HJBR Sep/Oct 2022

62 SEP / OCT 2022  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE   Hospital Rounds happened in this building and all of the monu- mental moments,” said Cheri Johnson, Woman’s Hospital chief nursing officer. “Even though we’ve been through major crises like floods and hurri- canes and COVID, we’re still strong and taking care of our community.” Since opening the new facility in 2012, • More than 83,500 babies have been born at Woman’s Hospital. (That makes more than 379,000 overall since 1968.) • More than 22,500 babies have received care in the Woman’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). • More than 75,000 surgeries have been per- formed on the new campus. • Nearly 1,000 babies have been transported to the Woman’s NICU from other facilities. • More than 120,000 patient visits have taken place in the high-risk Maternal-Fetal Medi- cine Clinic. • More than 400,000 breast procedures have been performed. • More than 600,000 Pap smears have been processed in the Woman’s Lab. Additionally, Woman’s has been named a Best Place to Work by Modern Healthcare all 10 of those years – 15 consecutive years in total. Wom- an’s was also named a World’s Best Hospital by Newsweek in 2021 and 2022, and a Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award recipient for excep- tional patient experience for the last seven years in a row. Ochsner Baton RougeWelcomes NewMedical StaffMembers Ochsner Baton Rouge has welcomed several new medical staff members across vari- ous specialties. Hrishikesh Samant, MD, is a gastroenterologist and liver transplant specialist seeing patients at Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove. Samant earned a medical degree from Mumbai, India in 2003. He completed an internship and residency at T.N. Medical College. He completed a gas- troenterology fellowship and a transplant hepa- tology fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Samant is board-cer- tified in internal medicine and gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He performs diagnostic and therapeutic gastroen- terology procedures, including endoscopies and colonoscopies. He has a special clinical interest in hepatocellular carcinoma, device technology, and transplant solutions. Jason Gremillion, MD, treats a wide variety of chronic pain conditions at Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove and Ochsner Health Cen- ter – O’Neal. Gremillion earned a medical degree from LSU Health and Science Center – Shreve- port. He completed a residency in anesthesiology at McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Science Center in Houston. He also completed a fellow- ship in pain management at LSU Health and Sci- ence Center – New Orleans. Gremillion is a mem- ber of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the Louisiana Society of Anesthesiologists. Heidi Sinclair, MD, MPH, FACP, offers primary care with the Ochsner MedVantage team at Och- sner Health Center – O’Neal and will join Ochsner 65 Plus – Bocage later this year. Sinclair is board- certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics. She earned a medical degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine and a master’s in public health at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She com- pleted a residency at the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. She is a member of Doctors for America and a fellow with the American College of Physicians. Teresa King, MD, is an ear, nose, and throat spe- cialist (ENT), at Ochsner Health Center – O’Neal. King earned a medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed an ENT residency at the University of Alabama-Bir- mingham. King is a member of the American Association of Physician Leadership, the Ameri- can Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, and the American Academy of Otolaryn- gic Allergy. Khelsea Conley, NP, specializes in hematology/ oncology at Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove. Conley earned a master’s degree in family nursing from Southern University and an under- graduate degree from the University of Louisi- ana at Monroe. She has been caring for cancer patients and patients with blood disorders for the last 14 years. Woman’s to HostWalk to Remember on Oct. 2 Woman’s Hospital will host the Walk to Remem- ber on Oct. 2 at the Main Library on Goodwood to honor and remember babies lost during preg- nancy or in infancy. The event, previously hosted by Anna’s Grace Foundation, invites local fami- lies who have lost a baby to participate in a short walk concluding with a remembrance ceremony. Hrishikesh Samant, MD Jason Gremillion, MD Heidi Sinclair, MD, MPH, FACP