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Surgery:
a One on One with
Vascular surgeon Andrew Olinde, MD, was named Chief
Medical Officer at Baton Rouge General in December. In this role,
Dr. Olinde is responsible for building positive relationships with
the physician community and representing the General publicly
on medical topics. In addition, he continues to see patients at the
Vascular Specialty Center located on the General’s Bluebonnet
campus.
Olinde is a board-certified general and vascular surgeon who has
practiced medicine for 30 years. An LSU undergrad, he attended
medical school at LSU-New Orleans and completed his residency
in general surgery at the University of Mississippi in Jackson and
his fellowship in peripheral vascular surgery at Northwestern
University in Chicago.
Olinde has served as BRG’s Chief of Medical Staff and is a
member of the James Hardy Surgical Society, the Society of
Vascular Surgery, the Southern Association of Vascular Surgery,
the American College of Phlebology, the American Registry for
Diagnostic Medical Sonography, the Vascular and Endovascular
Surgery Society and the board for the Gulf Coast Vascular Society.
Olinde is a Fellow, member of the American College of Surgery,
serves as a Rotarian, is a member of the board of directors for
Baton Rouge General Medical Center and was first selected and
has received the Best Doctors in America award since 2001.
Andrew Olinde, MD
Ch i e f Med i ca l Of f i cer, Ba ton Rouge Gener a l