and procedures including: opening blocked coronary arter-
ies, stent placement, removal of plaque from arteries,
insertion of pacemakers, and diagnostic cardiac and
peripheral catheterizations. Cardiologists at the Baton
Rouge practice include
Dr. Amit Patel
,
Dr. Satish Gadi,
Dr. Deepak Thekkoott
, and
Dr. Charles Thompson
.
Matrisciano Joins Louisiana
Internal Medicine Associates
Justin G. Matrisciano
, MD, FACE, has joined Louisiana
Internal Medicine Associates
, part of
Baton Rouge
General Physicians
. Dr. Matrisciano is a graduate of
State University of New York at Stony Brook School of
Medicine
in Stony Brook, New York. He completed his res-
idency in internal medicine at
Browns Rhode Island
Hospital
in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Matrisciano also
completed a fellowship through
Harvard University
in clin-
ical diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism at the
Lahey
Clinic
and
Joslin Diabetes Center
and
Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Cente
r in Boston, Mass. He is a cur-
rent member of the
American Association of Clinical
Endocrinologists, American Diabetes Association
and Fellow of the
American College of
Endocrinology
.
In 2001, in order to help patients and other clinicians better
understand the complexities of endocrinology, diabetes
and related conditions, Dr. Matrisciano created
CartoonMD.com. On the site, Dr. Matrisciano actively pro-
vides cartoon strips and animated videos for patients of all
ages, as well as answers frequently asked questions.
Dr. Matrisciano joins Drs.
Nicholas Campo
,
James
Hargroder, Peter Cabiran, Jed Morris, Henry Dixon,
and
Joseph Nesheiwat
at Louisiana Internal Medicine
Associates.
Health Centers in Schools
Names Vicari 2010 Health Hero
At its recent annual meeting
Health Centers in Schools
named
Dr. Roberta Vicari
the 2010 Health Hero. A lifelong
resident of Baton Rouge and a pediatrician, Vicari has ded-
icated her life to improving childrens health. Currently the
Associate Program Director for the new
Our Lady of the
Lake Pediatric Residency Program
at the local medical
center, Vicari was charged with developing the first Lake-
sponsored residency program and the community relation-
ships to support the endeavor. As part of the community
support, Dr. Vicari chose Health Centers in Schools as one
of the entities to which the medical residents rotate. This
creates a mutually beneficial relationship in which HCS
helps educate the residents while the residents
help treat the children HCS serves in EBR
public schools.
The HCS Board of Directors also welcomed new members:
Kendra Case
from
Amedisys
and
Laurie Kadair
Redman
, a local attorney.
Adren Wilson
, national director
of the Equity and Inclusion Campaign replaced
Anne
Marie Zima
, vice president of commercial banking for
Capital One Bank, as chairman of the board. Zima served
as chair from 2007 to 2010 and was honored with a gavel
plaque for her service. Also honored for their service to
HCS were
Aminthe Broussard
, attorney for FMOL Health
Systems, and
Genny Nadler Thomas
, executive director
of the
Louisiana Association of Museums
, who are rotat-
ing off the board this year.
Other current HCS board members are:
Sandra Adams,
Rita Baillie
, RN of the
East Baton Rouge Health Unit
,
Kredenna Beverly
, DDS of
Smile Stars Dentistry, Dr.
Herman Brister
of the
East Baton Rouge Parish School
System
,
Rev. Errol Domingue
of
Elm Grove Baptist
Church
,
John Paul Funes
of
OLOL Foundation
,
Dr.
Jada Armstrong
of
LSU Health Sciences Center, Wanda
Hughes
, RN of
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
,
Susan Pryo
r, DNS, RN of
SLU School of Nursing
, and
Christina Stephens
of the
Louisiana Recovery
Authority.
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Justin Matrisciano, MD
Rafael Cilloniz, MD
Tina Creekmore, MD