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HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE I  JUL / AUG 2023 63 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalBR.com the graduate medical education department, and, most recently, the associate chief medical officer at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. A Louisiana native and LSU graduate, Allen completed a medical degree at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio and a surgical internship and otolaryngology residency at the University of Cincinnati. Upon his return to Louisiana in 2013 after practicing in Georgia for 10 years, Allen joined the LSU Department of Oto- laryngology faculty in 2013 and started the hospi- tal ear, nose, and throat program Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Ochsner Health Advances PrecisionMedicine, Universal Genomic Testing for Chemotherapy Ochsner Health is becoming one of the first hos- pital systems to standardize genomic testing, sig- nificantly advancing ways in which care teams can treat cancer patients. This change helps provid- ers determine individualized treatment by under- standing how patients will react to certain drugs, thereby lowering risk of adverse side effects, improving patient experience, and bettering patient outcomes. Pharmacogenomics, or PGx, testing guides phy- sicians how patients metabolize certain drugs and warns of possible side effects so they may adjust dosage in a way that provides individual- ized, personalized treatment. After a Louisiana law requiring insurance companies pay for the test- ing went into effect last year, Ochsner made it a required test for cancer patients receiving two types of chemotherapy drugs — 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine. The testing is now available at Ochsner’s Baton Rouge and New Orleans regions and in Northern Louisiana locations. It will become a systemwide practice in coming months. Brooke Coogan to serve as Administrator of Woman’s Cancer Pavilion Woman’s Hospital announced that Brooke Coogan will serve as the administrator for Wom- an’s Cancer Pavilion beginning May 1. For more than a decade, Coogan served as the director of Woman’s Center for Wellness where she implemented a number of health and well- ness programs designed specifically to serve can- cer patients and survivors. In her new role, Coogan will oversee the operational success and compre- hensive cancer care at the Pavilion. Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health Names Jonathan Brouk as NewPresident Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health announced the selection of Jonathan Brouk as its new president. Brouk, who has served as interim president for Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health since March, was named to the new role after serving in various executive leadership roles at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. Since 2020, Brouk has served as senior vice pres- ident, chief operating officer, and chief strategy officer at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. Brouk began his career practicing corporate law in the healthcare group of a large national law firm head- quartered in Chicago and a regional firm based in New Orleans, focusing primarily on hospital-physi- cian alignment strategies, population health initia- tives, and associated regulatory matters. Brouk earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics, cum laude, from Tulane University and earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago, where he was awarded a Beazley Insti- tute for Health Law and Policy Fellowship. Woman’s Hospital Recognized by Newsweek as one of ‘America’s Best Maternity Hospitals’ Woman’s Hospital has been named one of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals by Newsweek for excellence in providing high-quality care to mothers and newborns. Woman’s achieved the highest possible designation of five ribbons, one of only 159 facilities in the country and the only hospital in Baton Rouge to achieve this level of designation. Presented annually by Newsweek and Statista, Inc., winners are awarded based on a national sur- vey of hospital managers and healthcare profes- sionals including neonatal and perinatal doctors, nurses, and midwives. Medical key performance indicator data relevant to maternity care as well as patient satisfaction data were also used in the final evaluation. “It’s an incredible honor to be named one of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals by News- week,” said Rene Regas, president and CEO of Woman’s Hospital. “Every day, our dedicated team works tirelessly to uphold our mission of improving the lives of women and infants. To have their commitment recognized by Newsweek is truly an honor.” Newsweek and Statista invited more than 10,000 medical professionals to participate in the sur- vey. The list names only 384 leading hospitals for maternity care in the U.S., divided into two perfor- mance categories: five ribbon hospitals (159 insti- tutions) and four ribbon hospitals (225 institutions). Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge Earns Safety Grade ‘A’ fromLeapfrog Group Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. This national distinc- tion recognizes Ochsner’s achievements in prior- itizing patient safety by protecting patients from Phillip Allen, MD Jonathan Brouk