NEW & noteworthy Heather Johnson joins Mary Bird Perkins as Director of Early Detection & Education [Baton Rouge, LA] – Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is pleased to welcome Heather Johnson as director of early detection and education, serving as the leader of the organization’s longstanding Prevention on the Go community program. In this role, Johnson will work with a team that provides free mobile prevention, education and early detection services to communities throughout the region. Johnson began her career at Mary Bird Perkins as an intern in 2012 and was then promoted to prevention and education specialist until 2015. During this time, she assisted with many projects for the organization such as SurviveDat, the Young Breast Cancer Survivors and Sun Safety programs. Johnson was most recently employed by Cardiovascular Institute of the South where she was the medical practice administrator for clinics in New Iberia and Lafayette, LA.
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Covington Expands Medical Staff with Two New Oncologists [Covington, LA] – Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Covington is welcoming two physicians to its growing medical staff, Genevieve Maronge, MD and Faizan I. Malik, MD, both medical and hematologist oncologists. Maronge completed her residency at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans and fellowship at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport and is board certified in internal medicine as well as hematology/oncology. She is well known throughout Southeast Louisiana and will become part of Northshore Oncology Associates on Nov. 1. Maronge has worked with Mary Bird Perkins through its partnership with Terrebonne General Health System. She has also served on the medical staff for other local cancer programs.
Malik earned his Medical Doctor degree from King Edward Medical As director of the Prevention on the Go community program, Johnson will oversee University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in pre-medicine from operations throughout southeast Louisiana, the Delta region and southwest Mississippi. National Science College in Pakistan. He completed his residency at Abington Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Malik also “We are excited to have Heather rejoin the Mary Bird Perkins team and help advance completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the the organization’s mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer,” University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. said Renea Duffin, vice president of cancer support and outreach. “She possesses an impressive amount of experience, dedication and passion that will be beneficial to our Maronge and Malik will join Jack E. Saux, III, MD and James Carinder, DO, FACP, members Prevention on the Go program, an initiative where we provide outreach and education of Mary Bird Perkins and Northshore Oncology Associates medical staff. and detect cancer at its earliest stage—the time when it is most treatable,” said Duffin. Johnson obtained her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Louisiana State University and her master’s degree in public administration from Southern University Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs.
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“We are so pleased to welcome oncologists with the caliber of expertise and wealth of experience Dr. Maronge and Dr. Malik offer,” Saux, a NOA medical oncologist. “Their stellar credentials are only matched by their passion for helping patients fight cancer.” For more information in Covington, visit marybird.org/Covington..
