July 14, 2020

Ochsner Eat Fit will host the 7th Annual Eat Fit Dine Out Day on Aug. 7. Eat Fit Dine Out helps support the Eat Fit team of dietitians in educating and empowering Louisiana residents to live their healthiest, strongest lives possible.

In previous years, restaurants would donate a portion of Dine Out sales to benefit the Eat Fit philanthropy fund, but in response to COVID-19’s impact on the local restaurant industry, all proceeds raised in Eat Fit restaurants will stay in the restaurant. This year, the giveback is 100% to our Eat Fit Partners.

July 14, 2020

Children’s Hospital New Orleans announced the internal appointment of Jonathan Brouk as the organization’s senior vice president and chief operating officer.

July 14, 2020

Thibodaux Regional Health System announced the addition of internal medicine physician Dr. Devin Bourgeois to the active medical staff.

Bourgeois will serve and treat patients at Thibodaux Regional Internal Medicine Clinic, located at 506 North Acadia Road in Thibodaux.

July 7, 2020

One of the biggest challenges for persons struggling with substance abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic surrounds the reality that many treatment programs in the New Orleans area are not accepting new patients. It’s a problem that Mia Kacmarcik-Sanders, LCSW, substance abuse specialist manager at DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC), deals with daily.

July 7, 2020

Tulane University, nationally renowned for the care it provides to retired professional athletes through partnerships with the NFL Player Care Foundation and The Trust (Powered by the NFLPA), has received a $12.5 million gift from The Avalon Fund for the creation of the Tulane University Center for Brain Health. The center will specialize in the treatment of traumatic brain injury and po