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Tati, Robichaux to Lead Baton
Rouge General’s Internal
Medicine Residency Program
Baton Rouge General recently named Dr.
Vasudev Tati as Director and Dr. Sara Robichaux
as Associate Director of their Internal Medicine
Residency Program (IMRP) for the upcoming aca-
demic year, which begins in July 2017.
Since 1991, Baton Rouge General has provided
quality educational and research opportunities to
residents and students through its graduate medi-
cal education programs.
Dr. Tati joined Baton Rouge General as an IMRP
faculty member in 2011, the program’s inaugural
year. Three years later he was appointed Associate
Program Director in charge of curriculum, working
closely with current Program Director Dr. Venkat
Banda. In his time as APD, Dr. Tati grew the educa-
tional activities for the residents, led the team to a
100% board pass rate in 2015 and helped expand
the program to its current size of 30 residents.
Dr. Sara Robichaux’s journey with Baton Rouge
General began in 2011 as one of the first Tulane
LEAD students. During her residency, she was
awarded the LEAD Program’s Outstanding Resi-
dent Physician by Tulane University Owl Club and
served as third-year Chief Resident. Dr. Robich-
aux is a member of the IMRP faculty and as APD,
will be responsible for instructional and scholarly
activity as well as a focus on ambulatory training.
St. Elizabeth Hospital Earns
“A” Grade for Patient Safety
St. Elizabeth Hospital was one of 823 hospitals in
the United States to receive an ‘A’ ranking by the
Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watch-
dog, placing it among the safest hospitals in the
country.
Developed under the guidance of an Expert
Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses
30 measures of publicly available hospital safety
data to assign A, B, C, D and F grades to more
than 2,600 U.S. hospitals twice per year. Grades
are calculated by top patient safety experts, peer-
reviewed, fully transparent, and free to the public.
Our Lady of the Lake and
Health SystemColleagues Turn
Out for Annual HeartWalk
Hundreds of team members from Our Lady of
the Lake and across the Franciscan Missionaries of
Our Lady Health System showed their support in
the fight against heart disease and stroke by par-
ticipating in the 2017 Capital Area Heart Walk on
Saturday, April 8.
The team representing all of the Franciscan
Missionaries of Our Lady Health System organi-
zations located in the Greater Baton Rouge region
raised more than $50,000 for the American Heart
Association – Capital Area chapter through team
member contributions and t-shirt sales. More than
2,000 t-shirts were sold in support of the Heart
Walk. The health system was recognized as one of
the top overall fundraisers for the event.
Participating organizations from within the
Health System in the Baton Rouge region
included Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical
Center, Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, Our
Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, St. Elizabeth
Hospital., St. Elizabeth Physicians, Assumption
LSU Basketball team members sign
basketballs for children at Our Lady
of the Lake Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Vasudev Tati, Director and Dr. Sara
Robichaux, Associate Director of Baton Rouge
General’s Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Brooke Ingalls with Our Lady of the Lake
Foundation participated in the Heart Walk
with her daughter Clarke, who underwent
heart surgery as an infant and dressed as a
“heart hero” to support Saturday’s event.
Mike D’Amico, respiratory care supervisor at
Our Lady of the Lake, holds his Jambalaya
Cook-Off Championship Prize Paddle after
taking first place in the competition.