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“Modern medicine involves drawing from the best specialists from any field, anywhere,” says Dr. Koga.
Technology advances
improve surgical
outcomes and reduce
unintended consequences
in many cases.
performing high-altitude rescues within a few hundred feet of the
of medical knowledge and
summit. He was inducted as Fellow of the Royal Geographical
impeccable bedside manner
Society at Sir Edmund Hillary’s invitation. Dr. Koga and his wife,
enhance the surgical care, and
Vaughan, live in Madisonville, and are longtime members of the
allow the surgeons to reach a
New Orleans Polo Club in Folsom, LA.
greater number of patients. She supervises the educational
Ilias Caralopoulos, MD
programs for neuroscience
Dr. Caralopoulos attended
nurses, nurse practitioners, and
the International School of Geneva, Switzerland, and received his BS from the University of Washington, Seattle.
medical students at St. Tammany.
Providers
Neurosurgery
He studied medicine in the
Dr. Sebastian Koga, MD MSt
Dr. Ilias Caralopoulos, MD
Brown-Dartmouth program and
Dr. Wale Sulaiman, MP PhD
Dr. James Kalyvas, MD
received his MD from Warren
Mrs. Jessica Rachal, NP
Mrs. Jessica Harvey, PA
Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He completed his neurosurgery residency in the Tulane-
Neurology
Ochsner Program in New Orleans.
Dr. Daniel Chehebar, DO
Dr. Thomas Gann, MD
Dr. Maria Carmen Wilson, MD
Dr. Georgia Lea, MD
Dr. Amy Jones, MD
Dr. Olga Fermo, MD
Dr. Caralopoulos was raised in an international family and is fluent in French, Italian, and Greek. He is an avid outdoorsman and
an accomplished underwater photographer. He decided to stay in Louisiana to enjoy the beautiful nature. Mrs. Jessica Rachal, NP Mrs. Rachal earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Louisiana State University in New Orleans and a Master of Science from Alcorn State University, MS. She is a board certified Advanced Practitioner with over nine years of combined experience in critical care and neurosurgery. Mrs. Rachal screens many new patients and manages the post-surgical care in the ICU and on the wards. Her depth 86
Inside Northside
The Ochsner Neuroscience Institute provides inpatient care at St. Tammany Parish Hospital. The outpatient clinic is located at 1341 Ochsner Blvd. in Covington. For appointments please call 246-2800.