March / April 2011 Issue |
Healthcare Journal of Baton Rouge
59
Ochsner Physicians Earn Board Certification
Four local Ochsner physicians recently earned board
certification from their respective accreditation boards.
All four practice at Ochsner Health Center–Summa
Avenue.
• Family Medicine physician Kodi Crisp-Coleman, MD
recently received her board certification from the Family
Medicine Board. Dr. Crisp-Coleman joined Ochsner in
September of 2010.
• Rheumatologist Bobby Dupre, MD earned his board
certification in Rheumatology. Dr. Dupre is also board
certified in internal medicine.
• Gastroenterologist Lincoln Hernandez, MD received
board certification in gastroenterology and is also board
certified in internal medicine. He has been with Ochsner
since September 2010.
• Oncologist Sreekanth Vasireddy, MD earned board cer-
tification in Medical Oncology. Dr. Vasireddy is also
board certified in internal medicine. He joined Ochsner in
August 2010. In addition to the Summa Ave. facility, Dr.
Vasireddy also practices at Ochsner Health
Center–ONeal and Ochsner Health Center–Hammond.
New Officers Named to Our Lady of
the Lake College Board of Trustees
Sandra S. Harper, PhD, President of Our Lady of the
Lake College, announced that a new slate of officers will
lead the Colleges Board of Trustees. As of January 1,
2011, the Board will be led by Steve Nathanson, MS,
Chair, Judge Luke A. LaVergne, Vice Chair, and Margo
M. Abadie, PhD, MSW, LCSW, Secretary. A Sister from
the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady will be named
at a later date for the position of Member-at-Large.
The new officers, who will be serving for a one year term,
will bring different perspectives to their roles as institu-
tional leaders. Mr. Nathanson directs Genesis Energy as
its President. Judge LaVergne is a retired District Judge
of the Baton Rouge Family Court. Dr. Margo Abadie, who
recently retired from her position as Associate Professor
of Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling at the LSU Health
Sciences Center, currently serves as an Associate
Professor of clinical social work at LSU.
St. Elizabeth Hospital is Top Improver
St. Elizabeth Hospital announced that Press Ganey
Associates, Inc. has named it a 2010 Top Improver
Award Winner in two categories – outpatient and inpa-
tient. Both awards were for significant increases in “like-
lihood to recommend.” The Top Improver Award recog-
nizes clients who have shown continuous improvement
in their patient, physician, or employee satisfaction
scores—comparing quarterly scores over two years, with
improved scores in three of the four eligible periods. St.
Elizabeth Hospital is one of just 29 Press Ganey client
facilities to receive this honor in 2010.
St. Elizabeth Hospital maintains a number of systematic
processes that help to keep a focus on improving patient
satisfaction and creating patient loyalty. In addition to
surveying discharged patients through Press Ganey and
utilizing the results to improve processes, the hospital
has also implemented a patient loyalty council consisting
Lincoln Hernandez, MD
Jacque Shadle, MPT