December 20, 2022

The Wheels to Succeed adapted bike program gifted its 200th bike on Dec. 9. Wheels to Succeed is a program of Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health Children’s Developmental Center at McMains. 

December 15, 2022

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has officially launched its new H.N. Saurage IV Distinguished Lecture series dedicated to innovation in medical physics. On Oct. 20, the Cancer Center welcomed Steve Jiang, PhD, vice chair and chief of the Division of Medical Physics & Engineering at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, to serve as the series’ first guest lecturer.

December 15, 2022

Earlier this year, the American Ambulance Association (AAA) elected its board of directors to begin terms in 2023. Among those elected are Acadian Ambulance Chief Legal Officer Allyson Pharr and Regional Vice President Ron Quaranto.

Pharr will serve as the Region 4 Director for three years, and Quaranto will represent Region 4 on the Ethics Committee for a four-year term. Region 4 spans Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. In addition, Quaranto will serve as chair of the Workforce Committee.

December 15, 2022

Five graduates of Baton Rouge General’s Internal Medicine Residency Program (IMRP) were accepted into fellowship positions at hospital systems and academic institutions across the country. They include:

Sai Samyuktha Bandaru, MD

Hematology/Oncology- Ascension Providence/Michigan State University (Southfield, Mich.)

Rachel Ducote, MD

Hospital Medicine Clinical Point of Care Ultrasound - New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell (New York)

Gift Echefu, MD

December 8, 2022

Louisiana Hospital Association Trust Funds (LHA Trust Funds) designated Woman’s Hospital as one of its 2022 Safety Star Award winners. The Safety Star Award is presented to healthcare facilities that develop and implement new, innovative ideas to improve patient safety.