April 28, 2022

Satish Gadi, MD, interventional cardiologist at Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS), is using the Venclose Maven™ Perforator Catheter to treat venous disease. The procedure took place on April 19 at the CIS Baton Rouge clinic at 8401 Picardy Avenue.

April 28, 2022

Recognized for clinical excellence and commitment to caring for children in the central Louisiana communities they serve, Mansoor Pediatrics was recently awarded the Physician Summit Award by Louisiana Healthcare Connections.

The Physician Summit Award is given annually to the healthcare provider(s) that achieves the highest scores in key Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measures across the health plan’s network.

April 28, 2022

Continuing its commitment to addressing the opioid epidemic, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) will open two new Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) in Houma and Bogalusa, bringing the overall number of Louisiana OTPs to 12. The evidence-based behavioral health treatment facilities will increase access to treatment services for 400 to 1,200 individuals per month.

April 22, 2022

Woman’s Hospital has expanded its use of Medtronic Situate scanning devices to all labor and delivery rooms – the first in the area to utilize this safety measure for all patients delivering at the hospital. Woman’s was also the first in Baton Rouge to use the technology in its operating rooms as an added layer of protection from retained surgical items (RSIs).

April 22, 2022

Physicians at Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) and Baton Rouge General Medical Center (BRG) performed their 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure on April 21 at Baton Rouge General. CIS interventional cardiologists Garland Green, MD, and Shane Prejean, MD, as well as Imtiaz Khan, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, worked together to perform the procedure.