HJBR Sep/Oct 2019

Healthcare Journal of BATON ROUGE I  SEP / OCT 2019 41 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalBR.com calorie restriction, can be implemented early in life to optimize cardiometabolic health and reduce the lifetime risk of developing some of the most common, disabling, and expensive chronic diseases, such as hypertension and atherosclero- sis and cardiovascular disease.” The researchers said it will be important to do additional research in this area to understand the physiological and molecular biological fac- tors by which the cardiometabolic risk reduc- tions are achieved. Understanding these mech- anisms could lead to new prescription drugs to treat these health issues. This work was supported by the National Insti- tute on Aging and National Institute of Dia- betes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers U01AG022132, U01AG020478, U01AG020487 and U01AG020480, the NIA/NIH Cooperative Agreement AG20487, NIH Gen- eral Clinical Research Center RR00036, Diabe- tes Research Training Center DK20579, NIH Clin- ical Nutrition Research Unit DK56341, and NIH AG00078. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Louisiana Hospital Association Announces Board Officers, Trustees The Louisiana Hospital Association (LHA) announced its 2019-2020 board of trustee offi- cers and newly-elected board members during its annual membership meeting on July 22. “The LHA recognizes its new and returning board members for their dedication to improving healthcare in communities throughout our state,” said LHA President and CEO Paul A. Salles. “These members continually strive to improve patient care and lower healthcare costs.” Phyllis L. Peoples, president and CEO of Ter- rebonne General Medical Center in Houma, will serve as the LHA Board of Trustees chair. She received the gavel from David L. Calle- cod, FACHE, president of Lafayette General Health, who will now serve as immediate past chair. Parker A. Templeton, FACHE, CEO of Ibe- ria Medical Center in New Iberia, will serve as the association’s chair-elect; and Jason E. Cobb, FACHE, CEO of Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria, was elected as treasurer. In addition to the officers, the LHA Board of Trustees is composed of at-large and district trustees. Edgardo Tenreiro, FACHE, CEO of Baton Rouge General Medical Center, and Chris Fox, division president-facility based services for LHC Group in Lafayette, were elected as at-large trustees for a two-year term. William Weaver, CEO of Brent- wood Hospital in Shreveport, was re-elected to serve a second term as an at-large trustee. The following individuals were elected to serve as district trustees: -Central District: Chris Karam, FACHE, senior vice president of group operations for CHRISTUS Health Louisiana and Southeast Texas and presi- dent and chief executive officer of CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Health System in Alexandria, was elected to serve a two-year term; -Northwest District: David C. Jones, administra- tor and CEO of North Caddo Medical Center in Vivian, was elected to serve a two-year term; and  -Southeast District: Rene J. Ragas, CEO of Our Lady of Angels Hospital in Bogalusa, was re- elected to serve a second term. In addition, the LHA Research & Education Foundation elected Gregory C. Feirn, CPA, CEO of LCMC Health in New Orleans, as the Founda- tion’s chair and re-elected Charles D. Daigle, CEO of Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport, as its secretary/treasurer. CISWelcomes Dr. Satish Gadi to Prairieville Dr. Satish Gadi, interventional cardiologist at Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS), will now see patients at the CIS clinic in Prairieville located at 37292 Market Place Drive, Suite A, while continuing to see patients at the CIS Baton Rouge clinic. Gadi joins Chris Alexander, nurse practitio- ner, in providing cardiovascular care at the CIS Prairieville clinic. The clinic is open Monday-Fri- day and offers a full range of cardiovascular ser- vices including holter monitoring, event moni- toring, ultrasound, and nuclear and treadmill testing services to diagnose and treat cardiovas- cular disease. Smoking cessation services are also available. Steven Ceulemans Named Executive Director of Baton Rouge Health District  The Baton Rouge Health District has named Steven Ceulemans as its executive director. In his role, Ceulemans will focus on economic development in recruiting new healthcare and biotech companies, clinical collaboration among Health District members, and greater connectiv- ity to the city’s Healthy BR initiative. “Steven is going to be a great fit for the Health District,” said John Spain, executive vice presi- dent of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Health District board member. “His experience in healthcare innovation and development will help to expand existing programs at our health- care providers and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.”   Ceulemans will lead the continued implemen- tation of the Health District’s strategic plan, such as the construction of a key corridor that will pro- vide access to local critical care facilities and mit- igate traffic congestion in the area. The corridor, Leanne Redman, MS, PhD Satish Gadi, MD