Lakeview Regional Medical Center, a campus of Tulane Medical Center, is the first hospital in the Greater New Orleans metro area to treat carotid artery disease and help prevent future strokes using a new procedure called TransCarotid Artery Revascularization, or TCAR. TCAR (tee-kahr) is a clinically proven, minimally invasive, and safe approach for high-surgical risk patients who need carotid artery treatment.
February 10, 2019
Ochsner Health System (Ochsner) and Ochsner Hospital for Children have released 2018 survival rates for congenital heart surgery patients, which included 100 percent survival for all neonatal surgery, including the Norwood procedure.
Ochsner’s Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery Program is led by Dr. Benjamin B. Peeler, who joined Ochsner’s team in 2016. Peeler is a board-certified congenital cardiac surgeon.
February 10, 2019
A multi-center phase II clinical trial investigating pembrolizumab as a first-line and programmed cell death-1 therapy in patients with advanced Merkel cell carcinoma reports lasting tumor control, generally manageable side effects, and improved overall survival. The results are published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
LSU Health New Orleans’ Adam Riker, MD, FACS, professor and chief of surgical oncology, led the study at its School of Medicine and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center.
February 10, 2019
Xavier University of Louisiana and Ochsner Health System teamed up to launch a new physician assistant (PA) program* for the inaugural class matriculating in January of 2020. The 28-month, full-time graduate program, which leads to a master’s degree in health sciences, is comprised of three semesters of classroom instruction followed by 16 months of clinical training within the Ochsner Health System.
February 5, 2019
Slidell Memorial Hospital announced that it increased its entry level pay rate to $12 per hour, effective Jan. 27. All full-time and part-time employees who earned less than this rate received a rate increase to $12 per hour.
“We are committed to recruiting and retaining a competent, compassionate, and professional workforce that’s dedicated to our mission—to improve the quality of life in our community,” said SMH Chief Executive Officer Kerry Tirman. “We view our team as integral parts of both our organization and the community we serve.”
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