NORTHSHORE NEW & noteworthy Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to Expand Services, Enhance Northshore Oncology Associates Partnership [Covington, LA] – Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Covington’s longtime presence on the Northshore continues to grow and evolve, according to the organization’s leadership. This includes a new, expanded partnership with Northshore Oncology Associates (NOA), the leading and most-experienced medical oncology group in Covington, which will practice exclusively at the Cancer Center’s current location, 1203 S. Tyler Street, adjacent to St. Tammany hospital.
Dr. Olivia Gioe will soon be joining Martha E. Stewart, MD, LLC, Dermatology
[Mandeville, LA] - Martha E. Stewart, MD, LLC, Dermatology is delighted to announce that Dr. Olivia Gioe will soon be joining the practice. A native of New Orleans, Dr. Gioe received her medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed her internship in Internal Medicine at LSU Health Sciences in Baton Rouge. She then went on to complete her residency in Dermatology at LSU Health “As the organization reached its milestone 50th anniversary this year, we recognize the strides Science Center in New Orleans where she received the honor of being selected Chief our team has made in cancer care,” said Todd Stevens, president and chief executive officer. Resident her final year. “Our sights are clearly set on the future and all we are doing to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer on the Northshore. Dr. Gioe specializes in medical, pediatric, surgical, and cosmetic dermatology. She provides comprehensive dermatologic care to patients of all ages and has Mary Bird Perkins has worked with NOA physicians, Jack E. Saux, III, MD, James E. Carinder, extensive training in the treatment of a variety of skin conditions such as rashes, DO, and Faizan I. Malik, MD, all highly-experienced Northshore doctors, for many years. With eczema, psoriasis, acne, infections, moles, skin cancers, and more. Dr. Gioe will this deeper partnership, the group is now further aligned to offer advanced, collaborative care be available to start seeing patients on August 9, 2021. with the Cancer Center’s team of renowned radiation oncologists. Through this relationship progression, NOA will only provide care at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, offering chemotherapy, immunotherapy and other advanced medical oncology services. Stevens continued, “Regardless of any changes with other community cancer care providers, please know Mary Bird Perkins will continue serving the community in the same location, but with an even more comprehensive cancer program. Our philosophy is to keep a 100% focus on cancer and continually set a higher standard of care for patients,” he said. For more information on Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Covington, please visit marybird.org/Covington.
Bonnaig Joins North Oaks Imaging Associates [Hammond, LA] — Jean-Victor K. Bonnaig, M.D., has joined North Oaks Imaging Associates in Hammond in the practice of Musculoskeletal Imaging, a subspecialty of Diagnostic Radiology.
North Oaks Sports Performance Welcomes Akeem Robinson as Supervisor [Hammond, LA] — Nationally Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach Akeem Robinson has joined North Oaks Sports Performance as supervisor.
Musculoskeletal radiologists like Bonnaig are specially trained to diagnose injuries “Empowering athletes with the resources and motivation to and medical conditions affecting bones, joints and associated soft tissues. realize the best version of themselves not only in their respective sport, but also in life is at the heart of my approach,” Robinson asserts. Bonnaig comes to North Oaks from private practice in Florida, where he has provided musculoskeletal and general radiology Robinson brings more than 12 years of experience in the field to his new role with coverage for the past two years to health care facilities North Oaks Sports Performance. He most recently served as assistant strength and statewide. Bonnaig earned his medical degree from Meharry conditioning coach for Auburn University’s football program in Alabama. Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed an internship in General Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess An athlete himself, Robinson earned bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and Parks, Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, where he also was Recreation and Tourism Management with minors in Communications and Sociology an academic appointee at Harvard Medical School as a Clinical from Clemson University in South Carolina. He was a tight end for the Tigers’ football Fellow in Surgery. After completing a Diagnostic Radiology residency through Tulane team, lettering every season and seeing play in four bowl games from 2005-2008. He University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Bonnaig completed a Musculoskeletal went on to graduate from the University of Missouri in Columbia with a master’s degree Imaging and Intervention fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, where he trained under the direct supervision of radiology consultants for the National in Education with a concentration in Positive Coaching. Robinson is currently working toward a doctorate in Strategic Leadership through Southeastern University in Lakeland, Football League, National Hockey League and collegiate athletes. Florida. In 2015, he first earned certification as a strength and conditioning coach. Professionally, Bonnaig belongs to the This certification identifies him as a nationally American College of Radiology, Radiological recognized professional with the knowledge, Society of North America and Radiological skills, techniques and expertise necessary to be an effective coach on the collegiate and Society of Louisiana. professional level. 86
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