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of Ochsner’s Accountable Care Network and
serves as Chairman of the Board of Ochsner Phy-
sicianPartners, a clinically integratednetwork of
more than 1,000 physicians serving Southeast-
ern Louisiana.
A board certified nephrologist, Dr. Bisordi is
a graduate of Manhattan College and George-
town University School of Medicine. He trained
in Internal Medicine at Geisinger Medical Center
and in Nephrology as a National Kidney Founda-
tion Fellow at the Albert Einstein College of Med-
icine. Becker’s Hospital Review recently named
Dr. Bisordi one of the “100 Hospital and Health
SystemCMOs to Know.”
LSU HCSD Physicians
Named Best Doctors
Several physicians affiliatedwithhospitals of the
LSU Health Care Services Division appear on the
Best Doctors in America® List for 2013. Only five
percent of doctors in America earn this presti-
gious honor, decided by impartial peer review.
These LSU doctors are at the Earl K. Long Medi-
cal Center in Baton Rouge, Interim LSU Public
Hospital in New Orleans, Leonard J. Chabert
Medical Center in Houma, University Medical
Center in Lafayette, and W. O. Moss Regional
Medical Center in Lake Charles.
The following Interim LSU Public Hospital
physicians made the list:
• Juzar Ali, Pulmonary Medicine
• C. Barrett Alldredge, Otolaryngology
• Hans Christoph Andersson, Medical
Genetics and Pediatric Specialist
• Ramesh S. Ayyala, Ophthalmology
Hospitals Launch Smoking
Cessation Initiative
The Louisiana Hospital Association (LHA) has
launched the second phase of its Smart Choices,
Better Health Hospital Campaign, a hospital
workplace wellness initiative. While hospitals
continue to work on implementing phase one of
the campaign, which focuses on healthy eating,
exercise, and weight loss, they will begin strate-
gically planning for phase two, which focuses on
smoking cessation.
Hospital CEOs throughout the state
appointed Campaign Champions who attended
an orientation in Baton Rouge to receive the
training and resources needed to help employ-
ees and the public quit smoking and to help
their hospitals become tobacco-free campuses,
if they are not already. The Louisiana Depart-
ment of Health and Hospitals’ Tobacco Con-
trol Program and the Louisiana Campaign for
Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) provided resources
for hospitals to use in the planning and imple-
mentation of their programs.
To learnmore about the campaign, visit www.
SmartChoicesBetterHealth.org.
Ochsner Named Consumer
Choice Award Winner
The National Research Corporation (NRC)
announced that New Orleans residents have
named Ochsner Medical Center the Consumer
Choice Award winner for the 17th consecutive
year – a feat accomplished by only 41 other
hospitals in the country. The Consumer Choice
Award identifies hospitals that healthcare con-
sumers have chosen as having the highest qual-
ity and image in over 300 markets throughout
the United States.
Winners are determined by consumer per-
ceptions on multiple quality and image ratings
collected in the company’s Market Insights/
Ticker survey. This study surveys over 250,000
households representing over 450,000 consum-
ers in the contiguous 48 states and the District
of Columbia. From the households surveyed,
3200 hospitals named by consumers are ana-
lyzed and ranked based on their Core Based
Statistical Areas (CBSAs) as defined by the U.S.
Census Bureau, with the winning facilities being
ranked the highest.
Heart Clinic of Louisiana
Joins West Jefferson
The Heart Clinic of Louisiana has joined West Jef-
ferson Medical Center’s physician services. Board
Certified Cardiologists Brian Cospolich, MD;
Edmund K. Kerut, MD; Stephen LaGuardia, MD;
Robert D. Matheney, MD; Louis Glade, MD; Freder-
ick G. Kushner, MD, Leslie Levenson, MD, andMau-
reen W. Stein, MD were part of an independent
physician’sgroup (HeartClinicof Louisiana) on the
medical staff and campus of West JeffersonMedi-
cal Center (WJMC) for many years. The group is
nowpart of theWJMC familyof physicianservices.
Existing patients will continue to receive care
from the practice which will now be called West
Jefferson Heart Clinic of Louisiana. The offices
will remain at 1111 Medical Center Blvd. Suite
N-613, Marrero and 120 Meadowcrest St., Suite
410, Gretna.
Ochsner CMO Named
to AMGA Board
Dr. Joseph E. Bisordi, MD, FACP, Executive Vice
President and Chief Medical Officer, Ochsner
Health System, has been named to the Ameri-
can Medical Group Association’s (AMGA) Board
of Directors. The AMGA represents some of the
nation’s largest, most prestigious medical prac-
tices, independentpracticeassociations, account-
ablecareorganizations, and integratedhealthcare
delivery systems. More than 130,000 physicians
practice in AMGA member organizations, provid-
ing healthcare services for 120million patients.
As Ochsner’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Bisordi
is responsible for overseeing all aspects of physi-
cian performance and clinical operations within
Ochsner’s eight hospitals, 38 health centers, and
860-physician multispecialty group practice.
Additionally, Dr. Bisordi is the Executive Director
Dr. Joseph E. Bisordi,
MD, FACP, Executive
Vice President and
Chief Medical Officer,
Ochsner Health System,
has been named to the
American Medical Group
Association’s (AMGA)
Board of Directors.
Rounds
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