’60s, there were those all too infrequent nighttime forays through the French Quarter when you were curled up in the back seat of the family car, heading for chocolate milk and beignets at the French Market. What your dad and mom and your geeky sister sitting next to you didn’t fully realize at the time was that rather than chocolate milk and beignets, your interests were strictly focused on the “fringe benefits” of that slow, bumper-tobumper crawl down Bourbon Street, with you panting and slobbering all over the window. “Here she is folks, Rita Alexander, the Champagne Girl, right here only at the Sho-Bar,” Bennie the Barker would yell and you’d swear his invitation was directed right at you personally, all 13 years old, 110 acne-faced pounds of you. You would roll down the window and crane your neck until Bennie closed the door and gave you a sardonic grin and a “gotcha” thumbs up. No matter how much you pounded on your dad’s shoulder and begged him to “Go around the block,” all you got was that beady-eyed look back at you in the rearview mirror. Of course, the old man knew. In fact, you’d swear he and Bennie the Barker were in cahoots. A little something to move you along your rite of passage. But hey! There was always Linda Brigette down the street at the 500 Club and Jezebel and Kalatan, eyes-on lessons in human form that you’d never find in a Grey’s Anatomy textbook. And, forever more, chocolate milk and beignets would remain a pale consolation prize – and, sadly, only a memory. The Champagne Girl, Linda Brigette and all the other young ladies who were

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living, breathing bumpin’ and grindin’ quick memory passages in the pre-pubescent heebie-jeebies of many a young man have long since passed on. So, too, for the most part, have the strip joints on Bourbon Street, gone the way of long-vanished District Attorney Jim Garrison, who vowed back in the 1960s to, “clean up Bourbon Street” by arresting seemingly everybody in sight. Since then, there have been less salacious offerings each year, since for the folks from foreign soil must be content to park their SUVs and walk the boulevard of sin, mostly past daiquiri bars, T-shirt and poster shops and “Gentlemen’s Clubs.” “Hell,” said ‘Herky Jerky’ Herkenheimer from the Irish Channel, “The only time you see any real skin on Bourbon Street is on Mardi Gras night when some polluted frat boy from Purdue yells up to some equally soused chick on a balcony, ‘Hey show us your …” Well, you know the drill by now. “And that’s a real shame,” says Rick Delaup, a West Bank native in his mid-40s who long ago decided to revive at least the memories, if not the careers, of some of the strip queens of yesteryear. “I didn’t know about the French Quarter or what F RANK M ETHE P HOTOGRA P H

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Bourbon Street was like back in the (19)50s. One day, a friend of mine who grew up down there told me about it. His father was an emcee on Bourbon.” He continues, “The more he told me and the more photos I saw, the more interested I became. At the time, I was doing freelance video, commercials, documentaries, things like that. But then I got the idea to do a documentary about that era (on Bourbon Street). I was contacting the former strippers and videotaping the interviews I was doing with them. But it was hard getting funding and trying to make a living at it. It was an ongoing project. It was tough, so I started the actual production of live stage shows. Burlesque.” Delaup is sitting at a table at the House of Blues. He is well into a plate of cheese fries and looking for all the world like the kid you used to pay to do your math homework in junior high. You can hear the wheels turning in the head of the guy next to him: “Did he say he was born in 1967? Let’s see that would make him … hmmmm, mid-40s? Yeah, that’s about right.” All of which may be the greatest cover in the world for a guy who invented “Bust Out Burlesque,” a classy skin show he puts on at the House of Blues monthly and another invention, the New Orleans Burlesque Festival, which has played Las Vegas. Locally, Delaup is readying the Festival for the fifth time in September at Harrah’s Casino. And, if Delaup’s passions are the two increasingly popular burlesque extravaganzas he produces, he heart still beats strongest for those women hidden away on tape, the former queens of Bourbon Street bump ’n’ grind who made the words “Bourbon Street” familiar in households all over the world. “Some of them were successful after they left ‘the street,’” Delaup says. “Some of them sad and tragic. Kalatan was probably the most successful in that she married a sheriff. Linda Brigette;

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that’s a tragic story. In the end, she was homeless. I can imagine back then and even today a lot of girls who strip and make money with their youth and beauty don’t have much of a plan. They don’t even think about the future.” He continues, “Many still think and act like they did when they were 20 years old. Take Bambi Jones. She was dancing in the late 1940s and today she lives in Las Vegas. She can still perform, and did last year. She spends the whole weekend partying. During the day she goes into Coyote Ugly and really cuts up – all day and all night. And, she’s 80 something years old. There’s no stopping her.” Delaup says the real tragedy of it all, however, is Bourbon Street itself. And that, he says, is his goal: to revitalize the strip and bring it back to world recognition where the mere mention of the name “Bourbon Street” would turn heads. There is still stripping on Bourbon Street, at gentlemen’s clubs and such, but there’s less tease. The dance has changed. “Back then … back when the strippers were the queens of Bourbon Street, it all meant something,” Delaup says. “People came to New Orleans just to go to the clubs, just to see the strippers. Guys had their favorites. Even the emcees were big names. We actually had Shecky Green working the street at one time. Everything was locally owned.” He continues, “Today, the people with money who own the clubs and other businesses, they’re not from here. They don’t have the feeling for New Orleans that locals have. It means something to us. It means everything. I think bringing the girls back would be a good way to start getting all that back.” A young girl in a less than modest skirt slithers past Delaup’s table at The House of Blues, just as the burlesque impresario is polishing off his last cheese fry. Nothing is lost on him. You just know he’s thinking, “Now, she could just play a major role in bringing back Bourbon Street.”

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n August, everybody should wear

just muumuus – and that’s it. Well, maybe underpants, in case a stiff wind whips up or we step on a sidewalk grate like Marilyn Monroe. But nothing else; it’s too hot. My mother-in-law, Ms. Larda, says if I’m complaining now, I should’ve grown up before air conditioning. She says that also happened to be the Golden Age of Underclothes, when all the underclothes tycoons amassed their fortunes. Not only did ladies wear bras, but they also wriggled themselves into girdles and slips and garter belts (which held up their stockings until somebody invented panty hose). She says they bought it all in the “foundations” departments of Maison Blanche or Holmes’ or Krauss’. They didn’t mean “foundation” as in a brick house, but as in the foundation of your fashionable outfit, she says. The support beam of your foundation – your load-bearing wall – was your girdle, which you would not leave the house without, because somebody might notice that you jiggled. The girdle made use of the principle of squooshing to rearrange your fat from where people could see it – on your stomach or your backside – to where they couldn’t – up under your bra, which in those days, was covered by a blouse that bloused instead of a clingy T-shirt. Finally, everybody had had enough, and young girls started setting their bras on fire. They took them off first, of course, and held them on a stick over a fire, like marshmallows, and got their pictures in the papers. Ms. Larda says she remembers exactly which of her friends did that, back in the day, because now they got very low-slung bosoms. But there was no stopping the underwear revolution. Pretty soon everybody trashed their girdles, slipped out of their slips and ripped off their panty hose. And finally everybody was comfortable, even if they did bulge out a little here and there, Ms. Larda says. But it was too good to last. Girdles have snuck back. They got a new name: shapewear. I am looking at a magazine at the beauty salon and I see the ads: Spanx, Miraclesuit, Not Your Grandmother’s Girdle. They all do what your grandmother’s girdle did: squoosh your fat. But there are some that do more. There is the “Leonisa Magic Benefit Derrière Enhancing Panty.” For true. That is the real name. And I want one. I got to explain. I am so skinny, I never needed no shapewear. Give me a padded bra and I’m good to go. I used to feel kind of smug about that. Then my gentleman friend Lust bought me some gorgeous leopard-skin pants, kind of tight. He wants me to wear them to a salsa party they’re going to have in his bar, the Sloth Lounge. I don’t know why I got to wear special pants to eat chip dip, but I get out the pants and try them on in front of the mirror. They look great in front. Then I twist around for a back view and I see the seat of these pants is hanging loose. I ask my daughter Gladiola about it, and she hems and haws, and finally says I had a very nice shape except around back where I don’t got enough for these pants. 62

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So maybe I need enhancing panties. Or even “Booty Pops,” which actually got pads back there, according to their ad. I made the mistake of telling Ms. Larda about them, and she says why pay good money? She sews for a living, and this might be her chance to start a whole new product line: Gunch Buns. The next week, she presents me with her Gunch Buns. She stuffed them with some Dr. Scholl’s gel pads to get that natural feel, and somehow she got them shaped like buns. No need for a special panty – just position them in the seat of your leopard-skin pants and they’ll perk it right up, she says. Well, they do. Plus the pants are tight enough to hold them in place. They even feel good when I sit down – kind of bouncy. Lust smiles all over his face when I strut in wearing my new pants, and he gives my buns a little pat. I don’t see no chip dip, but the music is real lively so we start dancing, and even though we don’t know the exact moves we just do what everybody is doing until we get the hang of it. Finally we take a little break and sit down. And I realize I don’t feel no bounce. I try to feel around discretely, sliding my hands under me, but I wiggle around so much that Lust asks me if I’m all right. I ain’t about to tell him I can’t find my buns with both hands. I excuse myself to the restroom. Since I don’t know where my backside is, exactly, I got to sidle along with my back to the wall. I smile and give Lust a little fingerwave as I back through the door. Very romantic. I immediately see the problem in the mirror. The pant legs were too tight to let my buns slither down while I danced, so they scooched up my back. I now look like the hunchback of Notre Dame. What saves me is my pashmina – that big scarf that you can wear like a shawl. I stuff one into my purse whenever I go out in case I get cold. So I shove my buns down where they belong, then tie this scarf real tight around my waist, and let it drape down in back in case my buns decide to go wandering off again. Like Lust says, that’s one way to cover your assets. When I get home, I find that magazine and send off for the Leonisa Magic Benefit Derrière Enhancing Panty. Some things you should leave to the professionals. LORI O S IE C KI ILLU S TRATION

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Moms in the Kitchen BY E V E K i dd C r a w ford

here are plenty of things I’m not any good at.

Volleyball. Singing. Financial planning. One thing I am excellent at, though, is finding silly things to worry about. And so it was that I woke up at about 3 a.m. the other night to feed the baby and suddenly I got all worried that I wasn’t creating enough food memories for my daughters. People have all of these cherished notions, it seemed to me, of Mom’s Beef Stew or Granny’s Pot Pie – and I hardly cook anything anymore, so what will my girls remember? Mom’s Famous Pizza Lunchable? Mom’s Campbell’s Soup? Mom’s Five Happiness Delivery? The home-cooked meals they remember will all be cooked by my husband, as he’s the one who makes 95 percent of our food. I know it sounds crazy to complain that my husband cooks too much – I know this because every time I complain to other women, they all immediately offer to trade places with me. But I used to love cooking, and now I hardly ever do it. When my husband and I first started dating, I was too nervous to cook for him. “You’re a food writer,” I said. “You find things to criticize at John Besh restaurants. There is no way I’m making dinner for you. I’m too out of practice.” There was a time, once, pre-kids and pre-job, when I actually was a really talented and enthusiastic cook. I made things that took days to prep and used every pot, pan and utensil in the kitchen. I gave multi-course dinner parties, owned a kitchen torch to make crème brulée and baked a loaf of fresh bread almost every day. And then I got a 9-to-5 job, and then I had a kid, and my standards dropped along with my energy level. I went from scouring the Internet for recipes that called for homemade hazelnut pesto to dumping a jar of store-bought salsa over some raw chicken breasts and shoving the whole thing in the oven for 45 minutes while I frantically picked up toys and washed bottles. I started relying on make-ahead casseroles and rejecting out-of-hand anything that wasn’t a one-pot meal. Every so often, I would miss my old self, but then I would usually just fall asleep. By the time Ruby was 3, I had pretty much forgotten that non-convenience food existed. I was a sad, tired single working mom living in a third-floor apartment with a tiny kitchen, and we lived on fruit, English muffins, milk, cold sandwiches, Kid Cuisines and whatever impulse buys Ruby managed to talk me into at the store. Because I lived on the third floor, I never bought more than a few bags of groceries at a time, and although I had my own car and didn’t live in a “food desert,” I still found the entire process of shopping, unloading and preparing food just utterly overwhelming. The fact that I had once been the kind of person with homemade chicken stock in the freezer and an herb garden right 64

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outside my back door just served to further depress me. (Oh, ice cream! Mentioning depression made me remember that in addition to aforementioned foods, we always had ice cream on hand. We still do, actually.) When Robert and I moved in together, we had a plan to split the cooking, but then I went and got pregnant, and morning sickness knocked me on my ass to the point that I couldn’t even look at food without puking, let alone cook it. By the time I felt better, it was just established as household law that Robert did the cooking and the dishes, and I did the laundry. It is fine. It works for us. Yes, every so often I’ll make a meatloaf or a pot of gumbo, and every so often he’ll do a load of shirts, but in general he handles the kitchen, and I handle the laundry, and that works out just fine. And yet here I was, up at 3 a.m., worrying that Ruby and Georgia would go off to college and tell their friends that their mother didn’t cook; that they would try to re-create Robert’s spaghetti and meatballs, not mine. Gender roles are so insidious – I generally feel very much like a strong, modern, feminist woman, but even though I want my daughters to be proud that I work hard at my profession, I also can’t stand the notion that I’m falling down on the “traditional mom” part of the job. It is even harder because cooking used to be such a crucial part of my identity, and now it just isn’t that important to me. I would rather be playing with my kids. Around 3:45, I finally decided to cut myself some slack. The kids are happy, healthy and wellnourished, no matter who’s cooking the dinner (and Georgia is still nursing, so I’m still cooking her dinner, in effect). I hope that when they go off to college they’ll have better things to brag about than my potato salad or my beef stroganoff. I hope they remember eating dinner together and not who cooked it. I hope that they call me for comfort and advice, not recipes. And I hope they always remember the value of keeping the freezer stocked with ice cream. Excerpted from Eve Kidd Crawford’s blog, Joie d’Eve, which appears each Friday on MyNewOrleans.com. For comments: Info@NewOrleansMagazine.com.

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Jesuit High School students, 1967

Reading, Writing and Uniforms Outfitting New Orleans students BY C A R O LYN K O LB

any New Orleanians went through their

school days dressed exactly like all their classmates. School uniforms have always prompted a mixed reaction. “A horrible beige blouse, with a skirt and a jacket – all shades of brown. And brown shoes!” M.I. Scoggin wasn’t fond of her uniform at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, but, like many school-aged New Orleanians, she wore it every weekday. “We were spiffy at the beginning of the year, but by the end the elbows were worn out on the jackets.”

The Shoe Must Go On

Every New Orleanian wearing a school uniform needs proper shoes. On Sept. 16, 1927, The TimesPicayune ran an ad with the headline “Give them the Advantage of Going Back to School in Haase’s Shoes.” Haase’s, first opened in ’21, is still operating at 8119 Oak St., and is still owned by descendants of the founder, the latest of whom is Judy Caliva. Special shoes are required at Catholic schools, and at some private and public schools as well. “Saddle oxfords for girls, leather shoes for boys, are pretty indestructible,” Caliva says. “High school kids will often try to make one pair last four years!” 66

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Scoggin, like her friends, was prepared for afterschool changes. “In your locker you had other shoes, and lipstick – which of course you weren’t allowed to wear in school. Some girls would even put their hair up in curlers before we went down to Katz & Besthoff where the boys were!” Uniforms are still required, but styles can change. More recent Sacred Heart student Phoebe Derbes admits that she didn’t mind wearing a white top and plaid skirt uniform. “Oxford shirts were always tucked in, but you could wear the polo shirt untucked.” An added bonus: “You could wear pants instead of skirts if it was a ‘free dress’ day.” Doris Ann Gorman recalled her days at Mount Carmel Academy. “At that time we wore brown crepe pleated skirts – the kind that were sewed down to the beginning of your hip.” There was a problem. “Every time it rained the skirt would shrink. It was especially bad because I used to catch the bus on the corner of City Park Avenue and Canal Boulevard, and the St. Aloysius and Jesuit boys would be at that bus stop.” Eventually a solution was found. “My mother made a brown cotton slip to wear under my skirt, F r a n k M e t h e / C l a r i o n H e r a l d P h o t o g r a p h , TO P

and the other girls’ mothers did the same,” Gorman says. The complete ensemble had the brown skirt, a white cotton blouse with a Peter Pan collar and “a little Mount Carmel emblem we could pin on our pockets.” For the rest of the outfit “we wore a beanie, and Eisenhower jackets.” And then, there were the shoes. “There was a man who came to your house and fitted you for those awful oxford shoes. They cost so much that my dad was the one who polished them!” Gorman says. For the fortunate girls whose schools had no uniforms, shopping for school was still a necessity. Scoggin, as a teenager, served during the summer on the D. H. Holmes “College Board,” modeling suitable styles for high school and beginning college students. “We would stand on the second floor and point things out. All the merchandise was geared to young ladies – you wouldn’t say ‘girls.’” Helen Wisdom, who attended Louise S. McGehee School before uniforms were required, would’ve been an ideal customer. “I got a clothes allowance of $35 a month,” she explains. “Prior to that my mother bought my clothes and I had no say in it at all. With the allowance, I couldn’t buy a whole lot, but I could buy what I liked.” One bygone destination for school shopping was The Broadmoor Kiddie Shop, owned by sisters Anna and Julie Rault from the 1920s to ’85. The Raults stocked school uniforms and dressed generations of New Orleanians for their first communion. Another past uniform shopping spot was the Jo-Ann Shop at 1526 Dryades St., which was also briefly located on Severn Avenue in Metairie before owner Irving Gerson closed it. Gerson’s niece, Lynnda Gerson explains that her uncle wanted the shop for boys and girls to have both reflected in the name: “’Jo’ for the boys and ‘Ann’ for the girls.” The Jo-Ann Shop stocked school uniforms “navy skirts and white blouses for the girls, khaki pants for the boys,” but also specialized in clothing for larger-sized kids: “chubette for the girls and husky for the boys,” Gerson says. Peter Derbes as a Jesuit High School student first went to Southern Tailoring Company on Tchoupitoulas Street for his khaki school uniform. “Our second year, we could join the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, and we had governmentissued uniforms.” Jesuit’s JROTC dress uniforms occasionally did double-duty. Marc Belloni, who was active in theater during his years as a Jesuit student and later taught in the school’s theater department, recalls that the annually recycled dress uniforms “were used for the soldiers when we did Evita.” New Orleans Academy students’ army-style uniforms were part of their education. A military school, NOA (as it was known), lasted from 1913 to ’86, moving from Uptown on Carondelet Street to the former location of the Lakewood Country Club. Pierre de La Barre was in the lower grades when he started at NOA. “We went to Terry & Juden (a men’s clothing store on Carondelet Street downtown) to get my uniforms. They were all khaki, a shirt and pants, and we wore a little folding khaki fatigue cap and a black tie.” Everyone at NOA took military attire seriously. The principal of the school at that time was Clovis E. LaPrairie. “Every Armistice Day he would come to school in his World War I uniform,” de La Barre remembers. Ellis Schexnayder attended De La Salle High School, where uniforms weren’t required. However, Schexnayder finally got serious uniform experience at Loyola University when he joined the Pershing Rifles of the ROTC. “I was proud of being in that group. I remember the uniform, and shining my shoes,” Schexnayder says. “There was a certain pleasure in that, you know?” myneworleans.com

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Hideaway Above the Square The Bradys’ home away from home melds glamour and drama. BY B O NNI E WA R R E N

p h o t ogr a p h ed b y cH E R YL G E R B E R

alk into Joyce and Timothy “Tim” Brady’s

glamorous New Orleans hideaway and be prepared to be impressed. Located in a grand building overlooking Lafayette Square on St. Charles Street, the Bradys’ home away from home is a marvel of contemporary design. “I wanted the furnishing to be glamorous, exciting and unexpected,” says Joyce, as she sits on a chaise lounge in front of a wall of windows that offer an unobstructed view of New Orleans. She definitely got what she wanted and the words “glamorous,” “exciting” and “unexpected” describe the space that’s a study in white with plush furnishings. A circa 1738 map of Paris completely covers one wall in the living room and

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Above: A circa 1738 map of Paris has a place of honor above the couch in the living room; Dionne Bloemer Coulon and Erica Larkin Gaudet collaborated on the design of the glamorous Parisian pied-à-terre-like space. Facing page, top: The Brady’s glamorous setting lends itself to sipping champagne and eating grapes. Middle: A selection of fine champagnes dresses the eggshell-colored, 1970s Italian acrylic lacquered bar in the dining room. Bottom: Margaux, the cat, was named for fine Chateau Margaux wine and enjoys her perch on the natural white fox throw.

adds a dramatic flair to the interior design that was a collaboration between Dionne Bloemer Coulon and Erica Larkin Gaudet. “The map immediately gave the space the Parisian pied-à-terre feeling I wanted,” Joyce says. “We enjoyed working with Dionne and Erica and we were always on the same page with each other. I love everything they did, especially the way they mixed vintage, modern and antiques. ” Bleached and whitewashed red oak wood plank flooring was used in the living area of the condo, with a lush white rug defining the seating area. The 1940 vintage chaise lounge has a natural white fox throw draped across it for yet another touch of glamour to the space.

Dionne and Erica are both especially proud of the custom curved banquettes that they designed to provide maximize seating in the dining area. The curved elliptical glass tabletop between the banquettes rests on a 1970s skyscraper design acrylic base. One of Joyce’s favorite things in the house is the altar in the front hallway made for them by Mitchell Gaudet, owner of Studio Inferno in Bywater. “I always feel special walking into the front door and seeing the altar,” she says. It is easy to see why Tim’s first words when he walked into the condo two years ago were, “I’m going to buy this place. It’s perfect for our family.” The president and CEO of Force Power Systems, LLC in Houma, says, “We instantly knew we would enjoy having a quiet retreat that’s close to good restaurants, across from Lafayette Square and on the Mardi Gras parade route.” “I love hearing the bells from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church ring while we’re walking to Mass,” Joyce says. “And I never get tired of the sound of the streetcars down below.” 70

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This page, top left: Tim’s collection of walk sticks is displayed on wall of the hallway. Joyce and Tim Brady on the balcony of their St. Charles Avenue condo. Above right: Dionne and Erica designed the pair of leather banquettes to maximize seating in the dining room. A curved elliptical glass tabletop between the banquette rests on a 1970s skyscraper design acrylic base. Facing page, top left: Joyce checks out the 1930s French art deco vanity in the master bedroom. Top right: Mitchell Gaudet of Studio Inferno in Bywater crafted the special altar called “votive offering” in the hallway, made from an antique votive offering stand from an old church with cast glass hands extending upward, fixed with wax in each votive candle holder. Bottom: Erica and Dionne designed the custom king-sized bed in the master bedroom and had it covered in gray velvet.

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Reaching New Scales PAGE 74 A wood-burning grill encapsulates the concept of Pêche, which was born out of a pair of trips that partners Donald Link, Stephen Stryjewski and Ryan Prewitt, right, took to Uruguay and Spain.

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Reaching New Scales Fish dishes of a different kind By Jay Forman

reat seafoo d has ne v er b een har d to f i n d

around here, but an argument could be made for a certain lack of inspiration in the way many places prepare it. However, a new wave of seafood establishments have come onto the scene offering a different take on what can be done with the daily catch. They approach the same ingredients with a fresh perspective – and the results are rewarding. Pêche, the seafood-centric offering from the Link Restaurant Group, is one of the year’s more anticipated openings. In terms of design it shares more DNA with Cochon than Herbsaint, offering a dining room defined by floor-to-ceiling windows and exposed wooden beams, creating a feel that’s simultaneously contemporary and rustic. And like Cochon, the menu puts the focus on small plates, snacks and sides. But it’s the beast of a wood-burning grill, a custombuilt iron and brick rig in the back that serves as the real engine of Pêche and is its most defining feature. That grill encapsulates the concept of Pêche, which was born out of a pair of trips that partners Donald Link, Stephen Stryjewski and Ryan Prewitt took to Uruguay and Spain. Impressed by the open-fire cooking techniques they encountered, the team set out to design a new kind of seafood restaurant. “We didn’t want to be a traditional old-line New Orleans seafood restaurant because there are plenty of those already,” says Prewitt, who heads up the kitchen as Pêche’s chef. “We wanted it to be a seafood restaurant heavily focused on Louisiana and the Gulf Coast that could take advantage of our grill and the techniques we’ve learned along the way. Our menu isn’t simple but also it isn’t over the top. It is fairly straightforward, friendly food with a new

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approach to local seafood.” The whole roasted fish quickly emerged as a surprise signature dish. (“Donald, Stephen and I never expected to be selling this many whole fish,” Prewitt says). He sources them from an array of purveyors, and typically seeks fish from 2 to 3 pounds, though larger fish are often available and diners can call in advance if they’re looking for something specific for a more dramatic tableside presentation. One recent visit served up a whole mangrove snapper that was scored before cooking to allow the meat to cook evenly and provide an entry point for the fork to rake the meat off the bones. The skin was crispy, the meat moist and a scattering of pickled onion and coarse salt atop it made it pop. Other popular dishes include the Royal Reds, a striking, intensely briny deep-water shrimp with a distinctively buttery texture. Uptown on Magazine Street is Basin Seafood & Spirits, born of a partnership between local fishing guide Thomas Peters and chef Edgar Caro (also of Baru Bistro & Tapas) and Antonio Mata. A mutual friend happened to take Caro fishing with Peters, and Caro made an impression when he made a JEFFERY JOHNSTON PHOTOGRAPHS

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On the Hook ceviche on the boat with a red snapPêche per they had just caught. “It was one 800 Magazine St. of the best things I’d ever put in my 522-1744 mouth,” Peters recalls. PecheRestaurant.com “We generally have a lighter and Lunch and dinner Mondays simpler approach to seafood,” says through Saturdays Peters, who grew up fishing out of Venice, where his brother still runs Basin Seafood & Spirits a charter business. The menu makes 3222 Magazine St. an effort to get away from the ubiq302-7391 uitous fried platters offered around BasinSeafoodNola.com town. Like Pêche, Basin offers whole Lunch and dinner Tuesdays grilled fish (recently mangrove snapthrough Sundays per as well) and that’s a recomKingfish mended dish. “With the whole fish, 337 Chartres St. you get all the tasty parts that you 598-5005 don’t get from the fillet,” Peters says. KingfishNewOrleans.com “Also, cooking it whole keeps everyLunch daily, dinner Mondays thing intact. It traps all the good through Saturdays flavors inside the fish, where with a filet some of that escapes.” Start with crawfish beignets, light and airy and served with a white rémoulade sauce. The charbroiled oysters are done in the style that Peters grew up with at his fishing camp – more poached them broiled so they maintain the essence of their natural oyster liquor. The smoked snapper dip with grilled ciabatta makes for good sharing. Going into late summer expect to see mahi mahi and cobia, along with Peters’ personal favorite, tripletail. Down the line he’s considering adding a brunch service with interesting takes on local dishes, including a snapper cheek Benedict. Following the drama at his attempts to reopen Gabrielle Uptown, chef Greg Sonnier is now ensconced as executive chef at Kingfish in the French Quarter, which opened in April. “I liked what the owners (Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts) were looking to do – no white tablecloths and a casual feel but with food that comes up to the level of fine dining,” Sonnier says of his new digs. Fans of Gabrielle will find a lot to like on the menu, which showcases a more eclectic side of Sonnier. “I wanted to take some dishes that I thought reflected New Orleans in some capacity, but then modernize them,” Sonnier says. While not predominately focused on seafood, Kingfish does feature it heavily. Its signature dish is “Every Man a Kingfish,” which showcases a fillet of pompano cooked atop of a block of Himalayan salt and served with lemons, roasted pecan butter and red onion marmalade. It makes for a striking presentation. In August, look for Sonnier to back off a bit on the oysters and put forward some more unusual dishes for our area such as lobster Thermidor, made with small “chick” lobsters between 1 and 1.25 pounds. For lighter fare, Creole tomatoes look to be paired with Vidalia onions and broiled Gulf fish, making for a cooler summertime-type dish. Sink or Swim While Charlie’s Seafood in Harahan has closed, fans of Frank Brigtsen’s former casual seafood shack will be glad to hear he plans to run some of its old dishes at his flagship restaurant Brigtsen’s in the Riverbend neighborhood Uptown. So the Unfried Seafood Platter hasn’t gone away, it has just relocated. The excellent (and often overlooked by locals) GW Fins in the French Quarter is also offering a $35 three-course dinner through the end of August. myneworleans.com

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Cool Discoveries B Y RO B E R T P E Y T ON

t seems l i ke a long t i me ago , b ut i t was

truly only in June when I recall people complaining about the unseasonably cool temperatures. It was only a few people, and they were quickly silenced by glares from the rest of us, but now that we’re well settled into the heat, I wonder what they’re thinking? Because it’s around this time every year that I start anticipating the upcoming “fall” holidays, when I’ll be wearing shorts and a T-shirt to take my kids trick or treating, and almost certainly the same when we sit down to turkey on Thanksgiving. It is a long, slow time in New Orleans, but if there’s any benefit, remember that this is also a slow season for restaurants, and many of them have specials designed to bring locals in the door. Take advantage of those specials, people, and get out of the house. You can at least be sure a restaurant will have air conditioning; some of them are cold enough that you might want to bring a wrap.

For decades the CBD has been a place where New Orleanians came to work, but recent re-development of several former office buildings into condominiums means that’s changing. The influx of people calling downtown home means that there are a lot of folks down there who need services we take for granted in the more traditional residential areas of the city. It isn’t likely we’ll see a gas station pop up on the river side of Loyola Avenue, between Canal and Poydras streets any time soon, but Cleo’s (165 University Place) provides at least one suburban talisman – a 24 hour, seven day a week convenience store that doubles as a Mediterranean restaurant. Neither of those two things is unique, even to the CBD, but throw in breakfast service and residents are going to be grateful. For those of us who simply work downtown, Cleo’s provides another fairly inexpensive place to get good food. The menu is indistinguishable from most of the other restaurants serving the food common to the eastern Mediterranean region. You will find hummus, baba ghanouj, gyros, kebabs and salads accompanied by pita bread and cured olives. What I’ve tried has been particularly good, however, and showed some clear attention to detail. The kibby, for example, is a bit more highly spiced with cinnamon than most, and the crunchy exterior of the falafel reveal a bright green interior colored by parsley. Prices are about $1 less expensive on average than comparable joints, and there are a half-dozen or so tables for dining in. If you do not like chilies, be sure to mention that to your server because most of the dishes come garnished with a healthy squirt of a chili paste that, while not all that hot, could be off-putting if you’re not expecting it. You can call Cleo’s at 522-4504. 76

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Cibugnú (709 St. Charles Ave.) has replaced Leonardo Trattoria adjacent to Herbsaint. The restaurant aims for a more innovative approach to Sicilian cooking than the former tenant. That starts with the name, which is a combination of Italian words for food and dream, but with a Sicilian twist; it’s pronounced ch’ boo noo. The restaurant features a woodburning oven and makes pasta and salumi in-house. The chef is Octavio Ycaza; if that name is familiar to you, it could be because his brother Chris is one of the city’s best maître d’. Octavio clearly prefers the kitchen, though one of the renovations to the restaurant’s space has been to open pasta and salumi stations to public view. My memory of Leonardo was of reasonably good, if standard, food and about a dozen flat-screen televisions ringing the dining room. It was a cross between a fine-dining restaurant and a sports bar, and I was a bit surprised to learn that the televisions are staying. They will be playing pre-recorded scenes from Cibugnú’s kitchen, but it still seems a bit odd. The menu is abbreviated at the moment, with a couple of pizzas, a couple of pastas and three or four entrées. What is there, however, is interesting. There is a pizza with grilled ramps, shrimp, egg and fresh mozzarella, and a squid ink pasta with crab, cream, asparagus, lemon zest and prosciutto di parma. There is a braciola made with flank rolled around speck, gorgonzola and potatoes with a roasted garlic cream, and pasta with wine-braised oxtail and bone marrow. This isn’t your Mama’s spaghetti and meatballs. As I write, the restaurant is only open for dinner, but by the time you read this column lunch should also be available. Call 558-8990 to learn more, and visit cibugnu.com to see the menu.

The folks behind the popular West Bank restaurant Tan Dinh have opened Ba Chi Canteen (7900 Maple St.) in the low, wide building that used to be home to Figaro’s. The restaurant expands a bit on the Tan Dinh menu by offering dishes like “bacos,” in which steamed rice-flour buns are used like thick tortillas to hold various fillings. Like Tan Dinh, there are some Korean touches to the menu, particularly the use of kimchee to garnish some dishes, and the tendency for the kitchen to employ sweet-savory flavors on grilled meats. The restaurant has only been open a short time

as I write, but the food I’ve sampled has been excellent. Ba Chi Canteen is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and from 5:30 to 10 p.m. It is open until 3:30 p.m. for lunch on Saturday, and until 11 p.m. for dinner on Friday and Saturday. Call 373-5628 to find out more.

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Mucho Poblanos Pepping up peppers B Y D A L E C U RRY

recent week i n M ex i co opene d my eyes to a

marked similarity in eating choices. In the ancient town of San Miguel de Allende, the first city in Mexico to declare independence from Spain, I found myself eating – no kidding – stuffed peppers. They were so delicious that I ate them three out of six nights. These peppers were no peasant food, they were elegantly served, each with its own sauce, and one pepper was enough for a meal. Each time I veered to a different menu

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speciality, I tasted someone else’s stuffed pepper and regretted that I hadn’t ordered the same. I realized, of course, that in warm climates such as theirs and ours, nothing grows better than the pepper, be it the bell pepper or the chile pepper. Of all the “crops” my husband grows in a corner of the backyard garden, peppers of all kinds are the easiest and most prolific. And, in the last few years, our grocery stores are filled with poblanos, Anaheims, serranos and jalapeños from Mexico and elsewhere. The key to these Mexican stuffed peppers is that they not only contain delicious stuffings, but they also have tasty sauces drizzled over them. A poblano, the preferred stuffing pepper because of its large size, might be filled with various combinations of cheese, chicken, beef, pork and corn. They are topped with tomato sauce and also or either with a cream sauce. Often they’re battered and fried, a step that can be eliminated considering the extra work and cleanup, not to mention the calories. The fried and cheese-stuffed chiles rellenos is the version we know in our own Tex-Mex restaurants. Another plus for the poblano is its very mild spiciness, maybe one step up in heat from the bell pepper. The smaller the pepper, the greater the heat, so stuffing a hot jalapeño is only for the cast iron tongue. I love the color of the poblano, a dark winter-green, and its flatness makes it easy to roast. You don’t have to roast peppers when stuffing, but it adds an element of taste and there’s nothing like the smell of roasting peppers in your kitchen. If you have a gas stovetop, it’s a simple matter to place a pepper directly into the flames, turning, until the entire pepper is blackened. After roasting, I like to put them in a brown paper bag for a few minutes to steam. Then the

skin just rolls off and the pepper is a pretty green again. For our last night in San Miguel we hired a cook, who began early in the morning, shelling peas, roasting peppers and simmering pork. She made everything from scratch except for the fresh tortillas she had purchased in the market. Large pots bubbled all day and the result was a spread that included Spanish rice with fresh peas, chicken enchiladas, pork tacos in soft corn tortillas, slow-cooked pinto beans and a dark caramel flan that was two inches thick. It was our best meal in Mexico. Once home, far from the narrow cobblestone streets and centuries-old architecture, I decided to try my hand at stuffing poblanos. I researched recipes from two cooks I consider to be the leading authorities on Mexican cooking: teacher and author Diana Kennedy and author, teacher and restaurateur Rick Bayless.

Corn-Stuffed Poblano Peppers With Cream 6 large poblano peppers, as flat as possible 4 ears fresh corn or 2 cups frozen 2 Tablespoons butter 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced Salt and pepper to taste 2/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro, packed 1/4 pound white farmer’s cheese

1 1/2 cups crème fraiche 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Rinse peppers and place over flames on your stovetop and rotate until totally blackened or charred. (If you don’t have a gas stove, peppers can be roasted 2 inches under a hot broiler, turning often until charred.) Place peppers in a couple of small paper bags fastened at the top to steam for about 15 minutes.

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Rub skins off with your fingers. When peppers are skinned, cut a slit about 3 inches long down one side and toward the top. Gently remove seeds and veins. Most of the seeds, which contain the heat, are around the base of the stem. Leave stem intact. Rinse carefully to remove seeds. Try not to make holes or tears in the peppers. Place peppers side-by-side in a baking dish, sprayed with vegetable spray, and set aside. If using fresh corn, cut whole kernels off cobs, using a sharp knife. In a medium skillet, melt butter and sauté onion and garlic until transparent. Add corn, salt and pepper, cover and cook over medium heat until corn is done – about 5 minutes. Add cilantro and adjust seasonings. Let corn mixture cool a little and spoon it into the peppers carefully. Slice the farmer’s cheese into 6 equal slices and place a slice in the center of the filling. Fold

peppers so that the top and bottom closes over the filling. Use a toothpick to close the opening. Set aside. About 30 minutes before serving, heat oven to 350 degrees and heat stuffed peppers for about 20 minutes. Spoon crème fraiche over the top and sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Continue baking until cheese is melted. Serve immediately. Serves 6

Meat-Stuffed Poblano Peppers With Tomato Sauce 8 3 2 1/4 1 2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1 1

poblano peppers pounds fresh tomatoes or 2 8-ounce cans plum tomatoes in juice, undrained cup extra-virgin olive oil plus 2 Tablespoons, divided onion, chopped cloves garlic, minced teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon cayenne pepper teaspoon salt cup beef broth pound ground meat,

preferably meatloaf mix including beef, pork and veal Salt and pepper to taste 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 cup white cheddar cheese, shredded

Place peppers over flames on your stovetop and rotate until totally blackened or charred. (If you don’t have a gas stove, peppers can be roasted 2 inches under a hot broiler, turning often until charred.) Place peppers in small paper bags fastened at the top to steam for about 15 minutes. Rub skins off with your fingers. When peppers are skinned, cut a 3-inch slit down one side and towards the top and gently remove seeds. Most of the seeds will be attached under the stem. Try not to make holes or tears in the peppers, and leave stems intact. Place peppers in a greased baking dish close together and set aside. If using fresh tomatoes, peel and remove stems. Coarsely purée tomatoes in a blender.

Heat oil in a large skillet. Sauté onion and garlic until transparent. Add half the tomato sauce, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, beef broth and salt. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 30 minutes. You should have a thick tomato sauce. Also in a large skillet, brown meat in remaining 2 Tablespoons oil. Add the other half of tomato sauce and seasonings and simmer, uncovered, for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in cilantro. The mixture should be thick enough to hold its shape in a spoon. Adjust seasonings. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stuff each pepper with meat mixture so that slits will close. Pin sides together with toothpicks. Place stuffed peppers in baking dish, cover with tomato sauce, then cheese and bake for 15 minutes. Serves 8

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Making The Best Of It B Y T I M M C NA L L Y

t i s a safe statement to note that A ugust i sn ’ t a great

month for blooming plants. At least that‘s true around here. Aromatic vegetation is going to have to come from an aerosol can or from a bag in the fruit and vegetable aisle of your favorite supermarket, neither of which are decent choices if you enjoy the real thing from real close by. But any well-stocked bar can provide some seasonal substitutions captured in a bottle of distilled spirits and enough cool air to make you think, at least for a moment, of a March evening. The Lavender Margarita, as developed by the Whiskey Bar in the W Hotel on Poydras Street, has roots in spring, when lavender blooms, but delivers on the hot weather refreshment of a margarita. What you might want to do is continue the quest and find just the right combination of a few ingredients to bring this drink to life for you. You may not like your margarita with an abundance of sweetness, or you may be renowned as a citrus fanatic. Adjust the sugar, salt or sour levels to suit your taste. In no case, and this is really important, should you leave the cool comforts of the modern miracle of an air conditioned environment, nor should you stray any appreciable distance from the ice machine. It is August all month long, and you likely won’t have any problem remembering that fact.

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Lavender Margarita 2 1/2 ounces Silver Tequila 1/2 ounce Cointreau 1/2 ounce Creme de Violette 1/4 ounce fresh lime juice 1/4 ounce simple syrup

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake. Pour. Serve in a rocks or martini glass. Garnish with a lime. This drink can also be created frozen, using a blender and plenty of ice. For frozen, increase amount of lime juice and simple syrup.

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5 Fifty 5 Restaurant Marriott Hotel, 555 Canal St., 553-5638, French Quarter, 555Canal.com. B, L, D daily. This restaurant offers innovative American fare such as lobster macaroni and cheese, seasonal Gulf fish with crab and mâche salad with boudin. Many of the dishes receive an additional touch from their wood-burning oven. $$$$

7 on Fulton 701 Convention Center Blvd., 525-7555, CBD/Warehouse District, 7onFulton.com. B, L, D daily. Upscale and contemporary dining destination. $$$$

13 Restaurant and Bar 517 Frenchmen St., 942-1345, Faubourg Marigny, 13Monaghan. com. B, L, D daily, open until 4 a.m. Latenight deli catering to hungry club-hoppers. Bar and excellent jukebox make this a good place to refuel. $

Abita Brew Pub 72011 Holly St., (985) 892-5837, Abita Springs, AbitaBrewPub.com. L, D Tue-Sun. Famous for its Purple Haze and Turbodog brews, Abita serves up better-thanexpected pub food in their namesake eatery. “Tasteful” tours available for visitors. $$

Acme Oyster House 724 Iberville St., 5225973, French Quarter; 3000 Veterans Blvd., 309-4056, Metairie; 1202 N. Highway 190, (985) 246-6155, Covington; AcmeOyster.com. L, D daily. Known as one of the best places to eat oysters. $$

Aloha Sushi 1051 Annunciation St., 5660021, Warehouse District, SunRayGrill.com. L, D Tue-Sat. A large list of rolls, hot rice bowls, Asian-inspired soups, salads, cocktails and more. Visit for Sake Hour (4-6 p.m.): half-priced sake and three rolls for the price of two. $$

A Mano 870 Tchoupitoulas St., 208-9280, Warehouse District, AManoNola.com. L Fri, D Mon-Sat. A Mano is chef Adolfo Garcia’s take on authentic regional Italian cuisine. Executive chef Joshua Smith handles day-to-day duties at this Warehouse District spot. “A mano” means “by hand” in Italian; fitting for a restaurant where much of the pasta and charcuterie are made in-house. $$

Ancora 4508 Freret St., 324-1636, Uptown, AncoraPizza.com. L Fri-Sat, D Mon-Sat. Authentic Neapolitan-style pizza fired in an oven imported from Naples keeps pizza connoisseurs coming back to this Freret Street hot-spot. The housemade charcuterie makes it a double-winner. New Orleans Magazine’s 20011 Pizza Restaurant of the Year. $$ Andrea’s Restaurant 3100 19th St., 8348583, Metairie, AndreasRestaurant.com. L

DINING GUIDE Mon-Sat D daily, Br Sun. Indulge in osso buco and homemade pastas in a setting that’s both elegant and intimate; off-premise catering. New Orleans Magazine Honor Roll honoree 2009. $$$

Antoine’s 713 St. Louis St., 581-4422, French Quarter, Antoines.com. L Mon-Sat, D Mon-Sat, Br Sun. This pinnacle of haute cuisine and birthplace of Oysters Rockefeller is New Orleans’ oldest restaurant. (Every item is á la carte, with an $11 minimum.) Private dining rooms are available. $$$$$ Arnaud’s 813 Bienville St., 523-5433, French Quarter, Arnauds.com. D daily, Br Sun. Waiters in tuxedos prepare Café Brulot tableside at this storied Creole grande dame in the French Quarter; live jazz during Sun. brunch. New Orleans Magazine’s 2011 Honor Roll winner. $$$$$ Audubon Clubhouse 6500 Magazine St., 212-5282, Uptown. B, L Tue-Sat, Br Sun. Nested among the oaks in Audubon Park, the beautifully situated clubhouse is open to the public and features a kid-friendly menu with New Orleans tweaks and a casually upscale sandwich and salad menu for adults. $$

Basil Leaf Restaurant 1438 S. Carrollton Ave., 862-9001, Uptown, BasilLeafThai.com. L Mon-Fri, D daily. Thai food and sushi bar with a contemporary spin is served in this date-friendly establishment; private rooms available. $$

Warehouse District, BoucheNola.com. L, D Wed-Sat. Bouche is a mix of lounge, cigar bar and restaurant with an open kitchen serving largely Southern food in portions Bouche calls “Partailles” – something larger than an appetizer but smaller than an entrée. $$$

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Boucherie 8115 Jeannette St., 862-5514,

St., 302-7391, Uptown. L, D Tue-Sat. The focus is on seafood at this uncluttered, contemporary joint venture between Colombian chef Edgar Caro from Barü Bistro & Tapas and Louisiana fishing guide Tommy Peters. Their generally lighter approach is represented in dishes such as whole frilled snapper as well as traditional favorites such as spicy boiled crawfish (in season). $$

Riverbend, Boucherie-Nola.com. L, D Tue-Sat. Serving contemporary Southern food with an international angle, Chef Nathaniel Zimet offers excellent ingredients, presented simply. New Orleans Magazine’s Best New Restaurant 2009. $$

Bayona 430 Dauphine St., 525-4455, French Quarter, Bayona.com. L Wed-Sat, D Mon-Sat. Chef Susan Spicer’s nationally acclaimed cuisine is served in this 200-year-old cottage. Ask for a seat on the romantic patio, weatherpermitting. $$$$$ The Beach House 2401 N. Woodlawn St., 456-7470, Metairie. L, D daily. Gumbo, steaks, lobsters, burgers and seafood are accompanied by live music each and every night. $$$

August Moon 3635 Prytania St., 899-5129, 899-5122, Uptown, MoonNola.com. L, D Mon-Fri, D Sat. Lots of vegetarian offerings and reasonable prices make this dependable Chinese/Vietnamese place a popular choice for students and locals. Take-out and delivery available. $

Besh Steak Harrah’s Casino, 8 Canal St., 533-6111, CBD/Warehouse District, HarrahsNewOrleans.com. D daily. Acclaimed chef John Besh reinterprets the classic steakhouse with his signature contemporary Louisiana flair. New Orleans Magazine’s Chef of the Year 2007. $$$$$

Austin’s 5101 W. Esplanade Ave., 888-5533, Metairie, AustinsNo.com. D Mon-Sat. Mr. Ed’s newest upscale bistro serves contemporary Creole fare, including seafood and steaks. $$$

Bistro Daisy 5831 Magazine St., 899-6987, Uptown, BistroDaisy.com. D, Tue-Sat. Chef Anton Schulte and his wife Diane’s bistro, named in honor of their daughter, serves creative and contemporary bistro fare in a romantic setting along Magazine Street. The signature Daisy Salad is a favorite. $$$$

The Avenue Pub 1732 St. Charles Ave., 586-9243, Uptown, TheAvenuePub.com. L, D daily (kitchen open 24 hours a day). With more than 47 rotating draft beers, this pub also offers food including a cheese plate from St. James, a crab cake sandwich and the “Pub Burger.” $

Bacchanal Fine Wines and Spirits 600 Poland Ave., 948-9111, Bywater, BacchanalWine.com. L, D daily. The pop-up that started it all, this ongoing backyard music and food fest in the heart of Bywater carries the funky flame. Best of all, the front of house is a wine shop. $$

Barcelona Tapas 720 Dublin St., 861-9696, Riverbend, LetsEat.at/BarcelonaTapas. D TueSun. Barcelona Tapas is chef-owner Xavier Laurentino’s homage to the small-plates restaurants he knew from his hometown of Barcelona. The tapas are authentic, and the space, renovated largely by Laurentino himself, is charming. $

Brigtsen’s 723 Dante St., 861-7610, Uptown, Brigtsens.com. D Tue-Sat. Chef Frank Brigtsen’s nationally-famous Creole cuisine makes this cozy Riverbend cottage a true foodie destination. $$$$$

Broken Egg Cafe 200 Girod St., (985) 2317125, Mandeville. B, Br, L daily. Breakfastcentric café in turn-of-the-century home offers a sprawling assortment of delicious items both healthy and decadent. $$

Brooklyn Pizzeria 4301 Veterans Blvd., 833-1288, Metairie, EatBrooklyn.net. L, D daily (Drive thru/take out). Pie shop on Vets specializes in New York-style thin crust. The pizza is the reason to come, but sandwiches and salads are offered as well. $

Byblos 1501 Metairie Road, 834-9773, Metairie; 3342 Magazine St., 894-1233, Uptown; 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 8307333 Metairie; 29 McAlister Drive, Tulane University;2020 Veterans Blvd., 837-9777; ByblosRestaurants.com. L, D daily. Upscale Middle Eastern cuisine featuring traditional seafood, lamb and vegetarian options. $$

Café Adelaide Loews New Orleans Hotel,

9500, Uptown. B, L Mon-Fri. Breakfasts and lunches are the hallmarks of this neighborhood spot. The Ignatius sandwich comes equipped with 10 inches of paradise. $

300 Poydras St., 595-3305, CBD/Warehouse District, CafeAdelaide.com. B, D daily, L Mon-Fri. This offering from the Commander’s Palace family of restaurants has become a power-lunch favorite for businessmen and politicos. Also features the Swizzle Stick Bar. $$$$

The Bombay Club Prince Conti Hotel,

Café Burnside Houmas House Plantation,

830 Conti St., 586-0972, French Quarter, TheBombayClub.com. D daily. Popular martini bar appointed with plush British décor features live music during the week and late dinner and drinks on weekends. Nouveau Creole menu includes items such as Bombay drum. $$$$

40136 Highway 942, (225) 473-9380, Darrow, HoumasHouse.com. L daily, Br Sun. Historic plantation’s casual dining option features dishes such as seafood pasta, fried catfish, crawfish and shrimp, gumbo and red beans and rice. $$

Blue Plate Café 1330 Prytania St., 309-

Bon Ton Cafe 401 Magazine St., 524-3386, CBD/Warehouse District, TheBonTonCafe. com. L, D Mon-Fri. A local favorite for the oldschool business lunch crowd, it specializes in local seafood and Cajun dishes. $$$$

Bouche 840 Tchoupitoulas St., 267-7485,

Café Degas 3127 Esplanade Ave., 945-5635, Mid-City, CafeDegas.com. L Wed-Sat, D WedSun, Br Sun. Light French bistro food including salads and quiche make this indoor/outdoor boîte a Faubourg St. John favorite. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 French Restaurant of the Year. $$$

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Café du Monde 800 Decatur St., 525-0454, French Quarter; One Poydras Suite 27, 5870841, New Orleans; 3301 Veterans Blvd., Suite 104, 834-8694, Metairie; 1401 West Esplanade, Suite 100, 468-3588, Kenner; 4700 Veterans Blvd., 888-9770, Metairie; 1814 N. Causeway Approach, Suite 1, (985) 951-7474, Mandeville; CafeDuMonde.com. This New Orleans institution has been serving fresh café au lait, rich hot chocolate and positively addictive beignets since 1862 in the French Market 24/7. $

Café Equator 2920 Severn Ave., 8884772, Metairie, CafeEquator.com. L, D daily. Very good Thai food across the street from Lakeside Mall. Offers a quiet and oftoverlooked dining option in a crowded part of town. $$

Café Freret 7329 Freret St., 861-7890, Uptown, CafeFreret.com. B, L, D Fri-Wed. Convenient location near Tulane and Loyola universities makes this a place for students (and dogs) to indulge in decadent breakfasts, casual lunches and tasty dinners – and their “A la Collar” menu. $$ Café Giovanni 117 Decatur St., 529-2154, Downtown, CafeGiovanni.com. D daily. Live opera singers three nights a week round out the atmosphere at this contemporary Italian dining destination. The menu offers a selection of Italian specialties tweaked with a Creole influence and their Belli Baci happy hour adds to the atmosphere. $$$$

Café Luna 802 Nashville Ave., 269-2444, Uptown. B, L daily. Charismatic coffee shop in a converted house offers a range of panini, caffeinated favorites and free WiFi. The front porch is a prime spot for people-watching along adjacent Magazine Street. $

Café Maspero 601 Decatur St., 523-6250,

French Quarter. L, D daily. Tourists line up for their generous portions of seafood and large deli sandwiches. $

Café Minh 4139 Canal St., 482-6266, MidCity, CafeMinh.com. L Mon-Fri., D Mon-Sat. Chef Minh Bui and Cynthia Vutran bring their fusion-y touch with Vietnamese cuisine to this corner location. French accents and a contemporary flair make this one of the more notable cross-cultural venues in town. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 Maître D’ of the Year. $$

Café Negril 606 Frenchmen St., 944-4744, Marigny. D daily. This music club draws locals in with their lineup of live Reggae and blues. Tacos and BBQ in back are a plus for late-night revelers. $

Café Nino 1510 S. Carrollton Ave., 8659200, Carrollton. L, D daily. Nondescript exterior belies old-school Italian hideaway serving up red-sauce classics like lasagna, along with some of the more under-the-radar New York-style thin crust pizza in town. $$

Café Opera 541 Bourbon St., 648-2331, Inside Four Points by Sheraton, French Quarter. B, L daily, D Thu-Sat. Chef Philippe Andreani serves Creole and Continental classics on the site of the old French Opera House. Choices include crabmeat beignets with corn maque choux as well as fried green tomatoes with shrimp remoulade. Validated parking is offered for dine-in. Free valet parking. $$$

Cake Café 2440 Chartres St., 943-0010, Marigny, NolaCakes.com. B, L daily. The name may read cakes but this café, helmed by head baker Steve Himelfarb, offers a whole lot more, including fresh baked goods and a full breakfast menu along with sandwiches. A popular place to while away

a slow New Orleans morning with a coffee and a slice. $

Camellia Grill 626 S. Carrollton Ave., 3092679, Uptown; 540 Chartres St., 533-6250, Downtown. B, L, D daily, until 1 a.m. SunThu and 3 a.m. Fri-Sat. The venerable diner has reopened following an extensive renovation and change in ownership (in 2006). Patrons can rest assured that its essential character has remained intact and many of the original waiters have returned. The new downtown location has a liquor license and credit cards are now accepted. $

CC’s Community Coffee House Multiple locations in New Orleans, Metairie and Northshore, CCsCoffee.com. Coffeehouse specializing in coffee, espresso drinks and pastries. $ Chateau du Lac 2037 Metairie Road, 831-3773, Old Metairie, ChateauduLacBistro. com. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat. This casual French bistro, run by chef-owner Jacques Saleun, offers up classic dishes such as escargot, coq au vin and blanquette de veau. A Provençal-inspired atmosphere and French wine round out the appeal. $$$$

Capdeville 520 Capdeville St., 371-5161, French Quarter, CapdevilleNola.com. L, D Mon-Sat. Capdeville is an upscale bar-bistro with a short but interesting menu of food that’s a mix of comfort and ambition. Burgers are on offer, but so are fried red beans and rice – a take on calas or Italian arancini. $$

Checkered Parrot 132 Royal St., 592-1270,

Carmo 527 Julia St., 875-4132, Warehouse

Chiba 8312 Oak St., 826-9119, Carrollton,

District, CafeCarmo.com. L Mon-Sat., D TueSat. Caribbean-inspired fare offers a creative array of vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free fare in a sleek location on Julia Street. One of the few places in the city where healthy dining is celebrated rather than accommodated. $$

chiba-nola.com. L Thu-Sat, D Mon-Sat. Contemporary restaurant on Oak Street features an extensive list of special rolls, steamed buns and fusion-y fare to go along with typical Japanese options. Late night hours are a plus. $$$

Carmelo Ristorante 1901 Highway 190, (985) 624-4844, Mandeville, RistoranteCarmelo.com. L, D Wed-Fri, SunMon. Italian trattoria serves old-world classics. Private rooms available. $$

Casamento’s 4330 Magazine St., 895-9761, Uptown, CasamentosRestaurant.com. L TueSat, D Thu-Sat. The family-owned restaurant has shucked oysters and fried seafood since 1919; closed during summer and for all major holidays. $$

French Quarter; 3629 Prytania St., Uptown; CheckeredParrot.com. B, L, D daily. The Checkered Parrot is an upscale sports bar with a large menu, featuring nachos, fajitas, wings in seven flavors, wraps and burgers and an outdoor patio. $$

Chophouse New Orleans 322 Magazine St., 522-7902, CBD, ChophouseNola.com. D daily. In addition to USDA prime grade aged steaks prepared under a broiler that reaches 1,700 degrees, Chophouse offers lobster, redfish and classic steakhouse sides. $$$

Clancy’s 6100 Annunciation St., 895-1111, Uptown, ClancysNewOrleans.com. L Thu-Fri, D Mon-Sat. Their Creole-inspired menu has been a favorite of locals for years. $$$ Cochon 930 Tchoupitoulas St., 5882123, CBD/Warehouse District,

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T HE M E N U CochonRestaurant.com. L, D, Mon-Sat. Chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski showcase Cajun and Southern cuisine at this Warehouse District hot spot. Boudin and other pork dishes reign supreme here, along with Louisiana seafood and real moonshine from the bar. New Orleans Magazine named Link Chef of the Year 2009. Reservations strongly recommended. $$

Commander’s Palace 1403 Washington Ave., 899-8221, Uptown, CommandersPalace. com. L Mon-Fri, D daily, Br Sat-Sun. The Grande Dame in the Garden District is going strong under the auspices of chef Tory McPhail. The turtle soup might be the best in the city, and its weekend Jazz Brunch is a great deal. $$$$ Cooter Brown’s 509 S. Carrollton Ave., 866-9104, Uptown, CooterBrowns.com. L, D daily. Riverbend-area sports bar serves up the city’s largest selection of beers along with great bar food. The cheese fries are a rite of passage, and the Radiator’s Special poor boy makes for a great late-night meal. $

Copeland’s 701 Veterans Blvd., 831-3437, Metairie; 1001 S. Clearview Parkway, 6207800, Jefferson; 1319 West Esplanade Ave., 617-9146, Kenner; 1700 Lapalco Blvd., 364-1575, Harvey; 680 N. Highway 190, (985) 809-9659, Covington; 1337 Gause Blvd., (985) 643-0001, Slidell; CopelandsofNewOrleans.com. L, D daily, Br Sun. Al Copeland’s namesake chain includes favorites such as Shrimp Ducky. Popular for lunch. $$

Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro 4517 Veterans Blvd., 454-7620, Metairie; 2001 St. Charles Ave., 593-9955, Garden District; CopelandsCheesecakeBistro.com. L, D daily. Dessert fans flock to this sweet-centric Copeland establishment which also offers extensive lunch and dinner menus. $$$

Coquette 2800 Magazine St., 265-0421, Uptown, Coquette-Nola.com. Br Sun, L TueSat, D daily. A bistro located at the corner of Washington and Magazine streets. The food is French in inspiration and technique, with added imagination from chef Michael Stoltzfus (New Orleans Magazine’s Best New Chef 2009) and his partner Lillian Hubbard. $$$

Corky’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant 4243 Veterans Blvd., 887-5000, Metairie, CorkysBarBQ.com. L, D daily. Memphisbased barbecue chain offers good hickorysmoked ribs, pork and beef in a family setting with catering service available. $

DINING GUIDE Court of Two Sisters 613 Royal St., 522-

“Le Pavillon.” $$$

7261, French Quarter, CourtOfTwoSisters. com. Br, D daily. The historic environs make for a memorable outdoor dining experience. The famous daily Jazz Brunch buffet and classic Creole dishes sweeten the deal. $$$$$

Dakota 629 N. Highway 190, (985) 892-

Crabby Jack’s 428 Jefferson Highway, 833-2722, Jefferson. L Mon-Sat. Lunch outpost of Jacques-Imo’s chef and owner Jack Leonardi. Famous for its fried seafood and poor boys including fried green tomatoes and roasted duck. $

The Creole Grille 5241 Veterans Blvd., 889-7992, Metairie, TheCreoleGrille.com. L, D Mon-Sat. This quaint, upscale restaurant offers a variety of classic New Orleans cuisine, fresh fish and homemade soups and salads with early bird and daily chef specials. $$ Crépes a la Carte 1039 Broadway St., 866-236, Uptown, CrepeCaterer.com. B, L, D daily. Open late. An extensive menu of tasty crêpes, both savory and sweet, make this a great spot for a quick bite for college students and locals. $

Crescent City Brewhouse 527 Decatur St., 522-0571, French Quarter, CrescentCityBrehouse.com. L, D daily. Contemporary brewpub features an eclectic menu complimenting its freshly-brewed wares. Live jazz and good location make it a fun place to meet up. $$$

Crescent City Steakhouse 1001 N. Broad St., 821-3271, Mid-City, CrescentCitySteaks. com. L Tue-Fri & Sun, D daily. One of the classic New Orleans steakhouses, it’s a throwback in every sense of the term. Steaks, sides and drinks are what you get at Crescent City. New Orleans Magazine’s Steakhouse of the Year 2009 and Honor Roll honoree 2007. $$$$

Criollo 214 Royal St., Hotel Monteleone, 681-4444, French Quarter, HotelMonteleone. com/Criollo. B, L, D daily. Next to the famous Carousel Bar in the historic Monteleone Hotel, Criollo represents an amalgam of the various cultures reflected in Louisiana cooking and cuisine, often with a slight contemporary twist. $$$ The Crystal Room Le Pavillon Hotel, 833 Poydras St., 581-3111, CBD/Warehouse District, LePavillon.com. B, D daily; L, MonFri. Franco-American cuisine with Louisiana influences is served in the environs of the Le Pavillon Hotel. The Southern-style breakfast features its decadent Bananas Foster Waffle

New Culinary Hotspot in Covington

Oil and Vinegar, Colonial Pinnacle Nord Du Lac, Covington, (985) 809-1693, Louisiana.OilAndVinegarUSA.com

Given Louisiana’s relationship with food, it may not come as a surprise that one of the 14 U.S. outposts of the culinary company Oil and Vinegar opened recently in Covington. Started in 1999 in the Netherlands, the store offers simple ways for beginner cooks to add huge dashes of flavor to their food and exciting ways to experiment for gourmet gurus. For starters, there’s the “amphora wall” of more than 40 oils and vinegars for on-tap dispensation. A huge range of international food, cooking products and tableware make this culinary gift destination a place hard to leave without buying something for yourself. – M . c . 86

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3712, Covington, TheDakotaRestaurant.com. D Mon-Sat. A sophisticated dining experience with generous portions. $$$$$

The Delachaise 3442 St. Charles Ave., 895-0858, Uptown, TheDelachaise.com. L Fri-Sat, D daily. Elegant bar food fit for the wine connoisseur; kitchen open late. $$

Dick and Jenny’s 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., 894-9880, Uptown, DickAndJennys.com. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. A funky cottage serving Louisiana comfort food with flashes of innovation. $$$$ Dickie Brennan’s Bourbon House 144 Bourbon St., 522-0111, French Quarter, BourbonHouse.com. B, L, D daily. Classic Creole dishes such as redfish on the halfshell and baked oysters are served with classic Brennan’s style at this French Quarter outpost. Its extensive bourbon menu will please aficionados. New Orleans Magazine’s 2011 Oyster Bar of the Year. $$$$ Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse 716 Iberville St., 522-2467, French Quarter, DickieBrennansSteakhouse.com. L Fri, D daily. Nationally recognized steakhouse serves USDA Prime steaks and local seafood in a New Orleans setting with the usual Brennan’s family flair. $$$$$

Domenica The Roosevelt Hotel, 123 Baronne St., 648-6020, CBD, DomenicaRestaurant.com. L, D daily. New Orleans Magazine’s 2012 Chef of the Year Alon Shaya serves authentic, regional Italian cuisine in John Besh’s sophisticated new restaurant. The menu of thin, lightly topped pizzas, artisanal salumi and cheese, and a carefully chosen selection of antipasti, pasta and entrées, feature locally raised products, some from Besh’s Northshore farm. $$$$

Domilise’s 5240 Annunciation St., 8999126, Uptown. L, D Mon-Wed, Fri-Sat. Local institution and rite-of-passage for those wanting an initiation to the real New Orleans. Wonderful poor boys and a unique atmosphere make this a one-of-a-kind place. $

Dong Phuong 14207 Chef Menteur Highway, 254-0296, N.O. East. L Wed-Mon. Vietnamese bakery and restaurant in the community of Versailles makes great banh mi sandwiches and interesting baked goods both savory and sweet. Unbeatable prices. $

Drago’s 3232 N. Arnoult Road, 888-9254, Metairie; Hilton Riverside Hotel, 2 Poydras St., 584-3911, CBD/Warehouse District;

DragosRestaurant.com. L, D daily (Hilton), L, D Mon-Sat (Metairie). This famous seafooder specializes in charbroiled oysters, a dish they invented. Raucous but good-natured atmosphere makes this a fun place to visit. Great deals on fresh lobster as well. $$$$

Dry Dock Cafe & Bar 133 Delaronde St., 361-8240, Algiers, TheDryDockCafe.com. Br Sun, L, D daily. Fancier daily specials have been added to the menu of this casual neighborhood seafood joint in historic Algiers Point near the ferry landing. Burgers, sandwiches and fried seafood are the staples. $$

El Gato Negro 81 French Market Place, 525-9752, French Quarter, B Sat-Sun, L. D daily; 300 Harrison Ave., 488-0107, Lakeview, L, D Tue-Sun; 3001 Ormond Blvd. (985) 307-0460, Destrehan, L, D Tue-Sun. ElGatoNegroNola.com. Popular spot near the Frenchmen Street clubs serves up authentic Central Mexican cuisine along with handmuddled mojitos and margaritas made with freshly squeezed juice. A weekend breakfast menu is an additional plus. $$

Elizabeth’s 601 Gallier St., 944-9272, Bywater, ElizabethsRestaurantNola.com. B, L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat, Br Sun. This eclectic local restaurant draws rave reviews for its Praline Bacon and distinctive Southerninspired brunch specials. $$$ Emeril’s 800 Tchoupitoulas St., 528-9393, CBD/Warehouse District, Emerils.com. L Mon-Fri, D daily. The flagship of superstar chef Emeril Lagasse’s culinary empire, this landmark attracts pilgrims from all over the world. $$$$$ Fat Hen Grocery 7457 St. Charles Ave., 266-2921, Riverbend, FatHenGrill.com. B, L, D Wed-Mon. Breakfast gets re-imagined and dressed up at this diner headed by Chef Shane Pritchett, formerly of Emeril’s Delmonico. The house special is the Womlette, an omelet baked on a waffle. $$

Feelings Cafe 2600 Chartres St., 945-2222, Faubourg Marigny, FeelingsCafe.com. D WedSun, Br Sun. Romantic ambiance and skillfully created dishes, such as veal d’aunoy, make dining here on the patio a memorable experience. A piano bar on Fridays adds to the atmosphere. Vegan menu offered. $$$$ Fellini’s Café 900 N. Carrollton Ave., 4882155, Mid-City, FellinisNewOrleans.com. L, D daily. With décor inspired by its namesake Italian filmmaker, this casual indoor/outdoor spot serves large portions of reasonablypriced Mediterranean specialties such as pizza, pastas and hummus. $ Fiesta Latina 1924 Airline Drive, 468-2384, Kenner, FiestaLatinaRestaurant.com. B, L, D Tue-Sun. A big-screen TV normally shows a soccer match or MTV Latino at this home for authentic Central American food. Tacos include a charred carne asada. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 Latin Restaurant of the Year. $$ Five Happiness 3605 S. Carrollton Ave., 482-3935, Mid-City, FiveHappiness.com. L, D daily. This longtime Chinese favorite offers up an extensive menu including its beloved mu shu pork and house baked duck. It is a popular choice for families as well. $$

Flaming Torch 737 Octavia St., 895-0900, Uptown, FlamingTorchNola.com. L, D daily, Br Sun. French classics including a tasty onion soup make this a nice place for a slightly upscale lunch while shopping along

Magazine Street. $$

Frank’s 933 Decatur St., 525-1602, French Quarter, FranksRestaurantNewOrleans.com. L, D daily. Locally inspired Italian sandwiches such as muffulettas and Genoa salami poor boys are served here in the heart of the French Quarter. $$$

Galatoire’s 209 Bourbon St., 525-2021, French Quarter, Galatoires.com. L, D TueSun. Friday lunches are a New Orleans tradition at this world-famous French-Creole grand dame. Tradition counts for everything here, and the crabmeat Sardou is delicious. Note: Jackets required for dinner and all day Sun. $$$$$ Galley Seafood 2535 Metairie Road, 8320955, Metairie. L, D Tue-Sat. A great local place for seafood, both fried and boiled. Famous for its softshell crab poor boy, a Jazz Fest favorite. $$

Gautreau’s 1728 Soniat St., 899-7397, Uptown, GautreausRestaurant.com. D, Mon-Sat. Upscale destination serves refined interpretations of classics along with contemporary creations in a clubby setting nested deep within a residential neighborhood. New Orleans Magazine named Sue Zemanick Chef of the Year 2008. $$$$$ Gott Gourmet Café 3100 Magazine St., 373-6579, Uptown, GottGourmetCafe.com. B Sat-Sun, L, Tue-Sun, D Tue-Fri. Upscalecasual restaurant serves a variety of specialty sandwiches, salads and wraps, like the Chicago-style hot dog and the St. Paddy’s Day Massacre – Chef Gotter’s take on the Rueben. $$

Gracious Bakery + Café 1000 S. Jeff Davis Parkway, Suite 100, 301-3709, MidCity, GraciousBakery.com. B, L Mon-Sat. Boutique bakery in the ground floor of the

new Woodward Building offers small-batch coffee, baked goods, individual desserts and sandwiches on breads made in-house. Catering options are available as well. $

The Green Goddess 307 Exchange Alley, 301-3347, French Quarter, GreenGoddessNola.com. L, D Wed-Sun. Located in a tiny space, the Green Goddess is one of the most imaginative restaurants in New Orleans. The menu is constantly changing, and chef Paul Artigues always has ample vegetarian options. Combine all of that with a fantastic selection of drinks, wine and beer, and it’s the total (albeit small) package. $$ The Grill Room Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St., 522-1994, CBD/Warehouse District, GrillRoomNewOrleans.com. B, L, D daily, Br Sun. Jazz Brunch on Sunday with live music. Featuring modern American cuisine with a distinctive New Orleans flair, the adjacent Polo Club Lounge offers live music nightly. $$$$$

GW Fins 808 Bienville St., 581-FINS (3467), French Quarter, GWFins.com. D daily. To ensure the best possible flavors at GW Fins, owners Gary Wollerman and New Orleans Magazine’s 2005 and 2001 Cheif of the Year Tenney Flynn provide dishes at their seasonal peak by flying in products from around the globe. That commitment to freshness and quest for unique variety are two of the reasons why the menu is printed daily. $$$$$ Herbsaint 701 St. Charles Ave., 524-4114, CBD/Warehouse District, Herbsaint.com. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat. Enjoy a sophisticated cocktail before sampling Chef Donald Link’s (New Orleans Magazine’s Chef of the Year 2009) menu that melds contemporary bistro fare with classic Louisiana cuisine. The banana brown butter tart is a favorite des-

sert. $$$$$

Horinoya 920 Poydras St., 561-8914, CBD/ Warehouse District. L Mon-Fri, D daily. Excellent Japanese dining in an understated and oft-overlooked location. The chu-toro is delicious and the selection of authentic Japanese appetizers is the best in the city. $$$

Hoshun Restaurant 1601 St. Charles Ave., 302-9716, Garden District, HoshunRestaurant.com. L, D daily. Hoshun offers a wide variety of Asian cuisines, primarily dishes culled from China, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia. Their five-pepper calamari is a tasty way to begin the meal, and their creative sushi rolls are good as well. $$

waits at the lively piano bar are part of the appeal of this Creole-Italian favorite beloved by locals. Try the oysters Irene and crabmeat gratin appetizers. $$$$

Iris 321 N. Peters St., 299-3944, French Quarter, IrisNewOrleans.com. L Fri, D Mon, Wed-Sat. This inviting bistro offers sophisticated fare in a charming setting. The veal cheek ravioli is a winner. New Orleans Magazine’s Best New Restaurant 2006. $$$$ Jack Dempsey’s 738 Poland Ave., 9439914, Bywater, JackDempseysLLC.com. L Tue-Sat, D Wed-Sat. Local favorite nestled deep in the heart of the Bywater is known for its stuffed flounder and baked macaroni served in generous portions. $$$

House of Blues 225 Decatur St., 310-4999,

Jacques-Imo’s Cafe 8324 Oak St., 861-

French Quarter, HouseOfBlues.com. L, D daily. World-famous Gospel Brunch every Sunday. Surprisingly good menu makes this a compliment to the music in the main room. Patio seating is available as well. $$

0886, Uptown, JacquesImosCafe.com. D Mon-Sat. Reinvented New Orleans cuisine served in a party atmosphere are the cornerstones of this Oak Street institution. The deep-fried roast beef poor boy is delicious. The lively bar scene offsets the long wait on weekends. $$$$

Il Posto Café 4607 Dryades St., 895-2620, Uptown, ilPostoCafe-Nola.com. B, L, D Tue-Sat, B, L Sun. Italian café specializes in pressed panini, like their Milano, featuring sopressata, Fontina, tomatoes and balsamic on ciabatta. Soups, imported coffee and H&H bagels make this a comfortable neighborhood spot to relax with the morning paper. $ Impastato’s 3400 16th St., 455-1545, Metairie, Impastatos.com. D Tue-Sat. Bustling Italian restaurant on the edge of Fat City serves homemade pasta in a convivial atmosphere. Chef/Owner Joe Impastato greets guests warmly and treats them like family. The prix fixe options are a good way to taste a lot for not much money. $$$$ Irene’s Cuisine 539 St. Philip St., 529-

Jamila’s Mediterranean Tunisian Cuisine 7808 Maple St., 866-4366, Uptown. D Tue-Sun. Intimate and exotic bistro serving Mediterranean and Tunisian cuisine. The Grilled Merguez is a Jazz Fest favorite and vegetarian options are offered. $$

Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Café 1104 Decatur St., 592-2565, French Quarter, MargaritavilleNewOrleans.com. L, D daily. Parrotheads and other music lovers flock to Jimmy’s outpost along the more local-friendly stretch of Decatur. Strong bar menu and stronger drinks keep them coming back. $$

Joey K’s 3001 Magazine St., 891-0997, Uptown, JoeyKsRestaurant.com. L, D Mon-

8811, French Quarter. D Mon-Sat. Long

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The Joint 701 Mazant St., 949-3232, Bywater, AlwaysSmokin.com. L, D Mon-Sat. Some of the city’s best barbecue can be had at this locally owned and operated favorite in Bywater. $

Juan’s Flying Burrito 2018 Magazine St., 569-0000, Uptown; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., 486-9950, Mid-City. L, D daily. Hard-core tacos and massive burritos are served in an edgy atmosphere. $

Jung’s Golden Dragon 3009 Magazine St., Uptown, JungsGoldenDragon2.com. L, D daily. This Chinese destination is a real find. Along with the usual you’ll find spicy cold noodle dishesa nd dumplings. This is one of the few local Chinese places that breaks the Americanized mold. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 Chinese Restaurant of the Year. $

Kosher Cajun New York Deli and Grocery 3519 Severn Ave., 888-2010,

DINING GUIDE 8120 Hampson St., 862-5252, Uptown. L, D Mon-Fri, Br, L, D Sat & Sun. This cash-only and BYOB restaurant has recently overhauled their menu, now including a large selection of vegan and vegetarian items, as well as a tapas menu. $$

La Petite Grocery 4238 Magazine St., 891-3377, Uptown, LaPetiteGrocery.com. L Tue-Sat, D daily. Elegant dining in a convivial atmosphere quickly made this place an Uptown darling. The menu is heavily Frenchinspired with an emphasis on technique. $$$

La Provence 25020 Highway 190, (985) 626-7662, Lacombe, LaProvenceRestaurant. com. D Wed-Sun, Br Sun. John Besh (New Orleans Magazine’s Chef of the Year 2007) upholds time-honored Provençal cuisine and rewards his guests with a true farm-life experience, from house-made preserves, charcuterie, herbs, kitchen gardens and eggs cultivated on the property, an elegant French colonial stucco house. $$$$$

Metairie, KosherCajun.com. L Mon-Fri & Sun, D Mon-Thu. Great kosher meals and complete kosher grocery in the rear make this Metairie eatery a unique destination. The matzo ball soup is a winner and catering is available for parties of any size. $

La Thai Uptown 4938 Prytania St., 8998886, Uptown, LaThaiUptown.com. L, D TueSun. Uptown outpost of the Chauvin family’s ingredient-driven Thai-Cajun fusion cuisine. The summer rolls are good as is the tom kar gai soup. Lunch specials are a good deal and vegetarian dishes are offered as well. $$

K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen 416 Chartres

Latil’s Landing Houmas House Plantation,

St., 596-2930, French Quarter, ChefPaul. com/KPaul. L Thu-Sat, D Mon-Sat. Paul Prudhomme’s landmark restaurant helped introduce Cajun food to a grateful nation. Lots of seasoning and bountiful offerings, along with reserved seating, make this a destination for locals and tourists alike. $$$$

Le Meritage 1001 Toulouse St., 522-8800,

Kyoto 4920 Prytania St., 891-3644, Uptown, KyotoNola.com. L, D Mon-Sat. A neighborhood sushi restaurant where the regulars order off-the-menu rolls. $$

La Boca 857 Fulton St., 525-8205, Warehouse District, LaBocaSteaks.com. D Mon-Sat. This Argentine steakhouse specializes in cuts of meat along with pastas and wines. Specials include the provoleta appetizer and the Vacio flank steak. New Orleans Magazine’s Chef of the Year 2006 & 2010 Steakhouse of the Year. $$$

Lakeview Harbor 911 Harrison Ave., 486-4887, Lakeview, BestNewOrleansBurger. com. L, D daily. Burgers are the name of the game here at this restaurant which shares a pedigree with Snug Harbor and Port of Call. Rounded out with a loaded baked potato, their half-pound patties are sure to please. Daily specials, pizza and steaks are offered as well. $

La Macarena Pupuseria & Latin Cafe

40136 Highway 942, (225) 473-9380, Darrow, HoumasHouse.com. L Sun, D WedSun. Nouvelle Louisiane, plantation-style cooking served in an opulent setting features dishes like rack of lamb and plume de veau. $$$$$ French Quarter, LeMeritageRestaurant.com. D Tue-Sat. This restaurant blends fine wines with Southern-flavored cuisine for a memorable fine-dining experience in a casual environment. Chef Michael Farrell’s well-rounded menu features suggested wine and food pairings, along with full or half servings both by the glass and by the plate. Complimentary valet parking. $$$

Le Salon Windsor Court Hotel, 300 Gravier St., 596-4773, CBD/Warehouse District. Afternoon Tea, Thu-Fri, seating at 2 p.m., Sat-Sun, seating at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. Formal afternoon tea with harpist or string quartet served in a sophisticated atmosphere. A local mother-daughter tradition. $$

Liborio’s Cuban Restaurant 321 Magazine St., 581-9680, CBD/Warehouse District, LiborioCuban.com. L Mon-Sat, D Tue-Sat. Authentic Cuban favorites such as Ropa Vieja and pressed Cuban sandwiches along with great specials make this a popular

lunch choice. $$$

Lil’ Dizzy’s Café 1500 Esplanade Ave., 569-8997, Mid-City. B, L daily, D Thu-Sat. Spot local and national politicos dining at this favored Creole soul restaurant known for homey classics like fried chicken and Trout Baquet. $

Lilette 3637 Magazine St., 895-1636, Uptown, LiletteRestaurant.com. L, D Tue-Sat. Chef John Harris’ innovative menu draws discerning diners to this highly regarded bistro on Magazine Street. Desserts are wonderful as well. $$$$$

Lola’s 3312 Esplanade Ave., 488-6946, Mid-City. D daily. Garlicky Spanish dishes and great paella make this artsy Faubourg St. John boîte a hipster destination. $$$

Lüke 333 St. Charles Ave., 378-2840, CBD, LukeNewOrleans.com. Br Sat-Sun, B, L, D daily. John Besh (New Orleans Magazine’s Chef of the Year 2007) and executive chef Matt Regan characterize the cuisine “Alsace meets New Orleans in an authentic brasserie setting.” Germanic specialties and French bistro classics, house-made patés and abundant plateaux of cold, fresh seafood. New Orleans Magazine’s Best New Restaurant 2007 and 2012 Raw Bar of the Year. $$$

Mahony’s 3454 Magazine St., 899-3374, Uptown, MahonysPoBoys.com. L, D MonSat. Along with the usual poor boys, this sandwich shop serves up a Grilled Shrimp and Fried Green Tomato version dressed with remoulade sauce. Sandwich offerings are augmented by a full bar. $ Mandina’s 3800 Canal St., 482-9179, MidCity, MandinasRestaurant.com. L, D daily. Quintessential New Orleans neighborhood institution reopened following an extensive renovation. Though the ambiance is more upscale, the same food and seafood dishes make dining here a New Orleans experience. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year. $$

Maple Street Café 7623 Maple St., 3149003, Uptown. L, D daily. Casual dinner spot serving Mediterranean-inspired pastas and Italian-style entrées, along with heartier fare such as duck and filet mignon. $$

The Marigny Brasserie 640 Frenchmen St., 945-4472, Faubourg Marigny, MarignyBrasserie.com. L, D daily. Chic neighborhood bistro with traditional dishes like the Wedge of Lettuce salad and innovative cocktails like the Cucumber Cosmo. $$$

Martin Wine Cellar 714 Elmeer Ave., 8967300, Metairie, MartinWine.com. Br Sun, L daily, D Mon-Fri. Wine by the glass or bottle

to go with daily lunch specials, towering burgers, hearty soups, salads and giant, delistyle sandwiches. $

Mat & Naddie’s 937 Leonidas St., 8619600, Uptown, MatAndNaddies.com. D MonTue, Thu-Sat. Cozy converted house along River Road serves up creative and eclectic regionally-inspired fare. Crab cakes with cucumber slaw makes for a good appetizer and when the weather is right the romantic patio is the place to sit. $$$$

Maximo’s Italian Grill 1117 Decatur St., 586-8883, French Quarter. MaximosGrill. com. D Daily. Italian destination on Decatur Street features a sprawling menu including housemade salumi and antipasti as well as old school classics like Veal Osso Bucco. Private dining is offered for special events. New Orleans Magazine’s 2012 Continental Italian Restaurant of the Year. $$$

Middendorf’s Interstate 55, Exit 15, 30160 Highway 51 South, (985) 386-6666, Akers, MiddendorfsRestaurant.com. L, D Wed-Sun. Historic seafood destination along the shores of Lake Maurepas is world-famous for its thin-fried catfish filets. Open since 1934, it transitioned to its next generation of owners when Horst Pfeifer purchased it in 2007. More than a restaurant, this is a Sunday Drive tradition. $$ MiLa 817 Common St., 412-2580, French Quarter, MiLaNewOrleans.com. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat. Latest offering from husbandand-wife chefs Slade Rushing and Allison Vines-Rushing focuses on the fusion of the cuisines of Miss. and La. Signature dishes include Oysters Rockefeller “Deconstructed” and New Orleans-style barbecue lobster. New Orleans Magazine’s Best New Restaurant 2008. $$$$ Mona’s Café 504 Frenchmen St., 485-6583, Marigny; 4126 Magazine St., 894-9800, Uptown; 1120 S. Carrollton Ave., 861-8174, Uptown; 3901 Banks St., 482-7743, Mid-City. L, D daily. Middle Eastern specialties such as baba ganuj, tender-tangy beef or chicken shawarma, falafel and gyros, stuffed into pillowy pita bread or on platters. The lentil soup with crunchy pita chips and desserts, such as sticky sweet baklava, round out the menu. New Orleans Magazine’s 2012 Middle Eastern Restaurant of the Year. $

Mondo 900 Harrison Ave., 224-2633, Lakeview, MondoNewOrleans.com. Br Sun, L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 Chef of the Year Susan Spicer’s take on world cuisine isn’t far from her home in Lakeview. Make sure to call ahead because the place has a deserved reputation for good food and good times. $$$

National Awards for the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Ala. 1 Grand Blvd., Point Clear, AL, (251) 928-9201, MarriottGrand.com

The Grand Hotel Marriott Resort Golf Club & Spa is the only hotel in the vicinity of the Florida panhandle to be named one of the “Top 500 Hotels in the World 2013” by Travel + Leisure magazine. It has also been recognized again in “Top Spas in the US 2013” by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Independent research has also ranked it as the No.1 Marriott Hotel for guest satisfaction. No doubt constant upgrades help keep guests happy. The latest is a move in the Grand Dining Room, a AAA Four Diamond restaurant, to offering a wider steak menu alongside other classic favorites. – M . c . 88

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Morton’s, The Steakhouse The Shops at Canal Place, 365 Canal St., 566-0221, French Quarter, Mortons.com/NewOrleans. D daily. Quintessential Chicago steakhouse serves up top-quality slabs of meat along with jumbo seafood. Clubhouse atmosphere makes this chophouse a favorite of Saints players and businessmen alike. $$$$$ Mosca’s 4137 Highway 90 West, 436-9942, Avondale. D Tue-Sat. Italian institution near the Huey Long Bridge dishes out massive portions of great food family-style. Good bets are the shrimp Mosca and chicken à la grande. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 Honor Roll winner. Note: Cash Only. $$$

Mother’s 401 Poydras St., 436-8940, CBD/ Warehouse District, MothersRestaurant.net. B, L, D daily. Locals and tourists alike endure long queues and a confounding ordering system to enjoy iconic dishes such as the Ferdi poor boy and Jerry’s jambalaya. Come for a late lunch to avoid the rush. $$

Mr. Ed’s Seafood and Italian Restaurant 1001 Live Oak St., 838-0022, Bucktown; 910 W. Esplanade Ave., #A, 4633030, Kenner. L, D Mon-Sat. Neighborhood restaurant specializes in seafood and Italian offerings such as stuffed eggplant and bell pepper. Fried seafood and sandwiches make it a good stop for lunch. $$

Muriel’s Jackson Square 801 Chartres St., 568-1885, French Quarter, Muriels.com. L, D daily, Br Sun. Enjoy pecan-crusted drum and other New Orleans classics while dining in the courtyard bar or any other room in this labyrinthine, rumored-to-be-haunted establishment. $$$$

Naked Pizza 6307 S. Miro St., 8650244, Uptown (takeout & delivery only),

NakedPizza.biz. L, D daily. Pizza place with a focus on fresh ingredients and a healthy crust. The Mediterranean pie is a good choice. $

Napoleon House 500 Chartres St., 5249752, French Quarter, NapoleonHouse.com. L, D Mon-Sat. Originally built in 1797 as a respite for Napoleon, this family-owned European-style café serves local favorites: gumbo, jambalaya, muffulettas and for sipping, a Sazerac or lemony Pimm’s Cup. $$ Nine Roses 1100 Stephen St., 366-7665, Gretna, NineRosesResturant.com. L, D SunTue, Thu-Sat. The extensive Vietnamese menu specializes in hot pots, noodles and dishes big enough for everyone to share. Great for families. $$

NOLA 534 St. Louis St., 522-6652, French Quarter, Emerils.com. L Thu-Sun, D daily. Emeril’s more affordable eatery, featuring cedar-plank-roasted redfish; private dining. $$$$$

Nuvolari’s 246 Girod St., (985) 6265619, Mandeville, Nuvolaris.com. D daily. Dark woods and soft lighting highlight this Northshore Creole Continental-Italian fusion restaurant famous for crabmeat ravioli, veal dishes, seafood specialties and delectable desserts. $$$$

One Restaurant and Lounge 8132 Hampson St., 301-9061, Uptown, OrleansGrapevine.com. L Tue-Fri, D Mon-Sat. Black seating and herbaceous sage-colored walls form a dining room where every seat is a view into the open kitchen and the chefs creating contemporary comfort food on a seasonally changing menu. The bar is also known for cranking out clever cocktails. New Orleans Magazine’s Best New Restaurant

2005. $$$$

Orleans Grapevine Wine Bar and Bistro 720 Orleans Ave., 523-1930, French Quarter, OrleansGrapevine.com. D daily. Wine is the muse at this beautifully renovated French Quarter bistro, which offers vino by the flight, glass and bottle. A classic menu with an emphasis on New Orleans cuisine adds to the appeal $$$

Palace Café 605 Canal St., 523-1661, CBD/ Warehouse District, PalaceCafe.com. L MonSat, D daily, Br Sun. Dickie Brennan-owned brasserie with French-style sidewalk seating and house-created specialties of Chef Darrin Nesbit at lunch, dinner and Jazz Brunch. Favorites here include crabmeat cheesecake, turtle soup, the Werlein salad with fried Louisiana oysters and pork ”debris” studded Palace Potato Pie. $$$$$

Parkway Bakery and Tavern 538 Hagan Ave., 482-3047, Mid-City, ParkwayBakeryAndTavernNola.com. L, D daily, closed Tue. Featured on national TV and having served poor boys to presidents, Parkway stakes a claim to some of the best sandwiches in town. Their French fry version with gravy and cheese is a classic at a great price. $

Pascal’s Manale 1838 Napoleon Ave., 895-4877, Uptown. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat. Vintage New Orleans neighborhood restaurant since 1913 and the place to go for the house-creation of barbecued shrimp. Its oyster bar serves icy cold, freshly shucked Louisiana oysters and the Italian specialties and steaks are also solid. $$$$

Patois 6078 Laurel St., 895-9441, Uptown, PatoisNola.com. Br Sun, L Fri, D Wed-Sat. The food is French in technique, with influ-

ences from across the Mediterranean as well as the American South, all filtered through the talent of Chef Aaron Burgau (New Orleans Magazine’s Best New Chef 2009). Reservations recommended. $$$

Paul’s Café 100 Pine St., (985) 386-9581, Ponchatoula, PaulsCafe.net. B, L daily. Best known for its strawberry daiquiris, Paul’s also cooks up egg breakfasts and lunches including all manner of sandwiches and poor boys. $

The Pelican Club 312 Exchange Place, 523-1504, French Quarter, PelicanClub.com. D daily. Tucked into a French Quarter alley, Pelican Club serves an eclectic mix of hip food, from the seafood “martini” to clay pot barbecued shrimp and a trio of duck. Three dining rooms available. $$$$$ PJ’s Coffee Multiple locations throughout Greater New Orleans, PJsCoffee.com. The city’s first iced-coffee spot that pioneered the coffee house experience in New Orleans and introduced us all to velvet ices, drinkable granitas and locally made Ronald Reginald vanilla. A wide assortment of pastries and bagels are offered as well as juices and fresh ground or whole bean coffees. $ Port of Call 838 Esplanade Ave., 523-0120, French Quarter, PortOfCallNola.com. L, D daily. It is all about the big, meaty burgers and giant baked potatoes in this popular bar/ restaurant – unless you’re cocktailing only, then it’s all about the Monsoons. $$

Praline Connection 542 Frenchmen St., 943-3934, Faubourg Marigny, PralineConnection.com. L, D daily. Downhome dishes of smothered pork chops, greens, beans and cornbread are on the menu at this homey Creole soul restau-

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Ralph Brennan’s Red Fish Grill 115 Bourbon St., 598-1200, French Quarter, RedFishGrill.com. L, D Mon-Thu & Sun. Chef Austin Kirzner cooks up a broad menu peppered with Big Easy favorites such as BBQ oysters, blackened redfish and double chocolate bread pudding. $$$$$

Ralph’s On The Park 900 City Park Ave., 488-1000, Mid-City, RalphsOnThePark. com. Br Sun, L Wed-Fri, D daily. A modern interior, a view of City Park’s moss-draped oaks and contemporary Creole dishes such as City Park salad, turtle soup and BBQ Gulf shrimp. The bar gets special notice for cocktails. $$$$

The Red Maple 1036 Lafayette St., 3670935, Gretna, TheRedMaple.com. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sat. This West Bank institution since 1963 is known for its seafood, steaks, wine list and some of the best bread pudding around. $$$$

Reginelli’s Pizzeria 741 State St., 8991414, Uptown; 3244 Magazine St., 895-7272, Uptown; 5608 Citrus Blvd., 818-0111, Harahan; 817 W. Esplanade Ave., 7126868, Kenner; 874 Harrison Ave, 488-0133, Lakeview; Reginellis.com. L, D daily. Pizzas, pastas, salads, fat calzones and lofty focaccia sandwiches are on tap at locations all over town. $$

Arnaud’s Remoulade 309 Bourbon St., 523-0377, French Quarter, Remoulade. com. L, D daily. Granite-topped tables and an antique mahogany bar are home to the eclectic menu of Famous Shrimp Arnaud, red beans and rice and poor boys as well as specialty burgers, grilled all-beef hot dogs and thin-crust pizza. $$

René Bistrot 700 Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350, CBD/Warehouse District, LaCoteBrasserie.com. Br Sun, L Mon-Fri, D daily. Fresh local seafood, international ingredients and a contemporary atmosphere fill the room at this hotel restaurant near the Convention Center. $$$

Restaurant August 301 Tchoupitoulas St., 299-9777, CBD/Warehouse District, RestaurantAugust.com. L Mon-Fri, D daily. James Beard Award-winning chef (New Orleans Magazine’s Chef of the Year 2007) John Besh’s menu is based on classical techniques of Louisiana cuisine and produce with a splash of European flavor set in a historic carriage warehouse. $$$$$

R’evolution 777 Bienville St., 553-2277, French Quarter, RevolutionNola.com. L, D Mon-Fri, Br, D Sun, open late Fri-Sat. R’evolution is the partnership between chefs John Folse and Rick Tramonto. Located in the Royal Sonesta Hotel, it’s an opulent place that combines the local flavors of chef Folse with the more cosmopolitan influence of chef Tramonto. Chef de cuisine Chris Lusk and executive sous chef Erik Veney are in charge of day-to-day operations, which include house-made charcuterie, pastries, pastas and more. New Orleans Magazine’s 2012 Restaurant of the Year. $$$$$

DINING GUIDE St. Louis St., 529-7046, French Quarter, RibRoomNewOrleans.com. Br Sat-Sun, L, D daily. Old World elegance, high ceilings and views of Royal Street, house classic cocktails and Anthony Spizale’s broad menu of prime rib, stunning seafood and on weekends, a Champagne Brunch. $$$

Uptown, SakeCafeUptown.com. L, D daily. Creative and traditional Japanese food in an ultramodern décor. Sushi and sashimi boats, wild rolls filled with the usual and not-sousual suspects and a nice bar with a number of sakes from which to choose. $$$

Riccobono’s Panola Street Café 7801

901 Veterans Blvd., 835-0916, Metairie, SammysPoBoys.com. L Mon-Sat, D daily. Bucktown transplant offers a seafood-centric menu rounded out with wraps, kid meals and catering options all at a reasonable price. $

Panola St., 314-1810, Garden District. B, L daily. This breakfast spot at the corner of Burdette and Panola streets has been waking up bleary college students for years. The omelets are good, as are the Belgian waffles. Offers daily specials as well. $

Rio Mar 800 S. Peters St., 525-3474, CBD/ Warehouse District, RioMarSeafood.com. L Mon-Fri, D Mon-Sat. Seafood-centric Warehouse District destination focuses on Latin American and Spanish cuisines. Try the bacalaitos and the escabeche. The tapas lunch is a great way to try a little of everything. Save room for the Tres Leches, a favorite dessert. New Orleans Magazine’s Chef of the Year 2006. $$$$

Ristorante Filippo 1917 Ridgelake Drive, 835-4008, Metairie. L, D Tue-Sat. CreoleItalian destination serves up southern Italian specialties bathed in red sauces and cheese alongside New Orleans classics like pan-fried Gulf fish and plump shellfish. $$$ River 127 Westin New Orleans Canal Place, 100 Rue Iberville, 533-5082, French Quarter. B, L, D daily. Continental cuisine with Louisiana flare in a dining room that overlooks the Mississippi River and French Quarter. $$$$

Rivershack Tavern 3449 River Road, 8344938, Jefferson, TheRivershackTavern.com. L, D daily. Home of the Tacky Ashtray, this popular bar alongside the Mississippi levee offers surprisingly wide-ranging menu featuring seafood, poor boys and deli-style sandwiches along with live music. Open late. $

Rock-N-Sake 823 Fulton St., 581-7253, CBD/Warehouse District, RockNSake.com. L Fri, D Tue-Sun. Enjoy fresh sushi along with contemporary takes on Japanese favorites in this club-like setting in the Warehouse District. Open until midnight on Fri. and Sat., this makes for a unique late-night destination. $$$

Root 200 Julia St., 252-9480, CBD, RootNola.com. L Mon-Fri, D daily. Chef Philip Lopez opened Root in November 2011 and has garnered a loyal following for his modernist, eclectic cuisine. Try the Korean fried chicken wings and the Cohiba-smoked scallops crusted with chorizo. New Orleans Magazine’s 2012 Maître D’ of the Year. $$$$

Royal Blend Coffee and Tea House 621 Royal St., 523-2716, French Quarter; 204 Metairie Road, 835-7779, Metairie; RoyalBlendCoffee.com. B, L daily. Known for their frozen Café Glace and a wide selection of coffees and teas, as well as pastries, daily specials and hearty breakfasts. $

469-8585, Kenner, RistoranteDaPiero.com. L, D Tue-Sat. Homemade pastas and an emphasis on Northern Italian cuisine make this cozy spot in Kenner’s Rivertown a romantic destination. $

Ruth’s Chris Steak House 3633 Veterans Blvd., 888-3600, Metairie. L Fri, D daily, Br Sat-Sun; 525 Fulton St. in Harrah’s Hotel, 587-7099, L, D daily, Br Sat-Sun; RuthsChris. com. Filet Mignon, creamed spinach and potatoes au gratin are the most popular dishes at this area steak institution, but there are also great seafood choices and top-notch desserts. $$$$$

Rib Room Omni Royal Orleans Hotel, 621

Sake Café 2830 Magazine St., 894-0033,

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Satsuma Café 3218 Dauphine St., 3045962, Bywater; 7901 Maple St., 309-5557, Uptown; SatsumaCafe.com. B, L daily (until 7 p.m.). Two locations offer healthy, inspired breakfast and lunch fare, along with freshly squeezed juices. $

Semolina 4436 Veterans Blvd., Suite 37, Metairie, 454-7930, Semolina.com. L, D daily. This casual, contemporary pasta restaurant takes a bold approach to cooking Italian food, emphasizing flavors, texture and color; many of the dishes feature a signature Louisiana twist, such as the Muffuletta Pasta and Pasta Jambalaya. Popular entrées include Grilled Chicken Alfredo, Chicken Marsala and Veal Parmesan. $$

Serendipity 3700 Orleans Ave. 407-0818, Mid-City, SerendipityNola.com. D daily. Chef Chris DeBarr brings his eclectic and far-ranging style of cuisine and classically inspired cocktails to an outpost in American Can. A late-night option as well. $$

Slice 1513 St. Charles Ave., 525-7437, Uptown; 5538 Magazine St., 897-4800; SlicePizzeria.com. L, D Mon-Sat. Order up slices or whole pizza pies done in several styles (thin- and thick-crust) as well as pastas, seafood, paninis and salads. $

Slim Goodies Diner 3322 Magazine St., 891-EGGS (3447). B, L daily. This diner offers up an exhaustive menu heavily influenced by local cuisine. Try the Creole Slammer, a breakfast platter rounded out with Crawfish Étouffée. The laid-back vibe is best enjoyed on the patio out back. $

SoBou 310 Chartres St., 552-4095, French Quarter, SoBouNola.com. B, L, D daily. There is something for everyone at this “Modern Creole Saloon,” the latest offering from the Commander’s Restaurant Family. Decidedly unstuffy with an emphasis on craft cocktails and wines by the glass, diners will find everything from $1 pork cracklins to an extravagant foie gras burger on the accomplished yet eclectic menus. $$

service “stellar.” Boswell was New Orleans Magazine’s 2005 Chef of the Year. $$$$$

Sun Ray Grill 619 Pink St., 837-0055, Old Metairie; 1051 Annunciation St., 566-0021, CBD/Warehouse District; 2600 Belle Chasse Highway, 391-0053, Gretna; SunRayGrill. com. L, D daily, Br Sun (at Annunciation). This local chain offers a globally influenced menu with burgers, steaks, sesame crusted tuna, sandwiches and salads. $$

Surrey’s Café and Juice Bar 1418 Magazine St., 524-3828, Coliseum Square; 4807 Magazine St., 895-5757, Uptown; SurreysCafeAndJuiceBar.com. B, L daily. Laid-back café focuses on breakfast and brunch dishes to accompany freshly squeezed juice offerings. Health-food lovers will like it here, along with fans of favorites such as peanut butter and banana pancakes. Note: Cash only. $$

Tan Dinh 1705 Lafayette St., 361-8008, Gretna. B, L, D Wed-Mon. Roasted quail and the beef pho rule at this Vietnamese outpost. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 Vietnamese Restaurant of the Year. $$ Theo’s Pizza 4218 Magazine St., 8948554, Uptown; 4024 Canal, 302-1133, MidCity; 1212 S. Clearview Parkway, 733-3803, Elmwood TheosPizza.com. L, D daily. The thin, cracker-crisp crust pizzas are complemented by the broad assortment of toppings which include a lot of local ingredients. Cheap prices make this an economical and delicious choice. $$ Three Muses 536 Frenchmen St., 2524801, Marigny, TheThreeMuses.com. D Sun-Mon, Wed, Fri-Sat. Three Muses is a bar-restaurant serving the eclectic cuisine of chef Daniel Esses. The menu changes, but expect Esses’ take on Italian, Spanish, North African and Korean cooking. Local bands provide music on a regular basis. $ Tommy’s Cuisine 746 Tchoupitoulas St., 581-1103, CBD/Warehouse District, TommysNewOrleans.com. D daily. Classic Creole-Italian cuisine is the name of the game at this upscale eatery. Appetizers include the namesake Oysters Tommy, baked in the shell with Romano cheese, pancetta and roasted red pepper. $$$$$

Tony Angello’s 6262 Fleur de Lis Drive, 488-0888. Lakeview. D Tue-Sat. CreoleItalian favorite serves up fare in the completely restored Lakeview location. Ask Tony to “Feed Me” if you want a real multi-course dining experience. New Orleans Magazine’s 2010 Traditional New Orleans Italian Restaurant of the Year. $$$$

Snug Harbor 626 Frenchman St., 9490696, Faubourg Marigny, SnugJazz.com. D daily. The city’s premier jazz club serves cocktails and a dining menu loaded with steaks, seafood and meaty burgers served with loaded baked potatoes. $$$$

Tout de Suite Cafe 347 Verret St., 3622264, Algiers. B, L, D daily. Neighborhood coffeehouse/café in historic Algiers Point offers a light menu of soups, salads and sandwiches for a quick meal or carryout. $$

Stein’s Market and Deli 2207 Magazine

Tracey’s Irish Restaurant & Bar 2604

St., 527-0771, Uptown, SteinsDeli.net. B, L, D Tue-Sun. New York meets New Orleans. The Reuben and Rachel sandwiches are the real deal and the half-sours and pickled tomatoes complete the deli experience. $

Magazine St., 897-5413, TraeysNola.com, Uptown. L, D daily. A neighborhood bar with one of the best messy roast beef poor boys in town. The gumbo, cheeseburger poor boy and other sandwiches are also winners. Grab a local Abita beer to wash it all down. Also a great location to watch “the game.” $

Stella! 1032 Chartres St., 587-0091, French Quarter, RestaurantStella.com. D daily. Global cuisine with a Louisiana blush by native son chef Scott Boswell. Dishes are always inventive and flavorful from appetizer to dessert. The wine list is bold and the

Trey Yuen 600 N. Causeway Blvd., (985) 626-4476, Mandeville, TreyYuen.com. L Tue-Fri & Sun, D Tue-Sun. Chinese cuisine meets with local seafood in dishes like their

Szechuan Spicy Alligator and Tong Cho Crawfish; private rooms available. $$

intimate at the same time. The cannelloni is a house specialty. $$$

Tujague’s 823 Decatur St., 525-8676,

Wolfe’s in the Warehouse 859 Convention Center Blvd., 613-2882, CBD/ Warehouse District. B, L, D daily. Chef Tom Wolfe brings his refined cuisine to the booming Fulton Street corridor. His Smoked Kobe Short Ribs are a good choice. $$$

French Quarter, TujaguesRestaurant.com. D daily. For more than 150 years this landmark restaurant has been offering Creole cuisine. Favorites include a nightly six-course table d’hôté menu featuring a unique Beef Brisket with Creole Sauce. New Orleans Magazine’s Honor Roll honoree 2008. $$$$$

Upperline 1413 Upperline St., 891-9822, Uptown, Upperline.com. D Wed-Sun. Consummate hostess JoAnn Clevenger and talented chef Dave Bridges make for a winning combination at this nationally heralded Uptown favorite, New Orleans Magazine’s 2012 Honor Roll winner. The oft-copied Fried Green Tomatoes with Shrimp Remoulade originated here. $$$$

Vega Tapas Café 2051 Metairie Road, 836-2007, Metairie. D Mon-Sat. Innovative establishment offers fresh seafood, grilled meats and vegetarian dishes in a chic environment. Daily chef specials showcase unique ingredients and make this place a popular destination for dates as well as groups of friends. $$

Venezia 134 N. Carrollton Ave., 488-7991, Mid-City, VeneziaNewOrleans.com. L Wed-Fri & Sun, D Wed-Sun. Casual neighborhood Italian destination known for its thin-crust pizzas. Good lunch specials make this a popular choice as well. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine 4411 Chastant St., 885-2984, Metairie, L TueFri, D Mon-Sat; 7839 St. Charles Ave., 866-9313, Uptown. L Tue-Fri, D Tue-Sun; VicentsItalianCuisine.com. Snug Italian boîte packs them in yet manages to remain

Ye Olde College Inn 3000 S. Carrollton Ave., 866-3683, Uptown, CollegeInn1933. com. D Tue-Sat. The institution moved next door into brand-new digs but serves up the same classic fare, albeit with a few new upscale dishes peppering the menu. $$$

Yuki Izakaya 525 Frenchmen St., 9431122, Marigny. D daily. Authentic Japanese Izakaya serves small plates to late-night crowds at this unique destination. Try the Hokke Fish or the Agedashi Tofu. An excellent sake menu rounds out the appeal, as does the sexy, club-like ambiance. $ Zea’s Rotisserie and Bar 1525 St. Charles Ave., Lower Garden District, 520-8100; 1655 Hickory Ave, Harahan, 738-0799; 4450 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 780-9090; 1325 West Esplanade, Kenner, 468-7733; 1121 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey, 361-8293; 110 Lake Drive, Covington, (985) 327-0520, ZeaRestaurants.com. L, D daily. This popular restaurant serves a variety of grilled items as well as appetizers, salads, side dishes, seafood, pasta and other entrées, drawing from a wide range of worldly influences. Zea’s also offers catering services. $$$ Zoë Restaurant W New Orleans Hotel, 333 Poydras St., 2nd Floor, 207-5018, ZoeNewOrleans.com. B, L daily. Completely redone in both décor and cuisine, each section features a separate menu by executive

chef Chris Brown. $$$

SPECIALTY FOODS Antoine’s Annex 513 Royal St., 525-8045, French Quarter, Antoines.com/AntoinesAnnex. Open daily. Around the corner from the oldest continuously operated restaurant in the country, Antoine’s Annex serves French pastries, including individual baked Alaskas, ice cream and gelato, as well as panini, salads and coffee. They also deliver. Bee Sweet Cupcakes 5706 Magazine St., 891-8333, Uptown, BeeSweetCupcakes.net. Open Mon-Sat. Tiny shop sells its namesake treats with a New Orleans twist. Try the Bananas Foster or the Pralines and Cream flavors. Daily specials are offered, as well as catering orders for weddings and parties. Bittersweet Confections 725 Magazine St., 523-2626, Warehouse District, BittersweetConfections.com. Open MonSat. Freshly baked cookies, cupcakes and specialty cakes. Serving handmade chocolate truffles, fudge, caramels, gelato, ice coffee, chocolate-dipped strawberries and freshly squeezed lemonade. Children’s birthday parties, chocolate tasting parties, custom chocolates and truffle party bar. Call for details. Blue Dot Donuts 4301 Canal St., 2184866, Mid-City, BlueDotDonuts.com. B, L daily. Heard the one about the cops that opened a donut shop? This is no joke. The Bacon Maple Long John gets all the press, but returning customers are happy with the classics as well as twists like peanut butter and jelly. New Orleans Magazine’s 2012 Doughnut Shop of the Year.

Open daily. French and Belgian chocolate truffles and Italian candy flowers make this boutique a great place for gifts.

Calcasieu 930 Tchoupitoulas St., 588-2188, Warehouse District, CalcasieuRooms.com. Located in the second floor of a renovated warehouse, above Cochon and Cochon Butcher, is a place to host gatherings both large and small. Catering menus feature modern Louisiana cooking and the Cajun cuisine for which chef Donald Link is justifiably famous.

Magic Seasonings Mail Order (800) 4572857. Offers chef Paul Prudhomme’s famous cookbooks, smoked meats, videos, seasonings and more. Online shopping available at shop. ChefPaul.com/Seasonings. St. James Cheese Company 5004 Prytania St., 899-4737, Uptown, StJamesCheese.com. Open daily. Specialty shop offers a selection of fine cheeses, wines, beers and related accouterments. Look for wine and cheese specials every Friday.

Sucré 3025 Magazine St., 520-8311; 3301 Veterans Blvd., 834-2277; ShopSucre.com. Desserts daily & nightly. Open late weekends. Chocolates, pastry and gelato draw rave reviews at this new dessert destination. Beautiful packaging makes this a great place to shop for gifts. Catering available.

Blue Frog Chocolates 5707 Magazine St., 269-5707, Uptown, BlueFrogChocolate.com.

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WHEN PRICE IS NOT AN OBJECT Libations from the high end. By Tim McNally

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store, or a clothing store, or a car dealership. They go right for a particular item or two and decide to buy. No checking the price. No worrying about whether the merchandise is worth the money. No concern about whether they’ll like their purchases. They know the brands. They know the tastes, the smells, the feels. They have enjoyed the products before, or have seen their friends with the product, and they see no reason to change their purchasing decision or experiment. You know that feeling, don’t you? When money is no object; when the world is your oyster. Isn’t that the way it works for you? Yeah, me neither. But there are folks, and a lot more of them than you may realize, who purchase on real or perceived pleasure or expectation. It is interesting that as we come out of the recession of the last few years, the higher-priced tiers in the market are the ones expanding and growing in sales the most. Goods in the upper end of the pricing scale are finding willing buyers. The lower tiers are also showing more growth than the year before, but not as much on a percentage basis as luxury goods priced well above everything else.

Often consumers on the upper end, and those desiring those lofty positions, purchase on the basis of the label. (Subject to availability at local high-end outlets, these bottles can often be special ordered.) They don’t often perceive the true value of the product, or fully appreciate its quality, but the label is quite enough. So price isn’t a barrier to purchase, instead it becomes an incentive. This phenomenon crosses all product types, including clothing, cars, restaurant choices and vacation destinations. It is most certainly noticeable in beverage selections. There may be no understanding by the purchaser of the manufacturing processes or the ingredients or the history of the product. But from the consumer’s viewpoint, there most certainly is an appreciation of the label and the cachet it conveys. So what are these wines and spirits that when we’re offered a taste, but can’t afford the whole container, we should always say, “yes,” and “thank you?” Back on Planet Earth, where most of us reside, we’re able to purchase other products from these vintners and distillers at lower costs. Not necessarily bargains, but if you believe you get what you pay for, then we’ll have a chance to enjoy beverages from companies who know how to make some very good stuff.

WINE Domaine de la Romanèe-Conti Montrachet, 2010, $2,500; Domaine de la Romanèe-Conti, 2010, $4,000 For more than

1,500 years these hallowed fields in Burgundy have been producing wines that bring amazing joy to those chosen few who are able to purchase them, and a yearning in most wine lovers who can only dream of ever tasting them. These fields were first harvested by the Romans as they made their way across Gaul, entering that region to the south of Burgundy. Today the area is known as Provence, an allusion to the Roman ownership of the area. It was all, indeed, a province, an 92

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outpost of the Roman Empire. The Romans loved wine and they recognized in Burgundy – particularly in the locality of today’s DRC, which is how this wine is referred to by writers and “True Believers” – that something very rare and quite special was happening here agriculturally. Today those vineyards identified and cultivated by the Romans still produce the finest wines in the world; and if not that, then certainly the most expensive. 2010 was a tricky year, with temperature swings and rains at the worst moment, but the end result is proof enough that the mildews and a reduced crop still allowed a stunning wine to

emerge. The wines of DRC are sometimes difficult for the uninitiated to appreciate, as they are by Burgundian standards rough and almost unapproachable when they are young. Aging is essential and the rewards are sometimes elusive. Knowing exactly when the right moment to open the prize is important. Collectors of DRC go on and on about good timing, and sometimes, bad luck. But the joy of savoring an amazing, opulent chardonnaybased Montrachet and the dark broodiness with layered pinot noir that is the DRC eponymous brand is unmatched in the wine world.

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Bollinger R.D., 1996, $390 James Bond was nobody’s fool, and when it came to bubbles, he was a lover of Bollinger. The house was founded in 1585 by German immigrants to the Champagne region of France; a story that happened again and again. Its higher end cuvées (blends) are vinified and aged in the bottle in the true méthode traditionelle, which means the still wine is given its second fermentation – that creates the bubbles – right in the bottle you purchase. Most Champagne houses seal those bottles with a metal cap while this process is proceeding, but Bollinger actually uses cork stoppers, with the thought that the fermentation will take on more character if the stopper is allowed to “breathe” a bit. “R.D.” means rècemment dègorgè or recently disgorged. The wine is left alone during the second fermentation to linger on its lees. Those are the residual yeasts and precipitates that are present when the still wine is made. In Bolllinger’s case, for the R.D. designation that period of time is at least eight years before the Champagne moves along to the final production stages. This wine is a blend of about 65 percent Pinot Noir and 35 percent Chardonnay, the best of the 1996 vintage blended with wines from previous outstanding vintages such as ’70 and ’83. The R.D. isn’t made every year, only in the most outstanding years as determined by the winemaker. Armand de Brignac Rosè, $460 The small village of Chigny les Roses in the Champagne region of France isn’t the kind of place one expects to find one of the most expensive Champagnes in the entire world. But here, Armand de Brignac is made by Champagne Cattier, a family company that began wine production under their own name in 1918. Produced in limited quantities, then packaged in solid-covered, opaque gold bottles for the Brut, and pink-gold bottles for the Rosè, each bottle also presents a solid pewter Ace of Spades adornment, along with three other pewter labels, no paper, all affixed by hand to the bottle. Armand de Brignac, who was a fictional character in a novel enjoyed by Mr. Cattier’s mother, first gained popularity in 2006 when the rapper Jay-Z embraced the brand. To create this delicate rosè, the process of blending, the assemblage, brings together sparkling white wine and still Pinot Noir wine. Delicate aromas and tastes of strawberries are immediately noticeable, along with a black currant quality. All notes come from old-growth vines established in a vineyard near the winery.

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Delamain Le Voyage, $6,000 One of the more notable “Wild Geese” Irish natives, whose love of fine wines and spirits caused them to settle in other parts of the world in order to pursue their passion, was James Delamain. Some of his ancestors had made the same trip to the Cognac region of France a century before his journey in the mid-1700s. The rolling hills of the Charente, around the town of Jarnac, reminded him enough of the Irish countryside around his native Dublin to give him comfort, and he went to work establishing a Cognac house of high repute. The house produces no Cognac designated VS or VSOP since the entry level XO-designated wine is already made from minimum-aged 25-year-old stocks. Many of the wines used in the blending of Le Voyage, an art for which the House of Delamain is particularly recognized, are approaching the century mark. There are only 500 bottles made each year of Le Voyage. Packaged in a Baccarat flask-type decanter, and engulfed in a unique leather accordion-fold surround feature, Le Voyage has been recognized as the finest Cognac in the world. Louis XIII de Remy Martin Rare Cask 42.6, $23,000 For years

Louis XIII set the pattern for premium Cognac. First offered, and still so, in an impressive Baccarat crystal decanter, each stopper specifically made for that particular bottle, Louis XIII was so opulent and decadently delightful that most Cognac lovers pointed to it as the standard bearer for the stratospheric heights to which Cognac can aspire.

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Now Rare Cask 42.6, named for the alcohol content, has trumped those luxury aspirations. Only 738 bottles, all numbered, of this amazing beverage have been made, and no more ever will be available for original sale again. The Rare Cask decanter is defined by a 24-karat rose gold ring around its neck and a black crystal-glass fleur-de-lis shaped stopper. The Cognac all comes from the Grande Champagne region of that western French wine area, and there’s a blend of more than 1,200 eaux des vies, aged up to and exceeding the century mark. Hennessy Paradis Imperial, $2,600 Hearkening back to

an order in 1818 from the Dowager Empress, mother of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, for something very special to celebrate her son’s life as a monarch, the master blenders at Hennessy Cognac, notably Yann Fillioux, have resurrected this premium selection. In every Cognac House is the Paradis, the hallowed place where the oldest stocks reside in darkness and quiet. This blend of eaux de vie up to 130 years old is packaged in a crystal decanter designed by Stephanie Balini and the label is 18-karat gold plated. The wine itself is amazingly fresh given the age of its components. The fresh flower aromas of jasmine and orange blossom are immediately in evidence. On the palate, the Cognac is smooth, with a bit of wood sensation, again of fresh flowers and fruit, and perfectly balanced.

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The Macallen Highland Single Malt 60-year-old Scotch Whisky, $16,000 The rarest spirit from this revered house, The Macallan 60 Year Old, is bottled at cask strength, 53.2 percent alcohol by volume, from stock that was first barreled in 1950. The design of the package, Lalique IV crystal, pays homage to the shape of the small stills, the smallest in the Scotch producing region of Speyside, Scotland, which Macallan uses to achieve finer distillation results. The crystal stopper is even topped by a piece of copper metal cut from one of the old decommissioned stills. The sherry oak used for aging only comes from Spain. The result is incredibly aromatic and peaty, with notes of black currant, toasted apple, lemon, and cinnamon mélange residing on the tongue for a grand length of time before smoothly sliding through the palate, leaving behind an elongated sensation of velvet on oak. Highland Park Single Malt Scotch Whisky Orcadian Series, 1968, $3,800 The archipelago to the north and east of mainland Scotland is the Orkney Islands, inhabited for more than 8,500 years. The history of these islands, of which there are at least 70 – only 20 are inhabited today – covers from the Neolithic period, towards invasions of the Norse and onto the time of monarchies and families of the Middle Ages. Highland Park wanted to pay homage to these hardy places and the people who have lived there, the Orcadians, so three years ago they created a series of very special, dated Scotches. They placed the spirits in unique packages and released very limited quantities. The bell-bottomed, jet-black glass bottle is encased in a hand-crafted oak box, festooned with a Pictish knot – honoring the Pictons, early settlers of the islands – and finished with a pewter “H” done in a Viking style. The spirit contained was specially selected from available stocks based on its maturity and special characteristics. The 1968 exhibits thick honey character, tempered by lemon grass, sandalwood and a complex presentation on the palate of citrus, ginger, clove and camphor. A surprising sweetness lingers in the mouth long after the Scotch has gone. Pappy Van Winkle Kentucky Bourbon, 23-year-old, $300 Practically a bargain on this list; practically unobtainable. This cult classic spends no time in the marketplace, being immediately snapped up by lovers of American bourbon on every release. The story of Pappy Van Winkle is an American story, tracing back its founding to the late 19th century, but production was heavily interrupted due to Prohibition. The spirit stocks were aging. However, nothing could be done with grains and barrels since it wasn’t known if Prohibition would ever end. Today, the company is operated by Julian Van Winkle III, Pappy’s grandson, and the tradition of mixing a little wheat into the corn mash contributes to the sweet qualities of the final product, much loved and sought after by appreciators of Kentucky bourbons. The combination of unusual ingredients in the mix and long aging are currently contributing to both the demand and resulting shortage of the product.

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Exploring the mental impact on physical health by Indranill Basu Ray, M.D.

“All things by immortal power, Near or far, Hiddenly To each other linkèd are, That thou canst not stir a flower Without troubling of star.” – excerpt from “The Mistress of Vision,” by Francis G. Thompson

aranth was a citizen of Shankargarh, a small seaside village on the eastern coast of India. He lived in 800 B.C. He was a sad man. After the death of his wife, all his sons and daughters forsook him because of his miserly habits. Morose with the happenings around him, he grew sadder day by day, until he fell seriously ill and passed away. Told and retold through the centuries (no doubt in more entertaining terms) by village storytellers in India, this tale of Karanth’s sad mental state, which caused his fatal illness, is illustrative of India’s time-honored wisdom and practical

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knowledge about the power of the mind on illness and disease as well as health and healing. A New Paradigm for Western Medicine

Despite more than 50 years of revolutionary research in medicine and molecular biology by Western-based science, our knowledge about the human brain and its functioning has remained elemental. Little or nothing of what we traditionally call “mind” has been thoroughly understood. In particular, the idea that the mind and the body have a medically significant relationship – where the state of the mind controls the wellbeing of the body – is relatively new to Western medicine. However, this concept has been an integral part of Ayurveda, traditional Indian medical science, for ages. Ancient texts, including the Vedas, Upanishads and other scriptures considered to be the foundations of Indian philosophy, propounded this principle. Practicing physicians and surgeons of ancient India, such as Charaka and Sushruta, emphasized the importance of the right mental state for healing, holding that the state of one’s mind governs the entire existence of the human being, including one’s physical health. Modern medicine traces the origin of certain diseases – called psychosomatic illnesses – to mental states such as fear, anger and anxiety. But until recently deeper mind-body links, where variance of mental states directly affects body functioning on a day-to-day basis, were not seriously considered by human biologists. Over the past few decades there have been several scientific explorations that support the contention that mental states like happiness and sadness have a direct consequence on the body’s ability to fight diseases. The actual physical and biochemical changes occurring in the brain and the body – the elusive hidden links that intricately connect the mind and the body – have been deciphered to a certain extent. This has led to a new paradigm of thinking. The Role State of Mind Plays in Immunity

For instance, if a person with a “common cold” today presents him or herself before a doctor within weeks of a personal tragedy, such as the loss of a loved one, the doctor is unlikely to dismiss these two events in the patient’s life as disconnected and merely coincidental. The human body is bombarded daily by a wide variety of bacteria and viruses. To fight this ever-present menace, as well as non-infective diseases such as cancer, our bodies have a highly specialized immune system. It consists of an army of blood cells that have varying capacities for neutralizing invading microorganisms – either by devouring them or by releasing chemicals that deactivate them. Some are highly

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specialized cells such as T (Thymus-derived) cells and NK (Natural Killer) cells that directly kill both cancerand virus-infected cells in the body. Anything that depresses the function of these blood cells can make one vulnerable to infections – like the common cold or other viral infections of the respiratory tract. Losing a loved one is among the most intense of emotional losses anyone can face. A landmark study conducted in 1975, R.W. Bartrop, M.D., and his colleagues at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, studied the effects of bereavement by following the lives of surviving spouses and charting changes in immune function during mourning. Immune and hormonal measures were taken. The conclusion: At eight weeks, T-cell functions were significantly lower in the bereaved spouses than in ageand sex-matched controls. In other studies, even day-to-day stresses like losing a job have been found to decrease T-cell activity and render one vulnerable to a wide range of diseases and infections. Happiness and Inner Peace Increase Immunity

While a depressed mind decreases immunity, a happy mood has now been proved to enhance the body’s capacity to ward off disease. Sandra Levy, a psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cancer Institute, monitored 36 women afflicted with highly advanced breast cancer. Her study of those that survived the longest showed that one of the two most influential factors was a high level of happiness and joy (measured by scores on a standard questionnaire). The study also showed that the prognosis in breast cancer patients depends on the activity of the NK cells (which directly devour cancer cells); and also that stress causes release of certain chemicals in the body that decrease the activity of the NK cells – thus augmenting the cancer. It is therefore not surprising that research on various relaxation techniques that promote inner peace, including meditation, suggest that they can measurably assist the mind in enhancing immunity against cancer. (Steven Locke, M.D., director of the Psychoimmunology Research Project at Harvard Medical School, described more than 200 studies on the treatment of cancer by “mind-body” methods in his book Psychological and Behavioral Treatments for Disorders Associated with the Immune System published by the Institute for the Advancement of Health, 1986.) The connection between happiness and health became clearer when scientists discovered that serotonin, a neurotransmitter associated with elevated mood and a sense of wellbeing, also activates the immune system – particularly the NK cells. Further research has identified hundreds of different biomole-

cules that work as chemical messengers running from the brain to the immune system cells and vice versa – proof of a well organized and highly efficient communication system that mediates the action of thoughts, feelings and moods on bodily health. Met-enkephalin is another chemical, which, when released in the human brain (by the amygdala), produces euphoric moods. It has been discovered that this chemical, apart from being released in the brain, is also released into the bloodstream. Investigators were initially baffled by the mystery of nature indulging in this seemingly wasteful production of excess chemicals that got washed into the bloodstream, apparently serving no useful purpose. Later it was discovered that met-enkephalin also stimulates our immune system upon entering the bloodstream, by activating T-lymphocytes. Combined with other studies that document how our moods and emotions trigger the release of neurochemicals such as met-enkephalin, this demonstrated a specific mechanism whereby a happy mood increases one’s capacity to ward off disease. How Environmental Factors Affect Moods and Immunity

Until very recently, doctors might have scoffed at the suggestion that waking up to see a cloudy and overcast sky through windows could depress immune function in a patient. But the intimate connections between environment, mind and body were established concepts in ancient Indian medicine. Ayurveda gives immense importance to the environment and what the five senses perceive, believing that this can have an effect on the human mind, which is invariably translated to the body. In 2002, the Lancet medical journal reported that exposure to bright light immediately increased brain serotonin, while dark and cloudy days depleted serotonin levels. That sunny hospital rooms expedite recovery in severely depressed patients is an objective proof of this age-old concept. Mind: The Ultimate Power Source

Eastern philosophies, which are the fountainhead of knowledge on meditation, have always considered the mind an immensely powerful force to keep the body healthy and also destroy physical diseases. They unabashedly declare that man is made by his belief; as he believes, so he is. Today, modern science is beginning to pay attention – as evidenced by the use

in advanced medical clinics of visualization, meditation, relaxation techniques and other ways of activating the power of the mind. Promising results with a variety of diseases, for example cancer and asthma, have been documented. The new science, called psychoneuroimmunology, which endeavors to study the interactions of mind, brain and body is still in a formative stage. However, given the fast pace of research, the day isn’t far off when healing by mental power will be accepted as a scientific proposition and not a metaphysical experiment as it is now. Research proceeds apace in many biological labs around the world to further delineate the intricacies and harness the power of the human mind – the most mysterious object in the universe. About the author: Dr. I. Basu Ray is a physician with extensive medical training in India, Canada and the United States. He has been a full-time research faculty member of Harvard Medical School and presently holds academic appointments from Tulane University and University of Queensland, and a clinical appointment at Ochsner Clinic Foundation. He travels worldwide lecturing on the role of meditation in modern medicine. You can visit his website at IBasuRay.com.

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D r . A n n T i l t o n is a member of an exclusive club. There are only about 1,200 pediatric neurologists in the U.S. and Canada, says Tilton; Louisiana has just a handful and some states have only one. For Tilton, the specialty is fascinating. A pediatric neurologist is the “Sherlock Holmes” of medicine, she says, piecing together a diagnosis from a variety of tests. Tilton, who graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M, went to medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and did a double residency in pediatrics and neurology at UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. During her residency, she says, “behind every door [was] a diagnosis I’d never seen before.” After practicing in Dallas, Tilton moved to New Orleans with her husband, a native of the city. He is a cardiologist at East Jefferson General Hospital. Today, she’s a professor of neurology and pediatrics at LSU Health Sciences Center and practices at Children’s Hospital, where she is co-director of the Rehabilitation Center. She also established and directs the center’s Comprehensive Spasticity Program. For her contributions to her field, Tilton received the Hower Award from the Child Neurology Society in 2012. Since she began practicing, Tilton has seen many advances in her field. Vaccinations, for example, have lowered the numbers of meningitis cases, and education about the dangers of aspirin for children has led to a big decrease in the number of Reye’s Syndrome cases. Better imaging methods also give neurologists better information to go on, Tilton says, which enables them to sharpen their diagnoses. At Children’s Hospital’s Rehab Center, teams of 104

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Diagnostic Dilemmas and New Normals physical and occupational therapists, speech therapists, dieticians and physicians deal with youngsters who have suffered neurological trauma from car accidents and head and spine injuries. Her toughest cases, Tilton says, are when a child presents a “diagnostic dilemma.” Equally tough is handling the problems an entire family has to deal with when a child is injured or ill. “Children are resilient,” she says. “A lot of the kids do well, and we get to see them come back.” Parents, though, have to learn to deal with a “new normal,” one that differs drastically from the life they were living. Tilton also treats children who have suffered strokes, due to clotting problems, trauma, infections or birth defects. Here again, children do well because they have such a strong ability to compensate. “They are more flexible,” she says. Other areas of interest to Tilton are cerebral palsy and Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy. She also enjoys her teaching. Child neurology has a very high degree of job satisfaction, she says, and those who go into the specialty can practice in just about any region of the country. In addition to traveling and spending time with her husband and four children, Tilton enjoys getting to see her former patients return for visits. “They become part of our family,” she says, and it’s always uplifting to see how far they have come. – J u d i R u s s e l l

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Howard C. Wetsman

Townsend 3600 Prytania St., Suite 72 894-8322 Allergy and Immunology

Richard Joseph Guillot North Shore Allergy and Immunology 350 Lakeview Court, Suite B (985) 892-3122

Merlin Robert Wilson Jr. 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 899-1120

Metairie

Carolyn Beach Daul

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates 3939 Houma Blvd., Building 6, Suite 20 885-2121

Terrytown

Ann Elizabeth Vockroth Crescent City Allergy 2600 Belle Chasse Highway, Suite 204 391-9249

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W. Edward Davis III

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Allergy and Immunology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 2nd Floor 842-6742

Jane M. S. El-Dahr

Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253

Luis R. Espinoza

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Rheumatology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor 412-1366

Manuel Lopez

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Asthma, Allergy and Immunology 187 Greenbrier Blvd., Suite A (985) 893-5780

The Pain Intervention Center 701 Metairie Road, Unit 2A310 455-2225

Ricardo U. Sorensen

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Patrick Houstoun Waring

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Kenneth Paris

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Thomas Anzalone

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Patrick P. McCaslin

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Joseph Thomas Spalitta

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Richard J. Grisoli

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Emilie Donaldson

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Bryan M. Evans

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Jason B. Falterman

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Donald Robert Ganier Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Donald Eric Harmon

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Stuart R. Hart

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John Frederick Heaton

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Alan David Kaye

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Robert Joseph Marino

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Austin Guy Phillips Jr.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

James Riopelle

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology 1542 Tulane Ave., Suite 659 583-6181

Melody Ritter

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Armin Schubert

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Peter Stedman

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Robin B. Stedman

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

W. David Sumrall III

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Leslie C. Thomas

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Mack Anthony Thomas

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

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James Jude McKinnie

East Jefferson General Hospital Department of Cardiovascular Disease 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 400 456-8188

Nicholas D. Pappas

Slidell

East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 455-0842

Carl A. Mayeaux

Lehman Kullman Preis Jr.

Thibodaux

David Warren Snyder

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center – Northshore Department of Anesthesiology 100 Medical Center Drive 842-3755

East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., 2nd Floor 454-4170

Jorge J. Bravo

East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., 2nd Floor 454-4170

Cardiovascular Disease

Gregory D. Tilton

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 602 N. Acadia Road (985) 493-4750

Houma

Richard P. Abben

Cardiovascular Institute of the South 225 Dunn St. (985) 876-0300 Marrero

Leslie Wayne Levenson

Heart Clinic of Louisiana 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N613 349-6800 Metairie

Roland J. Bourgeois Jr.

East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 455-0842

Fortune Anthony Dugan

East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., 2nd Floor 454-4170

Clement C. Eiswirth

East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 455-0842

Thomas Davis Giles

Egan Health Services Division of Cardiology 3121 21st St. 834-8668

Yvonne E. Gilliland

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 2005 Veterans Memorial

East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 455-0842 New Orleans

Freddy Michel Abi-Samra Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor 842-4145 *Accepting new patients; specializes in Electrophysiology

Asif Anwar

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Cardiology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-6113

Jose Alberto BernalRamirez

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor 842-4135

Patrick C. Breaux

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor 842-4135

Mark M. Cassidy

Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute Clinic 4201 Woodland Drive, 2nd Floor

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When Discoveries Don’t Meet Expectations the United States. Annually, only about 6 percent of the country’s 20,000 medical school graduates go into surgical training. In addition, hundreds of graduates from foreign medical schools want to do their surgical residencies in a U.S. hospital. The few who achieve that goal are top-notch students, Fuhrman says. They have had to jump through a series of difficult hoops. During his years of practice, Fuhrman has seen great changes in the field of surgery. Laparoscopy, a minimally invasive surgical technique, came into use during the last year of his residency. And such developments as lymph node mapping, for example, make cancer surgery much less radical. Years ago, “the only thing we knew to do was operate,” he says. Now, doctors combine treatments and use more targeted therapies. After performing thousands of surgeries, Fuhrman says his toughest cases are the ones where what he discovers during surgery doesn’t match up with what he expected. “Either the surgery becomes more extensive, or it gets aborted,” he says. Then comes the difficult task of explaining to a patient why his or her medical problem is more complicated than diagnostic testing indicated. Fuhrman has learned that being diagnosed with cancer is frightening for most people. Sitting down with patients and explaining their treatment options reduces the panic that can make it harder to fight the disease. “Knowledge is a very popular strategy for managing anxiety and fear,” he says. Patients also fare better thanks to the way physicians from a variety of specialties work together as a team to treat cancer, Fuhrman says. Another plus is that hospitals like Ochsner offer cuttingedge cancer treatment, so people don’t have to incur the expense and disruption of traveling out of state. Fuhrman says he has no plans to retire anytime soon. He and his wife have three daughters, and he enjoys spending time with his family and “anything New Orleans” – music, food, the Saints and the Pelicans. He doesn’t have much time to spend on those pursuits. “I work a lot,” he says.

George Michael Fuhrman

General Surgery; Surgical Oncology

O n h i s f i r s t day of surgical rotation at the

Medical College of Georgia, Dr. George Fuhrman says he embraced the beauty of surgery. “It just made so much sense,” Fuhrman says. “Identify the problem, operate, problem solved.” Becoming a problem solver, surgical-style, takes a lot of preparation. After he finished medical school, Fuhrman completed an internship and residency at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Florida, followed by a fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. In 1994, he joined Ochsner Medical Center and served as section head for general surgery, director of the Tansy Breast Center and residency director for the department of surgery. An alumnus of Mercer College, Fuhrman returned to Georgia after Hurricane Katrina and served as program director for surgery at Atlanta Medical Center. He rejoined Ochsner in 2012, where in addition to performing surgery he serves as program director for the general surgery residency program. Ochsner’s surgical program draws interested medical school graduates from all over, Fuhrman says. Each year the hospital receives between 700 and 800 applications for its five surgical residency spots. “Ochsner has always been at a very, very high level,” Fuhrman says. The hospital’s combination of a multi-specialty clinic and a teaching program puts it among the best in the country. A great believer in education, Fuhrman is a member of a national committee that reviews surgical residency programs in

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Ochsner Medical Center In practice 19 years Medical College of Georgia – 1986 Native of Philadelphia, Penn.

A l t h o u gh l i s t i n g D r . Wilcox’s

accomplishments would require several pages and extensive explanation, describing what’s most important to him and at the heart of his career path is succinct and straightforward: helping others take control of their HIV status. As he says, “People shouldn’t be hesitant to be tested; everyone should be aware of his or her own status because knowing one’s own status is the only way to gain control.” This message is often easier heard than adhered to, as the population Wilcox focuses on includes those from birth to age 25, a group that due to development or immaturity often fails to take control of prescribed treatment plans. After graduating from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wilcox completed a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the LSU Health Sciences Center. Though in medical school he didn’t anticipate working with individuals with HIV, during his rotation with Charity Hospital’s HIV patients, he discovered his calling: “I found it to be a very interesting disease, but I also realized that I felt for the people who were struggling with the disease,” he says. In particular he remembers treating a 3-year-old who was HIV positive and who had a series of strokes. “I really felt for her; I found it very rewarding to care for her and those like her, and I knew that I definitely wanted to do that for a living.” Thereafter, he focused on treatment of HIV patients from birth to young adulthood, the population about which he’s most passionate. Building upon this seminal moment, Wilcox eventually opened an HIV clinic at Children’s Hospital. Wilcox says that his toughest cases are treating young patients that won’t or cannot adhere to their prescribed treatment plans. The failure to adhere arises from various reasons, including immaturity and life circumstances. As he tells his residents, “HIV care is 10 percent prescriptive care and 90 percent psychosocial care.” Though prescriptions are critical, “one of your main jobs as a physician is helping your patients care for themselves wholly,” he says. Problems beyond the disease frustrate proper treatment and/or maintenance of the disease. Patients invariably have mental problems, social problems, housing issues or generally have difficulty living with HIV, and these peripheral problems can be barriers to the treatment itself. For example, Wilcox recalls the loss of a young patient whom he had treated from her mid-teens, through pregnancy and until her untimely death. Due to numerous factors including age of disease onset and the responsibility of motherhood, the patient was never able to mature to the point that she could take control of her treatment and her HIV advanced. The loss was particularly difficult for Wilcox, who cared for her for so many years and sees this problem too often. Another overarching battle he faces is the lack of preventative measures. He cites legislative

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defeat of efforts to include comprehensive sex education in public schools as a disservice to youth and the community. He is frustrated by the fact that 25 percent of those newly-diagnosed with HIV in Louisiana in 2011 were 25 years of age or younger, especially when his profession estimates that only 30 to 40 percent of people in the age group are tested. He says that young women usually learn of infection when they’re screened for pregnancy, while young men learn of infection after they become symptomatic or learn second-hand that a partner has been infected. Wilcox wants to change the community’s perception of HIV and AIDS. “AIDS isn’t a ‘gay disease’ or a ‘disease infecting only IV drug users;’ AIDS touches everyone’s life in one way or another,” he says. To that end, as Chief Medical Officer for the NO/AIDS Task Force, Wilcox has led the development of a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis clinic and integration of behavioral health screening in the HIV primary care clinic, and he’s developing teams to educate the community about Hepatitis C. To say Wilcox is busy is an understatement. In addition to his post at NO/AIDS Task Force, he’s the principal investigator for a grant to the LSU School of Public Health, the Delta Region AIDS Education & Training Center, an agency that educates health care professionals throughout Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas on treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. Additionally, he sits on the Board of Directors as representative-at-large for the Communities Advocating for Emergency AIDS Relief Coalition. He is also the founding president for the National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development. He continues to be an advocate for his patients and the community in the battle against a disease that affects everyone’s lives. – M E G A N S N IDE R

NO/AIDS Task Force In practive 20 years University of Kansas School of Medicine – 1993 Native of Kansas City, KS

J. P. Reilly

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-6281

Patrice Delafontaine

Sangeeta Shah

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3727 Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute Clinic 4201 Woodland Drive, 2nd Floor 378-5080

David Lucas Glancy

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Cardiology 1542 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 450-5530

Corey Goldman

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Cardiology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-6113

James Stephen Jenkins Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3786

Carl Joseph Lavie Jr.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor 842-4135

Thierry H. Le Jemtel

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-4135

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Frank Wilson Smart

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Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-5222

Christopher James White Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3724 Colon and Rectal Surgery Metairie

Jeffrey Farrow Griffin

Tulane Medical Center Cardiac Transplant and Advanced Heart Failure Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-2096

Colon Rectal Associates 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 540 456-5108

Stacy Mandras

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3925

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Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3727

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Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 4th Floor 842-4060

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North Oaks Health System Department of Anesthesiology 15790 Paul Vega MD Drive (985) 345-2700

Arvind Yertha

North Oaks Pulmonology North Oaks Clinic Building, Suite 201 15813 Paul Vega MD Drive (985) 230-1580 Kenner

Carol M. Mason

LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 412-1705 Metairie

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Philip Boysen

Ochsner Health System Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-0796

Bennett Paul DeBoisblanc

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-4721 *Accepting new Pulmonary Hypertension patients

Stephen Phillips Kantrow Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 9th Floor 842-4055

Bobby D. Nossaman

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

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455-3180

1415 Tulane Ave. 988-1700

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonology, Lung Transplant and Critical Care 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-4400

Leonard E. Gately III

Francesco Simeone

111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 406 838-8225

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Highway 842-3460

Brian David Lee

Joseph S. Guarisco

Tulane Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5263 *Primarily sees patients admitted into the Intensive Care Unit

David E. Taylor

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 9th Floor 842-4055

Mack Anthony Thomas

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755 Dermatology Metairie

William Patrick Coleman III 4425 Conlin St.

Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 885-1670

Mara A. Haseltine

Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 832-6612

Lee T. Nesbitt Jr.

Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 832-6612

Marilyn Claire Ray

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Metairie Department of Dermatology 2005 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 5th Floor 842-3940 New Orleans

Erin E. Boh

Tulane Medical Center Department of Dermatology

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Liza DiLeo Thomas

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Highway 842-3460

Erik Sundell

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Highway 842-3460 Endocrinology and Metabolism Metairie

Joseph Murray

Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 9th Floor 842-4023

Alan Lee Burshell

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 9th Floor 842-4023

Vivian Andrew Fonseca

Tulane Medical Center Section of Endocrinology 1415 Tulane Ave., 1st Floor 988-8040

Brandy A. Panunti

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 9th Floor 842-4023

4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 360 885-1409

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New Orleans

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Samuel Andrews

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center

Covington

Richard George Marek Jr.

Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd. (985) 875-2828

North Oaks Family Medicine 1902 S. Morrison Blvd. (985) 230-5800

E. Edward Martin Jr.

Ted Joseph Hudspeth

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd. (985) 875-2828

Kevin C. Plaisance

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd. (985) 875-2828

Timothy Lacey Riddell

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd. (985) 875-2828 Hammond

Michael Ashley Dunn

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Tangipahoa Department of Family Medicine 41676 Veterans Ave. (985) 543-3600

Paul Guilbault

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Tangipahoa Department of Family Medicine 41676 Veterans Ave. (985) 543-3600

John A. Walker

Family Medicine Physicians 16052 Doctors Blvd. (985) 345-9606 Kenner

Kim Edward LeBlanc

LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Kenner Multispecialty Department of Family Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 500 412-1700

Luling

Walter Birdsall

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Luling Department of Family Medicine 1057 Paul Maillard Road (985) 785-3740

East Jefferson Family Medicine Clinic 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 200 454-7878 New Orleans

Daniel Keith Jens

Leandro Area

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Mandeville Department of Family Medicine 2810 E. Causeway Approach (985) 875-2340 Marrero

Paul Joseph Marquis

1918 Williams Blvd. 471-4860

Herbert L. Muncie Jr.

James Theis

LSU Healthcare Network Family Practice Clinic 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 412 464-2940 *Primarily sees patients while supervising residents

Robert Combel Ryan

Mandeville

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lapalco Department of Family Medicine 4225 Lapalco Blvd., 2nd Floor 371-9355

Leanne L. LeBlanc

3601 Houma Blvd., Suite 300 885-7360

1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N408 349-2908 Metairie

Leonard B. Kancher

The Center for Longevity and Wellness

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd., Suite 201 846-9646

Tara G. Berner

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd., Suite 201 846-9646

Sarah W. Holt

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd., Suite 201 846-9646

Rade Pejic

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 988-9000 Slidell

James Howard Newcomb Jr.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Slidell Department of Family Medicine 2750 E. Gause Blvd. (985) 661-3550

James Taylor Tebbe Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Slidell Department of Family Medicine 2750 E. Gause Blvd. (985) 639-3777 Thibodaux

Douglas B. Harris

Family Doctor Clinic 804 S. Acadia Road (985) 446-2680 Gastroenterology Covington

Steven Anthony Guarisco Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Covington Division of Gastroenterology

1000 Ochsner Blvd. (985) 875-2828

Felix Rabito

The Gastroenterology Group 131 Cherokee Rose Lane, Suite B (985) 871-1721 Jefferson

Virendra Joshi

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Suite 313 842-7690 Marrero

Shantiprakash Kedia

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 349-6401

Sanjeeva Reddy

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 349-6401

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Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 349-6401

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Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 349-6401 Metairie

Christopher N. Barrilleaux East Bank Gastroenterology 3800 Houma Blvd., Suite 220 456-7484

Howard I. Brenner

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 456-8020

George E. Catinis

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 456-8020

William Morrison Meyers Jr.

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 456-8020

George Richard Puente

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 456-8020

David Ralph Silvers

Metairie Gastroenterology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 120 456-6701

James D. Lilly

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 720 896-8670

Steve Fagan Price Jr. Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 720 896-8670

James William Smith

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 4th Floor 842-4015 Thibodaux

Charles J. Monier Jr.

Digestive Health Center 602 N. Acadia Road, Suite 101 (985) 446-1958 Hand Surgery Metairie

Eric R. George

Hand Surgical Associates Hand Center of Louisiana 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600B 454-2191 New Orleans

Donald C. Faust

2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 600 899-1000 Hepatology

Mainor R. Antillon

Luis A. Balart

Tulane Medical Center Abdominal Transplant Institute 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5344

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New Orleans

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 4th Floor 842-4015

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Tulane Medical Center Abdominal Transplant Institute 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5344

Natalie H. Bzowej

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Hepatology Clinic 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-5764

Shobha Joshi

Robert Stephen Bulat Tulane Medical Center GI Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 6th Floor 988-5110

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3925

Melvin Herman Gold Jr.

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Covington

Michael Kevin Hill

IMG Physicians 56 Starbrush Circle (985) 871-0095 Houma

Mary Louise Eschete Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Special Care Clinic Division of Infectious Disease 1978 Industrial Blvd. (985) 873-1880 Metairie

Susan Leslie Favrot McLellan

Tulane Metairie Multispecialty Clinic Section of Infectious Diseases 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 101 988-8050

New Orleans

Katherine Baumgarten

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 1st Floor 842-4005

Christopher M. Blais

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 1st Floor 842-4005

Rebecca Adair Clark

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center HOP Clinic (HIV Outpatient Program) 2235 Poydras St. 826-2179

Jeffrey Wayne Coco

Internal Medicine Specialists 3525 Prytania St., Suite 526 648-2500

Joseph Raymond Dalovisio

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 7th Floor 842-4005

Julia B. Garcia-Diaz

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 1st Floor 842-4005

Michael Edward Hagensee

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center HOP Clinic (HIV Outpatient Program) 2235 Poydras St. 826-2179

Sandra Abadie Kemmerly

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, CA-1 842-4005

St. Thomas Community Health Center Department of Internal Medicine 1936 Magazine St. 529-5558

Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor 842-4747

David H. Martin

Alys Alper

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Department of Medicine 1601 Perdido St. 558-3637

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-4747

Leslie Anne Blake

Timothy S. Harlan

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Infectious Diseases 1542 Tulane Ave. 568-5031 *Primarily sees in-patients

Mary J. Murphy

NO/AIDS Task Force 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500 212-2773

David Michael Mushatt Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Division of Infectious Diseases 275 LaSalle St. 988-5030

George A. Pankey

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-4006

Ronald D. Wilcox

NO/AIDS Task Force 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500 212-2773 Slidell

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor 842-4747

Karen Blessey

Ochsner Baptist Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 2820 Napoleon Blvd., Suite 890 897-4250

David M. Borne

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 3700 St. Charles Ave., 2nd Floor 412-1366

James W. Bragg

Internal Medicine

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor 842-4747

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Pedro Cazabon

Mary Faith Joubert

IMG Physicians 1051 Gause Blvd., Suite 280 (985) 641-5523

Joseph A. Miceli III

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Parkway 842-4747

Stacy D. Siegendorf

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3880

Terry L. Cummings

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Parkway 842-4747

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 988-9000

Fayne M. St. John

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor 842-4747

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Parkway 842-4747 Metairie

Leonard B. Kancher

The Center for Longevity and Wellness 3601 Houma Blvd., Suite 300 885-7360 New Orleans

Mary Moore Abell

Richard Edward Deichmann Jr.

Nona Epstein

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor 842-4747

Sara E. Fernandez

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Steven J. Granier

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1415 Tulane Ave., 7th Floor 988-1001

Frannie Kronenberg

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor 842-4747

Gloria Leary

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor 842-4747

Christopher J. Lege

Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 460 897-7999

Eboni G. Price

Tulane Community Health Center 711 N. Broad St. 988-3000

Charles Clarence Smith III Internal Medicine Specialists 3525 Prytania St., Suite 526 648-2500

James D. Stoll

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor 842-4747

Jeffrey Wiese

Tulane Medical Center Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-7809 *Hospitalist; only sees in-patients Internal Medicine/ Hospice and Palliative Medicine New Orleans

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Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 1st myneworleans.com

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hospitals, clinics and tests. Her patients are adults who have lived their lives with heart disease. Going to doctor’s appointments, undergoing surgeries, limiting and modifying their activities and taking medications since birth, they’ve grown up cautiously. When they reach young adulthood, Shah’s patients often find that this constant maintenance, while assisting in their survival, hinders their ability to reach their goals, such as having children and supporting a family. This intersection of care and risk is where Shah meets her patients. Early in her medical education she became fascinated by children born with complex misconnections of the heart. She was impressed by the ability of pediatric cardiologists’ and surgeons’ ingenuity, and their ability to reroute blood flow to make these children feel better. She chose to focus on taking care of adults, whom she felt could communicate their wants and needs, and cooperate in the treatment of their disease. Initially, she completed her internship and residency at Ochsner’s Internal Medicine Residency Program, followed by Cardiology Fellowships at the universities of Texas and of South Florida. In her desire to help care for adults born with heart defects, she moved to Washington D.C., to pursue additional training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease with a focus on Cardiovascular Imaging. Shah currently serves as the medical director of Cardiovascular MRI and co-director of Adult Congenital Heart Clinic at Ochsner. Much of the care Shah and her team provide centers around testing the heart by non-invasive means including ultrasounds and MRIs to assess damage of the heart as well as resolve secondary symptoms of the disease or side effects of surgeries. Nonetheless, Shah’s most challenging cases require her to implement a program of care both despite of and in support of a patient’s complex congenital heart disease. Shah’s patients want to lead typical lives without the restrictions they grew up having placed on them, and they want to reach certain goals. For example, many patients want to become pregnant and have healthy children. Although this endeavor may be risky, Shah rallies her team to help them: “They want to lead normal lives and they want to have and support their families. Our job is to optimize the heart through multi-disciplinary care so we can help them accomplish that goal.” Shah says. Similarly, Shah sees many patients that have physically demanding jobs. Despite the risk posed, they must maintain employment to have the health insurance benefits needed for their heart disease care as well as support of their families. Every case is challenging, and Shah individualizes the plan of care. “If the patient and the employer are unable to understand the patient’s limitations and modify the work, we may talk about alternatives, such as working at a less physically strenuous job or obtaining an advanced degree to reach that goal.” Shah emphasizes that she puts the patients’ desires at the forefront of the plan of care. “As young adults, they have goals in mind that I may 116

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Reconciling Life Aspirations with Heart Limitations not understand, but the goals are important to them, and so I support those goals. You learn that as a doctor, you do what you think is best, but the patients will do what is best for them. Your job is to support them the best you can and help them become successful members in society,” she says. At Ochsner, Shah also serves as the Program Director of the Cardiology Subspecialty and Senior Lecturer for Ochsner Clinical School and University of Queensland School of Medicine, as well as the Director of Sonographer CME, Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Additionally, she’s a Committee Member of the Cardiology Educational Task Force and serves as an Imaging and Fellowship Mentor for Cardiology. – M.s.

Ochsner Foundation Hospital and Clinic Louisiana State University School of Medicine – 1996 In practice 17 years Native of New Orleans

Sangeeta B. Shah Adult Congenital Heart Disease

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Corrective “Redo” Breast Reconstruction

H a v i n g br e a s t c a n c e r is difficult, as is having a mastectomy. After undergoing such an emotionally and physically arduous experience, many women confront the tertiary challenge of breast reconstruction, and all too often, correcting a failed breast reconstruction. The life’s work of doctors DellaCroce and Sullivan is to reduce the frequency of this heartbreaking scenario. Unfortunately, approximately 30 percent of the doctors’ practice involves corrective breast reconstruction to improve the poor outcome of a prior reconstruction attempt. These are the doctors’ toughest cases. Women who have had a mastectomy in the past and have undergone attempted reconstruction that failed or resulted in a poor outcome, including scarring, deformation or implant complications, seek out doctors DellaCroce and Sullivan for their expertise and innovative techniques. “They end up on our doorstep looking for a solution, and our charge for those women is not only to correct the disfigurement but also to try to create a beautiful breast at the end of our time with them,” says DellaCroce. To prevent “redo” reconstruction and multiple surgeries, the doctors are active in raising awareness about the availability of immediate reconstruction, as many patients are unaware that that is an option. Further, the doctors try to raise awareness of patients’ rights concerning insurance coverage of mastectomy and related surgeries. “If you have benefits that cover mastectomy, you have benefits that cover reconstruction,” explains DellaCroce. Although patients are often unaware of their insurers’ obligation to cover all phases and types of breast reconstruction, DellaCroce emphasizes that “reconstruction isn’t a vain endeavor; mastectomy is an injury to the body,” and, if chosen, reconstruction is truly an integral part of the breast cancer treatment process. Together, doctors DellaCroce and Sullivan have pioneered groundbreaking methods of breast reconstruction and in doing so have increased options available to women seeking the procedure. These include the use of one’s own tissue from the stomach and hip as material for recreation of a natural breast. Using sophisticated microsurgical techniques, the surgeon transplants fat from other areas of the body and reconnects the blood vessels to those in and around the breast. Further, a technique known as The Body Lift flap recreates a new breast, while also offering the benefit of a tummy tuck, a narrowing of the waist and a buttocks lift as a complement to the collection of fat that’s used to recreate the new breasts. Another innovative technique the doctors’ efforts helped pioneer is known 118

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Frank J. DellaCroce, MD, FACS Center for Restorative Breast Surgery and St. Charles Surgical Hospital In practice 12 years Louisiana State University Health Science Center – 1994 Native of Monroe

Scott Sullivan, MD, FACS Center for Restorative Breast Surgery and St. Charles Surgical Hospital In practice 12 years Louisiana State University Health Science Center – 1991 Native of New Orleans

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Susan Leala Vogel

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-7518 *Hospitalist; only sees in-patients Internal Medicine/ Hospital Medicine Houma

Dayton William Daberkow II

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1978 Industrial Blvd. (985) 873-2200 *Hospitalist; only sees inpatients New Orleans

John R. Amoss

LSU Healthcare Network Touro Infirmary Department of Internal Medicine 1401 Foucher St. 897-8379 *Hospitalist; only sees in-patients

Steven Deitelzweig

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-5766 *Hospitalist; only sees in-patients

Marianne Maumus

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-7518

Geraldine E. Menard

Tulane University School of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1430 Tulane Ave. 988-7518

Susan Leala Vogel

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-7518 *Hospitalist; only sees in-patients Medical Genetics New Orleans

Hans Christoph Andersson

Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 988-5101

Michael Marble

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans

Division of Clinical Genetics 200 Henry Clay Ave., Suite 2308 896-9254 Medical Oncology and Hematology Hammond

David Oubre

Pontchartrain Hematology Oncology 15752 Medical Arts Plaza, Suite 101 (985) 419-0025

Frank Mott

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3910

Hana F. Safah

Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St. 988-6300

Oliver Sartor

Marcelo Blaya

3939 Houma Blvd., Suite 6 885-0577

Tulane Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-7869

Jayne Schlosser Gurtler

Milton Walsh Seiler Jr.

Metairie

3939 Houma Blvd., Building 2, Suite 6 885-0577

Robert Woody Veith

4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 330 455-0600 New Orleans

Archie Watt Brown Jr.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3910

Salvador Caputto

Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. 897-8970

John Thomas Cole

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3910

Robert Van Buren Emmons

Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. 897-8970

Scott Anthony Sonnier

Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. 897-8970

Chris Theodossiou

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3910

Roy Samuel Weiner

Tulane Medical Center Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders 1430 Tulane Ave. 988-5433

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Division of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. 988-5030

L. Lee Hamm

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Division of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. 988-5030

Fred Eugenio Husserl

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Nephrology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3930

N. Kevin Krane

Tulane Medical Center Section of Nephrology and Hypertension 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-9800

Eric Edward Simon

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Section of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. 988-5838 Thibodaux

Allen W. Vander

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Nephrology 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 405 (985) 446-0871

110 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 105 831-6760 New Orleans

John D. England

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave. 412-1517

Anne L. Foundas

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Brain and Behavior Program 935 Calhoun St. 896-7741

Toby I. Gropen

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Vascular Neurology 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-3980

Amparo “Amy” Gutierrez

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor 412-1517

Roger Everett Kelley Jr.

Laura Casteel Campbell

Lacombe

Sheryl Martin-Schild

Cancer Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 608 N. Acadia Road (985) 493-4346

Nephrology

Cindy Anne Leissinger

Patricia Smith Cook

Thibodaux

Jyotsna Fuloria

Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St. 988-6300

Vecihi Batuman

Neurological Surgery

James K. Ellis

Rebecca Kruse-Jarres

205 885-7337

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square Department of Neurology 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 988-9190

Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St. 988-6300

Ochsner Health System The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-3910 Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3910

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275 LaSalle St. 988-5800

Cancer Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 608 N. Acadia Road (985) 493-4346 Houma

Shaminder M. Gupta

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Department of Nephrology 1978 Industrial Blvd. (985) 850-2328 Metairie

Jill Suzanne Lindberg

New Orleans Nephrology Associates 4409 Utica St., Suite 100 457-3687 New Orleans

A. Brent Alper Jr.

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Department of Nephrology

Donald Dietze Jr.

The NORTH Institute 29301 N. Dixie Ranch Road (985) 871-4114 Metairie

Najeeb M. Thomas

Southern Brain and Spine 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 510 454-0141

Rand Marcel Voorhies

Southern Brain and Spine 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 510 454-0141 New Orleans

Roger Douglas Smith

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 7th Floor 842-4033 *Accepting new Brain Surgery patients Neurology Metairie

Donald Adams

Jefferson Neurological Associates 3800 Houma Blvd., Suite

Tulane Medical Center Stroke Center Department of Neurology 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5800

Jeffrey Nicholl

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Department of Neurology 275 LaSalle St., 1st Floor 988-7478 *Accepting new patients on a case-by-case basis

Piotr Wladyslaw Olejniczak

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor 412-1517

R. Eugene Ramsay

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Neurology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 7th Floor 842-3980

Austin John Sumner

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave.

Nuclear Medicine Kenner

Richard J. Campeau Jr. LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Neuroendocrine Clinic 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 200 464-8500 New Orleans

Oussama Nachar

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470 Obstetrics and Gynecology Covington

Patricia S. Braly

Women’s Cancer Care 606 W. 12th Ave. (985) 892-2252 Hammond

William F. Beacham

North Oaks Obstetrics and Gynecology 15748 Medical Arts Plaza (985) 542-0663

William G. Black

North Oaks Obstetrics and Gynecology 15748 Medical Arts Plaza (985) 542-0663 Mandeville

Richard P. Dickey

Fertility Institute of New Orleans 800 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 2C (985) 892-7621

Steven Noel Taylor

Fertility Institute of New Orleans 800 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 2C (985) 892-7621 Metairie

Robin B. Bone

Lakeside Women’s Specialty Center East Jefferson Professional Building, Suite 500 4315 Houma Blvd. 885-8563

Ralph R. Chesson Jr.

LSU Healthcare Network Division of Urogynecology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600A 412-1600

Chi P. Dola

Tulane Center for Women’s Health Section of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 302 988-8070

William James Farrell The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S. Interstate 10

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Rebecca Perret

The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S. Interstate 10 Service Road W., Suite 201 454-2165

Gabriella Pridjian

Tulane Center for Women’s Health Section of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 302 988-8070

Belinda Sartor

The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S. Interstate 10 Service Road W., Suite 201 454-2165 New Orleans

Lisa B. Bazzett

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-4165 *Accepting new Gynecologic Oncology patients

Pui “Joan” Cheng

Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 320 897-7142

Louis Paul DuTreil

Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 130 897-7580

Richard Carl Kline

Ochsner Health System The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center Division of Gynecologic Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-4165

Sherri Anne Longo

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-6290

Alfred Godfrey Robichaux III

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-3000

Jerry Joseph St. Pierre

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 5th Floor 842-4155 *Accepting new Gynecology patients

William F. von Almen II

Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 130 897-7580

Donna S. Waters

Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 320 897-7142

Felton L. Winfield Jr.

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 5th Floor 412-1100 Ophthalmology Metairie

Stephen F. Brint

4720 Interstate 10 W. Service Road, Suite 406 888-2020

Ronald Andrew Landry Eyecare Associates 4324 Veterans Blvd., Suite 102 455-9825

Laurence W. Arend

Touro Infirmary Perinatal Services Division LSU Health Sciences Center MFM Section 3434 Prytania St., Suite 105 897-8213

Joseph Matthew Miller Jr.

Touro Infirmary Perinatal Services Division LSU Health Sciences Center MFM Section 3434 Prytania St., Suite 105 897-8213

George Brazil Morris III

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 5th Floor AUGUST 2013

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Ramesh S. Ayyala

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Ophthalmology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-5804

James G. Diamond

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System New Orleans VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Ophthalmology 1601 Perdido St. 553-2135

Jonathan Nussdorf

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Jayne S. Weiss

LSU Health Care Network Department of Ophthalmology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 6th Floor 412-1200 Slidell

Rudolph Michael Franklin

Surgery 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 500 412-1700

Luis M. Espinoza

Orthopaedic Center for Sports Medicine 671 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 100 467-5900

Peter C. Krause

LSU Healthcare Network Department of Orthopaedics 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 500 412-1700

1538 Front St. (985) 641-9900

Marrero

Orthopaedic Surgery

Jefferson Orthopaedic Clinic 920 Ave. B 349-6804

Covington

Kevin Darr

Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. (985) 892-5117

Mark J. Hontas

Tulane University Medical Group - Covington Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 71211 Highway 21, Suite A (985) 893-9922

H. Reiss Plauche

Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. (985) 892-5117

Lucas Thomas Cashio

Mark Juneau Jr.

Jefferson Orthopaedic Clinic 920 Ave. B 349-6804 Metairie

Keith Melancon

Pontchartrain Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine 3939 Houma Blvd., Suite 21 885-6464 New Orleans

George Chimento

Jefferson

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3970

Deryk Jones

Donald C. Faust

Jason L. Rolling

Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. (985) 892-5117

Ochsner Hospital – Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute Cartilage Restoration Institute 1201 S. Clearview Parkway 736-4800

Scott C. Montgomery

Ochsner Hospital – Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute Building B, Suite 104 1201 S. Clearview Parkway 736-4800

Misty Suri

Ochsner Hospital – Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute Building B, Suite 104 1201 S. Clearview Parkway 736-4800 Kenner

Vinod Dasa

LSU Healthcare Network Kenner Clinic Department of Orthopaedic

2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 600 899-1000

Andrew G. King

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9569

James Monroe Laborde

Orthopaedic Associates of New Orleans 3434 Prytania St., Suite 430 899-6391

Mark S. Meyer

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3970

J. Lockwood Ochsner Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3970

Felix H. Savoie III

Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine 202 McAlister Extension 864-1476

Robert Treuting

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3970 Slidell

James C. Butler

Southern Spine Care 1570 Lindburg Drive, Suite 4 (985) 661-2170 Thibodaux

Neil James Maki

Thibodaux Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 525 St. Marys St. (985) 446-6284 Otolaryngology Covington

Roger Earl Bowie

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Otolaryngology 1000 Ochsner Blvd. (985) 875-2828

Downtown ENT Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor 988-5451

Paul L. Friedlander

Tulane Medical Center Downtown ENT Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor 988-5451

H. Devon Graham III

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, 4th Floor 842-4080

Calvin Morris Johnson Jr. Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 Saint Charles Ave. 895-7642

Timothy Blake Molony

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, 4th Floor 842-4080

Brian A. Moore

Associated Surgical Specialists 350 Lakeview Court, Suite C (985) 845-2677

Ochsner Health System The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-4080

James Sherman Soileau

Thomas Moulthrop

Ear and Balance Institute 1401 Ochsner Blvd., Suite A (985) 809-1111

Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. 895-7642

Metairie

Elisabeth Rareshide

R. Graham Boyce

Louis Cucinotta

3434 Houma Blvd., Suite 201 454-3277

Michael J. Hickham

2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 820 895-7707 Raceland

Michael Robichaux, Sr.

ENT Specialists of Metairie 4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 401 889-5335

Southern ENT Associates 4425 Highway 1 (985) 537-7546

Paul M. Spring

Gerard Pena

Newland Knight Worley

Thibodaux

ENT Specialists of Metairie 4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 401 889-5335 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 640 456-5120 New Orleans

Ronald G. Amedee

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 4th Floor 842-4080

Michael Sydney Ellis Tulane Medical Center

Slidell

Slidell Ear, Nose and Throat 1850 Gause Blvd. E., Suite 301 (985) 646-4400

James Vance Broussard Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road (985) 446-5079

Paul Thomas Gaudet

Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road (985) 446-5079

Justin M. Tenney

Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building,

Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road (985) 446-5079

Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253

Guy Paul Zeringue III

Ricardo U. Sorensen

Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-3928

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, 8th Floor 842-3966

Pediatric Critical Care

New Orleans

Thomas Yeh Jr.

New Orleans

Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road (985) 446-5079

Guy Paul Zeringue Jr.

Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road (985) 446-5079 Pathology Marrero

James E. Brown

West Jefferson Medical Center Department of Pathology 1101 Medical Center Blvd. 347-5511 New Orleans

Edwin Norquist Beckman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-3330

Randall Douglas Craver

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Pathology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9873

Philip J. Daroca Jr.

Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1430 Tulane Ave. 988-5224

Nancy K. Davis

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 4th Floor 842-3330

Li Huang

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-3330

William Proctor Newman III

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pathology 1901 Perdido St., Room 5103 568-6031

Francis Rodwig

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-3208 Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Allergy and Immunology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9589

Brandon Black

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9456

Jimmie E. Colon

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Daniel P. Corsino

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Stanley Martin Hall

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9456

John Frederick Heaton

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9456

Vilasini Satish Karnik

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

George P. Koclanes

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9456

Sheryl Lynn Sawatsky

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9456

Dennis M. Mello

Tulane Medical Center Pediatric Heart Center 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-2273

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9534

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3755

Bonnie Desselle

New Orleans

Gary L. Duhon

Robert Joseph Ascuitto

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Cardiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9751

Victor William Lucas Jr.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3900

Theodorus Johannes Mulder

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Highway 842-5200

Michael Ramon Recto Tulane Hospital for Children Division of Pediatric Cardiology 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-4152

Ernest S. Siwik

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans The Heart Center 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9751

Aluizio Roberto Stopa

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Cardiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9751

Thomas Young

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-5200 Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia New Orleans

Jane M. S. El-Dahr

New Orleans

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Highway,

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans The Heart Center

Donald Eric Harmon

Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Joseph Caspi

New Orleans

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Critical Care 200 Henry Clay Ave. 899-9511

New Orleans

Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and

2nd Floor 842-3755

Jimmie E. Colon

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Critical Care 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-3924

Edwin Michael Frieberg

Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Critical Care 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5800 *Primarily sees in-patients

Robert Lee Hopkins

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253 Pediatric Dermatology Metairie

Jeffrey C. Poole

111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 406 838-8225 Pediatric Endocrinology New Orleans

Stuart A. Chalew

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9441

Ricardo Gomez

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9441

Mary A. Younger

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253 *Accepting new patients for Pediatric Endocrinology and General Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterology

Raynorda F. Brown

Ilana S. Fortgang

Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253 Pediatric HematologyOncology New Orleans

Renee V. Gardner

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., 1st Floor 896-9740

Julie Kanter-Washko

Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology 1430 Tulane Ave. 988-6253

Jaime A. Morales Arias

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., 1st Floor 896-9740

Tammuella E. Singleton Tulane Medical Center Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-6253

Maria C. Velez

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., 1st Floor 896-9740

Lolie Chua Yu

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., 1st Floor 896-9740

Diseases 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9820

Margarita Silio

Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-5800

Russell Wesley Steele

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Infectious Disease 1315 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3900

Russell Barrett Van Dyke Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-5800

Ronald D. Wilcox

NO/AIDS Task Force 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500 212-2773 Pediatric Medical Genetics New Orleans

Hans Christoph Andersson

Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 988-5101

Dmitriy Niyazov

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Division of Medical Genetics 1315 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3900 Pediatric Nephrology New Orleans

Diego H. Aviles

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Nephrology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9238

Samir S. El-Dahr

Metairie

Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Nephrology 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5800

Thomas Alchediak

V. Matti Vehaskari

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Tulane General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 501 988-8000

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Nephrology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9238

Ihor V. Yosypiv

New Orleans

Rodolfo E. Begue

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Infectious

Tulane Medical Center Division of Pediatric Nephrology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th

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Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9569

New Orleans

Andrew G. King

Clarence S. Greene Jr.

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurosurgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9568 Pediatric Obesity

John Lindhe Guarisco

Mary A. Younger

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253 *Accepting new patients for Pediatric Endocrinology and General Pediatrics Pediatric Ophthalmology New Orleans

George S. Ellis Jr.

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Ophthalmology Ambulatory Care Center 200 Henry Clay Ave., Suite 3104 896-9426

Horatio Sprague Eustis

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 10th Floor 842-3995

Robert Allen Gordon

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Ophthalmology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-5804 Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Kimsey Rodriguez

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, 4th Floor 842-4080

Larry “Lawrence” M. Simon

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Otolaryngology 200 Henry Clay Ave., Suite 4119 896-9832 Pediatric Pathology New Orleans

Randall Douglas Craver

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Pathology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9873 Pediatric Pulmonology

Scott H. Davis

William K. Accousti

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9569

James Toliver Bennett Tulane Medical Center Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-2177

Joseph A. Gonzales Jr.

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9569

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Stephen Douglas Heinrich

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9569

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253

Robert Lee Hopkins

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253

Michael Philip Kiernan Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253

Kristin N. Van Hook

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Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Division of Pulmonary Medicine 1315 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3900

Sarah R.S. Stender

Pediatric Radiation Oncology

Pediatric Specialist – Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

New Orleans

Troy Gene Scroggins Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3440

Ellen “Elly” Zakris

Touro Infirmary Department of Radiation Oncology 1401 Foucher St., 1st Floor 897-8387 Pediatric Radiology New Orleans

Christopher M. “Chris” Arcement

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Radiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9566

Jane D. Congeni

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Radiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9565

Arthur J. Kenney

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9441

Gretna

Daphne Ann Glindmeyer 229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 392-8348 Luling

Kristopher Edward Kaliebe

The Center for Individual and Family Counseling 3500 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 1410 838-9919

Mark Allen Sands

Jane M. S. El-Dahr

Stephen R. Cochran

Metairie

Sue Ellen Abdalian

Tulane General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 501 988-8000

Paul G. Pelts

1539 Jackson Ave., Suite 300 581-3933

Jason Murphy Wuttke

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794

New Orleans

Pediatric Specialist – Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

4417 Danneel St. 891-2354

New Orleans

3525 Prytania St., Suite 211 897-7939 1426 Amelia St. 891-6020 *Accepting new patients upon individual approval

Charles Calvin Coleman

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry 1542 Tulane Ave. 568-6001

Robert Dahmes

New Orleans Psychotherapy Associates 4480 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 107 393-6355

Richard F. Dalton Jr.

Tulane University Health Sciences Center Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 131 S. Robertson St., 14th Floor, Suite 1423 988-5401

Martin J. Drell

Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences

Duna Penn

Dana L. Rivera

1539 Jackson Ave., Suite 300 581-3933

Ted Bloch III

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9418

Cecile L. Many

Mercy Family Center 110 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 425 838-8283

Milton Webster Anderson

Staci Marie Olister

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794 *Accepting new patients on a case-by-case basis

Richard Howard Morse

Rick Henderson

236-3566

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9418 *Primarily sees babies admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Mary Margaret Gleason

Metairie

Pediatric Rheumatology

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Rheumatology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3020 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9385

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794

St. Charles Community Health Center Division of Behavioral Health 853 Milling Ave. (985) 785-5881

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1514 Jefferson Highway, 4th Floor 842-4025

Abraham Gedalia

Stacy Drury

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470

Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253

Center 3450 Chestnut St., 4th Floor 412-1580

Charles Henry Zeanah

Pediatric Specialist – NeonatalPerinatal Medicine Houma

Bedford Nieves-Cruz

Terrebonne General Medical Center Division of Neonatology 8166 Main St. (985) 858-7300 Metairie

Jane Ellen Reynolds

Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 4700 S. Interstate 10 Service Road 988-2339 *Primarily sees babies admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit New Orleans

Brian Barkemeyer

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9418

Jay Paul Goldsmith

Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Neonatology 1430 Tulane Ave.

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9418 *Primarily sees babies admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Pediatric Specialist – Neurology, Epilepsy New Orleans

Shannon McGuire

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9283 *Accepting new patients up to the age of 15 Pediatric Specialist – Neurology, General New Orleans

Diane K. Africk

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Neurology 1315 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3900

Stephen Russell Deputy

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3040 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-2888

Shannon McGuire

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9283 *Accepting new patients up to the age of 15

Ann Henderson Tilton

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-2888

Maria Weimer

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans

Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9283

Joaquin Wong

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Section of Child Neurology 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9458 Pediatric Specialist – Neurology, Movement Disorders New Orleans

Ann Henderson Tilton

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-2888 Pediatric Specialist – Neurology, Neuromuscular Disease New Orleans

Ann Henderson Tilton

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-2888 Pediatric Specialist – Pediatric Metabolic Diseases New Orleans

Hans Christoph Andersson

Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 988-5101 Pediatric Surgery New Orleans

Vincent Robert Adolph

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pediatric Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, 5th Floor 842-3907

Charles Baker Hill Jr.

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-3977

Rodney B. Steiner

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9756

John Willson Walsh

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253 Pediatric Urology

New Orleans

Joseph Ortenberg

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Urology Ambulatory Care Center 200 Henry Clay Ave. 896-9233 Pediatrics – General Covington

Kathryn Quarls

Fairway Pediatrics 7020 Highway 190, Suite C (985) 871-7337 Destrehan

Danielle Calix

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Children’s Health Center – Destrehan 1970 Ormond Blvd., Suite J (985) 764-6036 Gretna

Marc A. Fisher

12A Westbank Expressway, Suite 100 361-0234 Houma

Richard Louis Brooke

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Pediatric Clinic 1978 Industrial Blvd. (985) 873-1730

Robert W. Clarke Jr.

Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 (985) 868-5440

Adela Pratt Dupont

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Pediatric Clinic 1978 Industrial Blvd. (985) 873-1730

Bernard Ferrer

Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 (985) 868-5440

Ruthanne R. Gallagher

Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 (985) 868-5440

Alisha M. Totina

Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 (985) 868-5440 Marrero

Paul Joseph Marquis

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lapalco Department of Family Medicine 4225 Lapalco Blvd., 2nd Floor 371-9355

Carlos Alberto Trujillo

Jefferson Pediatric Clinic 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N813 349-6813

Lindsay R. York

1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N803 934-8333 Metairie

Thomas Alchediak

Tulane General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 501 988-8000

John S. Barbara

Department of Pediatrics 4740 S. Interstate 10 Service Road W., 2nd Floor 883-3703 New Orleans

Daniel Richard Bronfin

2017 Metairie Road 832-8022

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3900

Tracy Conrad

Terry L. Cummings

Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 833-7374

Keith Collins

Tulane Metairie Multispecialty Clinic 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 101 988-8050

Cary A. Culbertson

Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 833-7374

Hosea Joseph Doucet III

Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Tulane Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 501 998-8000

David Anderson Estes Jr. Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. 219-0880

Patrice B. Evers

Tulane General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. Interstate 10 Service Road, Suite 501 988-8000

Amy Glick

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Children’s Health Center Metairie Department of Pediatrics 4901 Veterans Memorial Blvd. 887-1133

Patricia Granier

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Children’s Health Center Metairie Department of Pediatrics 4901 Veterans Memorial Blvd. 887-1133

Michael G. Heller Jr. Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. 219-0880

Ellen Blownstine McLean Carousel Pediatrics 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 240 885-4141

Mark Vincent Morici Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 833-7374

Sam Jude Solis

Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. 219-0880

Scott Rory Zander

Lakeside Children’s Clinic

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 988-9000

Theresa Lynn Dise

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 988-9000

Stephen Wilson Hales

Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 897-0744

Amanda Brown Jackson Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3900

Charles Maurice Kantrow III

Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3900

David Albert Jansen

Naglaa A. Shourbaji

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 Saint Charles Ave. 899-2800

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3900

Stephen M. Weimer

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-5800

Mary A. Younger

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor 988-6253 *Accepting new patients for Pediatric Endocrinology and General Pediatrics Thibodaux

Henry M. Peltier

Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 897-0744

Jennifer M. Parkerson

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3900

Keith Perrin

Napoleon Pediatrics 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 707 897-4242

Renee F. Reymond

Ochsner Health System

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Lobby Tower, 4th Floor 842-4080

Calvin Morris Johnson Jr. Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 Saint Charles Ave. 895-7642

Michael H. Moses 1603 Second St. 895-7200

Thomas Moulthrop

Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. 895-7642

Chris Trahan

New Orleans

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

M. Nora Oates

H. Devon Graham III

Pediatrics – Hospital Medicine

Katherine M. Knight

Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 897-0744

Frank J. DellaCroce

Scott K. Sullivan Jr.

Vanessa G. Carroll

Elizabeth Swanson Milvid

New Orleans

Center For Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 200 (985) 448-3700

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3900 Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Section of Pediatrics 4720 Interstate 10 Service Road 988-5001

Face and Body Institute 3900 Veterans Blvd., Suite 200 455-1000

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Pediatric Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, 4th Floor 842-3088

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. 899-2800 Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. 899-2800 Psychiatry Gretna

Charles Kelso Billings Jr.

720 Lafayette St. 366-9707

Daphne Ann Glindmeyer

Metairie

229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 392-8348

Joseph J. Biundo Jr.

Donna M. Mancuso

4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 303 889-5242

229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 392-8348

Janet Seligson-Dowie

New Orleans

Stephen Kishner

Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1450 Poydras St. 903-2373

229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 392-8348 LaPlace

Schoener Michele LaPrairie

Covington

River Parishes Treatment Center 1809 W. Airline Highway (985) 652-8444

R. Graham Boyce

Luling

Plastic Surgery

Associated Surgical Specialists 350 Lakeview Court, Suite C (985) 845-2677 Metairie

Elliott B. Black III

4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 100 883-8900

Kristopher Edward Kaliebe

St. Charles Community Health Center Division of Behavioral Health 853 Milling Ave. (985) 785-5881 Mandeville

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John Robert Macgregor Jr. 1305 W. Causeway Approach, Suite 106 (985) 626-3400 Metairie

Charles Chester

The Center for Individual and Family Counseling 3500 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 1410 838-9919

Milton L. Harris Jr.

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System New Orleans VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Psychiatry 3434 Canal St. 539-5744

Dean Anthony Hickman

Addiction Recovery Resources 4933 Wabash St. 780-2766

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of General Psychiatry 1514 Jefferson Highway, 4th Floor 842-4025

New Orleans

Janet Elaine Johnson

Alphonse Kenison Roy III

James G. Barbee

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794

3439 Magazine St. 891-8808

J. Robert Barnes

1301 Amelia St., Suite A 891-7000

Harminder Singh Mallik Tulane Medical Center Division of Forensic Neuropsychiatry 1440 Canal St. 988-2201

John William Bick III

3705 Coliseum St. 891-0094 *Accepting new patients upon individual approval

Cecile L. Many

Ted Bloch III

3525 Prytania St., Suite 211 897-7939

Jose Calderon-Abbo 3439 Magazine St. 891-8808

Stephen R. Cochran

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794

1426 Amelia St. 891-6020 *Accepting new patients upon individual approval

Christopher D. Meyers

Charles Calvin Coleman

Richard Howard Morse

3525 Prytania St., Suite 518 895-5533

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry 1542 Tulane Ave. 568-6001

Erich J. Conrad

Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., 3rd Floor 412-1580

Robert Dahmes

New Orleans Psychotherapy Associates 4480 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 107 393-6355

George Cecil Daul Jr.

Professional Psychotherapy Network 1529 River Oaks Road W., Suite 123 729-4414

Denise L. Dorsey 1519 Fern St. 865-1723

Ross A. Gallo

5357 Chestnut St. 552-9015

4417 Danneel St. 891-2354

Andrew E. Morson

Integrated Behavioral Health 400 Poydras St., Suite 1780 322-3837

Howard Joseph Osofsky

Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., 3rd Floor 412-1580

Nicholas G. Pejic

Atlas Psychiatry 1301 Antonine St. 899-1682

Jose Manuel Pena

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794

Arwen Podesta 4322 Canal St. 252-0026

Dean Edward Robinson

931 Rue Saint Louis 236-5532

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Mental Health Service 1601 Perdido St. 571-8283

W. Scott Griffies

Alvin Martin Rouchell

Douglas William Greve

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1514 Jefferson Highway, 4th Floor 842-4025

Marilyn M. Skinner 1303 Antonine St. 891-3001

John Walter Thompson Jr. Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794

Mark Harold Townsend

Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., 3rd Floor 412-1580

Daniel Keith Winstead

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-4794 Reserve

Craig W. Maumus

St. John VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Psychiatry 4004 Airline Highway (985) 479-6770 Thibodaux

Maria Cruse

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 201 (985) 493-9304 Pulmonary Medicine Kenner

Carol M. Mason

LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 412-1705

Judd Ernest Shellito

LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 412-1705 Metairie

Thomas Gerard Nuttli

East Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Pulmonary Associates 4200 Houma Blvd., 3rd Floor 454-5205

Matthew L. Schuette

Bayou Pulmonary 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 610 456-7456

Kenneth B. Smith

East Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Pulmonary Associates 4200 Houma Blvd., 3rd Floor

454-5205 New Orleans

Juzar Ali

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor 412-1517

Clifford Braddock Burns

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 9th Floor 842-4055

Bennett Paul DeBoisblanc Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, 3rd Floor 842-4721 *Accepting new Pulmonary Hypertension patients

Surma Jain

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 9th Floor 842-4055

Stephen Phillips Kantrow Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 9th Floor 842-4055

Joseph Alexander Lasky

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Lung Center 1415 Tulane Ave., 7th Floor 988-5800

Nereida Alicia Parada

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Lung Center 1415 Tulane Ave., 7th Floor 988-5800

Leonardo Seoane

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonology, Lung Transplant and Critical Care 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-4400

Francesco Simeone

Atrium Tower, 9th Floor 842-4055

David Allen Welsh

LSU Uptown Clinic 3700 Saint Charles Ave. 412-1100 Radiation Oncology Metairie

Paul David Monsour

East Jefferson General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology 4204 Houma Blvd., Suite 100 454-1724 New Orleans

Roland Benton Hawkins Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3440

Troy Gene Scroggins Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3440

Ellen “Elly” Zakris

Touro Infirmary Department of Radiation Oncology 1401 Foucher St., 1st Floor 897-8387 Slidell

Steven I. Hightower

SMH Slidell Radiation Center 1120 Robert Blvd., Suite 100 (985) 649-8688

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470

Charles Claiborne Matthews

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470

James Milburn

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470

Dana Hampton Smetherman

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470

Richard Tupler

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-3470 Thibodaux

Gregory Dobard

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Radiology 602 N. Acadia Road (985) 493-4756 Rheumatology Metairie

Joseph J. Biundo Jr.

Covington

4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 303 889-5242

Robert Restrepo

New Orleans

Radiology

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Covington Department of Radiology 1000 Ochsner Blvd. (985) 875-2828 New Orleans

Edward Bluth

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470

Tulane Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5263 *Primarily sees patients admitted into the Intensive Care Unit

Daniel A. Devun

David E. Taylor

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Highway,

Arthur J. Kenney

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-3470

Dennis Kay

William Eugene Davis

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3920

Luis R. Espinoza

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Rheumatology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor 412-1366

Madelaine T. Feldman 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 899-1120

Robert James Quinet

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3920

Eve Scopelitis

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3920

Tamika A. Webb-Detiege Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3920

Merlin Robert Wilson Jr. 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 899-1120

Jerald Marc Zakem

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Highway, 5th Floor 842-3920 Sleep Medicine New Orleans

Piotr Wladyslaw Olejniczak

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 Saint Charles Ave., 4th Floor 412-1517

Katherine Smith

NHS Human Services 1010 Common St., Suite 500 302-1323

Supat Thammasitboon Tulane Medical Center Tulane Lung Center Tulane Comprehensive Sleep Center 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5800 Surgery Covington

Michael J. Thomas

Surgical Specialists of Louisiana 7015 Highway 190 E. Service Road, Suite 200 (985) 234-3000 Kenner

J. Philip Boudreaux

LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Neuroendocrine Clinic 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 200 464-8500 Metairie

Kelvin Contreary

4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 310 454-6338

Joseph Frank Uddo Jr.

4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 450 454-4441 New Orleans

Humberto Bohorquez

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Abdominal Organ Transplantation 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-5764

John S. Bolton

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 8th Floor 842-4070

David Bruce

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3925

Joseph Frederick Buell

Tulane Transplant Institute Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Center 1415 Tulane Ave. 988-5344

Ian Carmody

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Transplant Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-5161

Ari Cohen

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Highway, 1st Floor 842-3925

Ralph Corsetti

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 8th Floor 842-4070

John Patrick Hunt III

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery 2025 Gravier St. 903-2373

George E. Loss Jr.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Multi-Organ Transplant Institute 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-5763

William S. Richardson

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-4070

Douglas P. Slakey

Tulane Medical Center Department of Surgery 1415 Tulane Ave., 6th Floor 988-2317

Alan Jerry Stolier

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave.

899-2800

Michael C. Townsend

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 8th Floor 842-4070 Surgical Oncology New Orleans

John S. Bolton

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 8th Floor 842-4070

Ralph Corsetti

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 8th Floor 842-4070

George Michael Fuhrman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway 842-4070

Alan Jerry Stolier

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. 899-2800 Thoracic Surgery Covington

Charles J. DiCorte

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center – Covington Department of Cardiovascular Surgery 1000 Ochsner Blvd. (985) 875-2828 New Orleans

P. Eugene Parrino

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Thoracic Surgery 1514 Jefferson Highway, Clinic Tower, 8th Floor 842-4070

John D. Pigott III

Tulane Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor 988-5800 Thibodaux

Tommy L. Fudge

Heart and Vascular Center 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 409 (985) 449-4670 Urology

4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 330 454-5505

Harold Anthony Fuselier Jr.

LSU Healthcare Network Department of Urology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600A 412-1600

Jack Christian Winters

LSU Healthcare Network Department of Urology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600A 412-1600 New Orleans

Stephen F. Bardot

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center 1514 Jefferson Highway, 2nd Floor 842-4083 *Accepting new Urologic Oncology patients

Wayne John G. Hellstrom Tulane Medical Center Tulane Urology and Fertility Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor 988-5271

Benjamin R. Lee

Tulane Medical Center Department of Urology 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor 988-5271

Lester J. Prats Jr.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Urology 1514 Jefferson Highway, Atrium Tower, 4th Floor 842-4083

Raju Thomas

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Urology and Fertility Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor 988-5271 Thibodaux

Chester Frank Weimer Thibodaux Urological Specialists 504 N. Acadia Road (985) 447-5667

Vascular Surgery Marrero

Robert Craig Batson

LSU Healthcare Multispecialty Clinic Department of Vascular Surgery 4500 10th St. 412-1960 New Orleans

Larry Harold Hollier

Houma SurgiCenter 1020 School St. (985) 868-7091

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Vascular Surgery 433 Bolivar St., Suite 815 568-4800

Metairie

W. Charles Sternbergh III

Houma

Robert M. Alexander

Sean Collins

East Jefferson Center for Urology

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Vascular and

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Offering some of the most advanced and compassionate care in the region, The Surgical Specialists of Louisiana have helped change thousands of lives by eliminating life threatening obesity-related diseases with weight loss and wellness programs custom-designed for each patient. Named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Center of Excellence since 2007, the practice offers all types of minimally invasive surgeries, including laparoscopic weight loss surgery. Having performed over 7,000 weight loss surgeries, including gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, duodenal switch and revisional procedures, this group is seen as the experts across the U.S. and throughout the Gulf South. They are the only practice in the U.S. offering a new technique that reduces the size and capacity of the stomach without making a single

incision. Known as POSE, this outpatient procedure is for people who want to lose 25-50 pounds with a quick recovery time. Combined with a medically supervised weight loss program, these minimally invasive and incisionless procedures have the power to transform not just bodies, but lives as well. Additionally, SSL is the only practice in Louisiana trained in the newest and only FDA approved procedure for heartburn, reflux and GERD. The LINX system uses a minimally invasive technique allowing the patient to go home the same day. Once implanted it begins working immediately! Experience does make a difference.

For more information, call 1-877-691-3001 or visit our interactive websites at www.whyweight.com and www.poseinfo.com. Covington Office | 7015 Highway 190 East Service Road Suite 200 | 985-234-3000 Metairie Office | 4720 S I-10 Service Road West Suite 510 | 504-934-3000 Slidell Office | 1570 West Lindberg Drive, Suite 14 | 985-605-1100

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Beautiful smiles are a priority for Dr. Deborah Lesem, who has been mainting and creating them in New Orleans for the past 20 years. Dr. Lesemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services range from preventive care to complete dental restoration and cosmetic makeovers. Preventive treatments include dental cleanings, performed by Dr. Lesem herself, and thorough examinations that include screenings for gum disease and oral cancer. Restorative treatments range from cosmetic procedures and white fillings to root canals, crowns, implant restorations and full and partial dentures. Always on the cutting edge of dentistry, Dr. Lesem regularly attends continuing education programs and belongs to professional organizations to keep up-to-date on the latest techniques and technology.

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Medical Profile Index A L LE R GY/ AST HMA

DE NTIS TRY, G EN ER AL

FAM I L Y M ED I C I N E

I.Alisha Qureshi, M.D

Todd J. Canatella, D.D.S.

Jim Theis, M.D.

B. Steele Rolston, M.D.

Deborah E. Lesem, D.D.S.

Nicole Griffin, APRN, FNP-C

David L. Schneider, M.D.

Josh Patella, D.D.S.

Sweta Shah, M.D.

Gizelle Poche Richard, D.D.S.

Alan Sheen, M.D.

Elizabeth E. Riggs, D.D.S.

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DE NTIS TRY, O R AL SU R G ER Y

Kea Crivelly, M.S., R.D., L.D.N.

Daniel P. Bode, Au.D., F.A.A.A.

Michael Block, M.D.

Amy Cunnigham, M.S., R.D., L.D.N.

David M. Mulnick, Au.D., F.A.A.A.

Gizelle Poche Richard, D.D.S.

Chris Dvorak, M.S., C.G.C.

Alaina C. Johnson, Au.D., C.C.C.-A. Elena Herriott, Au.D., C.C.C.-A.

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Ronald Davis, MD, MS

Robin Chapman, PsyD

Brittany Oswald Stumpf, MD

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Erin Boh, MD, PhD

Andrea Murina, MD Howard Patrick Ragland, MD (not shown in picture)

G EN ET I C S Hans C. Andersson, M.D., F.A.C.M.G. Tian- Jian (TJ) Chen, Ph.D.

Phaidra Floyd-Browning, R.N. Jessica Hoffman, M.S. Eva Morava-Kozicz, M.D. Gabriella Pridjian, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Kat Phelan, M.D.

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2013 Medical Profile Index continued H A N D SURGERY Charles Clasen, III, M.D. Eric R. George, M.D. John F. Nitsche, M.D. Carol D. Meyer, M.D.

H E A R T AND VASCULA R NIdal Abi Rafeh, M.D. Gholam Ali, M.D., FACC, FSVM Alvaro Alonso, M.D. Asif Anwar, M.D. Salman Arain, M.D. Mark Cassidy, M.D., FACC,FASE,FACP Patrice Delafontaine, M.D.,FACC,FAHA Keith C. Ferdinand, M.D., FACC,FAHA Corey Goldman, M.D. Anand Irimpen, M.D. Colleen J. Johnson, M.D. Thierry Le Jemtel, M.D. Edward “Chip” Morrison APRN Albert Sam II, M.D. Gary Sander, M.D.

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P ED I AT R I C S:

Kenneth Adatto, M.D.

Telitha Grant-Spencer, M.D.

Nicole O. Bourgeois, P.A.-C.

I N TERNAL MEDICINE

John G. Burvant, M.D.

Mary M. Abell, M.D.

Chris DiGrado, M.D.

Patty Jackson, M.D.

Luis M. Espinoza, M.D.

Khalil Imsais, M.D.

Charles G. Haddad Jr., M.D.

O P T H AL MOL OGY Satisha Aurora, M.D. John W. Boyle IV, M.D. Donald P. Cerise, M.D. Catherine T. Fitzmorris, M.D. Ronald L. Landry, M.D. Terrell McGinn, O.D. Riley C. Sibley, M.D. Chuck Stumpf, O.D. Leni T. Sumich, O.D.

O P T O MET RY Donald Costello, OD

Ralph Katz, M.D. Thomas R. Lyons, M.D.

P H YSI C AL M ED I C I N E Scott McLaughlin, P.T.

P L AST I C SU R G ER Y David A. Jansen, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Neil Maki, M.D.

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Charles P. Murphy, M.D.

John B. Logan, M.D.

Jeffrey J. Sketchler, M.D. Richard P. Texada Jr., M.D. Alexis Waguespack, M.D. John Watermeier, M.D. Michael P. Zeringue, M.D.

PA IN MA N AG EM EN T Joseph Crapanzano, Jr., M.D. Kevin Martinez, M.D. Brian Rosenberg, M.D.

SU R G ER Y Matthew S. French, M.D. Tom Lavin, M.D. Rachel Moore, M.D. James G. Redmann, M.D., F.A.C.S. Clark G. Warden, M.D., F.A.C.S.

W O M EN ’S H EAL T H Chaniel Age, APRN, WHNP, BC, FNP

Patrick H. Waring, M.D. myneworleans.com

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Regional hospitals continue to make news across the state with awards and accomplishments, renowned physicians and research, and everadvancing technologies and facilities. As medicine and health care continue to change and improve, regional hospitals are buzzing, always striving to offer the latest and greatest in services and amenities. From specialty offerings to comprehensive care, these regional leaders are making it possible to find world-class care without ever leaving home. Check out the following regional providers and catch up on all the latest news in local medicine. River Oaks Hospital has provided quality treatment to individuals suffering from mental illness since 1970. Services are available for all ages and at three levels of care: inpatient, partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP). When patients do not require medical supervision on a constant basis, PHP and IOP at River Oaks allows them to receive the clinical and therapeutic treatment they need throughout the day while allowing them to return home at night. For those needing the highest level of care, they offer inpatient psychiatric treatment for children, adolescents and adults. They also provide a medical detox on their dual diagnosis unit and treat trauma-based disorders and compulsive behaviors for adults, as well as eating disorders for adolescents and adults. If you or a loved one is in need of treatment, River Oaks Hospital provides confidential assessments 24 hours a day. Call the hospital at 504-734-1740 or visit RiverOaksHospital.com. While excellence in patient-centered care speaks for itself, West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero is dedicated to offering quality care and best practices. At West Jefferson, physicians and staff paused but for a moment this summer to celebrate new quality awards including the Blue Distinction Center award for Spine Surgery and the Blue Distinction Center award for Cardiac Care. Both of these high-performing hospital quality distinctions were presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.

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At West Jefferson, quality is measured for ongoing improvement. Recent work of physicians and staff also receiving recognition over the past year included a National Chest Pain Center accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers, the 2012 American Stroke Association Silver Achievement Award for Stroke Care, the 2012 Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Gold Plus Achievement Award, and the 2012 Top 10 percent in the Nation in Neurosurgery, and 2012 Five-Star Rating in Spine Surgery by HealthGrades. For more information, call 504-349-6335 or visit WJMC.org. Patients benefit from a full range of neurosurgical services at the Spine Center of Excellence of Thibodaux Regional, the only full-service program in the region to treat back and neck pain. The Center offers three experienced spine surgeons and a team of specialists and physicians who create a comprehensive, collaborative, patient-centered approach to caring for people with neck or back pain. “The doctors and spine surgeons focus on each patient by individually reviewing every case to determine the best course of action, whether that’s surgical or non-surgical,” says Billy Naquin, MBA, PT, OCS, and Director of the Center. “The team also provides an ongoing management program complete with a Nurse Navigator.” The Spine Center of Excellence of Thibodaux Regional gives patients the best chance to solve back and neck pain. Thibodaux Regional was recently named a Blue Distinction Center+ in Spine Surgery by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana. For more information call the Spine Center of Excellence of Thibodaux Regional at 985-493-4501. Doctors Frank DellaCroce, Scott Sullivan and Christopher Trahan of the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery (CRBS) are the pioneers of a groundbreaking new breast reconstruction option. A significant technical step forward in the history of breast reconstruction, the BODY LIFT FlapSM procedure allows for an unprecedented

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power to recreate a new breast for women facing mastectomy. Incision design in the waist gives the benefit of a tummy tuck, a narrowing of the waist and a buttocks lift as a compliment to the collection of fat to recreate the new breasts. The fat taken from the waist is transplanted in a double layer for each breast when both breasts are to be reconstructed in a single setting. According to a report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, a staggering 70 percent of breast cancer patients who are eligible for reconstructive surgery are not informed of the options available to them. Immediate reconstruction is one of the most gratifying options. Patients wake up from surgery with a new and often improved breast and body contour, and most importantly they maintain their sense of wholeness. For more info, visit BreastCenter.com or call 888-899-2288. In May, Touro Infirmary welcomed a special delivery – the opening of the hospital’s renovated and expanded level III NICU. The 11,000 square foot, $4.4 million renovation project was designed to provide the best care for Touro’s tiniest and most fragile babies. The NICU is equipped with five open bay rooms and 15 private and semi-private rooms to aid in the progress of babies’ health and eliminate stimulation from noise. The private rooms are equipped with a family area so parents can always be by their baby’s side. The facility includes the latest respiratory support equipment, dedicated lactation services, and six Giraffe Omni beds, which are convertible as a radiant heat warmer and an isolette.

Learn more about Touro’s Family Birthing Center and NICU at Touro.com/fbc or by calling 504-897-8260. The Slidell Memorial Hospital Regional Cancer Center (SMHRCC) Genetics Clinic has entered the new frontier in the fight against cancer. Under the direction of Clinical Geneticist Duane W. Superneau, M.D., the clinic provides genetic counseling and testing to people who are at increased risk for hereditary cancer. Genetics risk assessments can have a huge impact on a person’s life by allowing them to better manage their health and reduce their risk of ever developing cancer, Superneau says. Because all support work, such as scheduling appointments and lab work, is done on-site at SMHRCC, area patients no longer have to travel out of the area for such testing and counseling. In addition to cancer-related cases, people with a noncancer genetic disorder, including pediatric or obstetric patients, can also be seen in the clinic, based on their family history or diagnosis. Appointments can be made via SMH Centralized Scheduling at 985-280-8585. Since Fairway Medical Surgical Hospital’s opening 13 years ago, the hospital’s mission has always been to provide exceptional care and comfort to their patients and their families. At Fairway, patients will experience the finest personal service delivered by the most dedicated health care professionals. Fairway Medical is consistently ranked in the top two hospitals in St. Tammany Parish based on patient satisfaction indicators by HCAHPS

Fairway Medical Surgical Hospital specializes in the following: Ear, Nose & Throat

Plastic Surgery

Gastroenterology Ophthalmology General Surgery

Podiatry Bariatric Surgery

Hand Surgery Pain Management Internal Medicine Orthopedics

Spinal Surgery Radiology Cardiology

IMAGING CENTER SPORTS MEDICINE PHYSICAL THERAPY SLEEP CENTER URGENT CARE

For quality care and excellent patient satisfaction, choose Fairway Medical Surgical Hospital.

Sleep Medicine

Fairway Medical Surgical Hospital is physician owned.

Covington, LA

(985) 809-9888

A better experience. It’s your choice. www.fairwaymedical.com myneworleans.com

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surveys. HCAHPS is a nationally recognized standardized patient satisfaction survey instrument utilized to rank hospitals according to patients’ perspectives on the care they received. Fairway offers 21 private inpatient suites, eight operating rooms and four treatment rooms. With a nurse-to-patient ratio that is better than the national average and 140 physicians on staff, personalized patient care and attention to the family needs are still the hallmarks of Fairway. For quality care and an excellent patient experience make your next choice Fairway Medical Surgical Hospital. For more information, visit FairwayMedical.com or call 985-809-9888. With more than 25 individual clinics and dozens of areas of specialty, it’s no wonder that Tulane Medical Center is rated one of the top university research and medical centers in the US. Founded in 1834, the Center has built upon a tremendous record of success and strives to continue its tradition of excellence and expertise in providing the best quality care, education and research in greater New Orleans. Tulane Medical Center draws leaders from all areas of medicine who provide world-class services to patients in an atmosphere of individualized attention. From preventive care and community outreach programs to specialized medical procedures, Tulane Medical Center cherishes its long tradition of providing comprehensive services to the New Orleans community. Additionally, cutting edge technologies and innovative techniques help leaders in their fields to continually strive for the most innovative and effective methods of treatment. New additions to Tulane’s services include STEALTH neurosurgery, a certified LVAD program and “scarless” thyroid surgery. For more information on Tulane Medical Center and the services provided, visit TulaneHealthCare.com or call 504-988-5800. Tulane Medical Center is excited to announce that pediatric services will be relocating from the Downtown hospital to Tulane-Lakeside Hospital in Metairie this Fall. The move will bring together all of Tulane’s women’s and children’s services at one location, making it the only truly specialized Women’s and Children’s health care facility in the New Orleans area. In conjunction with the move, the facility will get a new name: Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women and Children. In addition to offering an 11-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 17 pediatric beds, a six-bed specialty care oncology unit, and continued service of the 24-bed NICU, the facility will offer a full-service Pediatric ER. The facility has

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recently added a child-friendly, low-dose CT scanner and will be adding MRI, pediatric endoscopy, a pediatric pulmonary lab and neurodiagnostics. The completion of all construction and infrastructure upgrades for the pediatric service line move is targeted for completion this fall. For more information, visit TulaneLakeside.com or call 504-780-8282. Louisiana Children’s Medical Center (LCMC) is proud to welcome the Interim LSU Hospital (ILH) to its comprehensive health care system. LCMC is the notfor-profit parent corporation of Children’s Hospital and Touro. The Interim LSU Hospital has played a rich and invaluable role in the health and wellbeing of the citizens of this community for more than a century. That legacy will continue as programs and services grow to support the needs of the region both now and in the future. LCMC is committed to maintaining and enhancing ILH’s position as an integrated, academic, non-profit regional hospital that ensures access to quality medical care. LCMC looks forward to the completion of the state-ofthe-art University Medical Center, opening in 2015, and sees this as an opportunity for the State of Louisiana to showcase the outstanding academic medical institutions matched with premier hospitals. For more information on the Interim LSU Hospital, call 504-903-3000. 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,

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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 enhance 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 ensures each patient is given special treatment.” To find out more about CCSC, visit CCSurg.com or call 504-830-2500. Is an older adult in your life experiencing emotional, cognitive or behavioral dysfunctions? Kindred Hospital, located in New Orleans’ Garden District, is pleased to provide inpatient treatment to persons 65 or older in need of immediate intervention for behavioral or emotional issues. Kindred physicians and staff understand the changing needs of the older population and the issues that may be associated with aging. They also recognize that mental disorders do not have to be a part of aging, and that medications, physical illness, dementia or grief can influence behavior. Researchers believe that more than 60 percent of adults over 65 needing mental health services go without treatment, which can lead to disability, poor quality of life or inappropriate placement. In many cases, treatment is available through Kindred Hospitals’ Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit.

At Kindred, patients and their families can expect a multidisciplinary team approach. Particular attention is paid to each patient’s unique medical, traditional and mental health issues for high quality care. For more information on Kindred Hospital and their Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit, visit KindredHospitalsNola.com or call 504-899-1555. Omega Hospital stands at the forefront of breast cancer care, offering top-notch health care in an intimate and often luxurious atmosphere. World-class surgeons at Omega Hospital are leaders in breast reconstruction and breast-conserving procedures, giving women more options than ever before. Drs. Robert Allen and Ali Sadeghi are experts in the DIEP flap procedure, a procedure that reconstructs one’s breast from skin and fat from the abdomen. The DIEP flap procedure differs from procedures of the past in that no muscle is removed, allowing for both a quicker recovery time and eliminating any increased risk of hernias or back pain later in life. Drs. Allen and Sadeghi also perform the PAP and GAP procedures, which take skin and fat from the back of the thigh, under the buttock crease (PAP), or take fat and skin directly from the buttock (GAP). Drs. Allen and Sadeghi work to make sure each breast is as natural as possible, and DIEP flap recipients have the added benefit of receiving new breasts and a tummy tuck simultaneously. For more information on surgeons and procedures offered at Omega Hospital, visit OmegaHospital.com or call 504-832-4200.

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ith health care policy being the focus of change in the world of medicine, it can sometimes be difficult for the latest breakthroughs to, well…break through. While health care providers iron out the details of coverage on the financial side of things, physicians are busy continuing to provide a vast array of medical services to those in need. Several local doctors and hospitals are leading the way with the latest in advanced procedures and technologies, and learning what’s new may be helpful to you or someone in your life. From minimally invasive surgeries and tools to effective and efficient procedures, cutting-edge technology continues to improve medical care across the region. Since 2000, The Surgical Specialists of Louisiana (SSL) has been leading the way in the fight against obesity. Studies have proven that bariatric surgery is the only effective method for long-term weight loss in severely obese people. In addition, studies show that weight loss surgery has greatly improved or eliminated several serious diseases including type 2 diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea. Having performed more than 7,000 laparoscopic weight loss surgeries including gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding and duodenal switch, SSL is the most experienced group in the Gulf South. Recently featured on The Doctors TV show, SSL is the only practice in the U.S. performing the new incision-less POSE procedure. POSE is a one-hour, outpatient procedure for patients who want to lose 25-50 pounds. It is performed endoscopically, reducing the size and capacity of the stomach without making a single incision. In addition, SSL is the only practice in Louisiana to offer LINX, the only FDA-approved procedure for reflux and GERD. For more information call 877-691-3001 or visit WhyWeight.com or PoseInfo.com. Patients suffering from persistent hearing and balance disorders can now seek treatment at a new specialized center with offices on both sides of the river. Culicchia Neurological Clinic opened the new CNC Hearing and Balance Center for the treatment and diagnosis of hearing, balance, facial nerve and skull base disorders. Led by Neurologist Moisés Arriaga, M.D., the center utilizes a Team Skull Base Surgery approach in which physicians specializing in both ear surgery and 148

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neurosurgery collaborate to diagnose and treat lesions of the hearing nerve, acoustic tumors, skull base tumors or severe inner ear dysfunction. The Team Skull Base Surgery approach has been shown to improve patient outcomes and result in faster hospital discharges. The CNC Hearing and Balance Center is located in the West Jefferson Medical Center physicians’ office building at 111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S-630 in Marrero. The center recently opened a satellite location uptown at 3715 Prytania St., Suite 502. Call 504-934-8320 for an appointment or visit CulicchiaNeuro.com. Umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cell transplants are one of the most promising medical treatments today. Since the first transplant in 1988, more than 25,000 people worldwide have received this therapy. Many types of cancers, leukemia, bone marrow failures and immune deficiencies have responded positively to this therapy. A growing number of about 80 diseases are currently being treated with UCB, with clinical trials currently underway to treat diabetes, osteoporosis, autism and cerebral palsy, among others. Considering that stem cells can give rise to new “healthy” cells or repair their imbalances, the importance of having such a source “in the bank” should your child ever need it is undeniable. UCB stem cells today represent a biological insurance that, in the future, could save or give a better quality of life. LifeSource Cryobank, the only private umbilical cord blood bank in Louisiana, can provide your family with confidence and peace-of-mind, should stem cells ever be needed for the medical treatment of your newborn or related family member. For more information, visit LifeSourceCryobank.com or call 985-867-8902. With offices in Metairie, Covington and Laplace, the doctors at Southern Brain & Spine (SBS) offer comprehensive, cutting-edge neurosurgical care right here in Southeast Louisiana. The neurosurgeons include Drs. Richard Corales, Lucien Miranne, Jr., Everett Robert, Najeeb Thomas and Rand Voorhies. Additionally, Dr. Justin Lundgren specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation in non-operative treatments of the spine. SBS is proud to announce the use of Image Merge technology, which makes it easier than ever to identify causes of pain in the neck and spine. Image Merge technology superimposes SPECT bone scans with the sharp images of an MRI or CT scan, often making it possible to localize and identify inflammation in the spine.

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“The decision to operate on the spine is a big decision. From the surgeon’s perspective, a number of criteria must be met in order to appropriately reach this decision,” says Dr. Everett Robert. “The SPECT/CT merge process has enabled us to better identify inflammation at the level of a singular disc or facet joint. We can then move forward to address neck pain.” For more info on SBS and Image Merge, visit SBSDocs.net. A top specialist in New Orleans, Dr. Michael Block is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who utilizes state-of-theart technology in his practice to ensure the best possible care for patients. He practices the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, including orthognathic surgical correction of facial deformities, TMJ problems, removal of tumors with reconstruction, as well as removal of teeth with sedation. His latest book on implant surgery is used by students, residents and professionals as a resource. Dr. Block teaches the procedure that replaces all of the patient’s teeth or one tooth within a few hours of their removal, eliminating the need for a removable denture. Patients come in with teeth or a tooth that needs to be replaced, and leave the office with a new set of teeth, or a single crown, all within a few hours. Incredible technologies, such as the cone beam CT scanner, eliminate routine dental impressions for implant restorations. Also, advanced laser treatments facilitate efficient tissue healing with minimal pain. Dr. Block’s efficient office and dedicated staff carefully organize schedules to avoid delays in seeing and treating patients at the clinic. For more info visit CenterForDentalReconstruction.com or call 504-833-3368. Dr. Ruth Owens and Dr. David Jansen are pleased to introduce “Fire and Ice,” a technology which reduces fat in one specific area of the body by 25 percent with Coolsculpting™ and skin contraction with Venus Freeze™. “Fire and Ice” is a unique treatment plan developed by Drs. Owens and Jansen to combine the benefits of nonsurgical fat reduction with nonsurgical skin tightening. The combination of these two procedures results in the permanent removal of 25 percent of the fat cells per treatment, per area, with the added benefit of a nonsurgical skin tightening using radio frequency and magnet therapy. This proprietary combination of these two modalities in their patients is poised to be the Holy Grail of body shaping, fat reduction and skin tightening. The time commitment for these procedures is minimal, the downtime is nonexistent and most patients are back exercising the same day or following day. Their offices are located at 3900 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 200 in Metairie and 2100 Audubon Ave. in Thibodaux. For more information visit JansenPlasticSurgery. com or call 504-455-1000.

healthy nails in only one 20-minute treatment. An oftenembarrassing condition, nail fungus hinders a person’s quality of life and can lead to serious health problems. The condition is estimated to affect more than 40 percent of Americans age 40 and over and can be passed between family members if left untreated. PinPointe™ is the only laser available today that is designed to treat nail fungus with a single treatment. The laser targets and heats the fungus without causing damage to the surrounding area or discomfort to the patient. “This unique laser enables us to efficiently and effectively treat the fungus and is virtually pain free” says Dr. Lang. “For patients, PinPointe™ offers new hope to those who suffer from onychomycosis.” For more information about this new treatment or to schedule a consultation, please call the office of Dr. Lang at 504-897-3627 or visit NolaPodiatry.com. The NORTH Institute, Neurological Orthopedic Rehabilitation Total Health, has recently introduced PlateletRich Plasma Therapy (PRP) to their medical arsenal. PRP is a progressive non-surgical healing treatment used in many fields including sports medicine and orthopedics. PRP is injected into the affected region to stimulate and enhance healing – it is your own blood modified in a way to produce mega doses of your body’s own healing “ingredients” that are stored in platelets. Based on current research, soft tissue injuries are the most responsive to PRP, and it has been effective in treating cartilage degeneration such as arthritis as well as labrum tears in joints. The majority of PRP patients find that within three months they can return to pain-free activities. The NORTH’s Dr. Susan Bryant-Snure has been successful in treating patients in the NORTH’s clinic with this new cutting-edge technology. Call 985-871-4114 for an appointment at the NORTH Institute and see if this treatment is right for you. Visit NorthInstitute.com.

Dr. Edward Lang is pleased to announce that his Uptown practice is now certified in laser nail treatment for toenail fungus. The PinPointe™ FootLaser™, a light-based laser technology that eradicates toenail fungus in patients with onychomycosis, restores unsightly nails to clear myneworleans.com

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Sometimes you just need a check-up or to stick out your tongue and say, “Aaaaah.” Other times, you may need a specialist, someone with added expertise or specific surgical skills. Fortunately, New Orleans doctors have you covered. From go-to primary care physicians to fellowship-trained surgeons and even dental experts, the following long list of specialty clinics represents some of the area’s favorite places to turn when illness or injury hits. Allergies & Audiology kick off this alphabetical list of specialties that runs the gamut of all things medical.

A llergies Alan Sheen, M.D., is a well-known and highly respected allergist serving both the Northshore and Southshore regions of the New Orleans metropolitan area. A graduate of LSU’s School of Medicine in New Orleans and a known specialist in allergies and asthma, Dr. Sheen has been recognized several times as one of the city’s Top Doctors by New Orleans Magazine. With a focus on immunology and allergies, Dr. Sheen’s long-standing medical practice treats patients of all ages. He has a strong interest in the management of childhood and infant allergies, especially food allergies and problems with formula. Dr. Sheen also treats conditions such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, hives and related allergic conditions. He has two convenient locations to greater serve area patients. For Dr. Sheen’s Metairie office, located at 3701 Houma Blvd., call 504-456-1999. Dr. Sheen’s Covington office, located at 185 Greenbriar Blvd., Suite B, may be reached by calling 985-246-6077. Dr. David L. Schneider and Dr. Sweta Shah are BoardCertified Allergy-Immunologists who specialize in asthma, sinus infections, hay fever, immune deficiencies, hives, drug allergies, food allergies, insect sting reactions, sinus headaches, migraines, acid reflux and chronic cough. Dr. Schneider also leads a cutting-edge research team in ongoing clinical trials. Rather than just writing a prescription to match a symptom, Drs. Schneider and Shah endeavor to establish causes of symptoms and deliver focused therapy with the goal of achieving superior symptom control with fewer medications.

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The office now offers SLIT (sub-lingual immunotherapy), whereby an allergy serum is dropped under the tongue rather than injected. So safe it can be done at home, this option makes life easier for kids, patients who travel, have an irregular schedule, live a long distance from the practice or simply don’t like shots. According to Dr. Shah, “Many of our patients are unable to lead active lifestyles due to a fear of exacerbating their asthma or allergies. Our ability to pinpoint and treat these triggers gives patients the reassurance necessary to live life to the fullest.” For more information, call 504-889-0550 (Metairie) or 985-429-1080 (Hammond). Irum Alisha Qureshi, MD, and Brice Steele Rolston, MD, are board certified in Allergy and Immunology and treat patients of all ages. With empathy, competence and professionalism, they adhere to the best standards of care while using the most advanced techniques available. Not only do they diagnose and reverse recurring, allergyrelated infections, they also conquer ailments that have gone misdiagnosed and mistreated for decades. “We firmly believe that with the right evaluation, prevention and treatment, the vast majority of patients we see will get good control of their allergic and immunologic diseases and immensely improve their quality of life,” says Dr. Qureshi, who along with Dr. Rolston, treats conditions including food, medicine and insect allergies, allergic rhinitis, sinus infections, hives, eczema, asthma, acute anaphylaxis and immune deficiency. For more information on their Covington-based practice, call 985-893-5780.

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A udiology Audiologists at Associated Hearing know that a patient’s life centers on experiences and relationships with family, friends and other individuals. They help patients with their decisions concerning better hearing health through the protection, preservation, evaluation and treatment of hearing and balance function. With more than 30 years of experience, Associated Hearing audiologists employ a team approach that centers on personalized care. Their board certified audiologists value precision in diagnosis, utilizing advanced diagnostic equipment and innovative hearing aid technology in their practice. With locations in Metairie, Covington and Franklinton, Associated Hearing is poised to serve every part of the community. Patients can expect comprehensive treatment including an in-depth medical and social history, complete audiological and vestibular evaluation, individualized counseling, hearing aid fittings and follow-up care. Other services offered include specialized diagnostic assessments, customized assistive listening devices and in-office repairs for many hearing aids. For more information, visit AssociatedHearingInc.com or call 504-833-4327 (Metairie), 985-249-5225 (Covington and Franklinton). C ardiov a scu la r On Aug. 15, Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) will celebrate 30 years of providing a full range of cardiovascular care to communities in South Louisiana. With a team of 35 cardiologists and 500 employees across 14 locations, CIS is recognized as an international leader in treating both cardiovascular and peripheral vascular disease. Their expert physicians provide high-quality, personalized care to each patient and are world-renowned innovators and educators of new technologies. CIS has made significant advancements in the development of non-surgical treatments to treat peripheral arterial disease and eliminate the need for amputations. If you have family history of heart disease, smoke or have diabetes, or if you have high cholesterol or blood pressure, you may be at risk for cardiovascular disease. To schedule an appointment with a CIS cardiologist, please call 800-425-2565 or visit Cardio. com for a list of our locations near you. The Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute (TUHVI) encompasses leading clinical, educational and research programs for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. TUHVI offers a comprehensive heart and vascular program at four convenient locations: Metairie,

downtown New Orleans, New Orleans East and on the West Bank. TUHVI physicians include specialized medical professionals trained in treatment of arrhythmia and atrial fibrillation, heart failure, prevention services, hypertension and lipid management, as well as interventional cardiovascular procedures, cardiac surgery and vascular surgery. The Institute is a leader in treating peripheral arterial and venous disease, and offers the new painless Endovenous Laser Treatment for varicose veins, as well as sclerotherapy for spider vein closure, at their West Bank Clinic. Because TUHVI physicians and surgeons are also academicians, patients can be assured that each case is thoroughly reviewed and all available treatment options are considered. For information about scheduling an appointment, visit TulaneHeart.com. Those suffering from unsightly varicose veins, spider veins, vascular malformations, venous ulcers and vascular lesions of the face and body can find help in the form of advanced treatment at the Gitter Vein Institute. Directed by Dr. Richard Gitter, a board certified cardiovascular surgeon who has dedicated his professional career to the surgical treatment of blood vessels, the Institute is a patientfocused, minimally invasive surgical center that utilizes the most proven and innovative laser techniques and other modalities to treat and cure abnormalities of the veins. In addition to being a member of various national societies, including the American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery and Vein Experts, Dr. Gitter has extensive experience leading clinical research trials and has been honored throughout his education and career for numerous achievements. The Gitter Vein Institute invites you to experience a new type of medical environment, where they commit their focus and expertise to earn your confidence and trust. For more information, call 504-833-0111.Their new, beautiful medical spa is located on the ground floor (Suite 100) of the Galleria in Metairie.

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Comprehensive C a re 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 800988-5800 or 504-988-5800 or visit TulaneDoctors.com. With the recent opening of the widened Huey P. Long Bridge, outpatient specialty clinics of West Jefferson Medical Center are even more convenient for patients as well as family and friends accompanying them to appointments. Enhanced access to the West Bank also means persons don’t have to leave the state or travel far for the impressive array of specialty services. The outpatient specialty clinics of West Jefferson include cardiology (Heart Clinic of Louisiana at West Jefferson), cardiovascular surgery, electrophysiology, urology (West Jefferson Urology Specialists), medical oncology (Hematology/Oncology Clinic of the Cancer Center at West Jefferson) and medicine-pediatrics (Family Doctors). Comprehensive primary care clinic services are also conveniently located at The Family Doctors’ four locations across the West Bank in Gretna, Harvey and Marrero. Physical facilities include two fitness complexes with a SwimEx therapy pool. To find a specialty or primary care physician at West Jefferson or for other services, call 504-349-1789. Dentistry & Cosmeti c s Dr. Joseph J. Collura has worked at the forefront of cosmetic dentistry for more than 30 years, providing top quality care and brighter smiles to patients all over the New Orleans region. He specializes in cosmetic dentistry, advanced restorative dentistry, single-tooth to complete mouth implant treatment, root canal therapy, non-surgical gum care and prevention and treatment of bite-related problems, and he has been honored with a guest faculty position with the prestigious Scottsdale Center for 152

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Dentistry. The Center, led by world-renowned faculty, provides the latest in programs, seminars and hands-on training. Dr. Collura’s Metairie-based practice features individualized care and advanced methods of cosmetic dentistry. He offers a full range of services to create a healthier, more attractive smile, including tooth-colored fillings, porcelain crowns (caps), porcelain fixed bridges, porcelain veneers, procera crown and tooth whitening. He is licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry for conscious sedation and nitrous oxide analgesia. For more information or to make an appointment, visit DrCollura.com or call 504-837-9800. Canatella Dental has consistently been one of the city’s top picks for nearly a decade, helping to restore and maintain healthy, beautiful smiles throughout Greater New Orleans. Staffed by Dr. Todd Canatella, Dr. Josh Patella, and a caring team of Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants, Patient Care Coordinators and Office Administrators, Canatella Dental is proud to offer numerous dental services that include general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, teeth whitening, dental implants, conscious sedation and more. Additionally, new services such as implant placement, Invisalign®, and Six Month Smiles® – time-efficient clear braces for adults – add to their long list of offerings. Canatella Dental ensures patients will receive the most effective and efficient dental care available and utilizes advanced technologies such as VELscope, a quick and safe cancer screening tool, Cerec Cad-Cam technology for crowns in one day, an in-office Kor whitening system, laser technology and digital X-rays with superior quality and less radiation than conventional X-rays. For more information, visit CanatellaDental.com or call 504-2820700 to schedule an appointment (Monday-Friday). Canatella Dental is located in Lakeview at 101 W. Robert E. Lee, Suite 305. “Patients really love it when they come in with teeth that they may be self-conscious about and leave with a gorgeous smile that they can’t wait to show off,” says Dr. Deborah Lesem, one of New Orleans’ most passionate dentists. Dr. Lesem’s Lakeview practice provides family dental services ranging from preventive care to complete dental restoration and cosmetic makeovers. While most dentists rely on dental assistants, Dr. Lesem performs patient dental cleanings herself and conducts thorough examinations that include screenings for gum disease and oral cancer. Restorative treatments range from cosmetic procedures and white fillings to root canals, crowns, implant restorations and full and partial dentures. Regarded as one of the city’s top cosmetic dental providers, she uses her artistic skills to change patients’ looks by improving their smiles. Of the services that Dr. Lesem provides, she says that her patients seem to truly appreciate the cosmetic procedures the most, and many of them only take one or two visits and do not require shots.

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For more information, check out Dr. Lesem’s Web site at DrLesem.com, or to schedule an appointment, call 504-286-3880. Located on the edge of the Garden District in Uptown New Orleans, Dr. Elizabeth Riggs provides the ultimate experience in dental excellence. The sophisticated atmosphere along with the personal attention to detail ensures patients a comfortable and refreshing experience. Dr. Riggs has always demonstrated a passion for combining the art and science in dentistry and she attends extensive continuing education courses, expanding her knowledge of general and cosmetic dentistry. Her certification for the administration of Botox and Dermafillers is just one example of her enthusiastic approach to delivering total smile enhancement. She has completed a Mastership Program in Implantology, which confirms her dedication to the advancement of her clinical skills. The coupling of her continued education, combined with her passion for teaching both students and colleagues has enabled her to provide the most current technologies available in dentistry today. Dr. Riggs is a member of the American Academy of General Dentistry, The American Dental Association, The Louisiana Dental Association, The New Orleans Dental Association and the American Academy of Facial Esthetics. For more information call 504-891-1115 or visit SmilesByRiggs.com. Gizelle P. Richard, D.D.S., has been helping create beautiful smiles for more than 28 years by offering a full range of dental treatments, focusing in cosmetics and full-mouth rehabilitation with implant dentistry. Regarded by her peers as one of the city’s top dentists, she uses her extensive experience and expertise to provide gentle, expert dental care, and her office is fully equipped with the newest state-of-the-art technology and procedures. Her mission is “to provide the highest quality dental care for her patients in a low-stress environment.” The most rewarding aspect of her job is helping patients achieve a beautiful, functional smile. A graduate of LSU School of Dentistry (1985), Dr. Richard is a member of the American Dental Association, the Louisiana Dental Association and the New Orleans Dental Association; Dr. Richard is also an active member of the Crescent City Study Club. Her office is conveniently located on General DeGaulle Drive, between Rue Parc Fontaine and Kabel Drive in Algiers. For more information or to schedule a visit with Dr. Richard, check out her Web site at DrGizelleRichard.com. Dermatology The team at Academic Dermatology Associates encourages their patients and people everywhere to take necessary precautions to protect themselves from the sun’s harmful UV rays. There are more newly diagnosed skin cancers each year than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined, which is why the doctors and health care professionals at Academic Dermatology Associates stress the importance of annual screenings and the awareness of warning signs and potential dangers to skin. Board-certified doctors Leonard Gately III, Lee Nesbitt Jr., Brian D. Lee, Michelle Gerdes and Tammy L. Charbonnet offer annual full-body skin cancer screening exams to both new and existing patients and work to deliver individualized treatments and preventative strategies.

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The doctors at Academic Dermatology Associates also treat a full range of skin issues, including chronic and acute conditions like poison ivy and psoriasis. They also offer cosmetic procedures such as Botox, chemical peels, fillers and laser treatments. Their office is located at the corner of 14th and Causeway Boulevard in Metairie. To schedule an appointment or inquire about skin care products, including sunscreen, call 504-832-6612. Tulane University Department of Dermatology excels in providing the most advanced medical care to the New Orleans community. Innovators in the treatment of numerous skin diseases, Tulane faculty physicians provide general dermatology care as well as care for more complicated dermatological problems. Led by Erin Boh, M.D., Ph.D., the department employs national experts in psoriasis care, skin cancer care and cosmetic dermatology. Their newest faculty member, Andrea Murina, specializes in comprehensive care for skin cancer patients, including complicated skin cancers such as Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma. She has established a cutaneous oncology clinic, which will provide a comprehensive teambased approach to treating melanoma and other skin cancers. For lymphoma and complications of bone marrow transplants, Tulane Dermatology provides a unique treatment called extracorporeal photopheresis. Tulane faculty serve as principal investigators in clinical trials and research and are able to offer new therapeutic modalities not yet offered by other dermatologists. To schedule an appointment at their downtown, Uptown or Northshore location, call 800-988-5800. Fertility For more than three decades, New Orleans has been home to one of the nation’s leading, state-of-the-art clinics specializing in new infertility treatment, and this year, the Fertility Institute celebrates 30 years of successful in vitro fertilization (IVF). Employing traditional treatments and the latest advances in reproductive technology, including IVF, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), the Fertility Institute offers new hope for families who have trouble conceiving or who have genetic abnormalities that may cause a difficult quality of life for a child. The Fertility Institute is a pioneer in the Gulf South and the first to perform IVF in the region and achieve a pregnancy with its first IVF. With a team of five physicians and additional staff, the Fertility Institute has accomplished more than 14,000 pregnancies. For more information on the Fertility Institute and advanced reproductive procedures, visit FertilityInstitute. com. They have offices in Mandeville, Metairie and Baton Rouge, and appointments may be scheduled by calling 1-800-375-0048. Geneti c s Since 1987, the Tulane Hayward Genetics Center has offered the Gulf South’s only comprehensive clinical genetic center. The staff of five board-certified Clinical Geneticists, two board-certified Genetics Counselors and two trained Metabolic Nutritionists see 154

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patients of all ages with heritable disorders at multiple locations throughout Louisiana. Hans C. Andersson, M.D., Director of the Center since 2006, and Eva Morava-Kozicz, M.D., Ph.D., see patients of all ages with genetic conditions, with special expertise in metabolic disorders and newborn screening abnormalities. Gabriella Pridjian, M.D., Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is the only board-certified OB/GYN/Geneticist in Louisiana and sees patients for preconceptional and prenatal counseling, with specialization in high-risk disease diagnosis and management in pregnancy. Katy Phelan, Ph.D. and Tian-Jian (TJ) Chen, Ph.D., are Directors of the Cytogenetics Lab and Molecular Genetics Lab, respectively. Through state-of-art laboratories and clinical services, the Tulane Hayward Genetics Center offers comprehensive genetic care from prenatal through geriatric ages in all areas of genetic disease. Appointments may scheduled by calling 504-988-5101. HIV/ AIDS The Tulane T-Cell (HIV) Clinic offers comprehensive care for those who have HIV and AIDS. In addition to HIV testing for pediatric patients, adolescents and adults, the Clinic offers complete primary care, including regular check-ups for HIVpositive individuals. The Clinic also offers vaccinations and laboratory blood work testing, access to a psychiatrist and assistance with Ryan White Foundation Forms (ADAP) for uninsured patients needing medication. Additionally, referrals to subspecialty locations and legal support services are available. Physicians and staff are bilingual, and appointments may be scheduled online or by phone. If you or someone you know has HIV, schedule an appointment by calling 504-609-3582 or by visiting Tulane.edu/som/t-cell-clinic. Please bring proof of residency, proof of income, proof of HIV status, a list of any current medications and questions you want answered, and a copy of your Medicaid, ADAP or private insurance cards if you have them.

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Ho me H ea lth & Hospi c e Anyone looking for compassionate and dignified care for their terminally ill loved ones should take a look at the services offered by Canon Hospice. The caring team at Canon is dedicated to a hospice ministry that helps patients and families accept terminal illness positively and resourcefully. Their stated goal is to “allow our patients to live each day to the fullest and enjoy their time with family and friends.” With special expertise in pain management and symptom control, Canon Hospice designs individualized plans of care for each patient based on their unique needs. Home Based Services provide doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral care and volunteers. For patients with more intensive symptom management needs, Canon has an Inpatient Hospice Unit. This unit provides 24-hour care in a home-like environment where patients are permitted to receive visits at any hour. For more information, visit CanonHospice. com or call 504-818-2723. Home Care Solutions offers highly personalized caregiver services and Geriatric Care Management services to help loved ones in the Greater New Orleans area extend their independence. Locally owned and operated for more than 22 years by licensed social workers, Home Care Solutions has particular expertise in dignified, compassionate Alzheimer’s care.

All home care services begin with a professional assessment visit. A care manager then designs a plan of care specific to the client’s needs while incorporating family input. Carefully selected and trained caregivers provide assistance with activities of daily living and companionship, supported by routine care manager supervisory visits. Many clients need additional Geriatric Care Management services and support beyond home care. These services provide peace of mind for far-flung families and include exploring the options and costs of elder care services in the area, attending medical appointments with clients and reporting back to family members, coordinating legal and financial referrals and managing crisis situations. Home Care Solutions is a member of the National Private Duty Association and the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers. Home Care Solutions is also a licensed Personal Care Attendant Agency. For more information, call 504-828-0900 or visit HomeCareNewOrleans.com. Alzheimer’s Residential Care Homes (ARCH) specializes in sensitive, specialized care for seniors with Alzheimer’s or related Dementias. ARCH facilities are lovely, five-bedroom homes in well maintained, quiet residential neighborhoods located in New Orleans and Metairie. With secluded and secure backyards, residents are able to enjoy a comforting, safe atmosphere both indoors and outdoors. Each home is limited to five residents so that individuals can receive personalized assistance and care tailored to meet their specific needs in a non-institutional, secure setting.

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ARCH staff receive extensive training specific to Alzheimer’s and related Dementias and are dedicated to enhancing each resident’s quality of life. Personalized services include assistance as needed with personal hygiene, bathing, dressing and monitoring of medications at no extra expense. Structured, failure-free activities, three meals a day, mid-morning and mid-afternoon refreshments round out ARCH’s exceptional approach to caregiving. For more information, visit AlzheimerCareHomes. com or call 504-528-7941. Chartered in 1891, the John J. Hainkel Jr. Home & Rehabilitation Center is a non-profit home located in Uptown New Orleans that provides health care services to local Medicaid, Medicare and Veterans Affairs patients as well as those with private insurance or private pay. The Hainkel Home promotes quality of life through a unique and caring alternative for the elderly and those who suffer from serious illnesses or disabilities. The Hainkel Home is currently licensed and operates as a Long-Term Care Facility, a Skilled Nursing Facility and has an adjunct Adult Day Health Care program. Adult Day Health Care is a fully licensed, communitybased day care program that provides direct care up to five days a week, Monday through Friday. It provides a variety of health, therapeutic and social services to those who would benefit from a supervised day program. The program provides services to help seniors transition from total independence to assisted care, supporting individuals remaining in their own home. For more information on the Hainkel Home and its programs, visit HainkelHome.com or call 504-896-5900. Established in 1925, Nurses Registry continues to serve the health care needs of the Greater New Orleans area and remains a vital community resource. The founder, Rose Mary S Breaux, RN, BSN, believed it is an honor and privilege to care for the sick and aging in our community, and to treat the whole patient— Body, Mind and Spirit. Nurses Registry doesn’t just send out a caregiver. All staff members are personally interviewed, carefully screened and receive hands-on training, orientation and on-site supervision by licensed health care professionals. There is also a team of office staff available to assist clients on nonclinical matters. As an added value, clients have the full set of resources of a Medicare-certified home health agency at their disposal. Nurses Registry provides private duty nursing as well as an array of private medical and non-medical support 156

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services. Any service can be completely customized based on individual needs in collaboration with family and/or the physician, if desired. Call 504-736-0803 or 866-736-6744 for a personalized in-home assessment. Nurses Registry provides “Care for Them and Peace of Mind for You.” Visit MyNursesRegistry.com for more info. Op h t h al m o l o g y Eyecare Associates continues to be a leader in offering the latest technology available and their practice has consistently been identified in the Top 25 LASIK Practices in the country. Maintaining their mission to provide the safest and most advanced care, their practice offers an innovative approach to Cataract Surgery. Until recently, individuals with cataracts at best achieved better distance vision following their surgery but nonetheless required glasses to correct their astigmatism or near vision. After careful examination and recommendation from Eyecare’s highly skilled surgeons, advanced IOL technology now allows cataract patients a choice in deciding what type of intraocular lens is best for them. Many patients, for the first time in their lives, are able to see well at a distance and/or near without glasses. Eyecare Associates is located at 4324 Veterans Blvd. in Metairie. Visit EyecareNewOrleans.com, or to make an appointment, call 504-455-9825. Individuals with glaucoma continue to benefit by great strides in surgery and treatment. At Gulf South Eye Associates, John W. Boyle IV, M.D. performs two types of surgery that have helped a large number of patients. “There is an innovative implant called the ExPress MiniGlaucoma Shunt,” says Dr. Boyle. “We use this with the standard glaucoma filtration surgery (trabeculectomy), which has helped to minimize the early complications associated with that surgery.” Those complications, according to Boyle, have to do with having a low eye pressure postoperatively. The implant allows the surgeon to make a smaller incision from what had previously been required. “This is a very small device, so the small incision allows for a less invasive, quicker surgery with fewer complications, and faster recovery than a standard trabeculectomy.” For secondary glaucomas, such as neovascular, inflammatory or traumatic glaucoma, surgeons generally implant glaucoma drainage devices. “I use the Ahmed glaucoma valve,” says Boyle. “This helps to lower the intraocular pressure in glaucomas after traditional surgery has failed or is unlikely to succeed.”

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For more information about Gulf South Eye Associates, call 504-454-1000 or visit GulfSouthEye.com. The Tulane Department of Ophthalmology physicians are among the most experienced leaders in the field for treatment and surgery of all eye diseases and disorders regardless of ages. Tulane ophthalmologists have dedicated their lives to their patients by developing new and better treatments. They have been instrumental in developing many of the innovative approaches to vision care and surgery in use today while training future generations of Eye MDs. The Tulane Refractive Center is now open and offers state-ofthe-art technology for vision correction – iLASIK™ (IntraLase). This technology allows the ophthalmologists to make a threedimensional map of a patient’s eye and deliver a customized, precise correction to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. It also offers a full range of vision correction services, including scleral lenses and contact lens fitting for difficult cases. Tulane offers a full range of vision correction services, including contact lenses for the most difficult cases. The Tulane Ophthalmology Clinic and Optical Shop are located on the fourth floor at 1415 Tulane Ave. Valet parking is available. For more information or to make an appointment, call 504-988-4334. Orthop aed ic s & Sports M edic ine For 38 years, the doctors at Pontchartrain Orthopedics and Sports Medicine have been providing expert medical services to the people of the New Orleans metropolitan area. “We treat musculo-skeletal disorders in children, athletes and up to elderly people,” says Jeffery J. Sketchler, M.D. Treatment is offered for sports injuries, arthritis, joint pain, neck and back pain, motor vehicle accidents, workers’ compensation injuries and fractures. Less invasive surgical techniques, such as computer-assisted knee replacement and arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery are now available. Conservative treatment is always considered first before a decision for surgery is made. Patient input is given the highest consideration during any course of treatment. Returning to a normal, active lifestyle is of utmost importance after an injury or due to a chronic problem. Doctors and staff strive to achieve that goal in all scenarios. Pontchartrain Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has two convenient offices: in Metairie, next to East Jefferson Hospital, and in Destrehan, one block off Ormond Boulevard. For more information, call 504-885-6464 (Metairie) or 985-764-3001 for (Destrehan). Visit pontbone-joint.com for detailed information about the practice and also a wealth of medical information concerning orthopedic injuries and conditions. The Hand Center of Louisiana is committed to providing patients with the most current technology and services in an environment that is compassionate, caring and comprehensive – a one-stop shop for all of the medical and surgical services patients will need. Those with Dupuytren’s Contracture have a new innovative treatment option that has proven successful at Hand Surgical Associates and removes the need for a surgical intervention followed by months of therapy. A new injectable drug allows physicians to treat the condition within a 24-hour period, with patients experiencing immediate relief and a return to normal functioning. myneworleans.com

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Additionally, the Hand Therapists at the Hand Therapy Center are using advanced techniques for post-operative management of surgical patients. Therapists, in collaboration with hand surgeons and dependent on the surgery, are able to move patients in many cases into therapy more quickly than before, resulting in earlier clinical results and recovery. At the Center for Rheumatology, advanced diagnostic tools such as ultrasound and BMD (Bone Mineral Density) testing are being used to customize treatments for individual patients. To find out more or to make an appointment, visit HandCenterOfLouisiana.com. One of the region’s top orthopaedic surgeons, Dr. Neil Maki operates Thibodaux Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic. Eight staff members, including physician assistant, Nicole Orgeron Bourgeois, PA-C, ensure that patients’ individual needs are met by the most effective means possible. Advanced services include ultrasound technology, DEXA scan, as well as physical therapy equipment and regimens, which are catered to each patient’s needs. Although Dr. Maki does most orthopaedic procedures, he specializes in the shoulder and sports medicine. Dr. Maki pioneered many of today’s shoulder arthroscopic procedures including obtaining patents on some arthroscopic instrumentation. He performs shoulder replacements, including the recently approved reverse shoulder replacement and resurfacing arthroplasty. He is one of few specialists in the region who perform endoscopic carpal tunnel (wrist) and endoscopic cubital tunnel (elbow) surgery. Board certified in both orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine, Dr. Maki is on the active staff at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. He is also fellowship trained in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. He previously served on the medical staff of the N.O. Saints and is a team physician for Nicholls State University athletic programs. He may be reached by calling 985446-6284 or 1-800-521-2647. Westside Orthopaedic Clinic continues to serve patients of the West Bank and Greater New Orleans as the longest standing orthopaedic clinic in the city and now from a new, convenient location in an updated facility. With a caring staff who put patient care first, Westside offers cutting edge surgical procedures, in-house X-rays, and a Physical Therapy department with specialized programs customized for speedy healing. Westside physicians are board certified and fellowship trained, and the clinic accepts most insurance while offering timely appointments. Dr. Chris DiGrado and Dr. Ralph Katz are leaders in their field, performing advanced, minimally invasive procedures that restore strength and independence, allowing patients to successfully return to their regular activities quickly. Dr. DiGrado, a shoulder and hand specialist, is an active member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. Dr. Katz is an expert in the field of minimally invasive spinal surgery. For more information, call 504-347-0243 or visit WestsideOrtho.com. The LSU Orthopedic Surgery Private Practice is comprised of 13 LSU physicians covering pediatric and adult orthopedic problems. Their areas of expertise include spine, shoulder, elbow, hand, hip, knee, foot, ankle problems and more. These LSU physicians utilize the most advanced techniques including computer-assisted surgery. As teaching faculty, they bring cutting edge technology to the Louisiana 158

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region and are responsible for guiding future generations of Louisiana Physicians. As an academic practice, many of their doctors are nationally recognized in the field of orthopedic surgery and are involved in teaching courses and innovative research. Their research has been presented at international conferences and published in scientific journals. Working within the context of the LSU Health Science Center allows the physicians the flexibility for a multidisciplinary approach in providing quality patient care. In addition, the LSU Healthcare Network allows physicians within the system to utilize a state-of-the art electronic medical record in coordinating the most comprehensive medical team in the region. For Orthopaedic Appointments call 504-412-1700 or visit LSUDocs.com. At the Orthopaedic Center for Sports Medicine, Charles Murphy, M.D., Thomas Lyons, M.D., and Luis M. Espinoza, M.D., are all fellowship-trained, board-certified orthopaedic surgeons who specialize in treatment of the shoulder and knee. “We are a general Orthopaedic practice with subspecialty expertise in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery,” says Dr. Lyons. The Orthopaedic Center for Sports Medicine maintains a special focus on delivering quality orthopaedic care to athletes. Two elements that set the practice apart are an in-office MRI scanner accredited by the ICAMRL and in-office physical therapists. “Every effort is made,” says Dr. Espinoza, “to accommodate our patients with timely appointments and a broad range of services all aimed at helping them heal and return to pre-injury form.” To that end, minimally invasive arthroscopic surgeries have made a great difference in patient outcomes with patients experiencing less scar tissue and pain. To schedule an appointment, call the Metairie office at 504-889-2663 or the Kenner office at 504-467-5900 or visit NolaSportsMedicine.com. Tulane Orthopaedics is a comprehensive program combining both expertise and sub-specialty knowledge to ensure the most effective treatment possible. This elite group of fellowshiptrained orthopaedic surgeons offers patients some of the most

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skilled surgical care in the nation as well as one of the finest rehabilitation programs. Whether you’re trying to get back on the sports field or back to daily life, Tulane Orthopaedics can help you every step of the way. Specialists offer care and prevention of sports medicine injuries, total joint replacements of hips, knees, shoulders, elbows and ankles, treatment of pelvic and other bone fractures, and treatment of spine-related conditions ranging from scoliosis in children to adults with disc herniations and spinal stenosis. Other conditions treated include painful foot ailments such as bunions, along with hand and wrist injuries and painful nerve compressions. Multiple clinic locations allow doctors and staff to better serve the entire Greater New Orleans community. Facilities are located downtown at Tulane Medical Center, in Metairie at Tulane-Lakeside, Uptown at the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine, and in Covington and Slidell. For more information, call (877) Tortho-1 (877-867-8461), or 504988-6032 or visit OrthoTulane.com. Orleans Orthopaedic Associates has a long and trusted history of serving the Greater New Orleans community. Located in the heart of Uptown, the physicians at Orleans Orthopaedic Associates are dedicated to caring for patients with problems of the musculoskeletal system, including acute injuries and degenerative processes involving the extremities and spine that require surgery along with many aspects of conservative orthopaedic care and treatment. Adding to this tradition of success, the practice welcomes orthopaedic surgeons Dr. James Butler, who specializes in spine surgery, and Dr. Pamela Petrocy, specializing in joint surgery,

arthroscopic, open and total joint replacements. Together with Dr. Adatto and Dr. Watermeier, Orleans Orthopaedic Associates participates with most insurance plans as well as workers’ compensation. For more information, visit orleansortho.com or call 504-8952055 to schedule an appointment. The practice is located at 3715 Prytania, Suite 501. Dr. Alexis Waguespack is a fellowship-trained spine specialist providing treatment of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disorders, including scoliosis, spondylolythesis, kyphosis (aka adult deformity), cancer, leukemias to the spine, stenosis (pinched nerves) and herniated disc. Dr. Waguespack is one of few specialists in the country experienced at treating adult deformity using the latest advancement in spinal deformity/scoliosis. She uses a minimal-access, extreme lateral surgery for effective correction and balance. This minimally invasive procedure gives superior results with minimal soft tissue disruption, allowing for quicker recoveries that lead back to an active lifestyle. Another procedure utilized is kyphoplasty for osteoporotic fractures as well as for spinal pain from leukemias and cancer. Cement is injected into the bone to restore height, re-establish its previous strength and provide immediate pain relief, allowing patients to stand and walk again. Dr. Waguespack is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and a member of the North American Spine Society, Cervical Spine Research Society and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. She maintains Eastbank, Westbank and Uptown offices to serve the needs of patients. For more information, call 504-392-7123.

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Pa in Ma n agement More than 75 million Americans suffer with chronic pain. When pain consumes your life, turn to the spine care experts, Parish Pain Specialists in Metairie. Joseph Crapanzano, Jr., M.D., one of the first board certified interventional pain management physicians, along with Kevin Martinez, M.D., and Brian Rosenberg, M.D., diagnose and treat all types of pain, usually without surgery or narcotics. Specializing in spine-related pain, Parish Pain Specialists is equipped with the latest technology specifically designed for the treatment of pain in a comfortable and caring environment. Same day procedures are typically performed in one of the facility’s Fluoroscopy suites using X-ray guidance. The medical staff is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of chronic and acute pain. Most private insurance, Medicare and Workers’ Compensation are accepted. For the best choice in pain management in the Greater New Orleans area, visit parishpainspecialists. com or schedule your appointment by calling 504-779-5558. For patients dealing with the debilitating effects of low back and neck pain associated with disc herniations and other chronic spine conditions, Dr. Patrick H. Waring and his team at The Pain Intervention Center have set themselves apart by providing top quality treatments and precision pain relief. As both a highly qualified anesthesiologist and pain management specialist, Dr. Waring provides interventional pain management techniques that are minimally invasive and performed under fluoroscopic X-ray guidance targeting specific painful areas of the spine. This precision pain relief method is a clear alternative to surgery and the use of habit-forming drugs that carry the risks of drug dependence, abuse and addiction. The Pain Intervention Center offers a full range of highly effective non-surgical treatment techniques to diagnose and treat pain, including lumbar epidural steroid injections, facet joint injections, radiofrequency facet denervations and cervical epidural steroid injections among others. For more information, visit PatrickWaring.com. The center, conveniently located in Old Metairie, can be reached by calling 504-455-2225. No referrals necessary. Most major medical insurance is accepted. Prima ry Ca re & P ediatrics Daughters of Charity Health Center is your home for highquality pediatric care. Comprehensive pediatric services include: primary medical care for infants, children and adolescents; school, sports and camp physicals; immunizations; well-baby visits; sick-child appointments; chronic illness management (allergies, asthma, diabetes, etc.); childhood obesity management; health screenings; and behavioral health services such as counseling, testing and developmental screenings. Additionally, dental care and eye care are available for children. Daughters of Charity Health Center has four convenient locations to serve you: Bywater/9th Ward, Carrollton, Metairie

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and New Orleans East. They accept Medicaid, LaCHIP and most commercial insurances. Discounts are available based on income and eligibility. Se Habla Espanol. For more information or to make an appointment at any of their health centers, please call 504-207-3060. With a legacy dating back to 1987, St. Thomas Community Health Center has continued its mission of providing comprehensive primary care to the community regardless of ability to pay. A Federally Qualified Health Center, as well as a Patient-Centered Medical Home, they also foster relevant research and educational activities directed toward achieving community-driven health initiatives that reduce health disparities throughout New Orleans. Services at St. Thomas include primary care, pediatrics, KIDMED, OB-GYN, optometry, mental health and allergy. Their newly remodeled Breast Center will be offering mammograms beginning Oct. 1. They offer open access scheduling, and patients are requested to call in the morning of their desired appointment day. Offices open at 8 a.m., and office hours are from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 504-529-5558 to schedule an appointment at any of their three locations: 1936 Magazine St., 1020 St. Andrew St. and 2405 Jackson Ave. (inside Mahalia Jackson Elementary School property). For more information, visit StThomasCHC.org. For personal and attentive primary care, visit the office of husband and wife duo, Drs. Jim Theis and Patty Jackson. Located in Marrero, their small, physician-owned and operated practice serves new and established patients from the Greater New Orleans area. Individualized care and a friendly, professional staff will make you feel welcome. Dr. Theis is board-certified in Family Medicine and sees children and adolescents in addition to adults. Dr. Jackson is board-certified in Internal Medicine, and both doctors provide well-woman care including pap smears and contraceptive counseling. Other focuses of the practice include diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases, annual check-ups and exams, immunizations, well-child care, sports medicine, skin care and mental health.

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Same-day or next-day appointments are usually available, especially for urgent matters, and most major insurance plans are accepted. For more information, visit the practice online at DrsPattyandJim.com or call 504-349-2908 to make an appointment. Ur ology World-class experts in Robotic & Laparoscopic surgery are right here at home in New Orleans. The Department of Urology at Tulane Medical Center focuses on specialized treatment of prostate cancer, kidney cancer and bladder cancer. Dr. Benjamin R. Lee and Dr. Raju Thomas lead the team of experts who have dedicated their careers to the fight against cancer. New technologies for prostate cancer, laser treatment of BPH and daVinci HD robotic surgery to save the kidney and avoid hemodialysis are performed on a daily basis. At Tulane Urology, expanding applications of robotic surgery are helping patients with kidney cancer every day. Today’s advanced surgical treatment can help save 50-75 percent of kidney function and lower the risk of dialysis. For more information, visit SavetheKidney.net, or call 504-988-5271. Women’s Hea lth The specialized health care team of Tulane Center for Women’s Health meets the unique health care needs of women by providing comprehensive care for the challenges

faced in every phase of a woman’s life. Specializing in the areas of general obstetrics and gynecology, maternal fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology and fertility, minimally invasive surgery, female pelvic and reconstructive surgery and gynecologic oncology, the center operates on the belief that every woman not only has the right to good obstetric and gynecologic care, but that she is a partner in her care. Continued evaluation and implementation of Obstetrics & Gynecologic best practices promotes the delivery of safe and quality patient care for women throughout the region. With more than 100 years of involvement in patient care, research and resident education, you can “Trust Our Experience.” Call 504-988-8070 today to meet your health care needs by scheduling an appointment at their Metairie office, located adjacent to the Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Selecting an OB/GYN is a very important choice, and Crescent City Physicians hopes to make that choice a little easier. Whether you are becoming a mother for the first time, expanding your growing family, or looking for a doctor for annual wellness and pre- or post-menopausal health needs, Crescent City OB/GYNs offer unique, comprehensive care to women at every stage of life. Crescent City Physicians offers eight convenient locations throughout Greater New Orleans and are proud to deliver at Touro’s Family Birthing Center – the place where babies come from. Learn more at CrescentCityPhysicians. com or call 504-897-7197.

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Health Care Benefits C

hange is coming, and it’s getting closer every day! The Affordable Care Act affects health care for all Americans, and navigating the changes can seem a daunting task. Louisiana health care providers want to make sure you have the information you need to make the right decision regarding coverage for you, your family and your business. The following regional leaders are busy determining answers for the questions you may be asking now and the ones you’re likely to ask in the future. Prepare yourself with the changes to health care by taking a glance at these local resources ready to help. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is bringing major changes to the health care industry and to how people will get care and pay for coverage. During this challenging time, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is committed to providing health guidance and unbiased information to their customers and community. Blue Cross has created a consumer-friendly health care reform microsite. The site – bcbsla.com/reform – includes interactive tools, reform timelines, easy-to-understand infographics and important checklists to help consumers prepare for the ACA’s changes. It also includes videos, new plan options and a subsidy (tax credit) calculator to help consumers see if they are eligible for government aid to help pay for their premiums.

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In addition, consumers can sign up for special reform-related newsletters to stay informed. They can also request a quote or to be contacted by a broker for more help. Blue Cross remains dedicated to ensuring Louisianians have access to affordable, quality care and the information they need to make educated choices. Coventry Health Care of Louisiana has been operating continuously in Louisiana since 1985 and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET), #53 of the Fortune 500. Coventry Health Care is licensed as an HMO to operate statewide in Louisiana and is rated A- “Excellent” by A.M. Best. Coventry and Aetna provide fully insured health benefit plans and administrative services (ASO) plans to both group and individual customers. The combined companies provide health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance products. Coventry and Aetna currently serve more than 900 employer group customers and more than 150,000 members in Louisiana and have 44 million members nationwide. Coventry and Aetna maintain offices in Baton Rouge, Metairie and Shreveport and have more than 6,700 physicians and 120 hospitals in their network across the state. Coventry is differentiated by and recognized for high-touch customer service, local leadership and local decision-making. For more on what Coventry can do for you and your business, visit CHCLA.com or call 888-404-2732.

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60s GIRL GROOVES

Saturday, August 3 at 10:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.; Wednesday, August 4 at 8:00 p.m. Celebrate the greatest girl groups and solo singers of the 1960s, including The Supremes, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Petula Clark and many other favorites.

Burt BaCHaraCH’S BESt

Saturday, August 3 at Noon, 7:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.; Monday, August 5 at 9:00 p.m Enjoy archival performances by the original artists who made his music famous, including Dionne Warwick (“Walk On By,” “I Say a Little Prayer”), B.J. Thomas (“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”), The Carpenters (“Close to You”), The Fifth Dimension (“One Less Bell to Answer”) and many more.

HUGH LAURIE ON THE QUEEN MARY

Sunday, August 4 at 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday 7 at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.; Thursday 8 at 11:00 p.m.; Saturday 10 at 9:00 a.m. Hugh Laurie marks the climax of his personal musical odyssey with a tribute to Professor Longhair, the man who is his greatest inspiration. Joined by the legendary Copper Bottom Band on the same stage where Longhair delivered his master class in 1975, Laurie puts on a once-in-a-lifetime performance.

SARAH BRIGHTMAN DREAMCHASER IN CONCERT

Sunday August 4 at 8:30 p.m.; Tuesday, August 6 at 9:00 p.m.; Wednesday, August 7 at 11:00 p.m. Viewers head on a cosmic journey featuring both new songs and fan favorites inspired by the wonderment and beauty of space. With evocative lighting, elaborate costumes and powerful imagery, this concert is an out-of-this-world experience. d2

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Tuesday, August 6 at 7:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.; Friday, August 9 at 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, August 10 at 4:00 p.m. Celebrate the musical heritage of Vienna in this lavish music and dance gala concert from the historic Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria. Guests include The Vienna Boys’ Choir, Russell Watson, dancers from the Association of the Vienna State Opera Ballet and much more.

ELVIS, ALOHA FROM HAWAII Saturday, August 10 at 8:00 p.m.; Friday, August 16 at 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, August 17 at 4:00 p.m. Return to 1973, when Elvis Presley made TV history with a live concert, televised via satellite. Elvis sings “Suspicious Minds,” “Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “My Way,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and many more.

IL VOLO: WE ARE LOVE Sunday, August 11 at 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, August 14 at 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, August 17 at 2:00 p.m. Fall in love with Il Volo, the young tenor trio that has won hearts across America with exquisite vocals, in this live concert of love songs filmed in Miami Beach.

THANK YOU! American Luxury Limousines AMPF Moulding Angelo Brocato Ice Cream Arabi Food Store & Café Blue Dot Donuts Bud’s Broiler City Park Avenue Byblos Mediterranean Cuisine Capdeboscq Catering Combel’s Catering & Craft Services Community Coffee Crescent City Auction Gallery Delgado Community College DiSalvo’s Packers Don’s Striping Dorignac’s Food Center

Dot’s Diner Elmer’s Fine Foods Five Happiness Historic New Orleans Collection Ives Business Forms, Inc. Koz’s Lakeview Lambeth House Latter & Blum Maurice French Pastry Mondo New Orleans Mother’s Restauant Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Mr. Roo’s Deli & Catering New Orleans Museum of Art Papa John’s Poydras Home

Randazzo’s Family Restaurant Reginelli’s Pizzeria Rolls N Bowls Sam’s Wholesale Club Short Stop Po-Boys Tastee Donuts The Historic New Orleans Collection The Law Firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz The Plant Gallery The Wooden Box Velvet Cactus Venezia Restaurnat Wendy’s Zapp’s Potato Chips DIAL 12 | August 2013

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1 THURSDAY 7pm THE THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR 8pm FRONTLINE 9pm ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Vintage Richmond”

SESAME STREET 9am and 4pm

Since 1969, children and adults alike have flocked to the place where multiethnic, multigenerational, and even multispecies residents coexist in harmony. The people on this very special street learn life’s lessons together, provide viewers with strong role models, and teach children that everyone brings a special ability to the community. Here, children learn to use their imaginations, build social skills, and respect people’s differences.

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CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG WILD KRATTS ARTHUR MARTHA SPEAKS CURIOUS GEORGE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! SUPER WHY! DINOSAUR TRAIN SESAME STREET DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD SID THE SCIENCE KID WORDWORLD BARNEY AND FRIENDS CAILLOU CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG SUPER WHY! DINOSAUR TRAIN CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THAT! DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD ARTHUR SID THE SCIENCE KID SESAME STREET MARTHA SPEAKS CURIOUS GEORGE WILD KRATTS CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG

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Selections include music from Aida, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Otello, Tristan und Isolde and La Forza del Destino. 10:30pm ARCHITECT ROBERT A.M. STERN: PRESENCE OF THE PAST Learn how architect and author bridges the gap between traditionalist and modernist architecture.

10pm STARLIGHT THEATRE MOVIE: SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961) A fragile Kansas girl’s unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town’s most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.

11pm STEPPIN’ OUT

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6:30pm STEPPIN’ OUT WYES is delighted to continue production on “Steppin’ Out” through the summer for the first time since the series’ inception. Viewers can now enjoy WYES’ only locally produced weekly arts and entertainment program all year long. In September 2013, “Steppin’ Out” will enter its 28th season. Pictured (l-r): actor and singer Leslie Castay, Festigals Founder Diane Lyons, host and producer Peggy Scott Laborde, food enthusiast Poppy Tooker and theatre critic Alan Smason 7pm INFORMED SOURCES 7:30pm THE MCLAUGHLIN GROUP 8pm WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL

11:30pm NFORMED SOURCES If you miss an episode, watch it ON DEMAND at wyes.org.

10am 60s GIRL GROOVES Join host Mary Wilson of the Supremes as she celebrates the greatest girl groups and solo singers of the 1960s, including archival performances from The Supremes, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Petula Clark, Martha & the Vandellas, Jackie DeShannon and many other favorites. Noon BURT BACHARACH’S BEST 1:30pm SUPERSTARS OF SEVENTIES SOUL LIVE

8:30pm CHARLIE ROSE: THE WEEK

4pm CELTIC THUNDER MYTHOLOGY was filmed at the Helix Theater in Dublin. It tells the story of the Celtic people, their legends, their culture and their stories.

9pm GREAT PERFORMANCES “Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night 2013”

6pm MATTHEW MORRISON: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN LIVE FROM THE BUSHNELL

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7pm DOWNTON ABBEY REVISITED Savor great moments from “Downton Abbey,” along with cast interviews and behindthe-scenes footage.

4 SUNDAY 10am MAGIC MOMENTS: THE BEST OF 50s POP Noon ACTIVE WITH ARTHRITIS WITH VIJAY VAD, M.D. Join the renowned sports medicine specialist as he empowers arthritis sufferers with techniques to manage their condition and enjoy an active lifestyle. Learn about the proper use of supplements and why exercise is important, and gain a better medical understanding of the disease.

8:30pm SARAH BRIGHTMAN: DREAMCHASER IN CONCERT Travel to new musical worlds with Sarah Brightman as she takes viewers on a cosmic journey featuring both new songs and fan favorites inspired by the wonderment and beauty of space. With evocative lighting, elaborate costumes and powerful imagery, this concert is an outof-this-world experience. 10pm INSIDE FOYLE’S WAR Go behind the scenes of the acclaimed, must-see WWII series. 11:30pm RICK STEVES’ DELICIOUS EUROPE

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1:30pm 3 STEPS TO INCREDIBLE HEALTH! WITH JOEL FUHRMAN, MD

6pm HUGH LAURIE: LIVE ON THE QUEEN MARY

9pm SARAH BRIGHTMAN: DREAMCHASER IN CONCERT features both new songs and fan favorites inspired by the wonderment and beauty of space. 10:30pm A SALUTE TO VIENNA

7 WEDNESDAY 7pm HUGH LAURIE: LIVE ON THE QUEEN MARY The actor and musician pays tribute to his greatest inspiration, Professor Longhair. He is joined by the legendary Copper Bottom Band in the exact same room, on the exact same stage where Longhair delivered his master class to put on a unique, once in a life time, unforgettable performance. 8pm 60s GIRL GROOVES Enjoy performances from The Supremes, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Petula Clark, Martha & the Vandellas, Jackie DeShannon and many other favorites. 10pm HUGH LAURIE: LIVE ON THE QUEEN MARY

3:30pm RICK STEVES’ DELICIOUS EUROPE 4pm RICK STEVES’ EUROPE TRAVEL SKILLS Rick shares his most up-to-date tips on planning an itinerary, hurdling the language barrier, driving cars, catching trains, avoiding crowds and crime, eating and sleeping on a budget, and more.

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10:30pm BURT BACHARACH’S BEST

6 TUESDAY 7pm A SALUTE TO VIENNA Guests include The Vienna Boys’ Choir, Russell Watson, dancers from the Association of the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the Symphony Orchestra of the Volksoper Vienna and an international cast of top singing stars.

7pm BURT BACHARACH’S BEST Enjoy archival performances from the legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach, with host Robert Wagner. Pictured: Burt Bacharach with Dionne Warwick, who had a string of Bacharach-penned hits with “Walk On By,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Alfie.” 8:30pm 60s GIRL GROOVES

10:30pm MAGIC MOMENTS: THE BEST OF 50s POP

7pm MAGIC MOMENTS: THE BEST OF 50s POP Phyllis McGuire, Pat Boone and Nick Clooney host this nostalgic trip back to the 1950s, with a mix of live performance and archival footage. Pictured: The McGuire Sisters sing together for the first time since 1967. 9pm BURT BACHARACH’S BEST

11pm SARAH BRIGHTMAN: DREAMCHASER IN CONCERT

8 THURSDAY 7pm 70s & 80s SOUL REWIND Delight in performances by the Spinners, Lou Rawls, Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bill Withers, the Trampps, the Jackson 5 and more. Whoppi Goldberg hosts. DIAL 12 | August 2013

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9pm 3 StEPS to iNCrEdiBLE HEaLtH! WitH JoEL FuHrmaN, md addresses the crisis of obesity and chronic disease plaguing America. 11pm HugH LauriE: LiVE oN tHE QuEEN MARY

9 FridaY 6:30pm StEPPiN’ out 7pm iNFormEd SourCES brings viewers the news behind this week’s local headlines. Errol Laborde is producer and Larry Lorenz is host. 7:30pm tHE mCLaugHLiN grouP

CHEF JoHN BESH’S FamiLY taBLE This series features recipes from the Louisiana chef’s latest award-winning cookbook, My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking. This beautiful series was shot entirely on location at Chef Besh’s scenic home just outside New Orleans. Join chef as he explores his belief that the simple act of cooking at home can change your way of life.

6:00am CuriouS gEorgE 6:30am tHE Cat iN tHE Hat KNoWS a Lot aBout tHat! 7:00am tHE WoodWrigHt’S SHoP 7:30am P. aLLEN SmitH’S gardEN HomE 8:00am tHE ViCtorY gardEN 8:30am tHiS oLd HouSE 9:00am HomEtimE 9:30am CHEF JoHN BESH’S FamiLY taBLE 10:00am a taStE oF LouiSiaNa WitH CHEF JoHN FoLSE 10:30am CHEF PauL PrudHommE’S aLWaYS CooKiNg 11:ooam JuStiN WiLSoN’S LooKiNg BaCK 11:30am amEriCa’S tESt KitCHEN 12:00pm JuLia aNd JaCQuES 12:30pm Ciao! itaLia 1:oopm mEXiCo-oNE PLatE at a timE WitH riCK BaYLESS 1:30pm EVErYdaY Food 2:00pm VariouS ProgrammiNg 3:00pm NoVa 4:00pm VariouS ProgrammiNg 5:00pm NaturE

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8pm WaSHiNgtoN WEEK WitH gWEN iFiLL aNd NatioNaL JourNaL 8:30pm CHarLiE roSE: tHE WEEK This new series culls the best segments from “The Charlie Rose Show,” which has been seen on PBS for two decades. It will also feature original interviews, and will touch on politics, science, business, culture, media and sports. 9pm a SaLutE to ViENNa Guests include The Vienna Boys’ Choir, Russell Watson, dancers from the Association of the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the Symphony Orchestra of the Volksoper Vienna and an international cast of top singing stars. 11pm StEPPiN’ out

10pm grEat PErFormaNCES “andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino” International superstar Andrea Bocelli delights fans with a concert of classical favorites, pop standards and Brazilian jazz, filmed in the breathtaking coastal setting of Portofino, Italy. Noon dr. FuHrmaN’S immuNitY SoLutioN! shows us how we can become almost totally resistant to colds, influenza and other infections. 2pm 70s & 80s SouL rEWiNd 4pm a SaLutE to ViENNa Celebrate the musical heritage of Vienna in this concert from the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria. 6pm magiC momENtS: tHE BESt oF 50s POP 8pm ELViS, aLoHa From HaWaii Elvis Presley was at the pinnacle of his superstardom when he made television history in 1973 with this live concert special, televised globally via satellite. Now, 40 years later, don’t miss one of the most outstanding concert performances of his career as Elvis sings “Suspicious Minds,” “Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “My Way,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and many more.

11:30pm iNFormEd SourCES

9:30pm magiC momENtS: tHE BESt oF 50s POP

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11:30pm riCK StEVES’ dELiCiouS EuroPE

9am HugH LauriE: LiVE oN tHE QuEEN MARY

11 SUNDAY 10am PEtEr, PauL & marY: CarrY it oN, a muSiCaL LEgaCY lets viewers share in the four-decade career of Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers and Noel Paul Stookey.

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12 MONDAY

wedding song, “El Dia Que Me Quieras,” translated into English for the first time as “The Day You Say You Love Me.” 10:30pm roCK, PoP & doo WoP

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Noon grEat PErFormaNCES “Broadway musicals: a Jewish Legacy” explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. The film showcases the work of some of the nation’s preeminent creators of musical theatre including Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Kurt Weill, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz and many others. Pictured: Actress Ethel Merman and composer Jule Styne. Photo Credit: © Photofest, Inc. 2pm CELtiC tHuNdEr mYtHoLogY 4pm gLoria EStEFaN: tHE StaNdardS 5:30pm iL VoLo: WE arE LoVE Il Volo performs “Questo Amore,” “I Bring You to My Senses,” “We Are Love” and other songs in Spanish, English, Italian and French. 7pm grEat PErFormaNCES “andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino” Bask in classical favorites, pop standards and Brazilian jazz.

7pm mattHEW morriSoN: WHErE it aLL BEgaN LiVE From tHE BuSHNELL Mr. Schuester from “Glee” — singer, dancer and performer Matthew Morrison — puts his energetic, creative stamp on American standards, including “The Lady Is a Tramp,” “Younger Than Springtime,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” a West Side Story medley and more in this live concert taped at Connecticut’s Bushnell Theatre. 8pm grEat PErFormaNCES “Broadway musicals: a Jewish Legacy” explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical.

9pm iL VoLo: WE arE LoVE Fall in love with Il Volo, the young tenor trio that has won hearts across America with exquisite vocals, in this live concert of love songs filmed in Miami Beach.

10pm 70s & 80s SouL rEWiNd

10:30pm grEat PErFormaNCES “andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino”

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7pm roCK, PoP & doo WoP Rock and pop legends Jon “Bowzer” Bauman (formerly of Sha Na Na) and Ronnie Spector (of the Ronettes) bring back the best songs from the late 1950s and early 1960s rock, pop and doo wop era.

7pm riCK StEVES’ EuroPE traVEL SKiLLS is packed with information — and inspiration — to help turn travel dreams into smooth and affordable reality.

9pm doWNtoN aBBEY rEViSitEd 10:30pm grEat PErFormaNCES “andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino”

7pm grEat PErFormaNCES “andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino”

9pm gLoria EStEFaN: tHE StaNdardS Seven-time Grammy® Award-winning international superstar Gloria Estefan performs some of her all-time favorite songs, from the Billie Holiday classic “Good Morning Heartache” and her adaptation of Chaplin’s “Smile” to her

9pm dr. FuHrmaN’S immuNitY SoLutioN! shows us how we can become almost totally resistant to colds, influenza and other infections. 11pm mattHEW morriSoN: WHErE it aLL BEgaN LiVE From tHE BuSHNELL DIAL 12 | August 2013

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16 FridaY 6:30pm StEPPiN’ out 7pm iNFormEd SourCES 7:30pm tHE mCLaugHLiN grouP 8pm WaSHiNgtoN WEEK WitH gWEN iFiLL aNd NatioNaL JourNaL Join Gwen Ifill and noted journalists for a discussion of the big stories from DC. 8:30pm CHarLiE roSE: tHE WEEK

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The series features the iconic television anchor’s focus on the events and conversations shaping the week and the week ahead. Drawing on conversations from his nightly PBS program and new insightful perspectives from around the world, it will capture the defining moments in politics, science, business, culture, media and sports in a fresh, engaged, and smart presentation. 5:00am 6:00am 6:30am 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am NooN 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm

SESamE StrEEt CuriouS gEorgE tHE Cat iN tHE Hat KNoWS a Lot aBout tHat! SuPEr WHY! diNoSaur traiN daNiEL tigEr’S NEigHBorHood Sid tHE SCiENCE Kid martHa SPEaKS tHE Cat iN tHE Hat KNoWS a Lot aBout tHat! moViE VariouS ProgrammiNg JuStiN WiLSoN’S LooKiNg BaCK miSS LuCY’S CLaSSiC CaJuN CuLturE CHEF JoHN BESH’S NEW orLEaNS CHEF PauL PrudHommE’S aLWaYS CooKiNg CHarLiE roSE: tHE WEEK riCK StEVES’ EuroPE riCK StEVES’ EuroPE riCK StEVES’ EuroPE HiStorY dEtECtiVES aNtiQuES roadSHoW

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9pm ELViS, aLoHa From HaWaii Elvis sings “Suspicious Minds,” “Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “My Way,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and many more.

4pm ELViS, aLoHa From HaWaii Elvis Presley made television history when his Elvis, “Aloha from Hawaii” concert special was beamed via satellite to a global audience. Never before had one performer held the world’s attention in such a way. An American TV audience would have to wait until April 4th, when an edited version of the concert, expanded with songs videotaped just after the live event, was presented on NBC. It has been 40 years since the television milestone.

10:30pm BourBoN StrEEt: tHE NEoN StriP

5:30pm aCtiVE WitH artHritiS WitH ViJaY Vad, m.d. Learn about the proper use of supplements and why exercise is important, and gain a better medical understanding of the disease.

11pm StEPPiN’ out

7pm roCK, PoP & doo WoP

11:30pm iNFormEd SourCES

9pm PEtEr, PauL & marY: CarrY it oN, a muSiCaL LEgaCY lets viewers share in the four-decade career of Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers and Noel Paul Stookey.

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11pm gLoria EStEFaN: tHE StaNdardS

Noon riCK StEVES’ EuroPE traVEL SKiLLS

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2pm iL VoLo: WE arE LoVE Fall in love with the young tenor trio that has won hearts across America.

7pm NEW orLEaNS iN tHE ‘50s 8pm CHurCHiLL “destiny” Review Churchill’s early life.

3:30pm riCK StEVES’ dELiCiouS EuroPE Dine with Rick Steves as he enjoys Europe’s very best — from gourmet tapas in Galicia to the trattoria of your dreams in Rome, and from the catch of the day in Greece to the ancient vines and wines of Burgundy. 9pm maStErPiECE mYStErY! “the Lady Vanishes” A young socialite (Tuppence Middleton) suspects foul play when a

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woman inexplicably disappears from a train. This new adaptation of the classic thriller, made famous by Alfred Hitchcock and based on Ethel Lina White’s 1936 novel The Wheel Spins, also stars Keeley Hawes (“Upstairs Downstairs”) and Tom Hughes (“Page Eight”).

11pm NaturE “outback Pelicans” Witness the pelican migration in the Australian outback.

19 MONDAY 7pm aNtiQuES roadSHoW “Washington, dC” (Hour three) 8pm aNtiQuES roadSHoW “Billings” (Hour one) 9pm PoV “the Law in these Parts” Examine the system of military administration used by Israel since the Six Day War of 1967. 10:30pm maStErPiECE mYStErY! “the Lady Vanishes”

20 tuESdaY 7pm tHE LiFE oF muHammad (Episode 1 of 3) Discover his humble beginnings in Mecca to his struggles with accepting his Prophetic role; from his flight to Medina and the founding of the first Islamic constitution to his subsequent military and political successes and failures -- through to his death and his legacy. 8pm tHE LiFE oF muHammad (Episode 2 of 3) 9pm tHE LiFE oF muHammad (Episode 3 of 3) 10pm StarLigHt tHEatrE moViE: SPLENdor iN tHE graSS (1961)

7pm NaturE “Birds of the gods” follows biologists and conservationists into the dense, mosquito-ridden forests in their quest to document the mating behaviors of several exceptional and elusive birds of paradise 8pm NoVa “making Stuff Stronger” What is the world’s strongest material? 9pm NoVa “making Stuff Smaller” 10pm StarLigHt tHEatrE moViE: tHE PriVatE LiFE oF SHErLoCK HoLmES (1970) Directed by Billy Wilder.

22 tHurSdaY 7pm tHE tHiS oLd HouSE Hour 8pm a Hot dog Program 9pm aNtiQuES roadSHoW “Washington, dC” (Hour three) 10pm StarLigHt tHEatrE moViE: tHE SaNd PEBBLES (1966) Stars Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Richard Attenborough and Richard Crenna.

23 FridaY 6:30pm StEPPiN’ out If you miss an episode, watch it ON DEMAND at wyes.org. 7pm iNFormEd SourCES 7:30pm tHE mCLaugHLiN grouP

8pm WaSHiNgtoN WEEK WitH gWEN iFiLL aNd NatioNaL JourNaL

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10:30pm arCHitECt miCHaEL graVES: a graNd tour

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8:30pm CHarLiE roSE: tHE WEEK 9pm amEriCaN maStErS “James Baldwin: the Price of a ticket” focuses on the quintessential American writer. 10:30pm tHE mYStEriouS LoSt StatE oF FraNKLiN Trace the arc of an oft-forgotten post-Revolutionary War rebellion and attempted secession. 11pm StEPPiN’ out 11:30pm iNFormEd SourCES

24 SaturdaY 6pm tHE LaWrENCE WELK SHoW 7pm KEEPiNg uP aPPEaraNCES Hyacinth’s pompous, self-serving attitude makes life miserable for all around her. 7:30pm KEEPiNg uP aPPEaraNCES 8pm StarLigHt tHEatrE moViE: tHE good, tHE Bad aNd tHE ugLY (1967) Three gunmen set out to find a hidden fortune. Who will walk away with the cash? Stars Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef. 11pm a WorLd’S Fair to rEmEmBEr

25 SUNDAY 7pm NEW orLEaNS Food mEmoriES Discover the history of Bananas Foster DIAL 12 | August 2013

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and Hansen’s Sno-Bliz snowballs, along with the origin of charbroiled oysters, Creole cream cheese and the lesser known calas, a rice fritter.

From the Civil rights movement” Join President and Mrs. Obama for a concert in the East Room in honor of the civil rights movement.

10pm StarLigHt tHEatrE moViE: tHE good, tHE Bad aNd tHE ugLY (1967)

8pm CHurCHiLL “the Lion’s roar”

8pm tHE marCH

30 FRIDAY 6:30pm StEPPiN’ out 7pm INFORMED SOURCES

9pm maStErPiECE mYStErY! “Silk” (Episode 1 of 3) This modern, fastpaced legal drama that follows the rivalries, passions and intrigues of criminal law stars Maxine Peake (“Little Dorrit”) and Rupert Penry-Jones (“MI-5”) as rival barristers Martha and Clive. Written by Peter Moffat (“Criminal Justice”). Pictured: Rupert Penry-Jones as Clive Reader 11pm NEW orLEaNS rEStauraNtS WitH a PaSt Restaurants highlighted are Antoine’s, Tujague’s, Commander’s Palace, Toney’s Spaghetti and Pizza House, Houlihan’s and more.

26 MONDAY 7pm aNtiQuES roadSHoW “Billings” (Hour two) 8pm aNtiQuES roadSHoW “Billings” (Hour three) 9pm PoV “5 Broken Cameras” Watch this Oscar-nominated account of a West Bank village where Israel is building a security fence. 10:30pm maStErPiECE mYStErY! “Silk” (Episode 1 of 3)

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9pm iNdEPENdENt LENS “the Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil rights” Follow one of the most celebrated — and controversial —leaders of the civil rights era on his journey from segregated Kentucky to head of the National Urban League. Pictured: JFK, Whitney Young and Henry Steeger in the Oval Office 10pm StarLigHt tHEatrE moViE: tHE PriVatE LiFE oF SHErLoCK HoLmES (1970)

28 WEDNESDAY 7pm NaturE “Cracking the Koala Code” 8pm NoVa “making Stuff Cleaner” Host David Pogue is on a quest to clean up, using new green materials to build and power the devices of the future. 9pm NoVa “making Stuff Smarter” 10pm StarLigHt tHEatrE moViE: SPLENdor iN tHE graSS (1961)

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8pm tHE marCH

7pm iN PErFormaNCE at tHE WHitE HouSE “a Celebration of music

9pm aNtiQuES roadSHoW “Billings” (Hour two)

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7:30pm tHE mCLaugHLiN grouP 8pm WaSHiNgtoN WEEK WitH gWEN iFiLL aNd NatioNaL JourNaL 8:30pm CHarLiE roSE: tHE WEEK 9pm SidE BY SidE: tHE SCiENCE, art aNd imPaCt oF digitaL CiNEma investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. Watch interviews with George Lucas, David Lynch, Lars von Trier, James Cameron, Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Robert Rodriguez and Walter Murch and more. 10:30pm LiVE From LiNCoLN CENtEr: AUDRA MCDONAlD

31 SaturdaY 6pm tHE LaWrENCE WELK SHoW 7pm KEEPiNg uP aPPEaraNCES 7:30pm KEEPiNg uP aPPEaraNCES 8pm StarLigHt tHEatrE moViE: tHE SaNd PEBBLES (1966) 11pm aLoNg LaKE PoNtCHartraiN Enjoy special memories crabbing along the seawall, riding the Zephyr, dining at Bruning’s, vacationing in Little Woods and more.

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mEmBErSHiP HaS itS pRIvIlEgES …

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Into the World of Improv by Lauren LaBorde

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t was my first improv class at The New Movement

theater, and I was terrified. My nerves began to dissipate when our instructor – Tami Nelson who, along with Chris Trew, runs the theater – led us through our first warm-up. “This is your space to get real dumb,” she said. For that day’s warm-up – the term used for a silly exercise aimed to get performers comfortable on stage – each person got a topic for seven things to list, such as “seven things currently in your car,” or more off-beat inventories like “things you would hope not to find in your shoe.” Each student lists those things, and after each thing the rest of the group responds with a resounding “YES!” After he or she has listed all the things, the group erupts in cheers. Now I’ve been doing improv comedy for nearly a year, and that warm-up captures the spirit of improvising: it’s a supportive, safe, and yes, sometimes “real dumb” art form that teaches skills that have applications far beyond the classroom or stage. When most people think of improv, they think of the kind of audience participation-heavy fare of the TV show “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” That sort of “game-based” improv, as it’s called, is taught at some conservatories, but TNM focuses on a type of improv that happens organically and without audience suggestions. A scene taking place on a submarine with a Soviet spy on board could begin with someone saying “Mom, I’m hungry.” The foundation of improv is “yes/and.” That means accepting what your scene partner brings to the stage (saying “yes”), justifying it and then, from there, building a world together.

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National Award Winner “Streetcar” by Errol Laborde, 1st Place Winner, Columns Category City & Regional Magazine Association 2013

The Grapefruit Solution BY ERROL LABORDE

his was the year I had to come to terms with

what to do with too many grapefruit. The simple answer, I once thought, was to give them away. That, as I had already learned from the bananas that grew around the perimeter of the backyard, isn’t always so easy. For all the talk about home gardening, the produce isn’t an easy handoff, especially if there’s the slightest blemish, as there likely is to be for something grown naturally without the benefit of a mad scientist applying genetic augmentation. Backyard crops determine their own look, and you take what you get. Hurricane Katrina liberated the small green space in the backyard by knocking down a neighbor’s cypress tree. The tree’s canopy had blocked the sun so that nothing could grow there. Now the space was suddenly blessed with daylight. So, in the months to follow, while still very much in the Katrina recovery mindset, I wanted to plant bushes that would provide sustenance as if to say “damn the flooding, have a fig.” If there was any man of science with whom my garden plan could be associated, it’s Charles Darwin, who wrote of “survival of the fittest.” I broke all the rules, including not even bothering to read them. Within a limited space I planted two fig trees and various bushes to grow satsumas, kumquats, tangelos, limes and the grapefruit, respectively. There isn’t the proper space between bushes, and except after the initial planting, not much has been done for fertilizing. Neither do the banana trees, which were long there when I bought the property, get any attention, yet they are indestructible. If possible, they should be the inspiration for the others. There have been some disappointments: The yard has yet to produce a meaningful fig crop. Last year the satsuma bush underwent radical surgery to have a grafted stalk removed. The bush is at best in stable condition. The kumquats are sweet, but there aren’t many of them. And by my count, the yard has produced one lonely tangelo – made the lonelier since no one is really sure what a tangelo is. There are two success stories though: the lime bush and the grapefruit. The former produces hundreds of flavorful key limes. Here, too, the problem is what to do with them. Even the most famous use of the citrus, the key lime pie, only requires the shavings from the pulp of maybe two limes; and the wedge on the side of a margarita glass just has one slice. The world would have to become plastered with tequila for the lime supply to reach the demand. Eating grapefruit is sort of like taking a long walk, everyone knows it’s supposed to be good for you but not everyone feels like doing it, at least not today – maybe tomorrow. I will concede that the traditional method of eating a halved grapefruit gets a bit problematic. Seldom are the slices successfully lifted onto the spoon; more often there’s a miscellaneous squirt targeting the shirt that was to be worn that day. Yet, my bush in the backyard is a bountiful machine, providing perhaps a couple hundred beautiful yellow grapefruit, many larger than the size of a softball. The pink flesh produces a juice that’s only slightly tart, yet sweet enough to drink plain.

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AUGUST 2013

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Therein was the answer. I will still gladly give a grapefruit to anyone who wants one, but instead of being a pusher, I’m now a juicer. That transition wasn’t as easy as I thought. Most commercial juice machines only have an opening for oranges or smaller citrus. Grapefruitsized juicers are fairly rare, so rare that I couldn’t find one anywhere in the city. Though I tried hard to shop local, this was a search for the Web. I am going to have to drink a lot of grapefruit juice to justify my investment in the juicer, but so far it’s worth it. It makes a wonderful, slightly fibrous, juice that when served chilled in the morning provides what has to be the healthiest breakfast juice of all. There are no additives, no colorings, no sweeteners – just pure juice, so fresh that the trip from the bush to the kitchen can be measured in seconds. In my first year as a juice magnate I’ve learned that it is best to make a half-pitcher at a time, rather than a full pitcher, since, because there are no additives, the juice starts to get a little acidity after too many days in captivity. The simple answer: drink up. Limes can be made into juice, too, only here there’s more science involved. Only a penitent person would willingly drink straight lime juice, so there’s more balancing off with water to dilute, and more mixing with a sweetener to soften the taste. A grapefruit, by contrast, comes made to order. None of this opportunity would’ve happened had Hurricane Katrina not knocked down the cypress tree. There is a lesson in there somewhere, but I’m not sure what it is. Sometimes it’s better to just experience the moment. ARTH U R N EAD ILL U STRATIO N

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