HJBR May/Jun 2023

46 MAY / JUN 2023  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE   Healthcare Briefs Disease Control & Prevention. Through this program, Healthcare Centers in Schools works with families and teenagers to teach healthy eating through live cooking dem- onstrations. This spring, there are six community events to educate parents and students about how to prepare home-cooked meals that are appetizing and diabetes-friendly. These events will be held at three local high schools where Healthcare Centers in Schools currently oper- ates school-based clinics. In this pilot program, Healthcare Centers in Schools also provides direct counseling, mentorship, and life skills train- ing to students graduating high school who have diabetes. “This grant allowed Our Lady of the Lake Chil- dren’s Health Healthcare Centers in Schools to expand our robust programming by providing support directly to the students we see every day in our school-based clinics,” said Nicole Scott, director of clinical services, Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health Healthcare Centers in Schools. “We have to prepare them for life without a school nurse helping to managing their diabetes during the day and teach them to make health choices when away from parents and guardians. We also want to make sure they know how to access the resources available to them at Our Lady of the Lake Health as they transition to adulthood and continue building health habits.” Healthcare Centers in Schools, a 501(c)3 not- for-profit corporation and a part of Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health, has provided med- ical services to students attending East Baton Rouge Parish public schools since 1987. Begin- ning with one clinic at Westdale Middle School, it now operates seven clinics and school nursing across East Baton Rouge Parish public schools, providing care for more than 41,000 students in greater Baton Rouge. “Complications from Type I diabetes can be severe for young people who struggle to man- age their condition as a young adult. It is impor- tant that we do all that we can to prepare them for success during this pivotal period,” said Sylvia Sutton, MD, medical director, Healthcare Centers in Schools. “This program, which includes cook- ing classes and education on managing diabe- tes, is a game changer for the students and their families that we serve.” Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic Foundation Provides Youth Outreach During 2022, the BROC Foundation offered its Athletic Training Outreach Program, provid- ing nationally certified and state licensed ath- letic trainers to multiple high schools and youth sports organizations. Along with physician over- sight, the Foundation’s staff members provided coverage at a completely free Friday Night Foot- ball Clinic, where they evaluated and treated doz- ens of high school student-athletes. This year, the Foundation also held its 2nd Annual Game Day Prep Physical Day. With the help of more than 100 Foundation volunteers, they were able to provide more than 600 free athletic physicals to student- athletes from across the region in one day. The Foundation also provided more than 3,000 free physicals to athletes across the community at their home school. Michael Leddy III, MD, Elected Officer on Board of Councilors of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Louisiana orthopaedic surgeon and sports med- icine specialist Michael J. Leddy III, MD, FAAOS, was elected secretary of the Board of Councilors (BOC) of the American Academy of Orthopae- dic Surgeons (AAOS). He assumed the new role following the recent AAOS 2023 Annual Meet- ing in Las Vegas. As BOC secretary, Leddy also serves on the AAOS Board of Directors. He will assume the role of BOC chair at the close of the AAOS 2025 Annual Meeting in San Diego. Leddy has served as member of the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association Board of Directors for the past 12 years, serving as president in 2020- 2021. He has also been an active volunteer for the AAOS, as well as the American Orthopae- dic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM), Arthros- copy Association of North America (AANA), and National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA). Leddy is a senior partner of the Midstate Ortho- paedic and Sports Medicine Center of Alexan- dria, Louisiana. He serves as the president and managing partner of the group. He also serves as a team physician for numerous high school and collegiate teams. Leddy earned a medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed an orthopaedic residency at Louisiana State Univer- sity Health Science Center-New Orleans followed by a sports medicine fellowship at TRIA Ortho- paedics in Minneapolis. New Study Highlights Need for Emergency Preparedness Assistance for Those with Unmet Social Needs During the course of a five-year study of how unmet needs affect health outcomes of people with Type 2 diabetes that will be completed later this year, researchers fromWashington University in St. Louis, working closely with Louisiana Health- care Connections, discovered an additional need for support in creating a personal emergency pre- paredness plan. With its sometimes-volatile weather, people in Louisiana are no strangers to the need for emer- gency preparedness. However, a new study, co- authored by Washington University researchers and two Louisiana Healthcare Connections team members recently published in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , notes people with unmet social determinants of health are at a much greater risk of needing additional care and planning assistance to create a personal emer- gency preparedness plan prior to a disaster. Darrell Broussard, lead data analyst, and Rachel Smith, senior manager of case management, with Louisiana Healthcare Connections, have been working closely with Washington University in St. Louis on the study. “Social determinants of health include those Michael Leddy III, MD