Shay Powell, APRN, FNP-C, has joined North Oaks Primary Care in Hammond, a clinic of North Oaks Health System.
Powell comes to North Oaks with five years of critical care nursing experience gained at Northshore hospitals.
Powell obtained master’s degree in nursing from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. She is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Vincent Shaw Jr., MD, CAQSM, FAAFP, a family medicine physician at Baton Rouge General (BRG), has been appointed to Louisiana’s Commission on Perinatal Care and Prevention of Infant Mortality. The state commission includes members from various healthcare fields, and Shaw joins BRG’s director of women’s services Erika Moss, DHA, MBA, BSN, RN, who has represented the field of neonatal nursing on the commission since 2021.
Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health welcomes Chad “Mac” Manuel, MD, to its team of medical professionals. Manuel joins the Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health pediatric neurology team.
Manuel received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Louisiana State University. He earned a medical degree from LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, and completed a child neurology residency and epilepsy fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Woman’s Hospital announced that Caroline Isemann, director of Epic communications and training, has been recognized as one of the Society for Health Care Strategy and Market Development’s 2023 Rising Stars.
Extreme heat and drought have contributed to wildfires throughout Louisiana, which can negatively impact air quality. LDH is urging residents in areas where wildfires are burning or air quality is otherwise poor to take precautions to minimize the impact poor air quality can have on their health.
