HJBR Jan/Feb 2022

44 JAN / FEB 2022  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE   Healthcare Briefs cancer care, pediatric hepatology, pediatric ENT (ear, nose and throat), pediatric pulmonology, pediatric general surgery, child and adolescent psychiatry, allergy and dermatology. A key feature that will lead to physician-to- physician collaboration, idea generation and greater medical innovation is locating the physi- cian spaces together inside the super-clinic’s core. With multiple specialties together, some children could have several appointments with different doctors on the same day and never leave their exam room. There are 48 patient rooms on the fifth floor, including a dedicated 3,318-square-foot child development center. This area within the super- clinic will feature physical, occupational, speech and feeding therapy. It is designed to provide personalized, family-centered patient care like Ochsner’s Michael R. Boh Center for Child Devel- opment. Additional services for children include EEG, infusion, pulmonary testing and lactation support. The project represents a $6.8 million invest- ment, which includes over $700,000 in pediatric- specific medical equipment. CIS to AwardMedical Assistant Scholarships Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) is awarding free educational scholarships to those interested in continuing their education online to become medical assistants. Benefits of the scholarship include free school- ing, convenient online education and the oppor- tunity for gainful employment. CIS partners with Fletcher Technical Community College to develop and offer this program. New classes begin each spring and fall semester and include one semester of online didactic training followed by one semester of 500+ clinical hours at a CIS location. This scholarship provides students with the knowledge and skills to perform noninvasive and peripheral examinations of the cardiovascu- lar system to aid physicians with diagnosis and therapeutic treatments. The program includes instruction in reviewing and recording patient data, diagnostic procedures, data analysis, phy- sician consultation, equipment operation, and professional standards and ethics. Upon graduation, students are awarded a certificate of technical competency (CTC) in med- ical clinical assistant and are eligible for the certi- fied clinical medical assistant (CCMA) certification exam through National Healthcareer Association. Eligibility details and application infor- mation can be found at www.cardio.com/ career-opportunities. Richard Griffith, Shannon Hyde JoinMary Bird Perkins Leadership Team Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center welcomed Richard “Rich” Griffith and Shannon Hyde to its leadership team. Griffith will serve as adminis- trator for the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s Baton Rouge locations. Hyde will serve as the organization’s senior director of network devel- opment/provider relations, providing support to all Mary Bird Perkins locations and service areas. As administrator for all Baton Rouge locations, Griffith will be responsible for the oversight of day-to-day operations of the Cancer Center’s comprehensive oncology programs, including medical oncology, radiation therapy, infusion center services, laboratory services and patient support services. Griffith is a process improvement expert with more than 10 years of management experience in healthcare services. Since 2017, he served as the CEO of Jackson Oncology Associates, PLLC, a 118-employee private practice spread across three locations that provides care to patients in Jackson, Mississippi. Before that role, he served as the director of ambulatory operations for the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he leant his experience to advancing the Can- cer Institute’s academic success, ambulatory operations, financial goals and objectives. Griffith earned a degree in health services administration from Malone University in Can- ton, Ohio. He is currently pursuing an MBA from Western Governors University. Having most recently served as oncology ser- vice line outreach executive for Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center/Woman’s Breast & GYN Cancer Pavilion, Hyde will now take on the role of senior director of network devel- opment/provider relations. She brings a wealth of experience to this position, including 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry (12 years in oncology). Hyde earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Com- munications from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. “We are excited to welcome Rich to the Mary Bird Perkins team and to promote Shannon to this leadership role within our organization,” said Todd Stevens, CEO, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. “As we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary, Mary Bird Perkins can attribute much of its success to the exceptional people we’ve hired over the past five decades. I have no doubt that Richard and Shannon will continue this tradi- tion of excellence. Our organization will benefit from their wealth of experience as we continue to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer in the communities we serve.” . LisaMartin Named Premier Health CFO Baton Rouge-based urgent care operator, Pre- mier Health, has named Lisa Napier Martin as its new chief financial officer. In addition to Steward Healthcare of Boston, Richard Griffith Shannon Hyde