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contents IN EVERY ISSUE 8 From the Editor

22 Kitchen Gourmet

Christmas 2005

Easy Appetizers

By errol laborde

5 creative hors d’oeuvres

9 Lifelines Whither the River

10 Barometer A compendium of what’s hot and what’s not

by stanley dry

26 Home Glamour by the River Chandeliers add sparkle to this St. Bernard Parish home.

By bonnie warren

by Carolyn Kolb

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12 Rural Life What City Folk Don’t Know It’s not all cherry pie, but there are many reasons to be thankful.

30 Art Hank Holland Juke Joints and Tree Houses on Bayou Lafourche By john r. kemp

By melissa bienvenu

14 Biz Bits Business news from around the state By kathy finn

34 Traveler French Quarter Festivities Old-fashioned, new-fangled New Orleans tours By paul f. stahls jr.

16 Health Medical news in Louisiana

114 Lifetimes

By Paige Nulty

Our statewide calendar of events

By Judi Russell

18 Great Louisiana Chefs

30

Al Mahfouz

118 Quirky Places

Red River Grill in Marksville

New Orleans Lakefront Airport

20 State of the Plate Spahr’s Where Catfish is King in Des Allemands

By Bernard Frugé III

By megan hill

120 A Louisiana Life

Benjamin Watson The Saints tight end feels at home.

By megan hill

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38 Honey and Hives

102 Around Louisiana

Brothers Kevin and Stephen Mixon cultivate bees as a hobby in Covington.

Louisiana Life presents Around Louisiana, a section featuring the people and places of North Louisiana, Central Louisiana, Cajun Country, Baton Rouge and Plantation Country and Greater New Orleans.

By Megan Hill

42 What’s New in Louisiana Medicine 5 innovations around the state

By jeanne frois

by Fritz Esker

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44 What Ails Louisiana 11 conditions leading the pack

by Brobson Lutz, MD

special edition 83 The Good Life Annual statewide retirement guide

46 Best Doctors

by judi russell

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Our readers’ photographs

SEPTEMBER:

With Gratitude to the Master Conductor: Melissa Dommert of Baytown, Texas, captured this photo in the late summer of 2012 in Lake Arthur.

OCTOBER:

Isaac: Bernadette Lewis-Murphy of Jennings took this shot when Hurricane Isaac rolled into southwest Louisiana in August 2012.

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from the editor

Christmas 2005 Our tree for Christmas 2005 was purchased at the Walmart in Alexandria.

It was a fine-looking fixture, all four feet of it and pre-strung with lights.

According to the writing on the box from China the tree was a Douglas Fir model.

It maintained its shape throughout the holidays, never turned brown, nor did it provide even a whiff of fragrance.

For Christmas ’05 many Louisianians were pleased with anything they could get. The ravages

“Go to the side window and order what

of hurricanes Katrina and Rita were

you want,” he said. That proved to be

only a few months removed, though

an easy choice. There were two items

the anxiety remained. For the small

available: chili and rice. “I’ll have the

apartment where we stayed while the

rice with chili,” I said. The side item

house was being repaired, the tree

was a bottle of water.

provided some visual relief. It is just a

Moments later I sat on my still

coincidence that the tree was about as

somewhat moldy step thinking about

high as the house’s waterline.

just how quickly life can change. Here I

Just to get away from it all, and to be at a place where there were lights

was being fed by the Salvation Army – and it was the best meal around.

and music and where everything

What would cause me to stop on

worked, we took a long weekend

that Manhattan street was the sight

trip to New York City that season. I

of one of those Salvation Army bell

remember walking down 5th Avenue,

ringers. I hurried to the ringer, dropped

where everyone, even hurried New

a donation into the red pot and

Yorkers, seemed happy, and then I saw

explained to him about the good work

something that stopped me cold:

his group had done in Louisiana. I am

My thoughts went back to only a

not sure if he fully understood what I

couple of months earlier. On a hot

was talking about, but he had to feel the

Saturday we were sitting on the porch

enthusiasm of my message.

of the house lamely trying to accomplish

On Christmas Eve, the little tree

something. Nothing worked. There was

sparkled in our apartment. Near

no electricity; no water. It was time for

midnight the bells at a nearby church

lunch, but nothing nearby was open.

began to ring carols. For many

Then a man came walking down

Louisianians, there was still much

the street and asked if we would like

uncertainty, but for the moment at

something to eat.

least, all was calm; all was bright.

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He pointed to an approaching food truck operated by the Salvation Army.

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—Errol Laborde

Louisiana Life was honored with the Gold Award for Companion Website at the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) Awards Monday, Sept. 30, in Baltimore, Md. According to IRMA’s website, the purpose of the organization is “to promote and support regional publishing generally and to encourage the free flow of information among member magazines.” Check out the award-winning website at LouisianaLife.com.

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lifelines

Whither the River

Among the various matters in Louisiana Life that I enjoy is the Great Louisiana Quiz. In the September/October 2013 edition of the magazine, I noted the answers to the Bonus Question in the May/June issue (“What parishes are divided by the Mississippi River?”) may be incomplete. According to what I recall of my geography lessons from years ago, there are additional parishes that are divided by the Mississippi River: namely, East Carroll, Madison, Tensas and West Feliciana. All are as the result of the everchanging course of the river as parts of East Carroll, Madison and Tensas Parishes are now found on the state of Mississippi side of the river, and a portion of West Feliciana is found on the west side of the river adjacent to Pointe Coupee Parish.

There may be other river parishes similarly affected. That question was a real poser for your subscribers.

Thank you for your part in presenting to us such a wonderful magazine for and about our great state.

Vernon Middleton, Baton Rouge REPLY: You make some good points and were it not for the Army Corps of Engineers, even more parishes might be divided by the river. www.louisianalife.com Louisiana Life | 9

barometer A compendium of what’s hot and what’s not in Louisiana By carolyn kolb

the facility. Landfill Director

the nonprofit group that

Terrance Stewart said this

wants Tony removed from

facility would be in use for

the truck stop, noted, “You

20 more years. Funds from

still have a tiger in a truck

people and businesses using

stop. Legally speaking,

the landfill go toward the

the pool doesn’t change

cost, the Hammond Daily

anything.”

Star reported.

HOT

HOT

NOT

Faster than a Speeding … Bike?

Soldiers Nathaniel Sanders

Mike Sandlin, owner of Tony,

and Carlton Jamison, both

a 550-pound Bengal tiger

currently stationed at Fort

who lives at Sandlin’s Tiger

Polk, face multiple charges

Truck Stop in Grosse Tete in

after allegedly trying to

Iberville Parish, has added

outrun State Police on their

Jaguars Return!

of the yellow flowers on the

a pool for his prized tenant,

motorcycles, a 2012 and a 2013

The recently opened

mountain’s granite out-crop-

the Baton Rouge Advocate

Yamaha. According to acadi-

pings.

reported. Sandlin’s keeping

aparishtoday.com, Sanders was

of Tony at the truck stop

clocked at 159 miles per hour

is the subject of an appeal

and Jamison at 142 miles per

before the Louisiana State

hour. Both were booked at the

Supreme Court, since a lower

Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Land of the Jaguar Exhibit at the Alexandria Zoo has two energetic new inhabitants: a male jaguar, Bebu, from Panama; and a female, Madares, from the San Diego Zoo. Moving into their snazzy new habitat with them will be a spectacled bear, Chilean flamingo, giant anteater, sloth, caiman, American crocodile, coati, howler monkey and ocelot.

Visit thealexandriazoo.com for more information.

HOT

Truck Stop Tiger Gets Tanked

Art Blooms In Pumpkin Center

HOT

From Kaplan to Rome

Rev. Joshua Guillory, a native of Kaplan and the pastor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte, is moving to Rome, where he has been appointed to help Cardinal Raymond Burke, the Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, which functions as a supreme court in legal affairs of the Catholic Church. Fr. Guillory is the son of Joe and Eileen

Rebecca Bankston Willoughby

Guillory of Kaplan, according

of Pumpkin Center has been

to the Advertiser.

chosen as featured artist at the Yellow Daisy Festival in Stone Mountain, Ga., said the Hammond Daily Star.

Billed as one of the largest arts-and-crafts events in the country, the festival is free to Stone Mountain visitors and celebrates the blooming

HOT

Garbage Under Cover

Twenty acres of garbage at the Tangipahoa Parish Solid Waste Facility is getting a $2.4 million covering of artificial turf. The turf will prevent further erosion at

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court has ruled he must give up the animal. The pool was donated by Joe “Joe Exotic”

NOT

Wheeled Away St. Charles Parish

Schreibvogel, who raised

Sheriff Greg Champagne

the money from viewers of

is warning ATV owners to

his daily web series, “Exotic

be careful with their four-

Animal TV Starring Joe

wheelers after seven of

Exotic,” and says he has 173

them were stolen in the last

tigers at his exotic animal

few months, reported the

ranch in Wynnewood, Okla.

St. Charles Herald Guide.

Sandlin said he will move

Champagne said that most

Tony to Oklahoma if he

of the stolen ATVs are being

loses his appeal. Matthew

taken outside of the parish or

Liebman, attorney for the

state and sold on the black

Animal Legal Defense Fund,

market.

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quotable “I’ve heard that old people live in the past, and I certainly hope that isn’t true in my case, but it is lovely to look back and remember those happy times from the past, especially when photos are there to jog the memory.”

“Old Photos Bring the Past Back to Life,” Bob Ann Breland, Bogalusa Daily News

rural life

What City Folk Don’t Know It’s not all cherry pie, but there are many reasons to be thankful.

By Melissa Bienvenu

The other day, a friend

most folks receive regular,

tagged me in a Facebook video

paychecks, a farmer’s standard

about farming.

of living rises and falls with

“This is how I think Melissa

nature’s capricious whims,

Bienvenu lives,” she wrote. “I

and that is a stress most folks

am so jealous!”

don’t understand. You realize

My reaction was astonishment.

It startles me when friends in

just how blissfully unaffected the rest of the world is when you hear the meteorologist

the city ooh and ah over farm

crowing about yet another

life. Maybe it’s just because

dry, sunny week while your

I remember how I felt when

parched crop is slowing

I was a city girl. Before I fell

dying. Nor does the general

that sometimes this farm can

Canadian geese have adopted

in love with a farmer, I never

public comprehend the worry,

feel like the loneliest, dullest,

us. At first there were only two,

had the slightest desire to live

work and money that goes

most forgotten spot in the

and Harvey and I saw them

in a place where the country

into keeping a farm running.

whole world.

as our good luck charm. Since

fair was the social zenith of

They’d be speechless if they

However, every once in

then we have figured out that

the year. If anything, I envied

knew what some of those cute

a while, somebody comes

they are permanent residents

friends who had the guts to

little green tractor parts cost.

along like my Facebook friend

of the area. Now 20 or 30 at a

Farm living is not all cherry

to make me take stock of

time come to visit. They hang

Los Angeles or New York. So

pie, either. Simply acquiring

everything I take for granted

around scarfing up the grass

I’m surprised, albeit pleasantly,

the household items most

about farm life. Here are just

or pilfering the white perch

when city friends admire our

Americans pick up on their

a few things I’m giving thanks

we released into the pond

life on the farm.

lunch hour can be a major

for this season:

for our sons to catch. Their

move to really big cities like

But popular perceptions

hassle requiring an all-day trip

are often too rosy. Take last

to another town. Inconvenient

A Nice Place to Work

tarnished, but all is forgiven

year’s popular Super Bowl

geography explains why I

On just a regular old

when they make their grand

commercial. I – along with

haven’t been up on the latest

workday, farmers see the

exodus at dusk. Silhouetted

millions of other viewers –

movies since my city days.

kind of scenery most people

against the sunset, they fly off

was moved to tears by the

(But wasn’t Jodie Foster

only see on vacation. Fingers

in a cacophonous, honking

photos of majestic farm

amazing in “Silence of the

of steam curling over a pond

V-formation. Every time I see it,

scenes, accompanied by Paul

Lambs?” ) Out here, we lack

at sunrise. Reams of sunlight

I’m privileged to be witnessing

Harvey’s lump-in-the-throat

cable TV, DSL, municipal

filtering through the forest

a sight most people never will.

radio broadcast, “So God

sewer service or any kind

canopy. Stars brighter and

I’m thankful for that.

Made a Farmer.” Although

of food delivery. My poor,

more numerous than you’ll

I appreciated the stirring

deprived farm children talk

ever see in a city sky. Fiery

Old-Fashioned Courtesy

tribute, I’m aware that the

about Domino’s pizza the way

orange sunsets. A rippling

I’m also thankful to live in a

reality is not always so poetic.

some people talk about Beluga

river. Sweeping vistas of

place where traffic is a breeze,

caviar. And I would be less

waving grass.

and fellow drivers don’t destroy

How so? Let’s start with financial security. While

than honest if I didn’t admit

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mystique has become slightly

In recent years, a flock of

your faith in the human race. jane sanders illustration

My friends in the city may have

souls who otherwise might

weekly paper cover-to-cover

subdivisions who don’t enjoy

access to all the best shopping,

fall away. But I’ll take a small

– from what happened at the

this kind of relationship with

but they also have to put up

church any day. I figured this

town hall meeting to what

their neighbors. Half the time

with gridlock and more incon-

out about myself mine a few

color the bridesmaids wore

they don’t even know or don’t

siderate jerks. Small-town

years ago while attending

to who won the Rotary Club

get along with them. Country

drivers tend to be more polite.

Mass at a large, Northshore

scholarship. These days, even

neighbors are close without

We let you pull out into traffic

church. It was a new, architec-

big cities are lucky to have a

being too close.

or turn left at a busy intersec-

tural wonder with gleaming

local newspaper, much less a

tion. We don’t lay on the horn

white marble and a gigantic

little bitty town. You gotta be

Country Connectivity

if you linger a millisecond too

crucifix overlooking rows and

thankful for that.

Finally, I can’t forget to be

long after the light changes.

rows of pews. After being

Unfortunately, I tend to take

so accustomed to our little

Good Neighbors

that has made farm life more

such basic decency for granted

church, walking into that

Robert Frost said good fences

like city life. Without the

until I go somewhere like Baton

sanctuary was kind of a shock.

make good neighbors. I would

Internet, I would not be able

Rouge or Mandeville, where

It was like finding out that

add that a couple of hundred

to have pillow shams and

ruthless-looking housewives in

my pal is really a celebrity. I

acres don’t hurt, either. We

camera batteries delivered

workout clothes look the other

prefer the more approachable,

only have a few neighbors,

right to my door – far more

way and gun it when you try

little-church Jesus.

and the nearest ones are

quickly, cheaply and easily

to merge into their lane. I am

probably a thousand feet away.

than it would be to purchase

A Real, Live Paper

However, all of them are close

them in person. It would be

always grateful to get back.

thankful for the technology

I interned at a community

enough ( in every sense of the

challenging, at best, to live

Small-Town Faith

newspaper, so I have the

word) that we don’t hesitate

here and write for publica-

I’ve only heard about those

highest respect for what it

to ask for help – whether it’s a

tions in New Orleans and

suburban mega-churches

takes to publish one. Plus, now

cup of sugar or watching our

Baton Rouge. And it would be

with their rock bands and

that I’ve lived here 20 years,

kids for us during a late night

downright impossible to read

Jumbotrons. I’m sure they

I know most of the people

trip to the emergency room.

city friends’ Facebook posts,

meet a need and attract many

in it. I can’t wait to read our

Ironically, I know people in

reminding me to be thankful. n

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biz bits Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG Terminal

Business news from around the state By kathy finn

Louisiana’s natural

off. In addition, wood pellet

resources continue to fuel

manufacturer German Pellets

the state’s prosperity today.

announced it will develop a

Timber products, oil and gas,

$300 million plant expected

and major rivers that enable

to create 500 jobs in LaSalle

transportation between inland

Parish. And more recently,

destinations and the Gulf

Hinterland LLC said it will

of Mexico remain vital to

build a pellet manufacturing

Louisiana’s economic health.

plant in Vidalia.

Here are a few of the ways that companies are capitalizing on these abundant resources.

Marine, military contracts fuel support services NEW ORLEANS/COVINGTON –

Covington-based Hornbeck

choose a site in either St.

Offshore Services LLC.

John or Iberville parish as the location for a $1.5 billion tion center that will employ

continue to flow toward New

Training workers while building plants SHREVEPORT – State and

Louisiana is a growing hub for

Orleans-area companies.

local governments are funding

expects to generate some

liquefied natural gas exporting

Textron Land and Marine

construction of a $22 million

2,000 construction jobs

with a second LNG facility

Systems in New Orleans

training facility on the Bossier

during the four years it

recently receiving federal

landed a $30 million contract

Parish Community College

will take to build the plant.

approval to operate. Lake

to provide advanced

campus to prepare workers

EuroChem is one of the

Charles Exports LLC joins

armored personnel carriers

for jobs at a large steel plant

world’s largest producers of

Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass

for the nation of Colombia,

taking shape nearby. German

nitrogen and phosphate, and

LNG Terminal in the business

and Weeks Marine Inc. of

steel manufacturer Benteler

says the Americas account for

of supplying gas to Europe

Covington won an Army Corps

Steel/Tube broke ground in

about 25 percent of its total

and Asia. The U.S. Department

of Engineers dredging contract

September on a $900 million

sales. The company expects

of Energy has now approved

worth about $12 million.

plant at the Port of Caddo-

to announce which of the two

Bossier. The plant eventually

sites will become home to its new plant within the year.

Natural gas exports set to soar LAKE CHARLES – Southwest

Military-industrial contracts

And several naval architec-

export permits totaling 5.6

fertilizer plant and distribu200 people. The company

billion cubic feet per day, with

ture firms have announced

will employ up to 675 people

Lake Charles-area facilities

expansions into New Orleans

in the production of seamless

expected to provide up to 2

stemming from growth in

steel tubing. Its construc-

billion cubic feet per day.

the offshore oil sector. The

tion will likely generate more

growing local offices include:

than 1,000 temporary jobs,

German company deepens local roots GEISMAR – German chemical

Trees offer far more than shade CENTRAL LOUISIANA – Natural

two Seattle-based companies,

with completion slated for

manufacturer BASF is

marine engineering firm

late 2014. The company says

enlarging its footprint in

Jensen Maritime and Elliott

a fourth of its steel-tube

Ascension Parish with a

resources remain a boon to

Bay Design Group; Virginia-

products already flow to the

new $43 million polyure-

business in this area as more

based naval architecture firm

United States, and demand

thane blending facility.

companies seek to convert

Gibbs & Cox Inc.; and an

is expected to increase. The

Construction could begin in

wood waste products into

expansion by New Orleans-

products go to international

June on the Geismar plant

environmentally friendly

based MiNO Marine, which

customers in the automotive,

which will join BASF’s main

fuels. Colorado-based

now employs 24 people. Many

heat transfer, hydraulics/

complex, built in 1958, as well

Sundrop Fuels Inc. is building

professionals who work in

precision engineering and

as its methylamine, surfactant

a “green gasoline” pilot plant

the firms were trained at

construction sectors.

and formic acid plants, which

that will employ about 150

University of New Orleans

people near Boyce, and the

School of Naval Architecture

company hopes the plant will

and Marine Engineering,

are completed or under way at the site. Company officials

lead to as many as four more

which recently received

Chemicals drive growth along river RIVER PARISHES – Russia-

plants as the fuel use takes

a $50,000 donation from

based EuroChem will soon

expansion.

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health

By paige nulty

Lafayette General Medical Center and the March of Dimes’ 39 Week Initiative focuses on health of unborn babies Lafayette – The Lafayette General Medical Center recently took part in the March of Dimes’ campaign the 39 Week Initiative, which brought attention to

added function of being

Affairs recently announced

able be brought to Ochsner

that, through the PCCC,

be waiting for 39 weeks of of

New Scanning Technology at Ochsner New Orleans – The new GE

hospitals all over Louisiana.

qualified veterans will

pregnancy to plan deliveries.

Healthcare’s Discovery PET/

While the functionality of

now be offered inpatient

The 39 Week Initiative

CT 610 scanner that Ochsner

these scanners is top-notch,

and outpatient specialty

explains how a baby’s

Health System has invested

the care it offers for the

care, mental health care,

immune system, lungs and

in will now allow physicians

patients involved with its use

limited emergency care and

other internal organs are still

to scan a PET image and a

is also visible. The PET/CT

limited newborn care. The

in the process of developing

CT image at the same time.

scanners were created with

PCCC is also a division of

until 39 weeks; one very

This technology takes the

ASiR, a feature that reduces

the Non-VA Medical Care

important example is that a

ability of a PET scan to see

the CT dose a patient could

Program meaning that all

developing baby’s brain will

the functions of the body,

be exposed to, while keeping

VA centers will now be able

still only weigh two-thirds of

and the ability of a CT scan

the high-quality detail of the

to use contracted medical

what it should as late as 35

to see an image of the body’s

image.

suppliers to obtain non-VA

weeks into gestation. LGMC

anatomic make-up and

put in a great effort to push

combines them to create a

this project by appropriately

picture with a double-digit

going over 39 consecutive

sensitivity measurement,

weeks of holding back

the importance of hospital employees and mothers-to-

medical care. This initiation of the PCCC has allowed VA

making it the best medical

New Health Care Opportunities for Veterans Shreveport – Overton

on delivering newborns

scanner currently offered.

Brooks VA Medical Center

Alliance Corp. that together

until they have reached

By using the new PET/CT

in Shreveport, along

promises consistent health

the appropriate date. The

610 scanner Ochsner doctors

with other statewide VA

care quality metrics, medical

physicians at LGMC have

can now gather information

medical centers, is now

documentation returned

taught their female patients

on the possibility of internal

able to provide veterans

in a timely manner, and

about dangers of delivering

injuries at the closest

with more opportuni-

fixed rated for the costs of

early without a medical

possible level. In addition

ties to receive quality

medical services. Through

requirement and reached

to the 610 scanner Ochsner

health care through the

the addition of this program

a record of 100 percent of

Medical Center has installed

installment of the Patient-

VA medical centers can

mothers choosing to deliver

the mobile Discovery STE,

Centered Community Care

now be better prepared to

only until they have waited

also a GE Healthcare PET/

(PCCC) program. The

provide efficient care for its

39 weeks.

CT scanner but with the

Department of Veterans

veterans.

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a contract with Health Net Federal Services LLC, and with TriWest Healthcare

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great louisiana chefs Redfish Dupuy 2 teaspoons of Creole seasoning 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 medium eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup milk 4 (6-ounce) redfish fillets 1/2 cup of clarified butter Dupuy sauce 1/2 cup seafood stock 12 ounces crawfish tails 12 ounces 30-count shrimp 6 tablespoons butter 1 cup cooked sliced artichoke hearts 1 cup fresh mushrooms, quartered 3 cloves garlic 1/4 cup minced green onions 3/4 cup white wine 1/2 cup heavy cream Pinch of cayenne pepper In a mixing bowl, combine seasoning and flour.

Beat eggs and milk until well blended. Dredge the fish fillets in seasoned flour, then in egg wash and then again in flour. Set aside. In a large skillet over medium high heat, heat the clarified butter. Add the fillets and sauté quickly until golden brown on both sides only once. Remove fillets and keep warm.

Sauce: Melt half the butter in a sauté pan. Add seafood stock, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, garlic, green onions, wine. Simmer and reduce liquid by half.

Add shrimp and crawfish tails, and cook for 2 minutes or until shrimp are done. Add cream and cook for 2 minutes on low heat, gently stirring. Finish with 1 tablespoon of butter and cayenne pepper, until butter is melted and sauce is creamy.

Place fillet and sauce on warm plate. Garnish with fresh parsley.

Al Mahfouz Red River Grill in Marksville Al Mahfouz’s

to Santa Fe, N.M., in 1988

Louisiana in 1994, Mahfouz

Red River Grill has

as a chef has taken him

and opened the nationally

opened the Bamboo Grill in

claimed its place among

all over Louisiana – and

acclaimed restaurant

Bunkie.

the noteworthy Southern

beyond.

Pontchartrain. It was here

career

In Bunkie, he established

culinary establishments

where he received his unique

a reputation as the premier

and is a favorite of locals

he began his restaurant

culinary education. Cooking

chef in Central Louisiana.

and visitors alike. Mahfouz

career in Baton Rouge under

with Roland Richter from the

Because of the recognition

consistently surpassed the

the guidance of Jake Staples

Cordon Bleu School in Paris

he received from Gourmet

expectations of a culture

of Bob & Jake’s and The

and Pietro Petrussini from

magazine and Southern

that prides itself on knowing

Place. Mahfouz opened his

Lake Como, Italy, these two

Living, he soon outgrew the

what good food is all about.

first restaurant near LSU in

talented chefs have been the

small restaurant in Bunkie

Red River Grill serves fresh

1975 and has been a restau-

major influence in Mahfouz’s

and opened the Red River

Gulf seafood, prime steaks

rateur ever since.

cooking style.

Grill in 2001 in downtown

and exotic game in a relaxed,

Marksville.

creative environment.

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Shannon Kojis Fender photograph

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state of the plate

Spahr’s Where Catfish is King in Des Allemands

By Bernard Frugé III

The ruler of the

original structure was lost

universe is located on

to a kitchen fire in 2002, but

Highway 90 about 30 miles

by the time it was rebuilt in

southwest of New Orleans.

2006, Spahr’s had expanded

Spahr’s Seafood Restaurant

to open two new locations in

You.” It was the cafe au lait-

beautifully, lightly fried

and Lounge, “where catfish

Thibodaux and Houma.

colored medium brown roux

and came perched atop a

that my mom and grandma

mountain of fish, shrimp, oysters, “onion chips” and

The rebuilt flagship

is king,” is the seat of aquatic culinary power in Des

location retains an old-timey,

always cooked growing up

Allemands, a town declared

country restaurant feeling

in Cajun Country, and every

fries. The ratio of flour to

to be the catfish capital of

with its wood finishes and

bite was full of fragmented

cornmeal in the batter is

the universe by the Louisiana

simple furnishings but also

crabmeat and smoky

genius. The effect is that one

legislature in 1980. Among

feels tidy and updated, with

andouille flavor.

can eat a mountain of Spahr’s

the smattering of advertise-

natural light pouring in

The delectable crab

fried seafood without feeling

ments for fresh seafood

from the large windows that

fingers were fried in the

horrible afterward. The same

and airboat tours rises the

provide a beautiful bayou

same manner of the seafood

is true of the “catfish chips,”

signature crowned catfish of

view. I arrived toward the

entrees to come, a light and

which are small strips of

Spahr’s, perched on the banks

end of the Sunday lunch rush

crispy fry job lacking the

perfectly fried catfish that I

of Bayou Des Allemands.

at the beginning of a Saints

greasy residue one often

consumed with a velocity and

In 1968, Bill and Thelma

game to find the entire staff

finds in old-school Cajun

fervor shocking in a man who

Spahr opened a service

wearing Saints T-shirts and

places. I was reminded that

had already eaten so much.

station with an adjoining

jerseys. Everything smelled

as I grew and my palate

restaurant that catered to

of lemon and fried batter;

expanded over the past 20

to plan a pit stop if you’re

patrons, and thus Spahr’s

classic rock hummed through

years, and my favorite foods

traveling along the I-90

Seafood Restaurant and

the speakers. It was a family

changed, that crab fingers

corridor and a destination

Lounge was born. The

scene, a mixed bag of age

and gumbo were still easily in

restaurant if you want to

popularity of the fried

demographics, a lot of whom

my top five.

experience the best catfish

“catfish chips” quickly turned

seemed like regulars.

The seafood platter has

in the capital of the universe.

My first bite of the

a seasonal soft-shell crab

You’ve had catfish – it’s time

pit stop along the stretch of

delicious seafood gumbo was

add-on option that I did

to try the king. 3682 U.S.

highway between Houma

synced perfectly with the

not hesitate to order. Like

90, Des Allemands, (985)

and New Orleans. Sadly, the

chorus of Heart’s “Crazy On

the crab fingers, it was

758-1602.

the joint into a landmark

Spahr’s is both a place

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Pho Ga Quang Minh A few miles down the road from the Jean Lafitte Historical Park in Marrero, lies one of the best hidden gem Vietnamese restaurants of the West Bank, Pho Ga Quang Minh. Opened in 2010 in an unassuming strip mall, Pho Ga has become a favorite for those in the know looking for an authentic Vietnamese experience.

There were three dry erase boards of daily specials, but the only one in English was the barbecued smoked ribs, which were incredible. They were pork ribs in a traditional sweet sauce glaze and came out piping hot straight from the grill. They were

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meaty and juicy and completely delicious. I also got the staple pho ga dec biet, which is pho with chicken, rice noodles and fresh egg. I had been craving good pho for a while and it really hit the spot, simple and well-executed. I highly recommend this place for an authentic Vietnamese experience that feels a little less overwrought and off the beaten path than other West Bank offerings. For the Vietnamese newbies, the friendly waitstaff and supplemental English on the menu will ease your trepidation.

2651 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 347-3553.

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kitchen gourmet

Easy Appetizers 5 Creative Hors d’Oeuvres

By Stanley Dry

I recently went to a gathering of old college buddies. Reunions

I don’t know why, but it sometimes

often turn out to be curious in the

prompts me to make a meal entirely

unexpected and unpredictable ways

of appetizers. And count me among

many of us have changed over the

those who love dim sum at Chinese

years. But in this case, my puzzlement

restaurants. Tasting menus are an

was caused by the wording of the

extension of the same desire for

invitation itself. The cash bar was

variety. Instead of having an appetizer

no surprise; after all, unless a hedge

and a main course, diners are offered

fund manager was underwriting the

a succession of very small portions of

event, it would be foolhardy to offer

signature items.

free drinks to this crowd. What threw

When I lived in Chicago there

me was the phrase “Heavy Hors

was a holdover law dating back

D’Oeuvres.” As opposed to what?

to the temperance movement that

Light hors d’oeuvres? Were we talking

prohibited bars from offering free

about the weight of the food or the

food. To get around this absurdity,

amount and variety? I had no idea.

savvy tavern owners would charge a

It turned out that there were a

pittance for something to eat as long

lot of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres,

as you bought a drink. One place

enough to constitute a light meal,

offered fried chicken on Sundays

although some food was on the heavy

for a nickel. A bar near the office

side. It was good to have a variety of

laid out a sumptuous array of foods,

snacks to go along with the drinks.

a literal smorgasbord, for which

Americans have reputations for

patrons paid a quarter. I don’t know

being snackers, and often that carries

if such places still exist, but if they

negative connotations of obesity

don’t, they should.

and poor nutrition. At the same

Where I live now, in Acadiana,

time, we’re criticized because we

many bars have a tradition of serving

frequently drink alcoholic beverages

a free supper one night a week. It

in the absence of food. Both of those

might be a rabbit spaghetti, fried

observations are valid, though they

fish, chili, gumbo, jambalaya or even

do seem contradictory. In many

something more elaborate. (I once

societies, it is customary to nibble on

walked into a country bar where

something while drinking. Think of

the owner was putting out trays

tapas in Spain or mezedes in Greece.

of fried soft-shell crabs. Talk about

The practice of accompanying alcohol

lagniappe!) For someone who is

with food is a sensible one in terms of

so inclined and can keep his days

both enjoyment and sobriety.

straight, it’s possible to get a free

Who doesn’t enjoy eating a variety of foods, either as a prelude to a meal or as the meal itself? This has

eugenia uhl photograph

interesting than the entree section.

meal at a different bar almost every night of the week.

With all the parties this time of

given rise to restaurants that feature

year, we’ll have plenty of opportuni-

“small plates,” appetizer-size portions

ties to enjoy something to eat with

that can be combined to make a

our drinks. The following recipes are

meal. In truth, the appetizer section

a few possibilities that don’t require a

of restaurant menus is often more

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Mushrooms Stuffed with Boudin

Bagna Cauda

Boudin is a versatile sausage that can be enjoyed on its own or incorporated into a variety of preparations.

This assertive sauce from the Piedmont region of Italy is a welcome departure from the mayonnaise and sour cream dips often served with raw vegetables. It is also delicious spooned over steamed vegetables.

1 pound small white mushrooms 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt 1/2 pound boudin Preheat broiler and grease a baking sheet. Wash mushrooms and dry thoroughly. Remove stems and reserve for another use. In a large bowl, toss mushroom caps with olive oil and salt. Remove boudin from casing and stuff mushroom caps. Place stuffed mushrooms on baking sheet and broil until nicely browned, about 5-6 minutes. Makes about 3 dozen stuffed mushrooms.

Gorgonzola and Roasted Walnut Spread

4 tablespoons butter 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 (2 ounces) can anchovy filets, drained 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper Bread sticks Assorted vegetables, such as carrots, celery, bell peppers, fennel, zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, cut as for crudities Combine butter, garlic and anchovies in saucepan over low heat. Using a large spoon, mash anchovies and simmer until garlic is softened. Add olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Serve hot with vegetables and bread sticks for dipping. Makes about 1 cup sauce.

This is an all-purpose spread that can be served on small slices of pumpernickel, croutons or crackers. It is also wonderful melted over a grilled steak.

1/2 cup walnuts 3/4 cup gorgonzola 4 tablespoons butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place walnuts on baking sheet and roast in preheated oven, tossing occasionally, until lightly toasted, about 8-10 minutes. Rub walnuts between your fingers to flake off walnut skins. Transfer walnuts to bowl or food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add gorgonzola and butter and process until smooth. Makes about 1 cup.

Crab Salad Nothing could be simpler, more delicious or more elegant than crab salad.

1 pound lump crabmeat 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon chopped parsley Cayenne pepper to taste Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Croutons or crackers In a medium bowl, combine crab, lemon juice, mayonnaise and parsley. Toss gently to combine and season with cayenne, salt and pepper. Serve with croutons or crackers. Makes about 2 cups.

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Chicken Wings Tom Yum Tom yum paste is a hot and sour chili paste seasoned with lemon grass, lime, shallot, garlic and other ingredients.

It is used to make soup in Thailand and Laos, but it can also flavor other dishes, such as these chicken wings. The paste is easy to find in Asian markets, but purchasing chicken wings in the supermarket is another matter.

Shoppers now have the option of choosing whole wings or what are sometimes labeled “party wings,” which are the second and third joints of the wing that have been separated and are sold without the wing tips. There are also packages labeled “drumettes” and “wingettes.” Take your choice. Using lime juice in the recipe intensifies the piquancy of the dish, while mango nectar tones it down.

12 chicken wings 1/4 cup tom yum paste 1/4 cup lime juice or mango nectar If using whole wings, separate the three sections with a knife. Reserve wing tips (first joint) for making stock.

Combine tom yum paste with lime juice or mango nectar in a bowl. Add wing sections and coat thoroughly. Cover and marinate for an hour or longer.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place a rack on a heavy baking sheet. Place wings on rack and roast for 15 minutes in preheated oven. Turn wings over and roast until nicely browned and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Makes 24 “wings.”

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home

Glamour is the watchword at the home of Channon and Tony Melerine in Meraux, 10 miles south of New Orleans and one block from the Mississippi River. Open the front door of the pristine, new Mediterranean-style home, and you will immediately notice crystal chandeliers everywhere: over the pool table, in the middle of the living room, over the dining room table. There are two in the kitchen and at least one in each bathroom.

“I wanted the house to be very glamorous,” says Channon, director of human resources for the W New Orleans Hotel. “I had a ‘sparkly’ vision of the way I wanted everything to look, so I designed everything in the house and selected all of the furnishing and accessories. I even searched for the perfect doorknobs and for the 16 unique crystal chandeliers in our home. We have a chandelier in every room, including the laundry room.”

Every inch of the Melerines’ home has a touch of glitz. With black walls as a stylish backdrop, the master bedroom features a custom tufted bed dressed with luxurious white linens and

Glamour by the River Chandeliers add sparkle to this St. Bernard Parish home.

By Bonnie Warren | Photographed by Craig Macaluso

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pillows, a mirrored end table and dresser and the finishing touches: an elegant chandelier and a large floor mirror next to the bed. “It’s a very soothing room to me,” Channon says.

Londyn, the couple’s 7-year-old daughter, has her own swanky suite. Her bedroom

FACING PAGE: Twin couches were selected for seating to designate an intimate conversation area in the large open floor plan. The picture window with a view of the back porch provides interest and light for the room.

LEFT: A pair of crystal chandeliers hangs over the “Sterling Night” pattern of Silverstone that was used for the island in the kitchen.

ABOVE: Londyn, Channon and Tony Melerine, with Jag, the family’s Yorkie.

features Swarovski crystals

shelves to display her

entertainer Miley Cyrus has

our house (and he still does),”

on the wall, which go all

extensive collection of shoes

in her closet. I saw Miley’s

says Tony. “The pool table

the way up to the ceiling,

and two tiers of hanging

closet in a magazine, loved

brings back great childhood

behind the pink velvet tufted

racks for her colorful dresses.

the painting and ordered an

memories and a feeling of

exact copy. Then Susan took

still having that inner kid in

Londyn’s playroom. “It’s a

the pink and fuchsia from

me.”

and silver to make the hot

vision of happiness, and I

the painting and created the

pink of the bed pop, and

always feel like a little girl

perfect sparkle custom tiles

Rikhoff, color consultant and

I love the way the crystal

all over again when I walk

for the tub surround and

faux painter, for working

chandelier’s reflection makes

into the room,” her mother

flooring.”

with her on the paint color

you feel like you are looking

says. “Even my daughter’s

at stars when you are in

bathroom took a lot of

Valero Oil in Meraux, wanted

was fantastic. She could see

bed,” Channon says. “The

research to find just the right

to have a pool table in the

my sparkly vision and helped

bubble chair/swing was a

sparkle that I wanted for the

great room. Channon agreed

bring it to life on the walls

must-have when Londyn saw

floors and tub surround. I

– as long as he didn’t mind

and ceilings.” The couple also

it in a magazine. I think it

found the perfect tile made

having a crystal chandelier

credits Bradley Cantrell (BJC

adds interest to her room.”

by Susan Jablon Mosaics in

above it. “The pool table

Construction in Violet) for

The adjoining built-in closet

upstate New York, and the

area is my favorite part of

making the building of the

is a little girl’s dream in

painting in the bathroom

the house because my dad

house a pleasant experience.

pink, with plenty of drawers,

is exactly like the one

always had a pool table in

“We loved working with

headboard.

“I did her room in charcoal

Next to the bedroom is

Tony, chief operator for

Channon credits Amy

schemes. “Working with Amy

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Mr. Cantrell because he

In the end Channon got

is extremely easygoing,”

her glamorous home with

Tony says. Channon adds,

16 crystal chandeliers,

“Being that we are very

Londyn got her beautiful

detail-oriented, we know

suite, and Tony got his

that it is not always easy

pool table. It almost sounds

to work with us, yet he

like a happy ending to a

patiently worked his magic

fairytale with the possible

to make our dream become

title “How Glamour Came

a reality.”

to Meraux.”

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TOP: The drama of black walls, a plush upholstered bed, a free standing mirror, a mirrored end table and chest, and a grand chandelier makes the master bedroom uniquely handsome. LEFT: Even the back porch offers a bit of glamour with a pair of couches flanking a fire pit. There’s a television on the wall and the black canvas curtains that can be closed for a more intimate setting. FACING PAGE, TOP: Londyn’s bedroom features Swarovski crystals added to the ceiling and wall behind the pink tufted velvet headboard, while the dramatic crystal chandelier and a hanging chair/swing complete the décor.

FACING PAGE, LEFT: The painting on the wall is a copy of the one Miley Cyrus has in her closet that Channon saw in a magazine. The pink and fuchsia colors in the painting dictated the color of the sparkle custom tiles on the floor and tub deck that were created by Susan Jablon Mosaics in upstate New York. FACING PAGE, RIGHT: Amy Rikhoff, color consultant and faux painter, is credited with the striped walls and the rest of the faux painting in the house. The pleasant space, complete with its grand crystal chandelier is a happy place where Londyn and her friends gather.

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art

Hank Holland Juke joints and tree houses on Bayou Lafourche | When Hank Holland

By John R. Kemp

his hand and brushes across

also beautiful moments of

painter who has had cerebral

of Lockport talks about his

canvas. His intensely bright

celebration, rising from

palsy since birth. “That’s why

paintings, he uses words

images are imaginary scenes

childhood adversity and a

I paint what I paint. I paint

such as “love,” “faith,” “joy”

of life along Bayou Lafourche

mother and father’s love.

the stories I’ve heard while

and “heart” to describe all

in south Louisiana. But,

of the emotions that guide

more importantly, they are

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“The bayou is all I know,” says Holland, a self-taught

growing up on the bayou. I heard how they lived and how

people gathered around at juke joints to raise hell and then go to Mass the next morning. I love to paint what our great-grandparents knew about life on the bayou with no cell phones, no computers.

It was a simple life. That’s what my paintings portray.

I like to paint what’s in my heart. Painting a picture of a house is not art. Painting how I feel is art.” That life on the bayou is the underlying theme in all of his paintings and especially in his two most popular series – “Juke Joints” and “The Circle of Life.”

Like most self-taught Southern artists, Holland’s paintings are filled with symbols that reflect his own spirituality. “They create from an unbidden inner drive, often with a missionary zeal,” wrote New Orleans art scholar

growing up. His mother,

honor. “I don’t have my mom

which required him to inspect

Alice Rae Yellen in the 1993

Jane, however, loved to paint.

anymore, but I feel her with

oil field sites and shipyards,

book Passionate Visions of the

“Seeing her paint was the

me when I’m painting.” A

to become a full-time painter.

American South.

only art I knew,” he explains.

fading photograph of her

The pain in his legs became

“She’s the reason I started

hangs over his shoulder

too great. “It was hard at

almost his entire life in

painting. She died in 2007,

in his small studio located

first,” he recalls, “but it has

Lockport, had no formal

and I started painting in

in the back of his house. A

become an obsession. I have

art training and very little

2008.” He named his studio

year later, he quit his job as

to paint on a daily basis. It

exposure to art as a child

Baby Jane Studio in her

an environmental specialist,

calms my soul. If I don’t paint,

Holland, who has spent

I don’t eat. This is all I do.”

At first, Holland sold his paintings to tourists on Jackson Square in the New Orleans French Quarter, but now – thanks to the Internet – he sells them from his studio in Lockport and to the dozen or so people who show up at his house each week. To date, he says he has completed more than 8,000 paintings, with many of them going across the nation and to various foreign locales, including the Vatican.

He gave one of his paintings to a priest from the Vatican who was in New Orleans in October 2011 to attend the funeral of Archbishop Philip Hannan.

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ridiculed him about the way he walked and talked. Those childhood memories are reflected in his Tree House series of paintings that depict a little tree house built high up in the branches. “When I was young and the kids gave me a hard time,” he says, glancing over to the other side of his studio where a tree house painting leans against a wall, “my dad built me a tree house.

That’s where I played with my imaginary friends.” He then points to a little outhouse he painted in the tree next to his little refuge. “In that outhouse, I put all my trash and let go of all the teasing and the picking by the other kids. All the “I thought, sure. The next day,

Lockport, and they also have

get to do what I love and make

bright colors in the painting

I went to Mass at St. Louis

written a children’s book titled

a living at it and support my

are the coming of light, peace

Cathedral, and there was this

Zydeco Krewe, which they will

family. I like to get up in the

and happiness into my world.”

man. He was the priest saying

publish through their soon-to-

morning, have coffee with

The words “Hope, Love, Faith,

the Mass. I gave it to him, and

be-formed Holland Publishing.

my wife and walk down the

Grace” are painted into the

it’s in the Vatican where he

The book will teach children

hallway to work.”

trunk of the tree. “You have

lives.”

how to deal with disabilities.

Holland is deeply religious, yet he doesn’t mind tackling

Maria also has cerebral

Maria is writing the text,

palsy. They met about 10

and Hank is providing the

years ago when Holland was

to have these in your life to be happy.”

As to love, each tree house

subjects that might be misun-

illustrations. They have also

doing volunteer work at the

painting is a silent memory

derstood by some people.

produced T-shirts showing

United Cerebral Palsy office

of his mother and father.

“I do a lot of controversial

his artwork, and the two of

in New Orleans. Maria, who

Holland’s father died in 2004.

stuff, like the ‘Cajun Last

them are forming foundations

has a degree in marketing

“He was a good father,” he

Supper’ paintings,” he says.

to help disabled children. His

from Loyola University, was

says. “I wish he could have

Here, he depicts Jesus and

Hank Holland Foundation for

a member of the organiza-

seen what a good life I’ve

his apostles sitting along a

the Arts will provide scholar-

tion’s staff. They married a

made for myself.” At the

long table, eating crawfish.

ships to help disabled high

year later. At first, they were

center of each tree trunk,

Each disciple’s name is

school graduates pursue

reluctant to have children,

Holland adds a large heart

written on a pirogue tied

careers in the visual arts, and

fearing they might not be able

with the word “Love” painted

up to the wharf. In a sense,

her Art A-La-Cart Foundation

to take care of a baby. They

across it. “When I was 9 or 10

he is localizing Christianity,

will be for those interested

now have a healthy 8-year-old

years old,” he explains, “the

making it personal. Holland

in the performing arts. (Her

son, Christian. “She’s a

kids were cruel and teased me.

recently began signing his

passion is acting.) Both hope

great little mommy,” he says.

My mom use to cut out a big

name upside down on the

to have their foundations up

Unfortunately, when they are

pink heart and write, “Mama

canvas followed by a cross.

by the end of the year.

out in public together they

Loves You.” She tacked the

often get stares from unkind

heart to a tree in our yard

Holland’s life with cerebral

“I’m the only artist to do that,” he says. “I’m a little different,

palsy has been a lifelong and,

or unthinking people. He says

so that I would see it when I

and I want my paintings to be

at times, a difficult journey

they seem to be saying – “Who

came home from school.”

a little different, too. I add the

for him. But one would never

are you? What are you doing

cross to show that God and I

know it when talking to him or

with a child? But we just

Studio in Lockport, Holland is

painted it. I can’t do anything

seeing his art. “I’m blessed,”

ignore them.”

represented in Baton Rouge

by myself. Everything I do

he says. “A lot of people have

involves him.”

hobbies, but they don’t get

are nothing new to Holland.

Government St. For additional

to make a living at it. I have

As a child in school, some

information about Hank

are true entrepreneurs. They

cerebral palsy, which makes

of the kids were vicious and

Holland and his work, go to

plan to open a gallery in

it hard enough to paint, but I

constantly teased, bullied and

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Holland and his wife, Maria,

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The stares and unkindness

In addition to his Baby Jane

by Mosaic Garden, 1857

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traveler

French Quarter Festivities Old-Fashioned New-Fangled New Orleans Tours

by Paul F. Stahls Jr.

‘Tis the season,

(some now offering jazz-

and Louisiana streets and

and ghost-themed tours as

buildings are once again

well as the standard historic

donning those tinsel-time

fare, some even straying

colors of red and green. For

beyond the Quarter into

New Orleans and especially

other landmark-filled neigh-

the French Quarter, however,

borhoods). An occasional

red is the dominant hue by

buggy tour is a beloved

a wide margin, thanks to

tradition among locals

a fleet of big London-style

and high on the agendas

tour buses introduced this

of most visitors, providing

year by the local Valentino

something of a feel for life

family of hoteliers. You’ll spot

in the Vieux Carré before it

the fire-engine red double-

got so vieux (especially when

deckers immediately, cruising

passing a group of costumed

the streets of the Quarter

Dickensonian Christmas

(and beyond) as they circle

characters who roam the

longer going back to Oshkosh

history tours of the Quarter

past historic landmarks,

sidewalks this time of year).

with the notion, for instance,

were the first, and they’ve

that Napoleon lived in the

now spread as far as the

Napoleon House.

Garden District, Arts District

You don’t see white

entertainment locations and famous restaurants, each bus

mules every day (said to be

loaded with riders pointing

wellsprings of good fortune,

and snap-shooting from the

or maybe it’s harbingers of

experiences long ranked as

tours came next, born of

lower-level windows and

doom – can’t remember),

de rigueur are steamboat port

visitors’ desire to see the

open-air top-deck seating.

but you’ll see several of

tours aboard the Natchez

tombs of Marie Laveau and

them among the line of dray

IX or Creole Queen and, of

Jean Laffite’s half-brother

Hop On-Hop Offs are the

mules patiently waiting for

course, the walking tours

Dominique You in St. Louis

most recently arrived mode

you with their carriages and

offered by Friends of the

Cemetery No. 1, since spread

of guided-tour transport

drivers along Decatur Street

Cabildo (a State Museum

to St. Louis No. 2 and, in the

in town, they’re but one of

at Jackson Square. Pick a

support group), National

Garden District, to wonderful

a long list of choices that

buggy and hop on for a

Park rangers (whose passing

old Lafayette No. 1.

range from traditional to

pleasant and informative ride,

tour groups always make me

The list of themes has at

ultra-modern, all vying for

and, if you haven’t ridden

feel like Yogi Bear), cemetery

least quadrupled in recent

the pleasure of telling you the

in a while, prepare yourself

preservation groups and

years, and now you can find

stories and showing you the

for a difference: The days of

countless commercial guide

guides offering haunted-

sights of the city.

wildly inaccurate spiels by

services. The walking tour

places tours, “Witches Brew”

While these so-called

Other sightseeing

and Irish Channel. Cemetery

When it comes to the

the guides are long gone by.

tradition is about as old as

tours (the coven crowd

traditional conveyances,

That means the loss of some

walking itself, but the list

and other scaries), vampire

everyone thinks first of

humor value, perhaps, but it’s

of themes is still growing.

tours (blame Anne Rice),

French Quarter carriage rides

nice to know visitors are no

Naturally the architecture/

Voodoo tours (inspired by

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Marie Laveau and Dr. John – the name borrowed by the famous and funky singer Mac Rebennack), “underworld” tours (Mafia and more), “True Crime” tours, Scandal Tours (featuring “murder, mayhem, corruption, prostitution, assassination conspiracy”), the “Romantic Tour” (exclusive offering of Good Old Days Tours, (504) 523-0804), music history tours, live music venues, cocktail tours and guided dine-arounds.

Keeping right up with the lengthening list of themes has been the growing number of modern transportation types, some

Hop On at Basin Street Station

making it possible to cover sailboats and shrimpboat

homes. “Anyone can do this

a single tour, while other

Bend Helicopters, for

docks of surrounding lakes

tour,” they say, and I for one

modern varieties cling to

instance, with two-day and

and wetlands. (On Dec. 7-8,

will take their word for it.

the shorter radius but bring

sometimes even one-day

incidentally, you can find

new elements of thrills

notice ((504) 912-5300 or

the Jesuit Bend whirly-

longer as you graduate from

to the traditional routes.

NOLAheli.com), can meet

birders downriver at the

mule power and leg power

Segways, for instance –

you at the Mercedes-Benz

Plaquemines Parish Orange

to “horsepower.” The big

those two-wheeled, vertical,

Superdome Heliport and

Festival, offering short-hop

modern motor-coaches of

one-man rigs usually seen in

in a single tour take you

aerial views of the river, old

BUS-VISION circle constantly

weaving convoys following

“flightseeing” above all the

star-shaped Ft. Jackson and

around the major attractions

at the heels (wheels, that is)

most popular sights: Jackson

the ruins of Ft. St. Philip.)

of the city, with free optional

of a tour guide – are agile

Square and the Moonwalk,

enough to maneuver through

cruise ships and the towering

back in town, two other new

and the van-tour service

the heavy foot traffic of

International Trade Mart

tour-types offer a chance to

called Movie Tours ((504)

pedestrian tour groups, and

along the river, the great

see the sights while working

383-8668) has combined the

when it comes to wider-

old Whitney Tower and

off the calories from last

concept of big-radius routes

ranging excursions, needless

modern skyscrapers of the

night’s cream-based sauces:

with the new tradition of

to say it’s helicopter-hopping

Central Business District,

guided bicycle tours and (no

specialty themes to create a

that holds that record as

Lee Circle, universities,

foolin’) jogging tours! Bike

tour of local film locations

measured in square-miles

sprawling above-ground

rentals are plentiful, but

(each matched with video

per hour.

cemeteries, and even the

Bicycle Tours and Rentals at

clips of that location’s

(866) 293-4037 offers licensed

scenes), ranging from vintage

guides to lead their Creole

and recent movies to actual

and Crescent bike tour of the

live film sets.

vast expanses of the city in

The gentlemen of Jesuit

Back on the ground and

Quarter or Garden District

Segway riders with iGlide guide

Excursions get longer and

walking tours along the way,

Happy to say, the guided

Tour of other early neighbor-

tour services of New Orleans,

hoods. New Orleans Jogging

of every theme and mode, are

Tours ((504) 858-9988)

all busy as Santa’s elves this

provides a jogging buddy

season, but it’s the newest of

(also licensed) who’ll lead and

the new – the exciting look

narrate a 90- or 120-minute

and novelty of those London-

tour (with ample breaks

inspired double-decker “Hop

along the way) of French

On-Hop Offs” – that are

Quarter and Garden District

turning all the heads. They

landmarks and celebrity

just look like fun on wheels, .

Beth Fandal photo

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best bets

Going solo: If you’re a curmudgeon and just don’t like group tours, remember that with your vehicle, or with all those bike rentals, Segway rentals and Hop Ons, it’s no great challenge for a visitor to get around New Orleans unassisted. And thanks to the many very portable sources of directions and information on local landmarks and attractions, provided by guidebooks (from souvenir shops, bookstores and the gift shops at hotels and attractions) and digitally (courtesy of your App Store, iPhone, i-This and i-That), your solo sightseeing can be quite successful.

Still too public? The massive privately endowed archive called the Historic New Orleans Collection can help.

Visit hnoc.org/vcs to “tour” their Digital Survey of every street, every block, every structure in the French Quarter – compiled as the Vieux Carré Survey by decades of researchers and housed at the HNOC, but not digitalized and accessible online (complete with the modern and vintage maps, engravings and paintings) till 2012.

Flightseeing

and that explains their

and Iberville districts (and

spread around the world

accessible effortlessly via

including about 100 cities

the Exit 235-A of I-10 East),

in the U.S., operated locally

the old station also serves

by City Sightseeing New

as terminal of the Hop Ons.

Orleans under the purview of

As such it provides free

Hotel Management of New

parking and ticket sales ($29

Orleans. That enterprise,

per day or $39 per week),

headed by owner-manager

but riders can also board

Michael Valentino, owns

and buy passes at any of

five major Valentino family

the dozen stops strewn

hotel properties in the city as

along Loyola Avenue (Hyatt

well as Basin Street Station,

Regency), Canal Street

a 105-year-old Southern

(Harrah’s and the Marriott),

Railroad Station recently

St. Charles, Magazine

restored to serve as a New

Street, Tchoupitoulas (Mardi

Orleans information center

Gras World), Julia Street

(travel counselors, maps and

(Arts District) and Decatur

literature, hotel reservations,

(Jackson Square and the

arts/crafts/music exhibits,

French Market). You can

elaborate antique coffee bar

Hop Off wherever you

and special event facilities) at

please, stay as long as you

501 Basin St.

like and just Hop On the next

Located at the historic

half-hourly bus (9:30 a.m. to

“hub of cultures” adjacent

5:30 p.m. daily) when you’re

to the Quarter, Mid-City

ready to move along.

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History in the Round: As of 2013, the great marble and granite Louisiana State Exhibit Museum (née Louisiana State Exhibit Building), one of the “goods” blown Louisiana’s way by the ill wind of the Depression, has stood adjacent to the State Fairgrounds in Shreveport for 75 years. It was the work of architects Edward F. Neild and D.A. Somdal and product of FDR’s Works Projects Administration, tasked to create jobs in the bleak 1930s by funding worthwhile projects in categories like construction, reforestation and the arts.

Beyond Conrad Albrezio’s immense exterior fresco at the entrance, the great central gallery (encircling a lush doughnut-hole courtyard) and flanking side galleries present exhibits that celebrate the entire state, not only by now-historic artworks but by such unusual media as a giant topographic Louisiana map by sculptor Duncan Ferguson; 22 wax-figure dioramas of Louisiana agriculture, industry and life; natural history collections and important artifact collections representing our greatest prehistoric (Poverty Point) and historic (Caddo Nation) Native American cultures.

Visit the website of museum “Friends” today (flsem. mmcchosting.com), and visit this great Smithsonianaffiliate museum (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, free) at your first opportunity.

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Zack Smith photo (top, left)

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Honey and

Brothers Kevin and Stephen Mixon cultivate bees as a hobby in Covington.

By Megan Hill / Photographed by Cheryl Gerber

38 | Louisiana Life November/December 2013

B

rothers Kevin and Stephen

At the Southeast Louisiana Beekeepers

Mixon have been off of

branch, where Kevin is president, there are

work for an hour, but their

125 dues-paying members. But the brothers

mobile phones buzz with text

think there are more hobbyists not partici-

messages every few minutes.

pating in clubs than there are in them.

The two men are nurse prac-

And there are professional beekeepers

titioners, but the messages aren’t about medicine; they’re about bees.

For the past five or six years, the brothers

throughout the state, too.

Small-scale beekeeping requires little more than a backyard and a watchful eye.

have kept honey bees as hobbyists, though

Hobbyists must examine their frames,

this is much more than your average

looking for signs of healthy activity and

weekend pastime or every-now-and-then

productivity. They can learn to recognize the

project. Stephen keeps about 30 hives,

signs of disease and predators and to safely

while Kevin tends 80 to 100. The hives are

extract honey when it’s time. There can be

scattered on farms and friends’ land on

a bit of a learning curve, which is why the

the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It

Mixons’ expertise is in such high demand.

seems whenever they’re not working their

The beehive itself is a humming

day jobs, they’re maintaining their hives

community of queens, workers and drones.

or fielding phone calls and texts from less

Each hive has lone queen, whose job is

experienced hobbyists who have questions

to mate with the drones and create more

or need help.

bees. The worker bees shoulder the burden

“I do something with bees every day,”

of gathering pollen and nectar to bring

Kevin says. “Either put together a frame,

back to the hive. They also clean and build

put together boxes. It just keeps getting

the hexagonal cells that make up the hive,

larger and larger.”

nurture growing larva, control the hive’s

“The limiting factor is time,” Stephen adds.

The Mixons first started keeping bees

temperature and protect it from invaders.

Honey bees – the Louisiana state insect

with their father, who retired and acquired

– have complex communication methods.

some hives from a friend.

When foraging bees locate a food source,

“We ended up with four hives stuck on

they return to the hive to tell the other

the edge of the property, and we didn’t

bees. They do so by performing dances that

really mess with them,” Stephen says. “The

relay to other bees where the food is; each

bees were doing their thing, and after six

dance move communicates the location and

months it was time to go get some honey.

direction of the pollen source.

There was honey everywhere.”

“That first year I turned those hives into

Hives

either 13 or 14 by the next winter. It just

These creatures are capturing the attention of a growing populace, as the Mixons have attested. More and more aspiring hobbyists are showing up at association meetings, and more small-scale farmers and enthusiasts are offering land for apiaries. But all the while, there are growing challenges to keeping healthy bees – on any scale.

The birds and the bees Honey bees are not native to the United

hasn’t stopped since,” says Kevin, who

States, though we’ve come to rely on them

also sells honey at the Covington Farmers

heavily – and for more than just honey.

Market.

Europeans brought Apis mellifera to North America in the 17th century. Now, we use

Busy bees

them to pollinate some $15 billion in crops

It’s tough to pin down the number of

annually, including okra, onion, cashew,

amateur beekeepers in Louisiana, but there

celery, cabbage, chestnut, lemon, lime,

are eight local clubs registered with the

cotton, apple and almond. Though there

larger Louisiana Beekeepers Association.

are other pollinators out there, including a www.louisianalife.com Louisiana Life | 39

long list of native species, it is the honey

being overworked, spread thin among so

these pests. There are diseases. But the

bee who does most of the work for these

many farms that demand their services,

colonies that collapse, they’re weakened

major crops. They are such efficient

the bees face many threats. And farmers

by pesticides,” Kevin says.

pollinators that industrial agriculture has

lose money when their bees die; if there’s

become dependent on the insect.

no profit, there are no beekeepers.

Professional beekeepers transport their

If bees are dying, other pollinators,

“It’s pesticides,” Stephen echoes. “If you disrupt the hive, they will eventually just leave. If you mess with them enough, they’ll just fly away.”

colonies from farm to farm, unleashing

like butterflies, moths, bumblebees and

their bees. They buzz from flower to

hummingbirds are certainly suffering

flower to collect nectar and pollen, but

similar fates. Honey bee die-offs are

for the expert. The Mixons will see hives

inadvertently drop some pollen – the male

just more apparent because apiaries are

fail on occasion, though not because of

sex cells of a flower – onto the stigma –

huge colonies with high visibility. We

CCD. Sometimes, bees just get sick; other

the female receptive organ. Without this

have to work harder to see the effects

times, the beekeeper is at fault.

delicate process, plants cannot set the

on other species.

There are other challenges, too, even

“The hives that I have that ‘fail’ are from manipulation error, pests or weak/

fruits and vegetables and tree nuts we eat.

“The bees are the canary in the

One in every three bites of food consumed

coal mine,” Stephen says. “The bees

old queens. If the hives have food –

in this country is directly or indirectly

themselves are a barometer to environ-

pollen and honey – and enough bees to

pollinated by honey bees.

mental health.”

efficiently operate, collect food and water, clean and guard thehive, they normally

Honey bees have captured the nation’s attention in recent years because they face threats from the environment.

the hobbyists’ challenge Louisiana hobbyists, who operate on a

do not fail,” Stephen says. If he takes too much honey from the hive, the bees may

much smaller scale than their industrial

run out of food. He can accidentally kill a

chemical fertilizers and fungicides have

counterparts, have their own, similar

queen while inspecting his apiary. Even if

contributed to alarming numbers of

challenges.

a beekeeper does everything right, there

Viruses, parasites and big farms’

bee die-offs in the past few years. In the

For the Mixons, mosquito spraying is a

are still external problems like sick or

winter of 2012-‘13, nearly one-third of

big problem. Trucks and planes unleash

aging queens, mite and hive beetle infes-

commercial honey bee colonies in the

the pesticide Resmethrin for mosquitoes,

tations, and robbing of pollen and honey

United States died or disappeared. At that

but the broad-spectrum pesticide kills

by stronger hives.

level, much of the country’s food supply is

bees, too. Last spring, more than half a

Challenges aside, the Mixons have

at risk. In fact, in March of this year, there

million of the Mixons’ honey bees died

noticed a growing – and more diverse –

were so few bees that the almond crop in

in a single location after a Resmethrin

populace at their bee club meetings.

California almost collapsed entirely.

spraying in Tangipahoa Parish.

The major attention-getting bee problem of late is called colony collapse disorder (CCD), a phenomenon first

But the bees are only the most visible victim, the canary in the coal mine.

“It’s killing everything. Every dragon

“It’s a nice cross-section of inquisitive minds,” Stephen says. “People are just fascinated.”

The brothers say that anyone can learn

reported in 2006. With CCD, honey bees

fly, lighting bug, every type of insect, it’s

to be a good beekeeper, as long as they’re

inexplicably vanish from the hive, never to

killing it. If it’s a winged insect it’s dead.

observant and persistent. They recommend

return. CCD is actually on the decline, but

It’s my biggest soapbox,” says Kevin.

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The brothers say colony collapse is no great mystery.

“Sure, there are mites, hive beetles, all

a local bee club as the best ways to get started. And, of course, having a mentor like a Mixon certainly can’t hurt. n

what’s new in

louisiana

medicine

By Fritz Esker

5 M

innovations around the state edical care is

regions of Louisiana can look

but it can cause chest pain,

procedure is showing

a constantly

forward to top-notch medical

difficulty swallowing and

promising results.

evolving

innovations in their area.

trouble breathing. Previously,

field. New

While previous surgical

patients had to take proton

interventions were reserved

technologies and new

baton rouge

pump inhibitors daily to

for only the most severe

surgeries become available

Chronic heartburn (aka

eliminate symptoms. Now,

cases, the TIF procedure

to patients on a regular

GERD – gastro esophageal

the transoral incision-

makes surgery a more

basis. Residents in all five

reflux disease) isn’t fatal,

less fundoplication (TIF)

viable option for moderate

42 | Louisiana Life November/December 2013

GERD sufferers by largely eliminating the side effects

for trauma patients.

Donna Lemoine, trauma

General Foundation,

dependency on a shunt is

estimates that the tele-

remarkable. It doesn’t only

(bloating and difficulty

center director at Rapides

medicine clinic can do 75

impact the baby, but it

swallowing) of older

Regional Medical Center,

percent of the services of a

impacts the entire family.”

procedures. Instead of taking

said central Louisiana sees a

walk-up clinic (anything that

a pill daily for decades and

lot of ATV, horseback riding

doesn’t require a hands-on

risking side effects (such

and industrial accidents

examination). Now, patients

northwestern louisiana

as bone-density loss) from

requiring urgent trauma

who put off going to the

Cancer treatment in north-

long-term usage, patients

care. Rapides has a full staff

doctor because it was so

western Louisiana will take

can have a safe, effective

of surgeons available to treat

time consuming can see one

a big step forward with the

procedure instead.

any traumatic injury. When

quickly and conveniently.

installation of revolutionary

According to data the

patients are 10 minutes away

“We took a process that

proton therapy equipment at

TIF US Registry released

from the hospital, doctors

used to take two or three

Shreveport’s Willis-Knighton

this year, 81 percent of

are notified so they can be

hours and turned it into a

Cancer Center.

patients who underwent the

waiting for the patient when

half-hour process,” Daily says.

TIF procedure experienced

he or she arrives, instead of

either total elimination or

the patient waiting on the

new orleans

proton therapy accelerates

noticeable improvements in

doctor. The hospital sees

Each year, 1 out of 1000

protons to two-thirds the

their GERD.

patients from as far away as

American babies is affected

speed of light to kill cancer

Natchez, Miss.

by myelomeningocele

cells. While chemotherapy

“The TIF procedure is a viable option due

Considered the most advanced cancer treatment,

(MMC), one of the most

kills healthy and cancerous

to the dramatic shift in

lafayette/acadiana

serious forms of spina bifida.

cells alike, proton therapy

the risk-reward profile

Increasing numbers of

Because of an opening in

deposits the majority of

associated with correcting

people are telecommuting

the spine, the spinal cord

radiation within the tumor,

the underlying anatomical

to work every day. Now, it’s

is exposed, leaving nerves

sparing healthy tissue from

failure, and it allows a

possible for some Louisiana

vulnerable to injury from

damage. The new treatment

majority of patients to stop

residents to telecommute to

amniotic fluid. The children

is advantageous in treating

taking daily medication for

the doctor.

can suffer a lifetime of neuro-

cancers where options are

reflux,” says Dr. Aldo Russo

logical disabilities, difficulty

limited and conventional

of Ochsner Medical Center -

a large jewelry manufac-

moving lower limbs,

radiation is risky (eye, brain,

Baton Rouge.

turer and one of Acadiana’s

sensation impairment and

pancreas and prostate

biggest employers, leaving

bladder/bowel issues.

cancers, among others).

For employees of Stuller,

central louisiana

work for a doctor’s

With trauma patients, the

appointment was a

detectable when the fetus is

therapy centers are in

“golden hour” is everything.

tremendous hassle. Because

12-14 weeks old, the defect

facilities approximately the

For the best chance of

employees handle highly

was traditionally repaired

size of a football field and

survival, a patient should

valuable jewelry, security is

after birth. But, recent

cost $120-200 million. Willis-

go from trauma to surgery

high entering and leaving

studies indicated babies who

Knighton’s center will feature

in less than an hour. Until

the facility.

received a prenatal operation

the first compact proton

were twice as likely to walk

therapy system, costing only

Even though MMC is

The 11 existing proton

recently, trauma patients in

Lafayette General Medical

central Louisiana needed to

Center has introduced a tele-

independently at age 2, have

$40 million. The equipment

be flown into New Orleans.

medicine center within the

better motor function, and

will be installed and tested

But now, Rapides Regional

Stuller premises. A nurse is

were less likely to need a

in 2013, with treatments to

Medical Center in Alexandria

on-site from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,

ventricular shunt (a plastic

begin in late 2014.

has a Level 2 trauma center.

Monday through Friday,

pressure-releasing tube

The center is the first in

and doctors see patients

inside the brain). At Ochsner

proton therapy become an

an initiative to develop a

through video conferencing.

Medical Center, doctors are

available option for our

statewide series of trauma

A bluetooth otoscope

now able to perform spina

patients,” says Dr. Lane

centers (outside of New

and stethoscope transmit

bifida repair in utero.

Rosen, medical director of

Orleans) that will ensure

information from the patient

that all Louisianians will be

to the doctor as if he were

early enough so that a child

Willis-Knighton Cancer

no more than 50 miles from

in the room with the patient.

will be able to walk, that’s

Center. “The addition of

trauma care. Louisiana is

Video screens show both the

huge,” said Dr. Chong Bui,

proton therapy allows our

currently one of seven states

patient and the doctor what

pediatric neurosurgeon with

patients to continue to

without a statewide trauma

the otoscope sees.

the fetal surgery team at

receive the world’s best

Ochsner Medical Center. “To

treatment without the need

save a child from a lifelong

to travel out of the region.”

system and features the ninth-highest mortality rates

Geoff Daily, executive director of the Lafayette

“To be able to intervene

“We cannot wait to see

radiation oncology at the

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WHAT AILS LOUISIANA

have more adverse effects, fuel resistance problems and cost more than the average office visit.

Seasonal and even year-round respiratory allergies are the bane of living in our hot, humid climate. Everything – from dust mites to cockroach parts – is suspect. Various expectorants and prescription inhalers can work magic.

Cough is a natural reflex to “bring it up” but a cough suppressant is occasionally indicated. Antihistamines can help, especially if taken before contact with the allergen or maybe shortly after symptoms start.

Hypertension is the most common chronic disease bringing folks to see general internists on a recurring basis. Untreated chronic hypertension over time

11 Conditions Leading the Pack

by Brobson Lutz, MD

increases the likelihood of strokes, heart attacks, hardening of the arteries and congestive heart failure.

Diet, weight loss and so-called lifestyle changes are important, but the root cause for most folks lies in their genetic makeup. Early treatment of hyperten-

I

sion is optimal. Antecedent fluctuating blood pressures

t’s difficult to pick the

couple of patients a week

persons with simple nasal

are common before sustained

top health ailments in

in my office with persistent

congestion, bronchitis,

hypertension. Forget about

Louisiana. The ways to

symptoms lasting weeks to

coughs, lingering colds

“white coat hypertension.”

construct such a list of

months: “I need an antibiotic

and the like. This is where

Folks with up and down

both syndromes and

for this cold that won’t go

medicine the art supersedes

elevated values (labile hyper-

away.”

medicine the science. I

tension) should not postpone

am quick to prescribe

definitive treatment.

specific diseases are abundant.

Most minor respiratory

But by far the most common complaints coughed

symptoms resolve with

doxycycline, a cheap and

up to primary care physicians

tincture of time. Current

relatively safe broad-spec-

disease that has taken our

are related to the upper

treatment guidelines,

trum antibiotic that also

state by storm in the last 50

airways. Common colds are

usually written by so-called

packs an anti-inflammatory

years it would be obesity. The

just that – common. But the

experts not in the trenches

punch, for these questionable

hair on my neck bristles every

symptoms of a common cold

of providing primary care,

situations. I usually avoid

time I hear someone blame

rarely linger over a week

stress the importance of not

Z-Paks, Levaquin and newer

Louisiana food for our obesity

or two. Yet I see at least a

prescribing antibiotics for

antimicrobials because they

epidemic. Our blend of Creole

44 | Louisiana Life November/December 2013

If I had to pick a single

and Cajun foods served us

elevated blood pressure, abdominal obesity and a

with sexually transmitted diseases, thanks to

bone marrow transplant

well for centuries before our collective waistlines started

slightly abnormal glucose

blundering cuts to our state’s

cancer in an Uptown New

expanding eight to 10 inches

or lipid level comprising

public health funding. The

Orleans hospital. The costly

some 40 to 50 years ago. For

the metabolic syndrome.

syphilis rate in Louisiana is

treatments were associated

proof, look at old newspaper

People with clusters of these

the highest of all states, and

with more complications than

pictures with an eye for

separate risk-factors are at

the first runner-up isn’t even

benefits.

what I call the obesity index.

a much higher than normal

close. We are also No. 1 in

Occasionally a newspaper or

risk for developing diabetes,

gonorrhea, with Mississippi

problems in our state would

magazine will publish a 1967

heart attacks, strokes and an

as a close second. For AIDS

be incomplete if it did not

picture of Saints fans in the

increasing number of other

in the country’s 100 largest

include substance abuse. Our

old Tulane stadium. Contrast

recognized complications

cities, at least we don’t lead

citizens are more likely to

the number of obviously

from psoriasis to erectile

the pack. Miami is No.1,

be long-term tobacco users

obese fans then to now. This

dysfunction.

followed by New Orleans and

than our neighbors in the

Baton Rouge in second and

North and West, fueling

same expanding epidemic of

Obesity is also a risk

center for women with breast

Any list of top medical

tummy fat is also easily visible

factor for snoring and other

third places, ranked by the

in then-and-now pictures of

common sleep disorders.

number of cases per 100,000

chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. It is hard to walk

shoppers from Canal Street in

The inability to fall to sleep

population.

through a casino without

New Orleans to Ryan Street

quickly or stay asleep is

in Lake Charles.

the driving force for most

diseases that deserves its

oxygen at the slots. I am

No doubt a more sedentary

Cancer is a mixed bag of

seeing a person on portable

patients who request

own top 10 list. According

not sure how our problems

lifestyle plays a role. But

sleeping pills. Often times the

to one research consortium,

with gambling, alcohol and

in my opinion, the leading

real diagnosis is obstructive

about 160 Louisianians a

illegal drug abuse compare

villain causing our expanding

sleep apnea. Sleeping pills

week die of cancer-related

with the other 49 states, but

abdomens is the fast-food

and metabolic syndrome

causes. Even so, our true

I have not heard Gov. Jindal

epidemic fueled by sugar and

are best friends. Hypnotics

incidence of serious cancers

bragging about reduction

sugar substitutes sending

rarely promote normal sleep

is not all that out of line

of these rates as he scouts

coded messages to the brain

patterns. Disordered deep

with other states. We just

his prospects for an out-of-

to consume more calories.

sleep in particular can cause

have higher death rates. The

state gig. At least Jindal does

As a population, we are

or fuel weight gain, fatigue,

reasons are certainly multi-

not have to take blame for

consuming more calories

hypertension, depression,

factorial. Two contenders are

our high skin cancer rates,

than we did 50 years ago.

excessive daytime

delayed diagnoses and less-

a problem caused by our

And, as we eat fewer meals

drowsiness, attention deficit

than-optimal treatment with

positioning on the planet

prepared and cooked at

disorders, fibromyalgia and

more, rather than less, often

and the sun. We do need to

home, we are eating less

troublesome anxiety.

being the culprit. A prime

pay more attention to sun

example is the now-closed

protection and sunscreens.

healthy food. The culprit

We almost hit a trifecta

n

is not our traditional and famous food; the culprit is the invasion of fast and takeout food that has consumed us like kudzucovered Mississippi.

Obesity and hypertension are two of the three components of the metabolic

syndrome, a condition unknown to most, even though it affects more than a third of our state’s adult population. Most folks know that onion, celery and bell pepper are our culinary holy trinity. A lesser-

How is metabolic syndrome diagnosed?

Three or more of these components usually define metabolic syndrome: • Central or abdominal obesity (measured by waist circumference): • Men – Greater than 40 inches • Women – Greater than 35 inches • Fasting blood triglycerides greater than or equal to 150 mg/dL • Blood HDL cholesterol: Men less than 40 and women less than 50 mg/dL • Blood pressure greater than or equal to 130/85 millimeters of mercury • Fasting glucose greater than or equal to 100 mg/dL People with metabolic syndrome are at increased risk for atherosclerosis, peripheral vascular disease, coronary heart disease and heart attack, stroke and Type 2 diabetes. Check out My Life Check for a scoring tool and checklist to improve your cardiovascular health and reduce individual risk factors whether you have metabolic syndrome or not.

Source: American Hearth Association with an important action plan on the web at mylifecheck.heart.org

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Louisiana’s

Best Doctors PEER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TIMES OF CHANGE

At a time when there is so much turmoil in the medical industry, it is good to find some stability. Here is our annual list of the state’s leading doctors. Finding the best doctors for a malady can be a tricky business with enormous, possibly life-saving, implications. Peer recommendations and hearsay can be useful, but what if you could survey the best doctors in the nation in their specialties? That’s what we try to do with this list. But first, as in all medical consultations, some questions and answers are in order.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT METHODOLOGY HOW WERE THE best DOCTORS SELECTED? We used the

dentially evaluate doctors in related specialties and recommend those they feel excel in specific areas of medicine.

Harvard Medical School professors. According to the company:

DO DOCTORS GET A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO OTHER NAMES RECOMMENDED? Every doctor has the opportunity

“Best Doctors, Inc. is transforming and improving health care.

both to comment (confidentially) on the other doctors included in

The global company, headquartered in Boston, serves more

his or her specialty and to make additional nominations. As new

than 30 million members in every major region of the world

names are added to the pool, each undergoes the same peer-

and works with the best 5 percent of doctors to find the right

evaluation process. The company has special software to correct

diagnoses and right treatments, seamlessly integrating its

for some methodological biases: for example, to detect and

services with employers’ other health-related benefits.”

correct for suspect voting patterns and to weigh votes according

services of Best Doctors, Inc., a company founded in 1989 by

The company is also the pre-eminent organization at gathering professional peer ratings. Through the years the

to the ratings of the doctors who are doing the recommending.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DATA? There is a continual

company has built a database of professionals who are highly

refinement of both the voting pool and the nominee pool. Each

regarded by their peers. Those professionals are in turn

time a poll is conducted, the list is sifted, refined and improved

interviewed for their recommendations. Listed here are the

for better representation and more solid consensuses.

very latest survey results from Best Doctors. The results were

HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM LOCAL SURVEYS? One

completed in October 2013.

major difference is that doctors are evaluated by their peers

WHAT QUESTION IS ASKED OF THE DOCTORS WHO ARE INTERVIEWED? Best Doctors contacts each doctor on the

nationwide, not just by doctors in their communities. In many

previous list and asks the same question: “If you or a loved one

within their specialty groups, regardless of where they live, than

needed a doctor in your specialty, and you couldn’t treat them

by local doctors who may not be as knowledgeable in specific

yourself, to whom would you refer them?” Doctors also confi-

specialty areas.

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areas doctors may be better known and evaluated by those

DO DOCTORS HAVE TO PAY TO BE ON THE LIST? NO! We would never use the list if that were the case. Here is the company’s own statement on that issue: “Best Doctors never takes compensation of any kind from doctors or hospitals in return for listing doctors in its database, nor does Best Doctors pay doctors to participate in its survey process.”

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RULES THAT THE COMPANY USES? • Doctors are allowed to vote on others in their hospitals and medical practices. The feeling is that those doctors know their peers best – that is where the survey gets some of its most outspoken evaluations, good and bad.

• Doctors are never “automatically” re-included. In each annual poll, current Best Doctors are re-evaluated along with the new nominees.

• All of the voting is strictly confidential.

• Doctors are not notified of inclusion on the list until after the survey process is completed. Doctors are not required to pay a fee or make a purchase to be included.

HOW MANY DOCTORS WERE SURVEYED? As part of its nationwide survey, the company interviewed more than 45,000 doctors. This is the most recent, credible survey of doctors.

ARE THE SURVEYS ADMINISTERED RANDOMLY? No. To get opinions with weight and professional credibility, Best Doctors tries to consult the very best. They contact all current physicians on the list, including many department heads at major teaching hospitals, and ask them to rate specialists outside their own facilities. According to Best Doctors, the medical community has been extremely supportive over the past 20-plus years it has administered the survey, providing a 56 percent response rate.

WHERE’S THE BIAS? There is no perfect, bias-free way to conduct a ranking of any sort. Although Best Doctors has through the years refined

Addiction Medicine

320 Settlers Trace Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 981-9495

Howard C. Wetsman

Townsend 3600 Prytania St., Suite 72 New Orleans (504) 894-8322

L. Ben Gaudin Allergy Clinic 7968 Goodwood Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 923-3283

Allergy and Immunology Sami L. Bahna

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Allergy and Immunology Clinic Women’s and Children’s Clinic, 1st Floor 1602 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-8604

Peter B. Boggs The Asthma-Allergy Clinic and Research Center Breathe America-Shreveport 463 Ashley Ridge Shreveport (318) 221-3584

Adrian Casillas Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Allergy and Immunology 1604 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-7625

Benjamin Buell Close Louisiana Allergy and Asthma Specialists 201 Pecan Park Ave. Alexandria (318) 445-6221

HOW WERE THE MEDICAL CATEGORIES USED IN THIS SELECTION DETERMINED? They were selected by Best Doctors.

IS THIS THE DEFINITIVE LIST? Of course not. We have no doubt that there are many worthy doctors who were not included in the list. We are confident, however, that all who are listed are truly Best Doctors.

Note: These lists are excerpted from The Best Doctors in America 2014 database, which includes more than 45,000 doctors in more than 40 medical specialties.

The Best Doctors in America database is compiled and maintained by Best Doctors Inc. For more information, visit www.bestdoctors.com or contact Best Doctors by telephone at (800) 675-1199 or by e-mail at research@ bestdoctors.com. Please note that lists of doctors are not available on the Best Doctors website. The Louisiana list is available on www.louisianalife.com.

Manuel Lopez Tulane Medical Center Tulane Lung Center Allergy and Immunology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave, 7th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800 Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center 5217 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-6931

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates Building 6, Suite 20 3939 Houma Blvd.

Metairie (504) 885-2121

eliminate biases and cronyism that might be reflected in smaller surveys.

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of Southwest Louisiana 320 Settlers Trace Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 981-9495

Prem Kumar Menon

Carolyn Beach Daul

less recognition. The broadness and the depth of the voting pool helps

Bina Elizabeth Joseph

8017 Picardy Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 769-4432

peer evaluations will naturally favor more senior doctors who have had or those who have not had much peer interaction will naturally get

North Shore Allergy and Immunology 350 Lakeview Court, Suite B Covington (985) 892-3122

James Marion Kidd III

its techniques to eliminate biases, any nomination process that relies on time to develop their reputations. Those who are new to their professions

Richard Joseph Guillot

W. Edward Davis III Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Allergy and Immunology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-6742

Kenneth Paris Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Allergy and Immunology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-9511

Joseph Norwood Redhead Jr. The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 7373 Perkins Road, 3rd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Jane M. S. El-Dahr

B. Steele Rolston

Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave, 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Ricardo U. Sorensen

Luis R. Espinoza LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Rheumatology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1366

Bernard C. Fruge Jr. Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of Southwest Louisiana

Asthma, Allergy and Immunology 187 Greenbrier Blvd., Suite A Covington (985) 893-5780 Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Allergy and Immunology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9589

Ann Elizabeth Vockroth Crescent City Allergy 2600 Belle Chasse Hwy., Suite 204 Terrytown (504) 391-9249

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Willard Frederick Washburne

Son M. Dang

Highland Clinic Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1455 E Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 108 Shreveport (318) 798-4544

Baton Rouge General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 3600 Florida Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 381-6104

Steven Claude Whited Highland Clinic Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 101 Shreveport (318) 798-4573

Laurianne G. Wild Tulane Medical Center Tulane Lung Center Allergy and Immunology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 7th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Merlin Robert Wilson Jr.

David C. Deas Christus Schumpert St. Mary Place Department of Anesthesiology 1 St. Mary Place Shreveport (318) 681-4440

William Dedo Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 470-2966

John L. DiLeo II

2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 New Orleans (504) 899-1120

Southlake Surgery Center 694 Belle Terre Blvd.

La Place (985) 359-6694

Michael Francis Zambie

Emilie Donaldson

Allergy and Asthma Clinic 909 N. 3rd St. Monroe (318) 322-5555

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Anesthesiology Todd C. Ackal

Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 289-7991

Thomas Anzalone St. Tammany Parish Hospital Department of Anesthesia 1202 S. Tyler St. Covington (985) 898-4321

Jorge J. Bravo Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 602 N. Acadia Road, Thibodaux (985) 493-4750

David M. Broussard Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Eric H. Busch Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Joseph T. Crapanzano Jr. Parish Pain Specialists 4500 Clearview Pkwy., Suite 101 Metairie (504) 779-5558

Bryan M. Evans Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Jason B. Falterman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Robert Faul Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 470-2966

Timothy David Faul Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 470-2966

H. Jerrel Fontenot Ouachita Community Hospital Department of Anesthesiology 1275 Glenwood Drive West Monroe (318) 322-1339

Kerwin J. Fontenot Lafayette General Medical Center

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Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 289-7991

Donald Robert Ganier Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Richard J. Grisoli North Oaks Health System Department of Anesthesiology 15790 Paul Vega MD Drive Hammond (985) 345-2700

Donald Eric Harmon

Ochsner Medical Center - North Shore Department of Anesthesiology 100 Medical Center Drive Slidell (504) 842-3755

Joseph Thomas Spalitta

Patrick P. McCaslin

Peter Stedman

St. Tammany Parish Hospital Department of Anesthesia 1202 S. Tyler St. Covington (985) 898-4321

Winston E. Moore Jr. Specialists Hospital Shreveport Department of Anesthesiology 1500 Line Ave. Shreveport (318) 213-3800

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Ross B. Nelson III

Stuart R. Hart

Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 289-7991

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3755

John Frederick Heaton Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456

Lex Hubbard

Pain Care Consultants 1500 Line Ave., Suite 202 Shreveport (318) 629-5505

Richard G. Palfrey

Austin Guy Phillips Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

James Riopelle

Pierremont Anesthesia Consultants 1945 E. 70th St. Shreveport (318) 797-1743

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology 1542 Tulane Ave., Suite 659 New Orleans (504) 583-6181

Alan David Kaye

Melody Ritter

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Anesthesiology 1542 Tulane Ave., 6th Floor New Orleans (504) 568-2319

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Leopold De Blanc Landry Jr.

Francis X. Robichaux

Surgery Center 1101 S. College Road, Suite 100 Lafayette (337) 233-8603

Mid Louisiana Anesthesia Consultants 1444 Peterman Drive Alexandria (318) 442-5399

Rupert Gary Madden

Brad D. Rupe

St. Francis Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 309 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 327-4190

Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 289-7991

Robert Joseph Marino Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Carl A. Mayeaux Ochsner Health System

Armin Schubert Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

St. Tammany Parish Hospital Department of Anesthesia 1202 S. Tyler St. Covington (985) 898-4321 Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Robin B. Stedman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

W. David Sumrall III Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Robert R. Theard Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 470-2966

Leslie C. Thomas Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Mack Anthony Thomas Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Leo D. Verlander Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 289-7991

Richard P. Villien Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1214 Coolidge Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 289-7991

Patrick Houstoun Waring The Pain Intervention Center 701 Metairie Road, Unit 2A310 Metairie (504) 455-2225

Cardiovascular Disease Richard P. Abben

Cardiovascular Institute of the South

225 Dunn St. Houma (985) 876-0300

Freddy Michel Abi-Samra Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Hwy, Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4145

Asif Anwar Tulane Medical Center Tulane Cardiology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6113

David Gregory Baker Lafayette Heart Clinic Province Building 1 5000 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 261-0928

Jose Alberto Bernal-Ramirez Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135

Stuart L. Blum Christus Cardiology 1801 Fairfield Ave., Suite 105 Shreveport (318) 424-2192

Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3727

Roland J. Bourgeois Jr.

Patrice Delafontaine

East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 Metairie (504) 455-0842

Patrick C. Breaux Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135

Mark M. Cassidy Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute Clinic 4201 Woodland Drive New Orleans (504) 378-5080

Kenneth C. Civello Louisiana Cardiology Associates Plaza 2, Suite 1000 7777 Hennessy Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 767-3900

Tyrone Jean Collins Ochsner Health System

Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute Clinic 4201 Woodland Drive, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 378-5080

N. Joseph Deumite Louisiana Cardiology Associates Plaza 2, Suite 1000 7777 Hennessy Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 767-3900

Fortune Anthony Dugan East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., 2nd Floor Metairie (504) 454-4170

Clement C. Eiswirth East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 Metairie (504) 455-0842

Daniel T. Fontenot Baton Rouge Cardiology Center 5231 Brittany Drive

Corey Goldman

Baton Rouge (225) 769-0933

Robert John Freedman Jr. Freedman Memorial Cardiology 3311 Prescott Road, Suite 112 Alexandria (318) 767-0960

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Cardiology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6113

Henry Gorman Hanley Freedman Memorial Cardiology 3311 Prescott Road, Suite 112 Alexandria (318) 767-0960

Thomas Davis Giles Egan Health Services Division of Cardiology 3121 21st St. Metairie (504) 834-8668

William Haynie Jr.

Yvonne E. Gilliland Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 2005 Veterans Memorial Blvd.

Metairie (504) 842-4168

Richard Millard Gilmore Imperial Health Heart Associates 501 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive Lake Charles (337) 312-8232

David Lucas Glancy Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Cardiology 1542 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 450-5530

Cardiology Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 222-3695

Sanders F. Hearne Cardiology Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 222-3695

Boyd E. Helm Baton Rouge Cardiology Center 5231 Brittany Drive Baton Rouge (225) 769-0933

James Stephen Jenkins Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor

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New Orleans (504) 842-3786

New Orleans (504) 842-3727

Colon and Rectal Surgery Louis R. Barfield

Carl Joseph Lavie Jr.

Andrew Peter Rees

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135

Louisiana Cardiology Associates Plaza 2, Suite 1000 7777 Hennessy Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 767-3900

Our Lady of the Lake Colon and Rectal Associates 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 206 Baton Rouge (225) 767-8997

J. P. Reilly

David E. Beck

Thierry H. Le Jemtel Tulane Medical Center Cardiac Transplant and Advanced Heart Failure Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-2096

Leslie Wayne Levenson Heart Clinic of Louisiana 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N613 Marrero (504) 349-6800

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-6281

Sangeeta Shah Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135

Stacy Mandras

Frank Wilson Smart

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Cardiology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1366

James Jude McKinnie

David Warren Snyder

East Jefferson General Hospital Department of Cardiovascular Disease 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 400 Metairie (504) 456-8188

East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., 2nd Floor Metairie (504) 454-4170

Richard Virgil Milani

Gregory D. Tilton

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4135

East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 Metairie (504) 455-0842

Nicholas D. Pappas

East Jefferson Cardiovascular Specialists 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 500 Metairie (504) 455-0842

Hamang M. Patel Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Transplantation 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4721

Lehman Kullman Preis Jr. East Jefferson General Hospital East Jefferson Cardiology Consultants 4200 Houma Blvd., 2nd Floor Metairie (504) 454-4170

Stephen Robert Ramee Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor

Michael C. Turner Cardiovascular Specialists of Southwest Louisiana 600 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive Lake Charles (337) 436-3813

Hector Osvaldo Ventura Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-5222

Christopher James White Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Interventional Cardiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3724

Jean King White Heart and Vascular Center 1717 Oak Park Blvd., 2nd Floor Lake Charles (337) 494-3278

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Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4060

Michael D. Stratton

Stephen Phillips Kantrow

Colon and Rectal Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 430 Shreveport (318) 424-8373

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 9th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055

Charles B. Whitlow Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4060

Critical Care Medicine

Stuart J. Lebas Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864

Richard Byrd

Gregory Jacob Ardoin

Carol M. Mason

Our Lady of the Lake Colon and Rectal Associates 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 206 Baton Rouge (225) 767-8997

The Lung Center 201 4th St., Suite 1A Alexandria (318) 769-5864

John Areno

LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 Kenner (504) 412-1705

Colon and Rectal Clinic of Acadiana 1103 W. University Ave. Lafayette (337) 233-0219

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411

Philip Anthony Cole

Philip Boysen

Kenneth John Champagne

Colon and Rectal Associates 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 430 Shreveport (318) 424-8373

Jeffrey Farrow Griffin Colon Rectal Associates 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 540 Metairie (504) 456-5108

William Reid Grimes Colon and Rectal Associates 1811 E Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 430, Shreveport (318) 424-8373

Terrell Cohlman Hicks Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4060

David A. Margolin Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy, Atrium Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4060

Guy R. Orangio LSU Health Care Network Department of Surgery 3700 St. Charles Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1325

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-0796

Stephen P. Brierre LSU Healthcare Network Department of Pulmonary Medicine 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755

Bennett Paul DeBoisblanc Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4721

Richard J. Grisoli North Oaks Health System Department of Anesthesiology 15790 Paul Vega MD Drive Hammond (985) 345-2700

Ronald F. Hammett Glenwood Pulmonary Specialists 102 Thomas Road, Suite 104 West Monroe (318) 329-8485

Robert Cary Holladay Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5920

Michael P. McCarthy The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Hugh E. Mighty Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5379

Shawn Arlen Milligan Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411

Bobby D. Nossaman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Thomas Gerard Nuttli East Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Pulmonary Associates 4200 Houma Blvd., 3rd Floor Metairie (504) 454-5205

Mohammad Zohair Pirzadah Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864

L. Keith Scott Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and

Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5987

Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Leonardo Seoane

Ben Frank Thompson III

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonology, Lung Transplant and Critical Care 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-4400

Pulmonary Associates of Southwest Louisiana 2770 3rd Ave., Suite 110 Lake Charles (337) 494-2750

Francesco Simeone Tulane Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5263

James Garland Smith Jr.

Brad D. Vincent Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864

Arvind Yertha

St. Francis Medical Center Hospitalist Group 309 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 966-4541

North Oaks Pulmonology North Oaks Clinic Building, Suite 201 15813 Paul Vega MD Drive Hammond (985) 230-1580

Thomas Parks Smith

Dermatology

Green Clinic Respiratory Department 1200 S. Farmerville St. Ruston (318) 255-3690

David E. Taylor Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 9th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055

Mack Anthony Thomas Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center

Erin E. Boh

Tulane Medical Center Department of Dermatology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-1700

John B. Brantley Calais Dermatology Associates 5220 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-5151

Harry A. Burglass Jr. Dermatology Clinic 5326 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 769-7546

David John Clemons Dermatology and Skin Surgery 9007 Ellerbe Road Shreveport (318) 222-3278

William Patrick Coleman III 4425 Conlin St. Metairie (504) 455-3180

Leonard E. Gately III Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 Metairie (504) 885-1670

Mara A. Haseltine 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 406 Metairie (504) 838-8225

Lafayette (337) 839-2773

201 McMillan Road, West Monroe (318) 387-6622

Dermatology Clinic 5326 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 769-7546

Ann C. Zedlitz

Tom Joffre Meek Jr.

Lee T. Nesbitt Jr. Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 Metairie (504) 832-6612

Stella Boustany Noel 1211 Coolidge Blvd., Suite 400 Lafayette (337) 235-9779

Marilyn Claire Ray

Z Aesthetic Dermatology 5305 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 778-7540

Emergency Medicine Steven Allen Conrad

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-6885

Liza DiLeo Thomas Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3460

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Dermatology 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Metairie Department of Dermatology 2005 Veterans Memorial Blvd, 5th Floor Metairie (504) 842-3940

Brian David Lee

Jack Selwyn Resneck

Academic Dermatology Associates 3421 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 202 Metairie (504) 832-6612

Dermatology and Skin Surgery 9007 Ellerbe Road Shreveport (318) 222-3278

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3460

Robert Winn Romero

Patrick L. McGauly

Atlas Dermatology 17503 Old Jefferson Hwy. Prairieville (225) 313-4560

Dermatology and Allergy Clinic of South Louisiana 4212 W. Congress St., Suite 2300 Lafayette (337) 981-7546

Elizabeth Innes McBurney

David Marshall Walsworth

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411

George Michael Kent

William Trent Massengale

Dermasurgery Center 1245 Camellia Blvd., Suite 300

Louisiana Dermatology Skin Cancer

Joseph S. Guarisco

Erik Sundell Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine 1516 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3460

Endocrinology and Metabolism Samuel Andrews

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 9th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4023

Alan Lee Burshell Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 9th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4023

Vivian Andrew Fonseca Tulane Medical Center

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Section of Endocrinology 1415 Tulane Ave., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 988-8040

Jolene K. Johnson LSU Healthcare Network Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755

Steven Neil Levine Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5980

Kevin Etienne Mocklin Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism 1701 Oak Park Blvd, 9th Floor Lake Charles (337) 494-2445

Joseph Murray 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 360 Metairie (504) 885-1409

Brandy A. Panunti Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 9th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4023

David Scarborough Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5960

Joel Silverberg The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Endocrinology 7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Family Medicine Leandro Area

Shreveport (318) 797-6661

John G. Bernard Acadiana Family Physicians 427 Heymann Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 234-1111

Tara G. Berner

8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 763-4900

Paul Guilbault North Oaks Family Medicine 1902 S. Morrison Blvd.

Hammond (985) 230-5800

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E Lee Blvd., Suite 201 New Orleans (504) 846-9646

Michael Bieller Harper

Walter Birdsall

Family Doctor Clinic 804 S. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-2680

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center - Luling Department of Family Medicine 1057 Paul Maillard Road Luling (985) 785-3740

Donald V. Brignac Family Practice Associates 12525 Perkins Road, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 761-4256

David R. Carver 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 315 Baton Rouge (225) 819-1188

Marion Cash The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport (318) 797-6661

Robert Chasuk Family Health Center 333 Lee Drive Baton Rouge (225) 490-3415

Elizabeth B. Curtis Oak Grove Family Practice 17520 Old Jefferson Hwy., Suite B Prairieville (225) 673-8983

Mark Dawson Family Practice and Pediatricians 717 Curtis Drive Rayne (337) 334-7551

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Faculty Clinic 1501 Kings Hwy., 3rd Floor Shreveport (318) 675-5183

Douglas B. Harris

Sarah W. Holt Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd., Suite 201 New Orleans (504) 846-9646

Jan Leenette Hood Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Family Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5183

Ted Joseph Hudspeth Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Tangipahoa Department of Family Medicine 41676 Veterans Ave. Hammond (985) 543-3600

Daniel Keith Jens Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Mandeville Department of Family Medicine 2810 E. Causeway Approach Mandeville (985) 875-2340

Ricky Lane Jones The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport (318) 797-6661

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lakeview Department of Family Medicine 101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd., Suite 201 New Orleans (504) 846-9646

Michael Ashley Dunn

Gerald Barber

Gregory F. Ferrara

Thomas Edward Le Beau

Family Practice Associates 12525 Perkins Road, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 761-4256

Shenandoah Medical Associates 13828 Coursey Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 751-1544

771 E. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 433-1212

Wayne Barksdale

Brad Joseph Gaspard

The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way

Baton Rouge Family Medical Center

LSU Family Practice Center 1525 Oak Park Blvd.

Lake Charles

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Tangipahoa Department of Family Medicine 41676 Veterans Ave. Hammond (985) 543-3600

Leonard B. Kancher The Center for Longevity and Wellness 3601 Houma Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 885-7360

Alan Lynn LeBato

James Howard Newcomb Jr.

(337) 494-6767

Kim Edward LeBlanc LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Kenner Multispecialty Department of Family Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 500 Kenner (504) 412-1700

Leanne L. LeBlanc 1918 Williams Blvd.

Kenner (504) 471-4860 Hamilton Medical Group 4809 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy., Suite 200 Lafayette, LA 70508 (337) 988-8810

Richard George Marek Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd.

Covington (985) 875-2828

Paul Joseph Marquis Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lapalco Department of Family Medicine 4225 Lapalco Blvd., 2nd Floor Marrero (504) 371-9355

E. Edward Martin Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd.

Covington (985) 875-2828

Lana Metoyer 204 W. North St. Opelousas (337) 948-4445

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000 Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd.

Covington (985) 875-2828

Arthur Webster Primeaux 771 E Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 433-1212

Paul Rachal Lake Primary Care Physicians 230 Roberts Drive, Suite H New Roads (225) 638-7033

Randy C. Richter Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Family Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-8032

Timothy Lacey Riddell Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Family Medicine 1000 Ochsner Blvd.

Covington (985) 875-2828

Theresa Lynn Rinderle

Louis Reynold Minsky 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 315 Baton Rouge (225) 819-1188

The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport (318) 797-6661

Lynda Rice Roberts

Herbert L. Muncie Jr. LSU Healthcare Network Family Practice Clinic 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 412 Kenner (504) 464-2940

Karen Ann Muratore Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Jefferson Place Department of Family Medicine 8150 Jefferson Hwy. Baton Rouge (225) 336-3100 The Family Doctors 8383 Millicent Way Shreveport (318) 797-6661

Rade Pejic

Kevin C. Plaisance

Francine Anne Manuel

Kevin W. Murphy

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center - Slidell Department of Family Medicine 2750 E. Gause Blvd.

Slidell (985) 661-3550

Outpatient Medical Centers Department of Family Medicine 1640 Breazeale Springs St. Natchitoches (318) 352-9299

Russell W. Roberts Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Faculty Clinic 1501 Kings Hwy., 3rd Floor Shreveport (318) 675-5183

Robert Combel Ryan East Jefferson Family Medicine Clinic 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 200 Metairie (504) 454-7878

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Robert Parker St. Amant Baton Rouge General Lipid Center 8888 Summa Ave., 3rd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 819-1160

Linda C. Stewart Family Medicine Center 604 Chevelle Court, Suite C Baton Rouge (225) 926-1495

James A. Taylor Jr. Baton Rouge Family Medicine Center Livingston 13960 Florida Blvd.

Livingston (225) 686-0158

James Taylor Tebbe Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center - Slidell Department of Family Medicine 2750 E. Gause Blvd.

Slidell (985) 639-3777

James Theis 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N408 Marrero, LA 70072 (504) 349-2908

Steven Bernard Vidrine 417 E. Lincoln Road Ville Platte (337) 363-8033

John A. Walker

1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5344

Christopher N. Barrilleaux East Bank Gastroenterology 3800 Houma Blvd., Suite 220 Metairie (504) 456-7484

James Carol Bienvenu Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates 439 Heymann Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 269-0963

Ronald Boudreaux The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Gastroenterology 7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Howard I. Brenner Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 Metairie (504) 456-8020

Francis Xavier Bride Jr. Gastroenterology Associates 555 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Suite 101 Lake Charles (337) 439-0762

Richard Kent Broussard

Family Medicine Physicians 16052 Doctors Blvd.

Hammond (985) 345-9606

Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates 439 Heymann Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 269-0963

Pamela Wiseman

Robert Stephen Bulat

Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans Carrollton Health Center 3201 S. Carrollton Ave. New Orleans (504) 207-3060

Tulane Medical Center GI Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 6th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5110

Gastroenterology

Imperial Health Gastroenterology 501 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive Lake Charles (337) 312-8462

Stephen Garner Abshire

Gastroenterology Clinic of Acadiana Burdin Riehl Building, Suite 303 1211 Coolidge St. Lafayette (337) 232-6697

William A. Anderson III Gastroenterology Associates Digestive Health Center of Louisiana 9103 Jefferson Hwy. Baton Rouge (225) 927-1190

Mainor R. Antillon Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4015

Luis A. Balart Tulane Medical Center Abdominal Transplant Institute

Gerald Byrd

George E. Catinis Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 Metairie (504) 456-8020

Melvin Herman Gold Jr.

Benjamin Alfred Guider Jr. Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 720 New Orleans (504) 896-8670

James Patrick Herrington Acadiana Gastroenterology Associates 439 Heymann Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 269-0963

James C. Hobley GastroIntestinal Specialists 3217 Mabel St. Shreveport (318) 631-9121

Virendra Joshi Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Suite 313 Jefferson (504) 842-7690

Shantiprakash Kedia

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401

James D. Lilly Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 720 New Orleans (504) 896-8670

William Morrison Meyers Jr. Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 Metairie (504) 456-8020

Charles J. Monier, Jr. Digestive Health Center 602 N. Acadia Road, Suite 101 Thibodaux (985) 446-1958

Jacque Noel 1211 Coolidge Blvd., Suite 400 Lafayette (337) 235-9779

David Miller Philips GastroIntestinal Specialists 3217 Mabel St. Shreveport (318) 631-9121

Interim LSU Public Hospital Division of Gastroenterology 2021 Perdido St. New Orleans (504) 903-3000

Arthur Lewis Poch

Steven Anthony Guarisco

Steve Fagan Price Jr.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Division of Gastroenterology 1000 Ochsner Blvd.

Covington (985) 875-2828

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GastroIntestinal Specialists 3217 Mabel St. Shreveport (318) 631-9121 Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 720 New Orleans (504) 896-8670

George Richard Puente Metropolitan Gastroenterology

Associates 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 520 Metairie (504) 456-8020

Felix Rabito

The Gastroenterology Group 131 Cherokee Rose Lane, Suite B Covington (985) 871-1721

David Reed Raines Jr. Gastroenterology Clinic 611 Grammont St. Monroe (318) 325-2634

Sanjeeva Reddy

Eric R. George Hand Surgical Associates Hand Center of Louisiana 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600B Metairie (504) 454-2191

Kenneth John Laborde 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 302 Lafayette (337) 232-8230

Ronnie Edwin Mathews 2335 Church St., Suite B Zachary (225) 654-6366

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd,.

Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401

Marion Ezra Milstead

Gary (Taavi) Reiss

Joe Almond Morgan

Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401

David Ralph Silvers Metairie Gastroenterology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 120 Metairie (504) 456-6701

James William Smith Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Gastroenterology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4015

Rian Moss Tanenbaum Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401

Steve George Venturatos Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite S450 Marrero (504) 349-6401

Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052 Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge 7301 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 766-0050

Robert Louis Morrow Jr. 501 W Saint Mary Blvd., Suite 404 Lafayette (337) 233-5167

Hepatology Luis A. Balart

Tulane Medical Center Abdominal Transplant Institute 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans, LA 70112 (504) 988-5344

Natalie H. Bzowej Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Hepatology Clinic 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-5764

Shobha Joshi Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925

geriatric medicine

Infectious Disease

PACE Baton Rouge 7436 Bishop Ott Drive Baton Rouge (225) 490-0604

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4005

Susan Ellen Nelson

Hand surgery Rick I. Ahmad

Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424

Donald C. Faust 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 600 New Orleans, LA 70115 (504) 899-1000

Katherine Baumgarten

Christopher M. Blais Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 1st Floor New Orleans

(504) 842-4005

(318) 675-5900

Rebecca Adair Clark

David H. Martin

Louisiana State University Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4005

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Infectious Diseases 1542 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 568-5031

Michael Edward Hagensee Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center HOP Clinic (HIV Outpatient Program) 2235 Poydras St. New Orleans (504) 826-2179

Michael Kevin Hill IMG Physicians 56 Starbrush Circle Covington (985) 871-0095

Mary Faith Joubert IMG Physicians 1051 Gause Blvd., Suite 280 Slidell (985) 641-5523

Sandra Abadie Kemmerly Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, CA-1 New Orleans (504) 842-4005

John William King Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Infectious Disease 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport

Susan Leslie Favrot McLellan Tulane Metairie Multispecialty Clinic Section of Infectious Diseases 4720 S I-10 Service Road, Suite 101 Metairie (504) 988-8050

Mary J. Murphy NO/AIDS Task Force 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500 New Orleans (504) 212-2773

David Michael Mushatt Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Division of Infectious Diseases 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-5030

George A. Pankey Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-4006

Robert Lawrence Penn

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Section of Infectious Disease 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 990-6589

John Todd Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Viral Disease Clinic 6670 St. Vincent Ave. Shreveport (318) 862-9977

Ronald D. Wilcox

Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747

Pierre V. Blanchard

NO/AIDS Task Force 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500 New Orleans (504) 212-2773

Tri-State Medical Clinic 2551 Greenwood Road, Suite 410 Shreveport (318) 621-2929

Internal Medicine

Karen Blessey

Mary Moore Abell

St. Thomas Community Health Center Department of Internal Medicine 1936 Magazine St. New Orleans (504) 529-5558

Alys Alper Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Department of Medicine 1601 Perdido St. New Orleans (504) 558-3637

Deirdre Barfield Martin Luther King Health Center 827 Margaret Place, Suite 201 Shreveport (318) 227-2912

Leo P. Blaize III Lake Internal Medicine at Hennessy 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 7000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8829

Leslie Anne Blake Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center

Ochsner Baptist Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 2820 Napoleon Blvd., Suite 890 New Orleans (504) 897-4250

Alan John Borne 1811 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 440 Shreveport (318) 222-9205

David M. Borne LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 3700 St. Charles Ave., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1366

James W. Bragg Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747

S. Germain Cassiere 7843 Youree Drive

Shreveport (318) 212-2929

Pedro Cazabon Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3880

Brian D. Clements Internal Medicine Clinic of Lake Charles 2770 3rd Ave., Suite 350 Lake Charles (337) 494-6800

Kenny James Cole The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Todd Cooley The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Terry L. Cummings Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000

Richard Edward Deichmann Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans

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(504) 842-4747

Nona Epstein Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747

Lara M. Falcon The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Sara E. Fernandez Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747

Caroline F. Flint Ochsner Health Center Baton Rouge Department of Internal Medicine 16777 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 754-3278

David W. Fontenot The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Steven J. Granier Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747

C. Ray Halliburton Lake Internal Medicine at Hennessy 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 7000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8829

Timothy S. Harlan Tulane Medical Center Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1415 Tulane Ave., 7th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-1001

Robert Ira Hart Ochsner Health Center Prairieville Department of Internal Medicine 16220 Airline Hwy. Prairieville (225) 744-1111

Robert C. Hernandez Internal Medicine Associates 8001 Youree Drive, Suite 400 Shreveport (318) 212-3456

Mark Kenneth Hodges The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Susan B. Ieyoub Internal Medicine Clinic of Lake Charles 2770 3rd Ave., Suite 350 Lake Charles (337) 494-6800

James M. Jackson Tri-State Medical Clinic 2551 Greenwood Road, Suite 410 Shreveport (318) 621-2929

Roy Giles Kadair The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Leonard B. Kancher The Center for Longevity and Wellness 3601 Houma Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 885-7360

Peter Karam Internal Medicine Clinic of Lake Charles 2770 3rd Ave., Suite 350 Lake Charles (337) 494-6800

Frannie Kronenberg Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747

Gloria Leary Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747

Christopher J. Lege Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 460 New Orleans (504) 897-7999

Theodore Richard Lieux Jr. The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor Baton Rouge

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(225) 246-9240

Kenneth Edward McCarron 1211 Coolidge Blvd., Suite 301 Lafayette (337) 261-1919

Susan McNamara Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Internal Medicine 9001 Summa Ave., 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200

Bradley L. Meek Lake Internal Medicine at Hennessy 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 7000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8829

Joseph A. Miceli III Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Pkwy.

Harahan (504) 842-4747

Daniel John Moller Jr. Internal Medicine Associates 8001 Youree Drive, Suite 400 Shreveport (318) 212-3456

Susan Ellen Nelson PACE Baton Rouge 7436 Bishop Ott Drive Baton Rouge (225) 490-0604

Timothy Nicholls Tri-State Medical Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 2551 Greenwood Road, Suite 410 Shreveport (318) 621-2929

Katherine F. Pearce Lake Internal Medicine at Hennessy 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 7000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8829

Eboni G. Price Tulane Community Health Center 711 N. Broad St. New Orleans (504) 988-3000

Michael Rolfsen

The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Loop, Suite 301 Shreveport (318) 212-5992

Stacy D. Siegendorf Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Pkwy.

Harahan (504) 842-4747

Edward David Sledge Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Pediatrics 9001 Summa Ave., 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200

Charles Clarence Smith III Internal Medicine Specialists 3525 Prytania St., Suite 526 New Orleans (504) 648-2500

Eric W. Smith Shreveport Internal Medicine 1449 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 629-0220

Fayne M. St. John Ochsner Health System Ochsner Hospital Department of Internal Medicine 1221 S. Clearwater Pkwy.

Harahan (504) 842-4747

James D. Stoll

Department of Infectious Diseases 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4005

Susan Leala Vogel Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-7518

Internal Medicine/ Hospital Medicine John R. Amoss

LSU Healthcare Network Touro Infirmary Department of Internal Medicine 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans (504) 897-8379

Dayton William Daberkow II Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1978 Industrial Blvd.

Houma (985) 873-2200

Steven Deitelzweig Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-5766

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Internal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4747

Marianne Maumus

Joseph R. Tynes

Geraldine E. Menard

Bossier Internal Medicine 2539 Viking Drive Bossier City (318) 747-8100

Tulane University School of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-7518

Edmund Bruce Vinci The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Internal Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Jeffrey Wiese Tulane Medical Center Section of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-7809

Susan Seiler-Smith

Internal Medicine/ Hospice and Palliative Medicine

South Shreveport Internal Medicine 2508 E. Bert Kouns Industrial

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center

Christopher M. Blais

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-7518

Susan Leala Vogel Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-7518

Medical Genetics

Hans Christoph Andersson Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 New Orleans (504) 988-5101

Michael Marble

Salvador Caputto

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Clinical Genetics 200 Henry Clay Ave., Suite 2308 New Orleans (504) 896-9254

Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans (504) 897-8970

Medical Oncology and Hematology Deborah A. Abernathy

Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology 8119 Picardy Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 757-0343

Bryan Bienvenu Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311

Michael J. Castine III The Hematology and Oncology Clinic 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 767-0822

John Thomas Cole Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910

James K. Ellis

3939 Houma Blvd., Suite 6 Metairie (504) 885-0577

Cancer Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 608 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 493-4346

J. Eugene (Gene) Brierre

Robert Van Buren Emmons

Louisiana Oncology Associates 4809 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy., Suite 110 Lafayette (337) 235-7898

Ochsner Health System The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910

Marcelo Blaya

Burke J. Brooks Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Hematology and Oncology 9001 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 761-5410

Archie Watt Brown Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910

Gary V. Burton Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Feist-Weiller Cancer Center 1501 Kings Hwy., 2nd Floor Shreveport (318) 813-1200

Michael S. Cain Cancer Center of Acadiana 1211 Coolidge Blvd., Suite 100 Lafayette (337) 289-8400

Laura Casteel Campbell Cancer Center of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 608 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 493-4346

Jyotsna Fuloria Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910

Jayne Schlosser Gurtler 3939 Houma Blvd.

Building 2, Suite 6 Metairie (504) 885-0577

David Sam Hanson Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311

Charles G. Hargon Jr. Hematology and Oncology Associates 2600 Kings Hwy., Suite 340 Shreveport (318) 212-8620

Rebecca Kruse-Jarres Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St. New Orleans (504) 988-6300

Cindy Anne Leissinger Tulane Medical Center Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders

1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5433

Robert J. Massingill Christus Schumpert Cancer Treatment Center 1 St. Mary Place Shreveport (318) 681-4565

Gerald Patrick Miletello The Hematology and Oncology Clinic 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 767-0822

Michael Rawls Moore Hematology and Oncology Associates 2600 Kings Hwy., Suite 340 Shreveport (318) 212-8620

Frank Mott Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910

David Oubre Pontchartrain Hematology Oncology 15752 Medical Arts Plaza, Suite 101 Hammond (985) 419-0025

Judd E. Patten Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311

Steven J. Saccaro Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Christus Cabrini Cancer Center Division of Oncology and Hematology 3330 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 448-6522

Hana F. Safah Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S. Liberty St. New Orleans (504) 988-6300

Oliver Sartor Tulane Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-7869

Kellie Schmeeckle Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311

Milton Walsh Seiler Jr. Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans (504) 897-8970

Scott Anthony Sonnier Crescent City Physicians Hematology and Oncology 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans (504) 897-8970

Derrick W. Spell Louisiana Hematology Oncology Associates 4950 Essen Lane, Suite 500 Baton Rouge (225) 767-1311

Chris Theodossiou Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Hematology and Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3910

Ulla Jo Ule

Downtown Division of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-5030

Joan Blondin Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Nephrology and Hypertension 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-7576

Shaminder M. Gupta Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Department of Nephrology 1978 Industrial Blvd.

Houma (985) 850-2328

L. Lee Hamm Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Division of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-5030

Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Christus Cabrini Cancer Center 3330 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 448-6917

Herschel Richard Harter

4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 330 Metairie (504) 455-0600

Mitchell Jude Hebert

Robert Woody Veith

Roy Samuel Weiner Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic 150 S Liberty St. New Orleans (504) 988-6300

Northeast Louisiana Kidney Specialists 711 Wood St., Suite A Monroe (318) 323-8847 Renal Associates of Baton Rouge 5131 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 767-4893

Fred Eugenio Husserl

Howard Gilbert Wold Hematology Oncology Life Center 605 B Medical Center Drive Alexandria (318) 442-2232

Nephrology

Kenneth D. Abreo Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Nephrology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-7402

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Nephrology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3930

N. Kevin Krane Tulane Medical Center Section of Nephrology and Hypertension 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-9800

Jill Suzanne Lindberg

A. Brent Alper Jr. Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Department of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Michael Archie Northeast Louisiana Kidney Specialists 711 Wood St., Suite A Monroe (318) 323-8847

New Orleans Nephrology Associates 4409 Utica St., Suite 100 Metairie (504) 457-3687

Daniel E. Marsh Renal Associates of Baton Rouge 5131 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 767-4893

Melanie J. McKnight Hospital Medicine Group 3600 Florida Blvd., 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 387-7070

Vecihi Batuman Tulane Multispecialty Clinic

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Richard M. O’Donovan Northeast Louisiana Kidney Specialists 711 Wood St., Suite A Monroe (318) 323-8847

Bharat Sachdeva Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Nephrology Ambulatory Care Center, 2nd Floor 1606 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-7402

Acadiana Neurosurgery 155 Hospital Drive, Suite 100 Lafayette (337) 235-7743

Thomas V. Bertuccini 601 W. St. Mary Blvd., Suite 306 Lafayette (337) 235-0933

(318) 813-1555

Kelly J. Scrantz The NeuroMedical Center Clinic 10101 Park Rowe Ave., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 769-2200

Roger Douglas Smith

Spine Institute of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., 2nd Floor, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 629-5555

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Neurosurgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 7th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4033

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Section of Nephrology 275 LaSalle St. New Orleans (504) 988-5838

Luke A. Corsten

Najeeb M. Thomas

The NeuroMedical Center Clinic 10101 Park Rowe Ave., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 769-2200

Southern Brain and Spine 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 510 Metairie (504) 454-0141

Allen W. Vander

Donald Dietze Jr.

Southern Brain and Spine 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 510 Metairie (504) 454-0141

Eric Edward Simon

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Nephrology 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 405 Thibodaux (985) 446-0871

Mark M. Wilson Freedman Clinic of Internal Medicine 1337 Centre Court Alexandria (318) 445-9331

Juan Carlos Zeik Acadiana Renal Physicians 300 W. St. Mary Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 233-6593

Neurological Surgery Alan J. Appley

David Albert Cavanaugh

The NORTH Institute 29301 N. Dixie Ranch Road Lacombe (985) 871-4114

Aaron Dumont Tulane Medical Center Tulane Neurosurgery Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., Suite 8047 New Orleans (504) 906-6082

Stephen Ira Goldware 155 Hospital Drive, Suite 203 Lafayette (337) 289-8636

Anil Nanda Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Neurosurgery 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport

Rand Marcel Voorhies

Debra Elliott Davis Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Neurology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-4941

James N. Domingue 1245 S College Road, Suite 100 Lafayette (337) 269-5840

Gerard Dynes The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Adult Neurology 7373 Perkins Road, 3rd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

John D. England LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 412-1517

Anne L. Foundas

University Neurosurgery 2300 Hospital Drive, Suite 350 Bossier City (318) 742-8666

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Brain and Behavior Program 935 Calhoun St. New Orleans (504) 896-7741

Neurology

Toby I. Gropen

Jefferson Neurological Associates 3800 Houma Blvd., Suite 205 Metairie (504) 885-7337

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Vascular Neurology 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3980

Patricia Smith Cook

Amparo (Amy) Gutierrez

Brian Keith Willis

Donald Adams

110 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 105 Metairie (504) 831-6760

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor

New Orleans (504) 412-1517

Roger Everett Kelley Jr. Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square Department of Neurology 200 Broadway Ave., Ste 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9190

Sheryl Martin-Schild

Tulane Medical Center Stroke Center Department of Neurology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Alireza Minagar Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Neurology Clinic 1606 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-4679

Jeffrey Nicholl Tulane Multispecialty Clinic Downtown Department of Neurology 275 LaSalle St., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 988-7478

Piotr Wladyslaw Olejniczak LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1517

R. Eugene Ramsay Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Neurology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 7th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3980

Robert Newton Schwendimann Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, 2nd Floor 1606 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-7760

Steven James Snatic Our Lady of Lourdes Neurology Center 2311 Kalliste Saloom Road Lafayette (337) 470-4978

Austin John Sumner LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 412-1517

Steven Jeffrey Zuckerman 7922 Summa Ave., Suite A4 Baton Rouge (225) 341-8311

Richard M. Zweig Louisiana State University

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Health Sciences Center Neurology Clinic 1606 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-4679

Patricia S. Braly

Nuclear Medicine

Rose Marie Brouillette

Richard J. Campeau Jr.

LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Medical Center Kenner Neuroendocrine Clinic 200 W Esplanade Ave., Ste 200 Kenner (504) 464-8500

Oussama Nachar Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470

Obstetrics and Gynecology Phillip A. Barksdale

Woman’s Hospital Louisiana Incontinence Center 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 511 Baton Rouge (225) 752-3000

Perry Scott Barrilleaux Acadiana Maternal Fetal Medicine Building A, Suite 204 4630 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 989-9826

Lisa B. Bazzett

Women’s Cancer Care 606 W 12th Ave. Covington (985) 892-2252 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5372

Randall L. Brown Louisiana Women’s Healthcare Associates 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 201-2010

Pui (Joan) Cheng Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 320 New Orleans (504) 897-7142

Ralph R. Chesson Jr. LSU Healthcare Network Division of Urogynecology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600A Metairie (504) 412-1600

Paul G. Crawford Pierremont Women’s Clinic 8001 Youree Drive, Suite 300 Shreveport (318) 212-3800

Francis Ralph Dauterive

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4165

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 9001 Summa Ave., 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5239

William F. Beacham

Ryan David Dickerson

North Oaks Obstetrics and Gynecology 15748 Medical Arts Plaza Hammond (985) 542-0663

Destin Black Willis Knighton Cancer Center Gynecologic Oncology Associates 2600 Kings Hwy., Suite 420 Shreveport (318) 212-8727

William G. Black

Louisiana Women’s Healthcare Associates 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 201-2010

Richard P. Dickey Fertility Institute of New Orleans 800 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 2C Mandeville (985) 892-7621

Albert L. Diket

North Oaks Obstetrics and Gynecology 15748 Medical Arts Plaza Hammond (985) 542-0663

Woman’s Hospital Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 100 Woman’s Way, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 924-8338

Robin B. Bone

Chi P. Dola

Lakeside Women’s Specialty Center East Jefferson Professional Building, Suite 500 4315 Houma Blvd.

Metairie (504) 885-8563

Tulane Center for Women’s Health Section of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 4720 S I-10 Service Rd, Ste 302 Metairie

(504) 988-8070

Michael Stephen Durel Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 9001 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 761-5239

Louis Paul DuTreil Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite130 New Orleans (504) 897-7580

William James Farrell The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S. I-10 Service Road W., Suite 201 Metairie (504) 454-2165

Physician’s Office Building, Suite 210 500 Rue de La Vie Baton Rouge (225) 928-5951

Sherri Anne Longo Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-6290

Peter Lu The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S I-10 Service Rd W, Suite 201 Metairie (504) 454-2165

Robert T. Maupin Jr.

Building A, Suite 1 4150 Nelson Road Lake Charles (337) 474-2056

Touro Infirmary Perinatal Services Division LSU Health Sciences Center MFM Section 3434 Prytania St., Suite 105 New Orleans (504) 897-8213

Milton G. (Giles) Fort III

Hugh E. Mighty

Physician Office Bldg, Ste 311 500 Rue de la Vie Baton Rouge (225) 216-3006

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5379

Eugene M. Fontenot

Lynn J. Groome Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5379

Peyton Randolph Hall III The Woman’s Clinic 417 McMillan Road West Monroe (318) 322-7119

Truman Post Hawes Jr. Acadiana Women’s Health Group 4640 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 984-1050

Richard Carl Kline Ochsner Health System The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center Division of Gynecologic Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4165

Stanley Ray Kordisch Lake Area ObGyn Associates Building G, Suite 6 4150 Nelson Road Lake Charles (337) 562-3747

Ann M. LaFranca Woman’s Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Joseph Matthew Miller Jr. Touro Infirmary Perinatal Services Division LSU Health Sciences Center MFM Section 3434 Prytania St., Suite 105 New Orleans (504) 897-8213

Lee Joseph Monlezun Jr. 801 W. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 439-3205

George Brazil Morris III Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4155

Mark Newman Woman’s Hospital Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 100 Woman’s Way, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 924-8338

William David Pelletier

3434 Prytania St., Suite 130 New Orleans (504) 897-7580

Gabriella Pridjian Tulane Center for Women’s Health Section of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 4720 S I-10 Service Road, Suite 302 Metairie (504) 988-8070

Carol Ridenour Louisiana Women’s Healthcare Associates 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 201-2010

Alfred Godfrey Robichaux III Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3000

Belinda Sartor The Fertility Institute of New Orleans 4770 S I-10 Service Road W., Suite 201 Metairie (504) 454-2165

Ellis J. Schwartzenburg Woman’s Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician’s Office Building, Suite 210 500 Rue de La Vie Baton Rouge (225) 928-5951

Tonya Sheppard The Woman’s Clinic 312 Grammont St., Suite 300 Monroe (318) 388-4030

Marshall Scarle St. Amant Woman’s Hospital Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 100 Woman’s Way, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 924-8338

Jerry Joseph St. Pierre Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4155

Charles Mallon Stedman

Fertility and Women’s Health Center of Louisiana 206 E. Farrel Road Lafayette (337) 989-8795

Woman’s Hospital Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine 100 Woman’s Way, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 924-8338

Rebecca Perret

James R. Stenhouse

Crescent City Physicians

Louisiana Women’s Healthcare

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Associates 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 201-2010

John M. Storment Fertility and Women’s Health Center of Louisiana 206 E. Farrel Road Lafayette (337) 989-8795

Steven Noel Taylor Fertility Institute of New Orleans 800 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 2C Mandeville (985) 892-7621

Kerry Tynes Highland Clinic The Women’s Clinic 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, 3rd Floor Shreveport (318) 798-4400

Catherine F. Vanderloos 725 N. Ashley Ridge Loop, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 865-4333

William F. von Almen II Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 130 New Orleans (504) 897-7580

John W. Waterfallen ObGyn Associates of Shreveport 7941 Youree Drive Shreveport (318) 797-7941

Donna S. Waters Crescent City Physicians 3434 Prytania St., Suite 320 New Orleans (504) 897-7142

Warren C. West Jr. ObGyn Associates of Shreveport 7941 Youree Drive Shreveport (318) 797-7941

Felton L. Winfield Jr. LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1100

James Louis Zehnder Fertility and Women’s Health Center of Louisiana 206 E. Farrel Road Lafayette (337) 989-8795

Ophthalmology Laurence W. Arend

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 10th Floor New Orleans

(504) 842-3995

Ramesh S. Ayyala Tulane Medical Center Tulane Ophthalmology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5804

Barry A. Bohn Bohn and Joseph Eye Center 609 Guilbeau Road Lafayette (337) 981-6430

Stephen F. Brint 4720 I-10 W. Service Road, Suite 406 Metairie (504) 888-2020

Thomas Henry Casanova 515 E. 6th St. Crowley (337) 783-3073

John Charles Cooksey 1310 N 19th St. Monroe (318) 388-2020

Frank J. Culotta Acadiana Retina Consultants 1101 S College Road, Suite 304 Lafayette (337) 232-2710

James G. Diamond Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System New Orleans VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Ophthalmology 1601 Perdido St. New Orleans (504) 553-2135

Rudolph Michael Franklin 1538 Front St. Slidell (985) 641-9900

Alan Daniel Lacoste The Eye Clinic 1717 Oak Park Blvd., Suite 1 Lake Charles (337) 478-3810

Ronald Andrew Landry Eyecare Associates 4324 Veterans Blvd., Suite 102 Metairie (504) 455-9825

Charles Eliot Lyon Vitreo-Retinal Associates 836 Olive St. Shreveport (318) 222-8421

Jonathan Nussdorf Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 10th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3995

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Jayne S. Weiss

George Chimento

Gary Michael Haynie

LSU Health Care Network Department of Ophthalmology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 6th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1200

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970

Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052

Jon Anthony Yokubaitis

Nathan Phillip Cohen

The Eye Clinic 1717 Oak Park Blvd., Suite 1 Lake Charles (337) 478-3810

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Orthopaedic Specialists 1717 Oak Park Blvd., 3rd Floor Lake Charles (337) 494-4900

230 W. Sale Road Lake Charles (337) 477-5252

Orthopaedic Surgery Michael T. Acurio

Kevin Darr

Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 2005 Landry Drive Bossier City (318) 752-7850

Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. Covington (985) 892-5117

Steven Atchison

Vinod Dasa

Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052

LSU Healthcare Network Kenner Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 500 Kenner (504) 412-1700

Myron B. Bailey Jr. North Louisiana Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 1501 Louisville Ave. Monroe (318) 323-8451

Sidney L. Bailey

North Louisiana Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 1501 Louisville Ave. Monroe (318) 323-8451

R. Shane Barton The Orthopedic Clinic 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 212-3610

H. Ryan Bicknell Jr. The Orthopedic Clinic 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 212-3610

Joseph E. Broyles Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge 7301 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 766-0050

Michael Elden Brunet Mid State Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center 3444 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 473-9556

James C. Butler Southern Spine Care 1570 Lindburg Drive, Suite 4 Slidell (985) 661-2170

Lucas Thomas Cashio Jefferson Orthopaedic Clinic 920 Avenue B Marrero (504) 349-6804

Michael J. Duval Louisiana Orthopaedic Specialists 108 Rue Louis XIV Lafayette (337) 235-8007

Luis M. Espinoza Orthopaedic Center for Sports Medicine 671 W Esplanade Ave., Suite 100 Kenner (504) 467-5900

Donald C. Faust 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 600 New Orleans (504) 899-1000

Thomas Bryan Ford Lake Area Orthopaedics Building G, Suite 1 4150 Nelson Road Lake Charles (337) 310-0440

Walter Stanley Foster Acadiana Orthopaedic Group 1448 S. College Road Lafayette (337) 233-5300

Craig C. Greene Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424

R. Bryan Griffith Jr. Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424

Michael Alan Hinton

Mark J. Hontas Tulane University Medical Group - Covington Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 71211 Hwy. 21, Suite A Covington (985) 893-9922

Catherine E. Johnson Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424

Deryk Jones Ochsner Hospital - Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute Cartilage Restoration Institute 1201 S. Clearview Pkwy.

Jefferson (504) 736-4800

Mark Juneau Jr. Jefferson Orthopaedic Clinic 920 Ave. B Marrero (504) 349-6804

Euby J. Kerr III Spine Institute of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., 2nd Floor, Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 629-5555

Andrew G. King Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569

Peter C. Krause LSU Healthcare Network Department of Orthopaedics 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Ste 500 Kenner (504) 412-1700

James Monroe Laborde Orthopaedic Associates of New Orleans 3434 Prytania St., Suite 430 New Orleans (504) 899-6391

James Lalonde Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge

(225) 924-2424

Michael J. Leddy III Mid State Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center 3444 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 473-9556

Pierce D. Nunley Spine Institute of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., 2nd Floor Suite 200 Shreveport (318) 629-5555

J. Lockwood Ochsner Jr.

Acadiana Orthopaedic Group 1448 S. College Road Lafayette (337) 233-5300

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970

James Scott Lillich

H. Reiss Plauche

Jesse Lee Leonard III

Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052

Neil James Maki Thibodaux Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 525 St. Marys St. Thibodaux (985) 446-6284

John V. Marymont

Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. Covington (985) 892-5117

David Pope Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge 7301 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 200 Baton Rouge (225) 766-0050

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 1606 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 813-2280

Kevin Riche

Keith Melancon

Jason L. Rolling

Pontchartrain Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine 3939 Houma Blvd., Suite 21 Metairie (504) 885-6464

Mark S. Meyer Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970

Marion Ezra Milstead Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052

Scott C. Montgomery Ochsner Hospital - Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute Building B, Suite 104 1201 S. Clearview Pkwy.

Jefferson (504) 736-4800

Thomas J. Montgomery 449 Heymann Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 235-2264

Edward Lawrence Morgan Mid South Orthopaedics 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 220 Shreveport (318) 424-3400

Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424 Covington Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic 19343 Sunshine Ave. Covington (985) 892-5117

Felix H. Savoie III Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine 202 McAlister Extension New Orleans (504) 864-1476

John P. Schutte Acadiana Orthopaedic Group 1448 S. College Road Lafayette (337) 233-5300

Cambize Shahrdar The Orthopedic Clinic 7925 Youree Dr, Ste 200 Shreveport (318) 212-3610

Craig Rowan Springmeyer Highland Clinic Highland Center for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, 2nd Floor Shreveport (318) 798-4623

Misty Suri Ochsner Hospital - Elmwood Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute 1201 S. Clearview Pkwy.

Building B, Suite 104 Jefferson

(504) 736-4800

John Armstead Thomas Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 1000 Baton Rouge (225) 924-2424

Robert Treuting Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3970

David D. Waddell Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana 1500 Line Ave., Suite 100 Shreveport (318) 635-3052

William F. Webb Mid South Orthopaedics 7925 Youree Drive, Suite 220 Shreveport (318) 424-3400

Otolaryngology C. Barrett Alldredge

Lafayette Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists 225 Bendel Road Lafayette (337) 232-2330

John W. Alldredge Lafayette Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists 225 Bendel Road Lafayette (337) 232-2330

Ronald G. Amedee Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080

Moises Arriaga Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Hearing and Balance Center 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 709 Baton Rouge (225) 765-7735

Roger Earl Bowie Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Otolaryngology 1000 Ochsner Blvd.

Covington (985) 875-2828

R. Graham Boyce Associated Surgical Specialists 350 Lakeview Court, Suite C Covington (985) 845-2677

James Vance Broussard Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079

Bradley J. Chastant Acadian Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 201 Lafayette (337) 237-0650

1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 201 Lafayette (337) 237-0650

Lauren Jane Mickey ENT Specialists 312 Grammont St., Suite 303 Monroe (318) 322-9882

Timothy Blake Molony

3434 Houma Blvd., Suite 201 Metairie (504) 454-3277

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Lobby Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080

J. Kevin Duplechain

Denbo Herbert Montgomery Jr.

Louis Cucinotta

1103 Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 300 Lafayette (337) 456-3282

Michael Sydney Ellis Tulane Medical Center Downtown ENT Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5451

David J. Foreman Acadiana Otolaryngology Associates 1039 Camellia Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 993-1335

Lafayette Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists 225 Bendel Road Lafayette (337) 232-2330

Brian A. Moore Ochsner Health System The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080

Thomas Moulthrop

Paul L. Friedlander Tulane Medical Center Downtown ENT Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5451

Paul Thomas Gaudet Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079

H. Devon Graham III Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Lobby Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080

Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 895-7642

Daniel Wehrmann Nuss Our Lady of the Lake Head and Neck Center 4950 Essen Lane, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 765-1765

Gerard Pena Slidell Ear, Nose and Throat 1850 Gause Blvd. E, Suite 301 Slidell (985) 646-4400

Stanley Peters Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 2121 Baton Rouge (225) 767-7200

Brian Petit

ENT Specialists of Metairie 4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 401 Metairie (504) 889-5335

The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Calvin Morris Johnson Jr.

Anna Maria Pou

Michael J. Hickham

Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 895-7642

Jeffrey J. Joseph Acadian Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery

Our Lady of the Lake Head and Neck Center 4950 Essen Lane, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 765-1765

David Grehan Pou Ear, Nose and Throat Center

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2121 Line Ave. Shreveport (318) 226-9441

Pathology Gregg Barre

2820 Napoleon Ave., Suite 820 New Orleans (504) 895-7707

Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Pathology 1214 Coolidge Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 289-7681

Michael Robichaux Sr.

Edwin Norquist Beckman

Elisabeth Rareshide

Southern ENT Associates 4425 Hwy. 1 Raceland (985) 537-7546

James R. Robinson Highland Clinic Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 206 Shreveport (318) 798-4440

James Sherman Soileau Ear and Balance Institute 1401 Ochsner Blvd., Suite A Covington (985) 809-1111

Paul M. Spring ENT Specialists of Metairie 4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 401 Metairie (504) 889-5335

Robert F. Tarpy Lafayette Sinus Relief 1103 Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 308 Lafayette (337) 233-7016

Justin M. Tenney Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Bldg, Ste 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3330

James E. Brown West Jefferson Medical Center Department of Pathology 1101 Medical Center Blvd.

Marrero (504) 347-5511

Edgar Shannon Cooper Pathology Group of Louisiana 5339 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-4999

Randall Douglas Craver Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Pathology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9873

M’Liss L. Crosier Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Delta Pathology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 470-4383

Philip J. Daroca Jr.

Ear, Nose and Throat Center 2121 Line Ave. Shreveport (318) 226-9441

Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5224

Rohan R. Walvekar

Nancy K. Davis

Robert Strong Thornton

Our Lady of the Lake Head and Neck Center 4950 Essen Lane, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 765-1765

Newland Knight Worley 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 640 Metairie (504) 456-5120

Guy Paul Zeringue Jr. Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079

Guy Paul Zeringue III Southern ENT Associates Medical Office Building, Suite 101 604 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 446-5079

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3330

Guillermo Antonio Herrera Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pathology 1541 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-4557

Health Sciences Center Department of Pathology 1901 Perdido St., Room 5103 New Orleans (504) 568-6031

Stephanie S. Richard The Pathology Laboratory 830 W. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 436-9557

Francis Rodwig Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3208

Frederick Wayne Stromeyer Pathology Group of Louisiana 5339 O’Donovan Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-4999

Elba A. Turbat-Herrera Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pathology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5860

John S. Van Hoose The Pathology Laboratory 830 W. Bayou Pines Drive Lake Charles (337) 436-9557

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Sami L. Bahna

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Allergy and Immunology Clinic Women’s and Children’s Clinic, 1st Floor1602 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-8604

Jane M. S. El-Dahr Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Bina Elizabeth Joseph Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of Southwest Louisiana 320 Settlers Trace Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 981-9495

5217 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-6931

Ricardo U. Sorensen Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Allergy and Immunology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9589

Pediatric Anesthesiology Brandon Black

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456

Jimmie E. Colon Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Daniel P. Corsino Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Fl New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Stanley Martin Hall Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456

John Frederick Heaton Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456

Vilasini Satish Karnik Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

George P. Koclanes

8017 Picardy Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 769-4432

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456

James Marion Kidd III

Prem Kumar Menon

Sheryl Lynn Sawatsky

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pathology 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3330

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center 5217 Flanders Drive Baton Rouge (225) 766-6931

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Anesthesiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9456

William Proctor Newman III

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center

Li Huang

Louisiana State University

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Vimla Menon

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Joseph Caspi

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans The Heart Center Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-3928

Dennis M. Mello Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 8th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3966

Thomas Yeh Jr. Tulane Medical Center Pediatric Heart Center 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-2273

Pediatric Cardiology Robert Joseph Ascuitto

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Cardiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9751

Terry Dean King 300 Pavilion Road West Monroe (318) 323-1100

Victor William Lucas Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Theodorus Johannes Mulder Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-5200

Michael Ramon Recto Tulane Hospital for Children Division of Pediatric Cardiology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-4152

Ernest S. Siwik Children’s Hospital of New Orleans The Heart Center 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9751

Aluizio Roberto Stopa Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Cardiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans

(504) 896-9751

Thomas Young Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Cardiology 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-5200

Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesia

Jimmie E. Colon

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Donald Eric Harmon Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3755

Pediatric Critical Care Bonnie Desselle Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Critical Care 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-9511

Gary L. Duhon Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Division of Critical Care 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-3924

Edwin Michael Frieberg Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Critical Care 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Robert Lee Hopkins Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

L. Keith Scott Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5987

Pediatric Dermatology

Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9441

Neslihan K. Gungor Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Division of Pediatric Endocrinology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-6070

Robert McVie Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Division of Pediatric Endocrinology 1602 Kings Hwy. Women’s and Children’s Clinic Bldg, 1st Floor Shreveport (318) 675-6070

Mary A. Younger

111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 406 Metairie (504) 838-8225

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Pediatric Endocrinology

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9441

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9534

Jeffrey C. Poole

Stuart A. Chalew

Ricardo Gomez

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans

Raynorda F. Brown

Ilana S. Fortgang

Tammuella E. Singleton

Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Tulane Medical Center Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Maria C. Velez

Renee V. Gardner

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 896-9740

Julie Kanter-Washko Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Ammar B. Morad Women’s and Children’s Hospital Kid’s Specialty Center Division of Hematology and Oncology 4704 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 371-3101

Jaime A. Morales Arias Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 896-9740

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 896-9740

Lolie Chua Yu Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Hematology and Oncology 200 Henry Clay Ave., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 896-9740

Pediatric Infectious Disease Thomas Alchediak

Tulane General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie (504) 988-8000

Rodolfo E. Begue Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Infectious Diseases 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9820

Joseph A. Bocchini Jr. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Pediatric Infectious Disease Women’s and Children’s Clinic Bldg, 1st Floor 1602 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-6081

Margarita Silio Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Russell Wesley Steele Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Infectious Disease 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Russell Barrett Van Dyke Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans

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(504) 988-5800

Ronald D. Wilcox NO/AIDS Task Force 2601 Tulane Ave., Suite 500 New Orleans (504) 212-2773

Pediatric Medical Genetics

Hans Christoph Andersson Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 New Orleans (504) 988-5101

Dmitriy Niyazov Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Division of Medical Genetics 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Pediatric Nephrology

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Pediatric Ophthalmology George S. Ellis Jr.

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans 200 Henry Clay Ave. Department of Ophthalmology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3104 New Orleans (504) 896-9426

Horatio Sprague Eustis Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 10th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3995

Diego H. Aviles

Robert Allen Gordon

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Nephrology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9238

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Ophthalmology Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5804

Samir S. El-Dahr Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Nephrology 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Lewis Reisman Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Pediatric Nephrology Women’s and Children’s Clinic, 1st Floor 1602 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-8631

V. Matti Vehaskari Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Nephrology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9238

Ihor V. Yosypiv Tulane Medical Center Division of Pediatric Nephrology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Pediatric Neurological Surgery

Clarence S. Greene Jr. Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurosurgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9568

Pediatric obesity Mary A. Younger

Pediatric orthopaedic surgery William K. Accousti

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569

James Toliver Bennett Tulane Medical Center Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-2177

Joseph A. Gonzales Jr. Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569

Stephen Douglas Heinrich Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569

Andrew G. King Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9569

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Pediatric Radiation Oncology

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Lobby Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3440

Kimsey Rodriguez

Touro Infirmary Department of Radiation Oncology 1401 Foucher St., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 897-8387

John Lindhe Guarisco

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Lobby Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080

Larry (Lawrence) M. Simon Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Otolaryngology 200 Henry Clay Ave., Suite 4119 New Orleans (504) 896-9832

Pediatric Pathology Randall Douglas Craver

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Pathology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9873

Pediatric Pulmonology Scott H. Davis

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave, 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Robert Lee Hopkins Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave, 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Michael Philip Kiernan Tulane Medical Center Section of Pediatric Pulmonology 1415 Tulane Ave, 5th Fl New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Kristin N. Van Hook Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Division of Pulmonary Medicine 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Troy Gene Scroggins Jr.

Ellen (Elly) Zakris

Pediatric Radiology Chris M. (Christopher) Arcement

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Radiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9566

Jane D. Congeni Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Radiology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9565

Arthur J. Kenney Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470

Pediatric Rheumatology Jane M. S. El-Dahr

Tulane Hospital for Children Section of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Abraham Gedalia Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Rheumatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3020 New Orleans (504) 896-9385

Pediatric Specialist/ Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Sue Ellen Abdalian

Tulane General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie (504) 988-8000

Sarah R.S. Stender Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Endocrinology

and Diabetes 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9441

Pediatric Specialist/ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Milton Webster Anderson

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4025

Ted Bloch III 3525 Prytania St., Suite 211 New Orleans (504) 897-7939

Gordon Lane Blundell Jr. 179 Hwy. 22 E., Suite 100 Madisonville (985) 845-8101

Stephen R. Cochran 1426 Amelia St. New Orleans (504) 891-6020

Charles Calvin Coleman Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry 1542 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 568-6001

Robert Dahmes New Orleans Psychotherapy Associates 4480 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 107 New Orleans (504) 393-6355

Richard F. Dalton Jr. Tulane University Health Sciences Center Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 131 S Robertson St, 14th Fl, Ste 1423 New Orleans (504) 988-5401

Martin J. Drell Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1580

Stacy Drury Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Mary Margaret Gleason Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Daphne Ann Glindmeyer 229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite

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420 Gretna (504) 392-8348

Rick Henderson The Center for Individual and Family Counseling 3500 N Causeway Blvd., Suite 1410 Metairie (504) 838-9919

Rita Y. Horton Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Child Psychiatry Faculty Clinic 820 Jordan St., Suite 104 Shreveport (318) 676-5002

Kristopher Edward Kaliebe St. Charles Community Health Center Division of Behavioral Health 853 Milling Ave. Luling (985) 785-5881

Cecile L. Many Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Pamela McPherson Shreveport Mental Health Center Building 3, Suite 350 2924 Knight St. Shreveport (318) 862-3053

Pediatric Specialist/ Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Brian Barkemeyer

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9418

Rosaire Josseline L. Belizaire Pediatrix Medical Group of Louisiana 107 Montrose Ave., Suite D Lafayette (337) 981-9316

Jay Paul Goldsmith Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Neonatology 1430 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 236-3566

Chih-Hao Lin Women and Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 4200 Nelson Road Lake Charles (337) 475-4181

Mark Allen Sands Mercy Family Center 110 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 425 Metairie (504) 838-8283

Jason Murphy Wuttke 1539 Jackson Ave., Suite 300 New Orleans (504) 581-3933

Charles Henry Zeanah Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Pediatrix Medical Group of Louisiana 107 Montrose Ave., Suite D Lafayette (337) 981-9316

Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, Epilepsy Shannon McGuire

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9283

Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, General Diane K. Africk

Stephen Russell Deputy

Staci Marie Olister

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Psychiatry 9001 Summa Ave., 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5820

Cong Thanh Vo

Amarjit Singh Nijjar

Paul G. Pelts

Judy Marianne Roheim

Woman’s Hospital Department of Neonatology 100 Woman’s Way, 3rd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 928-2555

Terrebonne General Medical Center Division of Neonatology 8166 Main St. Houma (985) 858-7300

4417 Danneel St. New Orleans (504) 891-2354 1539 Jackson Ave., Suite 300 New Orleans (504) 581-3933

Steven Brian Spedale

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of Neurology 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Bedford Nieves-Cruz

Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Department of Neonatology 3330 Masonic Drive Alexandria (318) 448-6827

Richard Howard Morse

Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9418

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9418

Duna Penn Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neonatology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9418

Arun Kumar Pramanik Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Neonatology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-7276

Jane Ellen Reynolds

Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 4700 S. I-10 Service Road Metairie (504) 780-4583

Dana L. Rivera Children’s Hospital of New

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Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3040 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888

Shannon McGuire Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9283

Ann Henderson Tilton

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888

Maria Weimer Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Ste 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9283

Joaquin Wong Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Section of Child Neurology

200 Henry Clay Ave New Orleans (504) 896-9458

Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, Movement Disorders Ann Henderson Tilton

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888

Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, Neonatal Neurology Charlotte Marie Anderson Hollman The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatric Neurology 7373 Perkins Road Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Pediatric Specialist/ Neurology, Neuromuscular Disease Ann Henderson Tilton

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Neurology Ambulatory Care Center, Suite 3314 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-2888

Pediatric Specialist/ Pediatric Metabolic Diseases Hans Christoph Andersson

Tulane University Health Sciences Center Hayward Genetics Center 1430 Tulane Ave., Suite 5550 New Orleans (504) 988-5101

Pediatric Surgery Vincent Robert Adolph

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pediatric Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Lobby Tower, 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3907

Kenneth Wayne Falterman Women’s and Children’s Hospital Kid’s Specialty Center Department of Surgery 4704 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 371-3101

Faith Hansbrough Pediatric Surgery of Louisiana 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 212 Baton Rouge (225) 769-2295

Charles Baker Hill Jr. Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-3977

Rodney B. Steiner Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Surgery 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9756

John Willson Walsh Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Pediatric Urology Joseph Ortenberg

Children’s Hospital of New Orleans Department of Urology Ambulatory Care Center 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans (504) 896-9233

Pediatrics/General Thomas Alchediak

Tulane General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie (504) 988-8000

Susan M. Bankston The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

John S. Barbara Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 833-7374

Darrell Stone Barnett Pediatric Associates 950 Olive St. Shreveport (318) 681-4896

Ronald L. Bombet The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Rd, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Jennifer Alane Boustany 4630 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy, Ste 102 Lafayette (337) 989-2322

Daniel Richard Bronfin Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General

Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Fl New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Richard Louis Brooke Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Pediatric Clinic 1978 Industrial Blvd Houma.

(985) 873-1730

Traci Brumund The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Danielle Calix Ochsner Health System Ochsner Children’s Health Center - Destrehan 1970 Ormond Blvd., Suite J Destrehan (985) 764-6036

Robert W. Clarke Jr. Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 Houma (985) 868-5440

Keith Collins 2017 Metairie Road Metairie (504) 832-8022

Tracy Conrad

Robert Eldred Drumm

Tulane Metairie Multispecialty Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 101 Metairie (504) 988-8050

The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Cary A. Culbertson Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 833-7374

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center Pediatric Clinic 1978 Industrial Blvd.

Houma (985) 873-1730

Terry L. Cummings

Bonita H. Dyess

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000

Pediatrics Plus 3401 Magnolia Cove Monroe (318) 325-6311

Theresa Lynn Dise

Pediatric Associates 59325 River West Drive, Suite D Plaquemine (225) 687-3055

Gregory John Gelpi

David Anderson Estes Jr.

Lois Herd Gesn

Tulane Multispecialty Clinic at University Square 200 Broadway Ave., Suite 230 New Orleans (504) 988-9000

Hosea Joseph Doucet III Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Tulane Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S. I-10 Service Road, Suite 501 Metairie (504) 998-8000

Adela Pratt Dupont

Kathryn Coreil Elkins

Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. Metairie (504) 219-0880

Patrice B. Evers Tulane General Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic 4720 S I-10 Service Road,

Amy Glick

Suite 501 Metairie (504) 988-8000

Bernard Ferrer Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 Houma (985) 868-5440

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Children’s Health Center Metairie Department of Pediatrics 4901 Veterans Memorial Blvd.

Metairie (504) 887-1133

Patricia Granier

Marc A. Fisher 12A Westbank Expy., Suite 100 Gretna (504) 361-0234

Ruthanne R. Gallagher Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite Houma (985) 868-5440 Pediatric Clinic 888 Tara Blvd., Suite F Baton Rouge (225) 926-4400

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Children’s Health Center Metairie Department of Pediatrics 4901 Veterans Memorial Blvd.

Metairie (504) 887-1133

Stephen Wilson Hales Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 New Orleans (504) 897-0744

Robert Davis Haynie Mid City Pediatrics 2225 Line Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-2225

Ochsner Health Center Baton Rouge Department of Pediatrics 16777 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100 Baton Rouge, (225) 754-3278

Michael G. Heller Jr. Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. Metairie (504) 219-0880

David Garrett Hill The Baton Rouge Clinic

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Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Jennifer V. Hogan Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Pediatrics 9001 Summa Ave., 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200

Lynne Frances Holladay

(504) 885-4141

Jamar A. Melton The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Elizabeth Swanson Milvid Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 New Orleans (504) 897-0744

Pediatric Healthcare Associates 1717 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport (318) 212-2920

Mark Vincent Morici

Amanda Brown Jackson

M. Nora Oates

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Hales Pediatrics 3525 Prytania St., Suite 602 New Orleans (504) 897-0744

Metairie Pediatrics 2201 Veterans Blvd., Suite 300 Metairie (504) 833-7374

Jennifer M. Parkerson

4630 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy., Suite 102 Lafayette (337) 989-2322

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Charles Maurice Kantrow III

Henry M. Peltier

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Center For Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 200 Thibodaux (985) 448-3700

Michael Keith Judice

Katherine M. Knight Tulane-Lakeside Hospital Section of Pediatrics 4720 I-10 Service Road New Orleans (504) 988-5001

Stuart Landry Children’s Clinic of Southwest Louisiana 2903 1st Ave. Lake Charles (337) 478-6480

Paul Joseph Marquis Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Lapalco Department of Family Medicine 4225 Lapalco Blvd, 2nd Floor Marrero (504) 371-9355

Shelley M. Martin The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Ellen Blownstine McLean Carousel Pediatrics 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 240 Metairie

Keith Perrin Napoleon Pediatrics 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 707 New Orleans (504) 897-4242

Kathryn Quarls

Naglaa A. Shourbaji Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Edward David Sledge Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Pediatrics 9001 Summa Ave., 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200

Sam Jude Solis Napoleon Pediatrics 3040 33rd St. Metairie (504) 219-0880

Baton Rouge Family Medical Center 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 763-4900

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Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Pediatric Hospital Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3088

Frank J. DellaCroce

Shaun McCrossen Kemmerly

J. Kevin Duplechain

Pediatric Hospitalists of Louisiana 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 103 Baton Rouge (225) 767-6700

1103 Kaliste Saloom Road, Suite 300 Lafayette (337) 456-3282

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans (504) 899-2800

H. Devon Graham III

John Eric Bicknell

Charles Gruenwald Jr.

7823 Youree Drive Shreveport (318) 798-6833

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 4309 Bluebonnet Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 925-3140

Carlos Alberto Trujillo

4315 Houma Blvd., Suite 303 Metairie (504) 889-5242

Arthur Gerard Tribou

Jefferson Pediatric Clinic 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Suite N813 Marrero (504) 349-6813

Joseph Waggenspack The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Stephen M. Weimer

Danny Scott Wood

Tasha C. Shamlin

Plastic Surgery Center of Southwest Louisiana 2000 S. Woods Drive, Suite B Lake Charles (337) 497-1958

The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Bayou Pediatric Associates 8120 Main St., Suite 300 Houma (985) 868-5440

Renee F. Reymond

Baton Rouge Family Medical Center 8595 Picardy Ave., Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 763-4900

Vanessa G. Carroll

Ralph William Colpitts

1500 Line Ave., 2nd Floor, Suite 204 Shreveport (318) 629-5425

Alisha M. Totina

Fairway Pediatrics 7020 Hwy. 190, Suite C Covington (985) 871-7337

Kenyatta D. Shamlin

Pediatrics/Hospital Medicine

(337) 237-0650

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Lobby Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4080

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center for Children Department of General Pediatrics 1315 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3900

Department of Pediatrics 4740 S I-10 Service Road W., 2nd Floor Metairie (504) 883-3703

The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pediatrics 7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9290

Lindsay R. York 1111 Medical Center Blvd., Ste N803 Marrero (504) 934-8333

Mary A. Younger Tulane Medical Center Tulane Pediatric Downtown Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave, 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-6253

Scott Rory Zander Lakeside Children’s Clinic

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation David N. Adams

Joseph J. Biundo Jr.

Stephen Kishner Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1450 Poydras St. New Orleans (504) 903-2373

David Albert Jansen Face and Body Institute 3900 Veterans Blvd., Suite 200 Metairie (504) 455-1000

Calvin Morris Johnson Jr. Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 895-7642

Stephen W. Wheat

Jeffrey J. Joseph

Wheat Medical Center 138 E. 5th St Natchitoches (318) 352-4477

Acadian Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 201 Lafayette (337) 237-0650

Plastic Surgery Elliott B. Black III

4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 100 Metairie (504) 883-8900

R. Graham Boyce Associated Surgical Specialists 350 Lakeview Court, Suite C Covington (985) 845-2677

Holly Dawn Casey Wall The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery 8600 Fern Ave. Shreveport (318) 795-0801

Louis Gerrit Bryant Mes Plastic Surgery Associates 1101 S. College Road, Suite 400 Lafayette (337) 233-5025

Timothy Joseph Mickel 903 N. 2nd St. Monroe (318) 388-2050

Michael H. Moses 1603 2nd St. New Orleans (504) 895-7200

Bradley J. Chastant

Thomas Moulthrop

Acadian Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery 1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 201 Lafayette

Hedgewood Surgical Center 2427 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 895-7642

Barron Johns O’Neal 2210 Line Ave., Suite 204 Shreveport (318) 221-9671

3500 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 1410 Metairie (504) 838-9919

Kenneth L. Odinet

Stephen R. Cochran

Building 6 200 Beaullieu Drive Lafayette (337) 234-8648

1426 Amelia St. New Orleans (504) 891-6020

Scott K. Sullivan Jr. Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Psychiatry 1542 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 568-6001

Michael Albert Teague

Erich J. Conrad

Associates in Plastic Surgery 8425 Cumberland Place Baton Rouge (225) 924-7514

Chris Trahan

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800

Simeon H. Wall Sr. The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery 8600 Fern Ave. Shreveport (318) 426-9255

Simeon H. Wall Jr. The Wall Center for Plastic Surgery 8600 Fern Ave Shreveport (318) 795-0801

Charles Calvin Coleman

Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1580

Maria Cruse Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 201 Thibodaux (985) 493-9304

Robert Dahmes New Orleans Psychotherapy Associates 4480 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 107 New Orleans (504) 393-6355

George Cecil Daul Jr.

3439 Magazine St. New Orleans (504) 891-8808

Professional Psychotherapy Network 1529 River Oaks Road W., Suite 123 New Orleans (504) 729-4414

J. Robert Barnes

Denise L. Dorsey

Psychiatry

James G. Barbee

1301 Amelia St., Suite A New Orleans (504) 891-7000

1519 Fern St. New Orleans (504) 865-1723

John William Bick III

Burl E. Forgey

3705 Coliseum St. New Orleans (504) 891-0094

Charles Kelso Billings Jr. 720 Lafayette St. Gretna (504) 366-9707

Ted Bloch III 3525 Prytania St., Suite 211 New Orleans (504) 897-7939

Renee Bruno 7470 Highland Road, Suite A Baton Rouge (225) 615-8102

Jose Calderon-Abbo 3439 Magazine St. New Orleans (504) 891-8808

Charles Chester The Center for Individual and Family Counseling

Psychiatry Associates 9229 Bluebonnet Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 769-7575

Edward F. Foulks Gonzales Mental Health Clinic 1112 E. Ascension Complex Blvd.

Gonzales (225) 621-5770

Ross A. Gallo 5357 Chestnut St. New Orleans (504) 552-9015

Daphne Ann Glindmeyer 229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 Gretna (504) 392-8348

Douglas William Greve 931 Rue Saint Louis New Orleans (504) 236-5532

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W. Scott Griffies

Cecile L. Many

Dean Edward Robinson

New Orleans Center for Mind-Body Health 536 Bienville St. New Orleans (504) 355-0509

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Mental Health Service 1601 Perdido St. New Orleans (504) 571-8283

Milton L. Harris Jr. Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System New Orleans VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Psychiatry 3434 Canal St. New Orleans (504) 539-5744

Alvin Martin Rouchell

St. John VA Outpatient Clinic Department of Psychiatry 4004 Airline Hwy. Reserve (985) 479-6770

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of General Psychiatry 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4025

Gerald Heintz

Pamela McPherson

Alphonse Kenison Roy III

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center The Family Center Department of Psychiatry 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 6000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8648

Shreveport Mental Health Center Building 3, Suite 350 2924 Knight St. Shreveport (318) 862-3053

Addiction Recovery Resources 4933 Wabash St. Metairie (504) 780-2766

Dean Anthony Hickman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of General Psychiatry 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4025

Janet Elaine Johnson Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Kristopher Edward Kaliebe St. Charles Community Health Center Division of Behavioral Health 853 Milling Ave. Luling (985) 785-5881

Keith Bradford Kessel 745 Olive St., Suite 109 Shreveport (318) 221-6070

Schoener Michele LaPrairie River Parishes Treatment Center 1809 W. Airline Hwy. LaPlace (985) 652-8444

John Robert Macgregor Jr. 1305 W. Causeway Approach, Suite 106 Mandeville (985) 626-3400

Harminder Singh Mallik Tulane Medical Center Division of Forensic Neuropsychiatry 1440 Canal St. New Orleans (504) 988-2201

Donna M. Mancuso 229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 Gretna (504) 392-8348

Craig W. Maumus

Christopher D. Meyers 3525 Prytania St., Suite 518 New Orleans (504) 895-5533

Brian D. Monette Gonzales Mental Health Clinic 1112 E. Ascension Complex Blvd.

Gonzales (225) 621-5770

Janet Seligson-Dowie 229 Bellemeade Blvd., Suite 420 Gretna (504) 392-8348

Marilyn M. Skinner 1303 Antonine St. New Orleans (504) 891-3001

John Martin Smith

4417 Danneel St. New Orleans (504) 891-2354

Mental Health Center of Central Louisiana Behavioral Health 242 W. Shamrock St., Unit 1 Pineville (318) 484-6850

Andrew E. Morson

John Walter Thompson Jr.

Integrated Behavioral Health 400 Poydras St., Suite 1780 New Orleans (504) 322-3837

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Richard Howard Morse

Howard Joseph Osofsky Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1580

Jayendra K. Patel Lake Area Psychiatry 333 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive, Suite 220 Lake Charles (337) 478-9331

Nicholas G. Pejic Atlas Psychiatry 1301 Antonine St. New Orleans (504) 899-1682

Jose Manuel Pena Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Arwen Podesta 4322 Canal St. New Orleans (504) 252-0026

Mark Harold Townsend Louisiana State University Behavioral Sciences Center 3450 Chestnut St., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1580

L. Lee Tynes Jr. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 6000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8941

Daniel Keith Winstead Tulane Medical Center Tulane Behavioral Health Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-4794

Mark Henry Zielinski Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center The Family Center Department of Psychiatry 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 6000 Baton Rouge (225) 765-8648

Pulmonary Medicine Juzar Ali

LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1517

Gregory Jacob Ardoin The Lung Center 201 4th St., Suite 1A Alexandria (318) 769-5864

John Areno Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 510 E Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411

Stephen P. Brierre LSU Healthcare Network Department of Pulmonary Medicine 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755

Robert Craig Broussard Pulmonary Associates of Southwest Louisiana 2770 3rd Ave., Suite 110 Lake Charles (337) 494-2750

Walter Dwayne Brown Lafayette General Medical Center 155 Hospital Drive Department of Pulmonary Medicine Professional Office Building, Suite 206 Lafayette (337) 234-3204

Randy D. Bryn 2551 Greenwood Road, Suite 210 Shreveport (318) 635-0834

Clifford Braddock Burns Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 9th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055

Bennett Paul DeBoisblanc Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 3rd Fl New Orleans (504) 842-4721

George Gary Guidry Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Pulmonary Medicine 155 Hospital Drive

Professional Office Building, Suite 206 Lafayette (337) 234-3204

Thomas James Gullatt St. Francis Medical Center Hospitalist Group 309 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 966-4541

Ronald F. Hammett Glenwood Pulmonary Specialists 102 Thomas Road, Suite 104 West Monroe (318) 329-8485

Cullen Andrew Hebert Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864

William H. Hines Sr. The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 1st Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Mark Kenneth Hodges The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Robert Cary Holladay Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5920

Surma Jain

Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864

Section of Pulmonology, Lung Transplant and Critical Care 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-4400

Carol M. Mason

Judd Ernest Shellito

LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 Kenner (504) 412-1705

LSU Healthcare Network LSU Multispecialty Clinic Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 205 Kenner (504) 412-1705

William Henry Matthews

Francesco Simeone

St. Francis Pulmonary Clinic 411 Calypso St., Suite 210 Monroe (318) 966-6500

Tulane Medical Center Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5263

Shawn Arlen Milligan Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 510 East Stoner Ave. Shreveport (318) 221-8411

James Garland Smith Jr. St. Francis Medical Center Hospitalist Group 309 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 966-4541

Thomas Gerard Nuttli

Kenneth B. Smith

East Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Pulmonary Associates 4200 Houma Blvd., 3rd Floor Metairie (504) 454-5205

East Jefferson General Hospital Jefferson Pulmonary Associates 4200 Houma Blvd, 3rd Floor Metairie (504) 454-5205

Michael Wayne Owens

Thomas Parks Smith

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Medical Service 510 E. Stoner Ave., Ste 111 Shreveport (318) 990-5366

Green Clinic Respiratory Department 1200 S. Farmerville St. Ruston (318) 255-3690

Nereida Alicia Parada

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 9th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055

Tulane Medical Center Tulane Lung Center 1415 Tulane Ave., 7th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800

David E. Taylor

Donald Keith Payne

Stephen Phillips Kantrow

Billy Joe Rosson Jr.

Brad D. Vincent

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwyoor., Atrium Tower, 9th Fl New Orleans (504) 842-4055

Lafayette General Medical Center Department of Pulmonary Medicine 155 Hospital Drive Professional Office Building, Suite 206 Lafayette (337) 234-3204

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Critical Care Medicine Service 7777 Hennessy Blvd., Suite 701 Baton Rouge (225) 765-5864

Joseph Alexander Lasky Tulane Medical Center Tulane Lung Center 1415 Tulane Ave., 7th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Matthew L. Schuette

Stuart J. Lebas

Leonardo Seoane

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center

Bayou Pulmonary 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 610 Metairie (504) 456-7456

Ben Frank Thompson III Pulmonary Associates of Southwest Louisiana 2770 3rd Ave., Suite 110 Lake Charles (337) 494-2750

Robert E. Walter Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5920

David Allen Welsh

Radiation Oncology Michael Leonard Durci

Willis-Knighton Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 2600 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 212-4639

Robert Lee Ebeling Jr. Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute 411 Calypso St. Monroe (318) 966-1900

Robert Sidney Fields Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 4950 Essen Lane Baton Rouge (225) 767-0847

Andrew Ralph Harwood OncoLogics 917 General Mouton Ave. Lafayette (337) 237-2057

Roland Benton Hawkins Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3440

Gregory Charles Henkelmann

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 9th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4055

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5920

3700 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 412-1100

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 4950 Essex Lane Baton Rouge (225) 767-0847

Steven I. Hightower SMH Slidell Radiation Center 1120 Robert Blvd., Suite 100 Slidell (985) 649-8688

Sheldon Ashley Johnson Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 4950 Essen Lane Baton Rouge (225) 215-1515

Maurice Leon King Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 4950 Essen Lane Baton Rouge (225) 215-1515

Julian Krawczyk OncoLogics 917 General Mouton Ave. Lafayette (337) 237-2057

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Paul David Monsour East Jefferson General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology 4204 Houma Blvd., Suite 100 Metairie (504) 454-1724

Lane Rosen Willis-Knighton Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology 2600 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 212-4639

William E. Russell Baton Rouge General Medical Center Pennington Cancer Center 3401 North Blvd.

Baton Rouge (225) 387-7280

Troy Gene Scroggins Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3440

Ellen (Elly) Zakris Touro Infirmary Department of Radiation Oncology 1401 Foucher St., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 897-8387

Radiology Edward Bluth

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor

New Orleans (504) 842-3470

Lafayette (337) 470-2558

Charles Joseph Brdlik

Joseph Horton

Southwest Louisiana Imaging 1601 Country Club Road Lake Charles (337) 439-7778

601 W. St. Mary Blvd., Suite 306 Lafayette (337) 235-0933

Daniel A. Devun

Dennis Kay

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470

Gregory Dobard

Arthur J. Kenney

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Department of Radiology 602 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 493-4756

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470

William H. Gallmann III Christus Schumpert Medical Center Department of Radiology 1 St. Mary Place Shreveport (318) 861-4347

Gary B. Lum

Maureen Heldmann Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Radiology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-6247

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470

Blaine H. Hoppe

James Milburn

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Division of Interventional Radiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans

Imaging Center of Louisiana 8338 Summa Ave., Suite 100 Baton Rouge (225) 761-8988

Charles Claiborne Matthews

(504) 842-3470

Robert Restrepo Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Radiology 1000 Ochsner Blvd.

Covington (985) 875-2828

Paula Sharkey Opelousas General Health System Department of Radiology 539 E. Prudhomme St. Opelousas (337) 948-5127

Luis R. Espinoza LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Section of Rheumatology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1366

Madelaine T. Feldman 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 New Orleans (504) 899-1120

Dana Hampton Smetherman

Stephen Michael Lindsey

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3470

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Rheumatology 9001 Summa Ave., 2nd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200

Mark Tyler Stephan

John Edward Marshall

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Acadiana Radiology Group 4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 470-2000

The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Rheumatology 7373 Perkins Road, 3rd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Richard Tupler Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Radiology 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-3470

Joan Wojak Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Department of Radiology 4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 470-2180

Rheumatology Seth Berney

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Rheumatology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5935

Joseph J. Biundo Jr. 4315 Houma Blvd, Suite 303 Metairie (504) 889-5242

Nicole Mes Cotter Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Specialists 820 Jordan St., Suite 201 Shreveport (318) 221-0399

William Eugene Davis Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology

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1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920

Robert James Quinet Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920

Eve Scopelitis Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920

Sean E. Shannon Rheumatology Services 5247 Didesse Drive Baton Rouge (225) 765-6505

Tamika A. Webb-Detiege Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920

Merlin Robert Wilson Jr. 2633 Napoleon Ave., Suite 530 New Orleans (504) 899-1120

Jerald Marc Zakem Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Rheumatology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 5th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3920

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Sleep Medicine

Andrew Long Chesson Jr. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Sleep Disorders Center Division of Sleep Medicine 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5365

Robert C. Hinkle The Baton Rouge Clinic Department of Pulmonology Medicine 7373 Perkins Road, 4th Floor Baton Rouge (225) 246-9240

Piotr Wladyslaw Olejniczak LSU Healthcare Network St. Charles Multispecialty Clinic Department of Neurology 3700 St. Charles Ave., 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 412-1517

J. William Parker Jr. Highland Clinic Department of Ear, Nose and Throat 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite 207 Shreveport (318) 798-4565

Katherine Smith NHS Human Services 1010 Common St., Suite 500 New Orleans (504) 302-1323

Supat Thammasitboon Tulane Medical Center Tulane Lung Center Tulane Comprehensive Sleep Center 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5800

Surgery

James L. Barr Delta Vein Care 1655 Louisville Ave. Monroe (318) 388-8880

Humberto Bohorquez Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Abdominal Organ Transplantation 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-5764

John S. Bolton Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 8th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070

J. Philip Boudreaux LSU Healthcare Network Ochsner Medical Center Kenner Neuroendocrine Clinic 200 W. Esplanade Ave., Suite 200

Kenner (504) 464-8500

E. Paul Breaux III 457 Heymann Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 237-5774

David Bruce Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925

Joseph Frederick Buell Tulane Transplant Institute Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Center 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans (504) 988-5344

Ian Carmody Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Transplant Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-5161

Daniel J. Carroll 1000 W Pinhook Road, Suite 200 Lafayette (337) 233-6684

Bruce Palmer Cleland Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Bluebonnet Department of Surgery 9001 Summa Ave., 3rd Floor Baton Rouge (225) 761-5200

Ari Cohen

(225) 381-2755

(318) 675-6156

(318) 795-9100

Daniel Joseph Frey

William S. Richardson

Alan Jerry Stolier

University Medical Center Division of Renal Transplantation and Pancreaticobiliary Surgery 2390 W. Congress St. Lafayette (337) 261-8500

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-4070

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800

Forrest Dean Griffen

Douglas P. Slakey

Robert C. DeWitt

Tulane Medical Center Department of Surgery 1415 Tulane Ave., 6th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-2317

Louisiana Cardiovascular and Thoracic Institute 3311 Prescott Road, Suite 202 Alexandria (318) 442-0106

Alan Jerry Stolier

Charles J. DiCorte

Center for Restorative Breast Surgery 1717 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans (504) 899-2800

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Health Center Covington Department of Cardiovascular Surgery 1000 Ochsner Blvd.

Covington (985) 875-2828

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-6126

Michael W. Hailey Breast Specialty of Baron Range 500 Rue de la Vie, Suite 201 Baton Rouge (225) 751-2778

John Patrick Hunt III Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery 2025 Gravier St. New Orleans (504) 903-2373

Lester Wayne Johnson Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Surgery 4864 Jackson St. Monroe (318) 330-7167

Charles Daniel Knight Jr. Highland Clinic Department of Surgery 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport (318) 798-4691

Michael J. Thomas Surgical Specialists of Louisiana 7015 Hwy. 190 E Service Road, Suite 200 Covington (985) 234-3000

Michael C. Townsend Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 8th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070

Joseph Frank Uddo Jr. 4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 450 Metairie (504) 454-4441

Surgical Oncology John S. Bolton

Thoracic Surgery

Tommy L. Fudge Heart and Vascular Center 604 N. Acadia Road, Suite 409 Thibodaux (985) 449-4670

P. Eugene Parrino Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Thoracic Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 8th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070

John D. Pigott III Tulane Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute 1415 Tulane Ave, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5800

1000 W. Pinhook Road, Suite 302 Lafayette (337) 232-8230

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 8th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070

Kelvin Contreary

George E. Loss Jr.

Ralph Corsetti

4224 Houma Blvd., Suite 310 Metairie (504) 454-6338

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Multi-Organ Transplant Institute 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-5763

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 8th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070

Weston Peter Miller III

Joseph Benton Dupont Jr.

Stephen F. Bardot

2620 North Drive Abbeville (337) 898-1520

LSU Healthcare Network Department of Surgery 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge (225) 381-2755

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 2nd Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4083

Ochsner Health System Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center 1514 Jefferson Hwy., 1st Floor New Orleans (504) 842-3925

Ralph Corsetti Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Division of Surgical Oncology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Clinic Tower, 8th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4070

Kenneth John Laborde

Brian Dockendorf

William Lewis Norwood

Highland Clinic Department of Surgery 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, 2nd Floor Shreveport (318) 798-4600

Norwood Surgical Specialists 2751 Albert Bicknell Drive, Suite 3A Shreveport (318) 636-9905

Joseph Benton Dupont Jr.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center General Surgery Clinic 1606 Kings Hwy. Shreveport

LSU Healthcare Network Department of Surgery 3401 North Blvd., Suite 400 Baton Rouge

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Kathryn Richardson

George Michael Fuhrman Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-4070

Kevin C. Marler 8001 Youree Drive, Suite 840 Shreveport

Victor E. Tedesco IV Cardiovascular Clinic Province Building, Suite 14A 5000 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.

Lafayette (337) 234-7779

Urology

Robert M. Alexander Houma SurgiCenter 1020 School St. Houma (985) 868-7091

Edward F. Breaux Southern Urology 1016 Coolidge Blvd.

Lafayette (337) 233-6665

Sean Collins East Jefferson Center for

Urology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 330 Metairie (504) 454-5505

Chris Fontenot Southern Urology Building 7 200 Beaullieu Drive Lafayette (337) 232-4555

Harold Anthony Fuselier Jr. LSU Healthcare Network Department of Urology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600A Metairie (504) 412-1600

Wayne John G. Hellstrom Tulane Medical Center Tulane Urology and Fertility Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor

New Orleans (504) 988-5271

Benjamin R. Lee Tulane Medical Center Department of Urology 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5271

Lester J. Prats Jr. Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Department of Urology 1514 Jefferson Hwy., Atrium Tower, 4th Floor New Orleans (504) 842-4083

Robert S. Taylor Louisiana Urology 8080 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite 3000 Baton Rouge (225) 766-8100

Raju Thomas Tulane Medical Center Tulane Urology and Fertility Clinic 1415 Tulane Ave., 3rd Floor New Orleans (504) 988-5271

Dennis Dale Venable

Department of Urology 4228 Houma Blvd., Suite 600A Metairie (504) 412-1600

Vascular Surgery Robert Craig Batson

Charles Daniel Knight Jr. Highland Clinic Department of Surgery 1455 E. Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Shreveport (318) 798-4691

LSU Healthcare Multispecialty Clinic Department of Vascular Surgery 4500 10th St. Marrero (504) 412-1960

Andrew J. Olinde

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Urology 1501 Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 675-5600

Chester Frank Weimer

Larry Harold Hollier

W. Charles Sternbergh III

Thibodaux Urological Specialists 504 N. Acadia Road Thibodaux (985) 447-5667

Jack Christian Winters

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Department of Vascular Surgery 433 Bolivar St., Suite 815 New Orleans (504) 568-4800

Baton Rouge General Health Center Vascular Specialty Center 8888 Summa Ave. Baton Rouge (225) 769-4493 Ochsner Health System Ochsner Medical Center Section of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 1514 Jefferson Hwy. New Orleans (504) 842-4070 n

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Health care continues to make waves across the nation, and throughout the state, providers are continuing a trend of improved care across the board. From administrative work to advancements in research and technology, no stone has been left unturned across Louisiana. Award winning medical centers, pioneers in research, brand new technologies and milestones in services all factor into this season’s medical news. Familiarize yourself with the latest from the following trusted health care resources.

Hospitals & Medical Centers Terrebonne General Medical Center (TGMC) is a nationally recognized health care provider in the Bayou Region, with a reputation based on high quality, and provides state-of-the-art technology and advanced services.

TGMC offers a wide range of specialists and services such as world class cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, a comprehensive Women’s Center, an outpatient surgery center, diagnostic imaging services, Women’s Imaging and Breast Center, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, emergency care services and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC, which is nationally accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC offers a comprehensive cancer care program with a full continuum of cancer care, from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, treatment, recovery and survivorship. Services include chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery, as well as patient navigators, clinical trials and free community screenings.

The medical center is also accredited by The Joint Commission and is a Pathways to Excellence® designated facility.

Proudly, TGMC is an award-winning

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hospital as a result of its employees, who are dedicated to their mission of providing exceptional health care with compassion.

For more information, visit tgmc.com.

Houston Methodist has grown alongside Houston since it opened its doors as The Methodist Hospital in 1919 in response to a Spanish flu epidemic. The hospital continued to grow, and in 1951 it moved from its first home in downtown Houston to become one of the founding hospitals in the Texas Medical Center.

Today, Houston Methodist includes its flagship hospital as well as four regional hospitals, two emergency care centers with two more scheduled to open in 2014, two imaging centers and the Houston Methodist Research Institute, which is innovating health care.

Houston Methodist Hospital is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s “Best Hospitals” and the No. 1 hospital in Texas. Houston Methodist, also ranked for eight years as one of FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” is focused on leading medicine and its mission to provide quality and compassionate care to every patient.

For more information or for a physician referral, please call 877-790-DOCS or visit houstonmethodist.org/usa.

Our Lady of the Lake builds on 90 years of service in the Baton Rouge region by delivering excellent, sophisticated health care and with a commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of the state of Louisiana and surrounding regions. OLOL offers more than 60 medical specialties including a certified Trauma Center, multiple centers of excellence, Children’s Hospital and a 300-provider physician group.

A brand-new, nine-story Heart & Vascular Institute delivers an unmatched spectrum of cardiovascular care with world-class physicians and advanced technologies and treatments. Investing in the future, OLOL partners with LSU School of Medicine and Tulane University School of Medicine, and is the clinical teaching site for several ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs.

Providing high quality care is a commitment that OLOL delivers and is emphasized by national awards and recognitions including Magnet designation for excellence in nursing care, only achieved by 5 percent of all hospitals; Cycle IV Chest Pain Center for advanced heart care, the highest level; Bariatric Center of Excellence; Advanced Primary Stroke Center; and recognized nationally by U.S. News & World Report.

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Proteus One has arrived and the Proton Therapy Center at Willis-Knighton Cancer Center is arriving at its completion. Proteus One is a miniaturized proton therapy system developed by Belgian manufacturer, IBA. The installation at Willis-Knighton Cancer Center is the world’s first using this revolutionary miniaturized technology.

According to Dr. Lane Rosen, director of radiation oncology at Willis-Knighton, the Cancer Center’s leadership in radiation oncology and its multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment led to its selection for this innovative new equipment. Proton therapy is an extremely precise form of radiation therapy that kills tumor cells with less damage to healthy tissue. Upon completion of construction and all certifications, the center will be one of a handful of world-class cancer centers in the nation to offer proton therapy. The service is expected to be operational in 2014.

For more information on the WillisKnighton Cancer Center, visit wkhs.com/cancer.

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, located in Lafourche Parish, will soon break ground for the new Wellness Center.

The medically integrated, state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind in the region.

In addition to wellness, education and physical fitness, the Center will feature these Centers of Excellence: Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center; Spine Center; Neurosciences Center; Rehabilitation Center; Education Center; Imaging Center; Women’s Breast Health Center; Pain Management Center; Weight Management Center; and Urgent Care Center.

Thibodaux Regional is taking a proactive role, addressing the health-related challenges within the region, and enhancing the continuum of care.

“We have a disproportionate incidence of diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

Louisiana is ranked 7th, 8th, and 4th respectively compared to the rest of the country.

The prevalence of these diseases in our region is even higher than in the state,” said Greg Stock, CEO of Thibodaux Regional. “As community leaders, we have a responsibility to put forth our best effort and address these alarming health statistics. We are committed to improving the health of our region, and feel that we can make a positive difference.”

For more information call 985-493-4326.

Specialized Care Tulane Orthopaedics is a comprehensive program combining both expertise and sub-specialty knowledge to ensure the most effective treatment possible. This elite group of fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons offers patients some of the most skilled surgical care in the nation as well as one of the finest rehabilitation programs. Whether you’re trying to get back on the sports field or back to daily life, Tulane Orthopaedics can help you every step of the way.

Specialists offer care and prevention of sports medicine injuries, total joint replacements of hips, knees, shoulders, elbows and ankles, treatment of pelvic and other bone fractures, and treatment of spinerelated conditions ranging from scoliosis in children to adults with disc herniations and spinal stenosis. Other conditions treated include painful foot ailments such as bunions along with hand and wrist injuries and painful nerve compressions.

Multiple clinic locations allow doctors and staff to better serve the entire Greater New Orleans community. Facilities are located downtown at Tulane Medical Center, in Metairie at Tulane-Lakeside, Uptown at the Tulane Institute of Sports Medicine, and in Covington and Slidell.

For more information, call (877) Tortho-1 (877-867-8461), 504-988-6032 or visit orthotulane.com.

Located in Alexandria and celebrating its 10-year anniversary in January

2013, Louisiana Cardiovascular & Thoracic Institute (LA CVT), displays a proud commitment to providing top quality cardiovascular and thoracic surgical care. With years of experience and a passion for healthy heartbeats, Drs. Jones and DeWitt utilize the latest in cutting edge technologies and medical breakthroughs.

This past year, LA CVT expanded with the development of the only dedicated Vascular Clinic for Central Louisiana. The clinic serves to diagnose and treat carotid artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, PAD, venous stasis and Restless Leg Syndrome. Anyone with these diagnoses or who are at risk from family or lifestyle factors can call and make an appointment.

Now, LA CVT is proud to expand their offerings with new minimally invasive varicose vein closures. The Venefit™ procedure allows for a quick, comfortable recovery and return to everyday activities for the average patient, while improving the appearance of varicose veins.

For more information visit LACVT. com and “Like” them on Facebook for news and updates. To schedule an appointment, call 866-860-0106.

The Louisiana Center for Bleeding & Clotting Disorders is a designated center for bleeding and clotting problems, also known as coagulation disorders. The center offers comprehensive care to adults and children at risk for clotting and those with clotting problems such as venous or

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center, visit CookseyMD. com or call 800-368-3937 for an appointment.

arterial thrombosis or pulmonary emboli.

Additionally, the center evaluates and manages people with bleeding disorders and houses the Louisiana Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Center.

The Center is led by Dr. Cindy Leissinger, who, in addition to caring for patients, oversees an active research program. She participates in several clinical research groups, and has been an active investigator for many research studies related to bleeding disorders, with a particular interest in Factor VIII inhibitor development and management.

Other physicians at the Center include Dr. Rebecca Kruse-Jarres, whose research interests focus on treatment of inhibitors in hemophilia, and Dr. Tami Singleton, the pediatric provider, whose interests include bleeding and clotting disorders, pharmacokinetics in hemophilia and bleeding disorders in women.

For scheduling or information, please contact the Louisiana Center for Bleeding & Clotting Disorders (Hemophilia Center) at 504-988-5433.

The holiday season should be a time of joy, but for many, it can also be a stressful time, one that can provoke a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke.

To keep your holidays heart-healthy, make sure to plan your meals ahead of time and stay true to healthy habits with rare exceptions. Take time to relax and exercise, even if it is just for 15 minutes.

Remember to stay alert for any signs or

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symptoms of heart disease, especially since many people tend to ignore cardiovascular symptoms during the holidays.

Symptoms of a heart attack or stroke include chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, numbness, dizziness or lightheadedness. If you experience any of these symptoms, seek help immediately—don’t wait until after the holidays.

For more than 30 years, Cardiovascular Institute of the South has provided a full range of personalized, cardiovascular care to communities in South Louisiana. For more information about CIS, call 1-800425-2565 or visit cardio.com.

For superior eye and cosmetic care in Northeast Louisiana, look to John Cooksey, MD, at the Cooksey Vision and Cosmetic Center in Monroe.

Dr. Cooksey is a highly experienced board certified ophthalmologist who has been practicing in Monroe since 1972. Having attained a medical degree from LSU School of Medicine, Dr. Cooksey also served as a flight surgeon during the Viet Nam War. One of the first to perform the phacoemulsifaction technique of cataract surgery in Louisiana, he has also taught and performed the procedure around the world. During mission work, Dr. Cooksey established an eye clinic in Maua, Kenya, in 1989, and this facility still serves the people of Kenya today. In addition to eye procedures, Dr. Cooksey has decades of experience performing successful cosmetic surgeries.

For further information on the

Since its establishment in Lafayette in 2002, Fertility & Women’s Health Center has excelled in women’s health care, achieving remarkable success rates for achieving pregnancy through assisted reproduction technologies under the expertise of Dr. John Storment. With a state-ofthe-art facility and a committed team of experts, the center helps couples unable to conceive by determining the cause of infertility and customizing an individualized plan. To date, FWHC has helped thousands of couples realize their dreams of building a family.

FWHC offers a comforting environment to those experiencing the stress of infertility or recurrent miscarriage. Dr. Storment and staff are committed to minimizing patients’ anxiety, while providing the most current available options for treatment. Eight years ago he initiated the Gift of Hope program, providing one deserving couple each year a free IVF cycle. Since its initiation, the Gift of Hope has resulted in four healthy babies. For more information, call 888-467-BABY (2229) or visit fertilityanswers.com.

The NORTH Institute, Neurological Orthopedic Rehabilitation Total Health, offers a multidisciplinary practice with experts in the fields of neurosurgery and spinal surgery, rehabilitative medicine, orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. Their experts treat diseases and injuries of the muscles, bones, joints and spine while striving to maintain the most technologically advanced and safest treatment options. The NORTH is proud to include on their team a neurosurgeon, an orthopedic spine surgeon, a general orthopedic surgeon, two physiatrists and a state-of-the-art, onsite Physical Therapy facility with two Certified Manual Therapists on staff. With an in-office Injection Suite, spinal/orthopedic injections can be performed on site, rather than in the hospital.

Many advances have been made recently, eliminating patient fear of surgery and diminishing disruption of lifestyle. The NORTH Institute has incorporated Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery into its practice, giving patients a much quicker return to normalcy,

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even walking back into their own homes within 24 hours. They are now able to serve the entire Northshore and Southshore with locations in Lacombe, Metairie, Hammond and Bogalusa. Visit NorthInstitute.com.

With nearly three decades of experience serving North Louisiana, Dr. Mcintyre Bridges is the undisputed go-to plastic surgeon in the Shreveport area. Voted No.1 Cosmetic Surgeon by Shreveport Times readers in 2012, Dr. Bridges was also named Outstanding Louisiana Plastic Surgeon by Cosmopolitan in 2013.

Board-certified in Plastic Surgery, Dr. Bridges is an expert in shaping and restoring desired contours. Dr. Bridges’ practice, Bridges to Beauty, offers comprehensive cosmetic services from Botox and Juvéderm to Ideal Protein, Laser Facial Rejuvenation, Mommy Makeovers, and Cellulaze, an advanced laser-assisted procedure that reduces cellulite in a single treatment. The “Mommy Makeover” is popular with new moms looking to restore their bodies to their pre-pregnancy shape with a reduced waistline and breast enhancement. Also popular is the Ideal Protein Weight Loss program, a nationally acclaimed program that emphasizes nutritional education along with a safe weight loss program and post-diet weight control.

For more information on Ideal Protein, visit ShreveportIdealProtein.com. For scheduling and other information, visit BridgestoBeauty.com or call 318-219-8555.

Baton Rouge’s St. James Place offers

retirees a relaxed, carefree lifestyle amid 52 beautifully landscaped acres. This verdant setting provides the perfect backdrop to “Live Life Well,” a wellness philosophy that permeates the entire community. The St. James Place staff strives to create an environment in which residents can enjoy life to its fullest, while maintaining the highest level of personal service, value and compassionate care.

St. James Place Independent Living brings together the services and amenities needed for the ideal active retirement lifestyle, providing maintenance-free living that affords residents the opportunity to embrace life with a passion—a place to enjoy new neighbors and explore new interests. As Louisiana’s premier Continuing Care Retirement Community and Full-Service Life Care Retirement Community, the St. James Place complete continuum of care offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, Nursing Care and two distinct levels of Memory Care to complement the needs of each resident.

For more information on all St. James Place offers, visit stjamesplace.org or call 225-215-4510.

For more than 30 years, Baton Rouge Cardiology Center has provided access to the highest quality cardiovascular care available, from early prevention to diagnosis and advanced treatments.

“Whether you are at risk for heart and vascular disease, need some help in preventing future problems, or if you have a serious condition that requires the latest technologies and intervention, Baton

Rouge Cardiology Center can help,” says President and Cardiologist Dr. Boyd Helm.

“Our team of experts offer a complete range of cardiovascular services and perform routine procedures, in addition to those that are highly specialized and complex, both cardiac and vascular.”

With more than 20 specialists on staff and 20 clinic locations, Baton Rouge Cardiology Center is committed to providing quality heart care where patients need it most. Their cardiologists travel to communities throughout Louisiana to allow patients to receive care closer to home.

Dr. Helm welcomes and encourages heart patients to bring in their younger family members, especially athletes, for screening and mentoring toward a hearthealthy life. Learn more at brcardiology. com or by calling 225-769-0933.

Acadiana Neurosurgery specializes in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disorders that affect the spine, brain and nerves.

Founder of Acadiana Neurosurgery, Dr. Alan Appley brings more than two decades of practice experience to the Lafayette region. Dr. Appley is board certified in Neurological Surgery and has been elected to fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. He has been named repeatedly as one of “The Best Doctors in Louisiana” by Louisiana Life. Dr. Appley’s passion is minimally invasive brain and spine surgery, including DBS for Parkinson’s/tremor, CyberKnife radiosurgery and endoscopic pituitary tumor surgery.

A Lafayette native and recipient of the Patients’ Choice Award, Dr. Jason Cormier brings additional expertise to Acadiana Neurosurgery.

He is board eligible in Neurological Surgery and his areas of interest include minimally invasive spine surgery, neuroendoscopic surgery and cerebrovascular neurosurgery.

Dr. Dani Bidros, another Lafayette native, also recently affiliated with Acadiana Neurosurgery. He is board eligible in Neurological Surgery and his areas of interest include neurooncologic surgery and complex spine surgery.

For more information, visit Acadiana-Neurosurgery.com or call 337-235-7743. For Dr. Cormier call 337-534-8680. For Dr. Bidros call is 337-233-8000. •

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The Good Life A Guide to Retiring in Louisiana

by Judi Russell

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hat does retirement mean to you? Is it peaceful days spent fishing, or pursuing more vigorous outdoor activities like hiking and hunting? Do you

hope to earn a second degree, or try out a new profession?

Are historic houses in small towns your cup of tea? Or is your idea of the good life living in a modern loft downtown in a busy city?

Whatever version of retirement you seek, Louisiana can make that dream come true. From North Louisiana, called Sportsman’s Paradise because of its many outdoor opportunities, to the Greater New Orleans area, noted for its great restaurants and museums, you’ll find a part of the state that suits you well. Central Louisiana, for example, is home to both historic communities like Natchitoches and busy towns like Alexandria. Cajun Country’s hometowns like Lafayette and New Iberia, are filled with friendly folks and delicious cuisine.

And the Baton Rouge area, also known as Plantation Country, is comprised of both big-city life in Baton Rouge and lovely smaller towns like St. Francisville and New Roads.

As you read through The Good Life, you’ll learn about the fascinating history of Louisiana, and find out about the state’s museums, historic sites and parks, all places to experience history firsthand. You’ll also find out about the opportunities each region provides for culture, education and just plain having good times.

But the best way to see how great retirement in Louisiana can be is to test drive for yourself. Come visit – our people are gracious hosts – and see why we say Louisiana is the answer to just about everyone’s retirement dreams.

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Sportsman’s Paradise for its many outdoor opportunities.

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Chennault Aviation & Military Museum of Louisiana

important part in the story of Louisiana, and you can learn about that story in the region’s busy cities and charming small towns.

Visiting living history museums, period houses and restored battlefields is an especially good way to introduce young people to history. Hearing the boom of a cannon, tasting freshly churned butter or spending a few minutes picking cotton in the hot sun illustrates the lives of generations gone by in a way reading a

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Louisiana.

musket demonstrations.

the Louisiana State Exhibit

Younger visitors might enjoy

The campaign is “one of the

Museum, an Art Deco gem

the Pioneer Heritage Center on

B.C., a highly civilized group

bedrocks of our history and

of a building that brings

LSU Shreveport’s campus.

of people lived in north-

our past,” park manager

the Shreveport of the 1940s

This living history museum

eastern Louisiana. At Poverty

Scott Dearman says.

to life. Other water-related

has seven structures

sites include the J. Bennett

including an outdoor kitchen, a blacksmith’s commissary.

Between 1650 and 700

Point State Historic Site, near

Water has played an

the small town of Epps,

important role in Louisiana’s

you can see the earthworks

growth. The twin cities of

Johnston Waterways Visitors Center, which concentrates

these people left behind. At

Shreveport and Bossier

on the history, navigation

the visitor’s center, watch

City were once trading

and exploration of the Red

a short film. Then take a

posts on the Red River;

River, and the Shreveport

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shop, a doctor’s office and a The town of Minden is home to the Dorcheat

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Museum, named after the nearby Dorcheat Bayou.

The museum includes a log cabin, furniture, clothing, and pioneer and Civil War era artifacts. Exhibits also tell about the disasters that befell Minden in 1933: the Great Depression, bank failure, a fire and a major tornado.

Shreveport Water Works Museum

The oil and gas industry played a big part in Louisiana history. The first drilling rig erected over water was in Caddo Lake. In aptly named Oil City, take in the Louisiana State Oil & Gas

Museum to learn about the industry’s boom and bust years.

The town of Monroe is also a good stop for those taking a North Louisiana

history tour. It’s home to

in the aviation industry; its

aviation but other military

the Northeast Louisiana Delta

Navigation School trained

topics, including weapons,

African Heritage Museum,

thousands of navigators

uniforms and Nazi artifacts.

where you can get a real

during World War II and

Oral histories by those who

feel for the labor that helped

the town is the birthplace of

served in the military are an

build Louisiana through

Delta Airlines, which began

invaluable tool for learning

viewing kitchen ware and

as a regional crop dusting

first hand about Louisiana

furniture from old slave

service. The Chennault

men and women who served

cabins and the sacks once

their country.

used for picking cotton.

Aviation & Military Museum of Louisiana is packed

Monroe played a pivotal role

with exhibits on not just

Lake D’Arbonne State Park

After you’ve taken in North Louisiana’s historic sites, find out why the area’s nickname, Sportsman’s Paradise, is so appropriate. A good place to start is the Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana’s only national forest, where you can enjoy more than 600,000 acres of outdoor fun. top photo courtesy of photographyguy

Fish, hunt, bird-watch, ride bikes or ramble on one of the forest’s many trails, ranging from ½ mile to 30 miles long.

North Louisiana also has many state parks, including Lake D’Arbonne State Park in Farmville, southwest of Minden, with many fishing piers and a tennis court, and Lake Bistineau State Park, with several swimming pools. Caddo Lake, on the Louisiana/Texas border, is a great spot for bass fishing, while the Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge has lots of interesting nature trails and boardwalks. For the golfers in your group, Black Bear Golf Course is a don’t miss. It’s part of Louisiana’s beautiful Audubon Golf Trail.

North Louisiana has lots of city life, too. In Shreveport, children and adults will both enjoy visiting Sci-Port: Louisiana’s Science Center.

Neighboring Bossier City’s Louisiana Boardwalk is packed with shops and spots to dine. If flowers are your thing, head to the American Rose Center Gardens.

Add in the region’s charming small towns, like Homer, Winnsboro and Ruston, its delicious LA/Tex cuisine, and events like the annual Ruston Peach Festival, you’ll agree that North Louisiana is an ideal destination for a vacation any time of the year.

Central C

entral Louisiana, the

was defeated by England in

mansions found along River

Louisiana. The site has an

heart of the state, has

the French & Indian War,

Road in the Baton Rouge

elevated boardwalk around

played a major role

and the Louisiana colony was

area, he says; because of

the remains of the forts, a

in its history. Sometimes

ceded to Spain. The Spanish

an abundance of timber,

visitor’s center with a small

nicknamed the Crossroads,

eventually abandoned the

many of Central Louisiana’s

museum and an open field

the region’s location and

fort and the U.S. acquired

plantation homes were built

for Civil War reenactments.

waterways furthered

it in 1803 as part of the

of wood and have been lost

trading and connection

Louisiana Purchase.

to fire.

The campus of LSU Alexandria includes the

with the world outside of Louisiana, and its rich soil and abundant forests led to thriving agricultural and

Kent Plantation House

timber businesses. Today, the region’s museums and state historic sites help visitors see what life was like in bygone days.

A good place to start a visit to Central Louisiana is Natchitoches (pronounced NACK-a-tish), the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase.

Founded in 1714, the town is named after the Natchitoches Indians. Natchitoches has wisely preserved its 33-block

Historic Landmark District, so visitors can admire beautiful examples of French- and Spanish-styled architecture as they shop and dine. The town’s Fall Home Tour is a good chance to go inside some of the district’s lovely Dr. Jerry Sanson, history

houses.

At Fort St. Jean Baptiste State

The cities of Alexandria

historic Epps House, built

professor at LSU Alexandria,

and Pineville on the Red

by planter Edwin Epps in

Historic Site, on the banks of

recommends a drive through

River are both historically

1852. The house, which has

the Cane River, is a full-scale

Cane River Country, south of

important. Forts Randolph &

had several locations, was

replica of a French Colonial

Natchitoches on LA 1, where

Buhlow State Historic Site in

reconstructed on the campus

fort built in the 1730s to

you can see pecan orchards,

Pineville tells the story of

using much of its original

prevent Spanish forces

cotton farms and historic

the two forts, which were

materials. It’s the setting for

in the province of Texas

landmarks and plantation

built by the Confederates in

a famous memoir, Twelve

from pushing into French

homes. Visitors won’t see

spring 1864 to repel Union

Years a Slave, by Solomon

Louisiana. In 1762, France

the array of magnificent

attacks through northwest

Northup. A movie based on

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the book was slated to open in October.

Louisiana was “a major proving ground for U.S. ground forces in anticipation of World War II,” Prof.

Sanson says. The Louisiana Maneuvers & Military Museum in Pineville salutes the soldiers and civilians who

Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site

were part of the Louisiana Maneuvers.

and Gins in Frogmore, where

primitive artist Clementine

fueled a thriving timber

experience history first hand

you can see both a modern

Hunter.

business, the subject of

include:

cotton gin and one dating to

Central Louisiana’s forests

the Southern Forest Heritage

Other interesting spots to

• Kent Plantation House in

• Museum of the West, in

the early 1880s. If you time

Leesville, situated in an old

Museum in Long Leaf, about

Alexandria, an authentic

your visit right, you may be

railroad depot. The museum

20 miles south of Alexandria.

Creole plantation home built

able to experience picking

is dedicated to the history,

The museum bills itself as

around 1796. Exhibits include

cotton for yourself.

culture and art of the people

the oldest complete sawmill

a mill house, an open-hearth

facility in the south, with rare equipment and buildings dating to the early 1900s.

• Melrose Plantation, about

of West Central Louisiana,

kitchen, slave cabin and

15 miles from Natchitoches,

and there are a number of

blacksmith shop.

built by and for freed blacks

restored buildings on the

and famous as the home of

grounds.

• Frogmore Cotton Plantation

Delta Music Museum

As fascinating as the history of Central Louisiana is, visitors will want to take advantage of the region’s other attractive attributes. Half the fun of traveling is sampling new foods, and a trip to this part

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of the state wouldn’t be complete without savoring a meat pie in Natchitoches. The food is great at the Que’in on the Red Festival in Alexandria, on the banks of the Red River, where barbecue takes center stage. Other area festivals salute local produce such as the pecan.

To relax in the great outdoors, try the hunting, fishing and birding at Toledo Bend Reservoir, or explore the Kisatchie National Forest, where you can backpack, bike, fish and swim. Hodges Gardens, in the little town of Many, has acres of flowers and greenhouses.

The area also is home to two quirky museums. The town of Winnfield is the birthplace of favorite sons Gov. Huey P. Long, Gov. Earl K. Long and Sen. Russell Long, celebrated at the town’s Louisiana Political Museum. If music is your thing, head for Ferriday, hometown of singers Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley and evangelist Jimmy Swaggart. They are among those enshrined in the Delta Music Museum.

And make time to drive through some of the region’s many small towns, such as Marksville, Homer and Anacoco. You’ll meet friendly folks eager to show you their little part of Lousiana.

Cajun Country C

small towns that preserve

life settlers of long ago in a

across south Louisiana,

good walk with a history

the region’s history. St.

way a history book just can’t

wears its history in

lesson, head to Lake Charles,

Martinville, the third-oldest

do. The towns of Abbeville,

its name. The story of the

another major city in

town in Louisiana, was once

Opelousas and Terrebone each

expulsion of the Acadians

Cajun Country. The city’s

a refuge for New Orleanians

illustrate Acadian lifestyles in

from Nova Scotia in 1755 has

Charpentier Historic District is

escaping epidemics. Its

its own way:

become well known, through

filled with wooden homes

nickname was “Le Petit Paris,”

songs, legends and the epic

built by lumbermen from

and it was known for its good

poem by Henry Wadsworth

the north who came down

hotels and the French Theatre.

Longfellow, “Evangeline.”

during the area’s lumber

In St. Martinville, visit the

If you like to combine a

ajun Country, stretching

In Abbeville, visit the

Abbeville Cultural and Historical Alliance Center.

Opelousas is home to both

These Acadians, or Cajuns, settled in the southern part of Louisiana and gave the area the music, food and culture it has become famous for.

Mixed in with their influence, though, is that of the many other cultures – British, Spanish, German, Italian, Native American – who were attracted to the region’s rich bounty of fish and game and its productive farmland.

The city of Lafayette is often called the capital of Cajun Country, and it’s a good place to begin your explorations.

Acquaint yourself with the

Shadows-on-the-Teche

basics at the Acadian Cultural

Center, which recounts the story of the Acadian expulsion in a film, exhibits and special

boom of the 1800s. Because

events. For a more up-close

so many different builders

Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, located on the

look at long ago life, visit

were at work, each house

banks of Bayous Teche and

Acadian Village, a re-creation of

has its own unique look. The

Tortue. You’ll see Maison Olivier,

a 19th century village complete

Imperial Calcasieu Museum is

a circa 1815 plantation house,

the Creole Heritage and Folklife Center and La Vieux Village du Poste des Opelousas.

In Thibodaux, the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, part

with blacksmith shop, doctor’s

another popular Lake Charles

along with a reproduction of a

of the Jean Lafitte National

museum and a general store.

destination. The museum

farmstead along Bayou Teche

Historical Park and Preserve,

Nearby Vermilionville is another

covers a wide range of topics

that includes a typical family

concentrates on the history

interesting living history

through such displays as a

home from around 1800, with

of the Cajuns who settled

museum, where young people

turn-of-the- century kitchen,

outdoor kitchen, barn and

around Bayous Lafourche and

can interact with docents

barbershop and pharmacy;

slave quarters. In the pasture

Terrebonne. Both walking

demonstrating the way people

Native American Indian

are cattle like those raised by

tours and boat tours are

lived “back in the day,” and

artifacts; and a room dedicated

Creoles and Acadians at that

available.

where visitors can dance the

to the history of war.

time.

Like most of Louisiana,

Cajun two-step and sample some local foods.

Cajun Country has charming

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Historically, sugar cane

Living history museums use everyday objects to bring to

played an important role in the economy of Louisiana.

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The Jeanerette Sugar Museum, located in the small town of Jeanerette, illustrates the planting, harvesting and processing of sugar.

The museum explains the contributions made by African-Americans to sugar country culture.

In New Iberia, sugar planter David Weeks and his wife

Contraband Days Pirate Festival

built one of Cajun Country’s beautiful mansions, Shadowson-the-Teche. Constructed in

Depot Museum. Housed in a

genre are honored in Eunice’s

the Louisiana Sugar Festival,

converted train depot, this

and the legend of pirate Jean

1831-1834, the Greek Revival

museum contains spinning

Cajun Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

home is beautifully furnished

wheels, crawfish traps and

Even the festivals harken

and holds more than 17,000

other staples of long-ago

back to the region’s rich

family documents dating back

Cajun life. Nearby, the Liberty

history. Lafayette, for

to the plantation’s beginning,

Theatre, a vaudeville house

example, holds the Festivals

museum, take in a festival

including the period it was

built in 1924, hosts a live radio

Acadiens et Créoles each

or walk through a historic

occupied by Union soldiers

and television show featuring

October to celebrate the

district, you’ll find learning

during the Civil War.

Cajun and zydeco music every

music, food and crafts char-

about Cajun Country’s

Saturday. Music is an integral

acteristic of the Acadians

history both illuminating and

“Louisiana’s Prairie Cajun

part of the history of Cajun

and Creoles. New Iberia

lots of fun.

Country,” visit the Eunice

Country, and the stars of the

highlights its sweet past at

In Eunice, nicknamed

Lake Fausse Point State Park

Like so much of the state, South Louisiana is known for its many outdoor opportunities. In Ville Platte, the Louisiana State Arboretum has a variety of outdoor trails through its more than 300 acres. You can picnic in nearby Chicot State Park. Enjoy camping, canoeing, hiking, fishing and bird-watching at Lake Fausse Point State Park, or take your pick of rambles on the 180-mile Creole Nature Trail.

Mark Bienvenu photo

Lafitte takes center stage at the Contraband Days Pirate

Festival in Lake Charles.

Whether you tour a

Avery Island is another fascinating stop. This salt-domed island is home to the company that makes world-famous Tabasco hot sauce; in addition to factory tours, you can take a ride through Jungle Gardens, planted with azaleas and camellias and other indigenous plants. You might also glimpse an alligator or snowy egret.

You can try your luck at the L’Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles, or sample the region’s famed boudin (sausage balls) at dozens of small neighborhood eateries. Like music? You’ll find lots of places to dance the Cajun two-step or listen to the area’s signature “swamp pop” sound. In Eunice, for example, you can head to the Jean Lafitte Prairie Cultural Center and dance during the weekly Cajun music jams.

Cajun Country’s smallest towns have their own special joie de vivre; Rayne, for example, holds an annual Frog Festival, while Crowley, noted for its rice crop, throws an annual Rice Festival. And Mardi Gras, usually associated with New Orleans, takes a more rural flavor in towns like Mamou and Eunice.

Fresh air, food and fun – it’s all waiting for you in Cajun Country, along with some of the friendliest folks you’ll ever meet. Cajuns are proud of their heritage, and happy to share it with visitors, along with a sweet homemade praline and a cup of rich café au lait.

Baton Rouge T

• West Baton Rouge Museum,

he Baton Rouge area

about such historic figures

is often referred to as

as Huey P. “Kingfish” Long,

which covers 300 years of

Country’s loveliest smaller

One of Plantation

Plantation Country,

whose slogan was “Every

history and includes hands-on

towns is St. Francisville,

with a nod back to the time

Man a King,” and Jimmie

exhibits;

with a Historic District that

when wealthy cotton and

Davis, called the singing

sugar planters built gracious

governor for his country hit

where you can take

homes, cemeteries, and

mansions along River Road.

“You Are My Sunshine.” The

self-guided tours of a

gift and antiques shops. At

Some of the homes are open

Old Louisiana State Capitol,

replicated plantation,

the Audubon State Historical

for tours, and others have

where Huey Long was assas-

including the outbuildings,

Site just southeast of St.

• LSU Rural Life Museum,

includes churches, antebellum

become bed-and-breakfast inns. But the area has more to see than plantations, including museums that highlight Louisiana’s largerthan-life politicians, and small towns with well-preserved historic districts.

Visiting the area is akin to taking a living history tour, and a lot more fun than just reading a guidebook. A good place to start is Baton Rouge, named by explorer Sieur d’Iberville in 1699 when he saw a “red stick” in the ground, marking the boundary between the Houma and the Bayou Goula Indian hunting grounds.

Rosedown Plantation and Gardens

The city has been under the governance of France, Britain, Spain, Louisiana (the Florida Republic), the Confederacy

sinated, is a wonder of Gothic

and see examples of the toys,

Francisville, you can tour the

and the United States. It was

architecture. It’s the home of

tools and other implements

nearly 200-year-old Oakley

named state capital in 1849.

a fascinating political history

people used long ago.

House, where John James

The capital was moved to

museum.

Also in Baton Rouge is the

Audubon once sketched.

Opelousas, then Shreveport

Other Baton Rouge

USS Kidd, a restored World

during the Civil War. Baton

historical stops include:

War II destroyer. In nearby

Don’t miss nearby Rosedown Plantation and Gardens, also

• Capitol Park Museum,

Donaldsonville, children and

a state historical site. Its

part of the Louisiana State

adults will learn much at the

formal gardens are filled

Rouge again became the state’s capital in 1882.

An interesting first stop

Museum complex, where such diverse artifacts as a

River Road African American Museum & Gallery. Exhibits on

with azaleas, crape myrtles

is the Old Governor’s Mansion, now a historic house

Civil War submarine and

the Underground Railroad

its largest, Rosedown was

museum. The building was

a wooden shrimp trawler

and free people of color bring

3,455 acres, generating vast

home to Louisiana governors

tell the story of Louisiana’s

the history of Louisiana’s

wealth for the cotton planter

from 1930 to 1962. Learn

culture and economy;

African Americans to life.

who built it. The magnificent

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and other southern flora. At

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home is still filled with many original pieces.

Along the River Road, most of the homes open for touring include exhibits on all facets of plantation life, including life in the “Big House” and the daily routine of the hundreds of slaves who provided the labor. At Destrahan Plantation,

LSU Rural Life Museum

established in 1787 and reported to be the oldest documented plantation home

Each plantation home along

country.

Way ahead of its time, the home was built with three

in the lower Mississippi

River Road has unique char-

Perhaps the grandest of

River Valley, the 1811

acteristics that make it worth

the plantations is Nottaway, in

bathrooms with flushing

Slave Revolt Museum shows

seeing. Oak Alley, for example,

the town of White Castle. The

toilets, gas lighting, and a

the plight of the farm’s

is noted for its alley of

64-room home was completed

bowling alley.

slaves. Demonstrations

300-year-old live oaks. Houmas

in 1859. It’s noted for its

of open-hearth cooking,

House Plantation is called “The

breathtaking white ballroom.

welcoming small towns or the

candle making and African-

Sugar Palace.” The mansion

John Hampden Randolph,

big-city atmosphere of Baton

American herbal remedies

was owned by sugar baron

who built Nottaway,

Rouge, Plantation Country is

provide a first-hand look

John Burnside, who at the

envisioned the ballroom as

a destination that makes the

at what it took to run a

time of the Civil War was the

the perfect place to show

past come alive.

household generations ago.

largest sugar producer in the

off his seven daughters.

Shaw Center for the Arts

Although Louisiana’s colorful history greets you at each turn in the Baton Rouge area, you’ll find plenty of other reasons to visit as well.

Like most parts of the state, the region is filled with opportunities to get outside and enjoy yourself. If you prefer getting dressed up and having a night out, you’ll find riverboat casinos, fine dining, theaters and art

Whether you prefer its

museums as well.

The Baton Rouge area is blessed with several outdoor recreation spots. Tickfaw State Park has a boardwalk that guides you through several types of topography, including swampland, bottomland and forest. Here you can hike, bike, rent a canoe, enjoy a cozy cabin or cool off at a water playground.

Another popular outdoor getaway is the Tunica Hills Wildlife Management Area, near the Mississippi border. In addition to hiking and bird watching, you can hunt for deer, turkey, feral hogs and other small game. Trappers can set their sights on coyote, fox, bobcat and raccoons. Those looking for tamer pursuits can enjoy the fauna, which includes flowering dogwood, oak leaf hydrangeas and blackberries.

If you prefer swinging a club, head to The Bluffs on Thompson Creek, an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course that’s accented by creeks, ponds and rolling bluffs.

Baton Rouge is home to two well-known colleges, Louisiana State University and Southern University. Both campuses provide spirited athletic events. Many other activities await at the Shaw Center for the Arts, a museum, theater and arts complex in Baton Rouge.

Whether your preference is for fresh air or fresh art, you’ll find both and more in the Baton Rouge region of Louisiana.

New Orleans anal Street, New

C

House, built by prominent

Cabildo and the Presbytere,

to learn about the city’s

Orleans’ version of

architect James Gallier Jr. in

which flank St. Louis

history and architecture;

Main Street, was once

1860, is a lovingly restored

Cathedral. The Louisiana

many buildings are marked

the dividing line between

Creole townhouse. The house

Purchase was signed in the

with plaques detailing their

the Creoles who lived in

wears accurate holiday dress

Cabildo, which has displays

past uses. Especially notable

the French Quarter and the

during the Christmas season,

on Louisiana’s early history.

city’s new American sector.

and in the summer, beds,

The Presbytere, which

The street’s wide medians

chandeliers, mirrors and

dates from 1791, contains

are the redbrick Pontalba Apartments framing Jackson Square. Baroness Pontalba

were, and are, referred to as “neutral grounds.”

That’s just one example of

Beauregard-Keyes House

how in New Orleans, historic lore is woven into everyday life. Often referred to as one of the country’s most European cities, New Orleans has a vivid history influenced by the many French, Spanish, African-American, Irish, Italian, German, Caribbean, Vietnamese and other settlers who have called it home. The city’s museums, historic homes and even restaurants are great places to learn about this great city’s colorful past. Fortunately, many of them are just a short walk or streetcar ride away from one another.

In the French Quarter, or Vieux Carre, a trio of historic houses provides a fascinating glimpse into bygone days.

picture frames are swathed

a fascinating exhibit on the

built the apartments in the

The Beauregard-Keyes House,

in netting to keep off insects,

many ways Mardi Gras has

1840s; look for her initials

built in 1826, contains

much as they were long ago.

been and is celebrated all

in the wrought iron lace

collections that belonged to

In the days before central

over Louisiana. Nearby is the

balconies.

its two famous residents, Gen.

air conditioning, summer

Old U.S. Mint, where both U.S.

P.T.G. Beauregard and writer

dress meant that furniture

and Confederate currency

catch the ferry for a ride

Frances Parkinson Keyes. The

was covered in white canvas

were minted. Today the

across the Mississippi River

Hermann-Grima Historic House Museum, built in 1831, shows

slipcovers; sheer curtains

beautifully restored Green

to Algiers Point, graced with

replaced heavy drapes, and

Revival building holds a

many restored Italianate and

how prosperous Creole

sisal rugs were put down

history of jazz collection.

Greek Revival homes.

families lived; tours include

while thick carpets were

cooking demonstrations in

rolled up.

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Also in the Quarter are the

Of course, just strolling

At the foot of Canal Street,

Across Canal Street, in the

through the French Quarter

Warehouse District, is the

itself is an enjoyable way

National World War II Museum.

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Plan to spend the day touring this historical treasure trove, with its many artifacts and oral histories and an excellent “4-D” film.

Nearby is a smaller but equally interesting stop, the

Louisiana Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall. Also in the Warehouse District is the

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, one of the largest collections of its kind in the U.S. A streetcar ride up St. Charles Avenue will bring you to Tulane University. In Tilton Hall, the Amistad Research Center contains a large collection on AfricanAmericans, race relations and civil rights. Near Tulane are Loyola University and the

Tulane University

beautiful Holy Name of Jesus

23 miles east of downtown

Lake Pontchartrain. Replicate

Catholic Church.

New Orleans. The fort, begun

their journeys by taking a drive

in 1819 and finished in 1826,

across the 26-mile Causeway

cemeteries are historic. Several

is part of a defense system

Bridge, then dining at Rip’s

tour companies will take you

built to defend the coast. The

on the Lake or another of the

through these interesting

fort has been restored and is

restaurants overlooking the

“above ground” resting spots.

open for tours; you can also

lake.

In St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, you

picnic on the grounds.

In New Orleans, even the

may find tributes resting on

Dining, strolling or touring – it’s easy to immerse

the grave of Voodoo priestess

who could afford it escaped the

yourself in the stories that

Marie Laveau.

heat and disease of summer by

together make up the history

taking a train to the breezier

of New Orleans.

A little further afield is Fort

Pike, a state historic site about

Café Du Monde

With a history that includes French and Spanish rule, the Greater New Orleans area has a past like few other parts of our country. But when you visit New Orleans, you owe it to yourself to take a little time away from learning about the past to have a good time in the present.

You’ll find so much to do that you’re sure to make a return trip.

New Orleans is known as one of the culinary capitals of the world. cheryl gerber photo

In the past, New Orleanians

towns on the other side of

The city itself has just about every kind of eatery, from traditional white tablecloth restaurants like Antoine’s, Arnaud’s and Commander’s Palace, to newcomers like Restaurant R’evolution, to casual neighborhood spots like Venezia and Liuzza’s.

Venture a little bit outside of the city for more choices, like Sal and Judy’s in Lacombe, where families flock for Italian food, or Middendorf’s, a go-to spot in Manchac for fried catfish since 1934. And don’t forget to linger over café au lait and beignets at Café Du Monde.

If shopping is your pleasure, head to The Shops at Canal Place for shops like Saks Fifth Avenue, Coach and Mignon Faget. Or browse the small shops and arts and crafts shops in Covington on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, or the miles of boutiques along worldfamous Magazine Street.

Enjoy the outdoors at City Park, with its fine golf courses, or take in the treasures at the nearby New Orleans Museum of Art. Ride the St. Charles Avenue streetcar Uptown, with its great views of glorious mansions along the route, or just sit on a bench at Woldenberg Park and take in the mighty Mississippi.

It’s often been said that when a person tires of London, he tires of life. The same could be said about New Orleans, an American city with the flavors of Europe, Africa and the Caribbean all wrapped into one fascinating trip.

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Louisiana Destinations Louisiana stays busy during the autumn months with fall festivals and holiday celebrations. Enjoy this festive time of year with friends and family all across the state. Holiday shopping opportunities abound in popular outlets, charming downtowns and museum gift shops.

Fill your belly at any of several festivals, including the famous Abbeville’s Giant Omelette Celebration, the Cut Off Cracklin Cook-Off or the inaugural Bayou Beer Fest in Houma. Countless other festivals and events take advantage of Louisiana’s cool weather and penchant for fun. Here’s a look at what’s going on around the state during November and December.

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City, Town & Parish Offerings New Orleans Plantation Country, a tri-parish area made up of St. Charles, St. James and St. John parishes, is home to some of the most famous plantation homes in the country, and the plantations’ unique stories and fascinating differences make each one worthy of a visit. Experience any and all of the nine magnificent plantations and hear real, historical accounts of the people who lived there—English sugar barons, Creole women, slaves and soldiers—all with their own perspectives on the time and place in which they lived.

Visitors examine artifacts, read stories and touch the history that extends from

grand ballrooms to impoverished slave cabins. Swamp tours, mouth-watering cuisine, shaded gardens and a feast of festivals weave their magic into your adventure as well. Accommodations with full amenities make for memorable stays.

The winding River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge provides an unforgettable journey where storytellers will captivate you, and you’ll leave with your own stories to tell. For more information on each plantation as well as travel deals and more, go to VisitNOPC.com.

Just off I-10 and west of Lafayette lies the “Cajun Prairie,” Acadia Parish, an area known for its unique attractions, numerous year-round festivals and rich history and folklore. In Crowley, home of the International Rice Festival, tour the Rice Interpretive Center, the Historic Crowley Ford Motor Company, built in 1920, and the J.D. Miller Recording Studio.

Famous for writing Kitty Wells’ “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” J. D. Miller struck gold with this hit in the 1980s.

Travel the Zydeco Cajun Prairie Byway and visit Kelly’s Landing Agricultural Museum to take an informative and entertaining walk through the past. See why Rayne, LA, home of the Frog Festival, is both “The Frog Capital of the World” and the “Louisiana City of Murals.” Similarly, check out the Buggy Festival at “The Buggy Capital of the World,” Church Point, home to Le Vieux Presbytere Museum with bousillage (mud walls). Roberts Cove is home to the German Heritage Museum and the popular Germanfest.

For more information, events, destinations and festival dates, visit AcadiaTourism.org or call 877-783-2109.

Travelers across South Louisiana this fall will not want to pass up West Baton Rouge Parish. Known as the “Kite Capital of Louisiana,” West Baton Rouge is conveniently located along I-10, with family-friendly hotels and just minutes from scenic views of the mighty Mississippi River and downtown Baton Rouge. Whether it is football you crave, high-speed drag racing, historic plantation homes, scenic views or a fun festival, West Baton Rouge has it all.

Visit in December and meet Trevor, the only talking, singing reindeer in Louisiana. Experience “Reflections of the Season,” see millions of lights and special displays, wagon rides, snow nights, ice fishing, crafters, Santa and his elves Wednesday through Sunday nights from Dec. 5-24 on the grounds of the West Baton Rouge Tourist Center, I-10, Exit #151.

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On Dec. 5, Abbeville’s 14th Annual Christmas Stroll will take over downtown with lights, tidings of good cheer and plenty of holiday shopping.

For more destinations, events and travel ideas, visit MostCajun.com.

Every day is an adventure in Grand Isle, LA. True to the state’s “Sportsman’s

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For more information, or to view short videos of events, destinations and even day-trip itineraries, visit WestBatonRouge.net.

St. Martin Parish draws visitors year round with its welcoming hospitality, world-class music and famous local cuisine. Accommodations offerings include beautiful B&B’s, cabins, campgrounds, houseboats and chain hotels. Breaux Bridge offers an array of shopping, antiquing and world-renowned hot spots like the famous Zydeco Breakfast at Cafe des Amis or Cajun music and dancing nightly at Pont Breaux’s Cajun Restaurant. The Henderson area, at the edge of the Atchafalaya Basin, offers airboat and swamp tours and great family-owned restaurants such as Robins Restaurant and Crawfish Town USA. On Sundays, Dancing on the Levee starts at McGee’s Landing at noon, ventures to Whiskey River for Zydeco and ends the night at Pat’s Atchafalaya Club. St. Martinville plays host to countless festivals and quaint cafes in the beautiful downtown district. Take heritage tours at Acadian Memorial, African American Museum and LongfellowEvangeline State Historic Site.

Highlights of 2014 Spring Festivals include the Acadian Memorial Festival, Parks Cracklin Cookoff, Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival and Creole Zydeco Okra Festival. See “where Cajun began,” and visit CajunCountry.org.

Proudly distinguished as “The Most Cajun Place

on Earth,” Vermilion Parish in South Louisiana is alive with the food, music, language and scenery that define the Cajun cultural heritage. Located minutes south of Lafayette and just west of New Iberia, the towns of Delcambre, Erath, Abbeville, Kaplan, Gueydan and others all bring a little lagniappe to the enchanting region.

Join Abbeville’s Giant Omelette Celebration Nov. 2-3, and experience this international festival that ends with the cooking of a 5,028-egg omelette on Sunday. Arts and crafts, Tour of Homes, music, food, antique implements/cars and an Official Omelette Celebration Mass round out the fest’s events. Venture into Abbeville’s Old Masonic Cemetery

Paradise,” nickname, Grand Isle provides a wealth of exciting activities. Fishing is a main attraction, as more than 280 species of fish and four seasons of fishing bring in anglers from every corner of the state. The remote island oasis also hosts thousands of migrating birds, making it an ideal location for birdwatchers. Seven miles of beaches are open to the public and perfect for a weekend road trip. One of the area’s most popular attractions, Grand Isle State Park, features wide sand beaches, a 400-ft. fishing pier, nature trails and overnight camping.

Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, Grand Isle was first home to the Chitimacha tribe before European settlement began in the 1780s. Plantations on the island raised sugar cane, cotton and cattle, and much like today, the locals fished off the coast, harvesting shrimp and oysters. Host to pirates such as Jean Lafitte and later to Confederate soldiers, the region has a rich history that adds to today’s experience.

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ADVERTISING SECTION Scenic Byway, the perfect backdrop for a delectable lesson in St. Bernard culture, and enjoy a day of discovery.

Begin your adventure at the Visitor Center in the Old Arabi Historic District to pick up your Visitor’s Guide and gift before viewing the St. Bernard Sugar Museum. Then, journey past the Domino Sugar Refinery, which has been refining in St. Bernard for 104 years, and on to visit the nearby Chalmette Battlefield, site of the Battle of New Orleans. Stroll through an Antebellum home along the Mississippi River. Travel under a breathtaking quarter-mile stretch of canopied oak trees on your way to the Los Isleños Museum & Village, the last vestige of Spanish Colonial Louisiana. Enjoy lunch along the way at one of St. Bernard’s many local restaurants, offering a variety of fresh South Louisiana favorites.

Ready for delicious fun? Check out VisitStBernard.com or call 504-278-4242.

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For more info, including charter fishing, lodging, events and more, visit Grand-Isle.com.

Showcasing its history through Native American ceremonial mounds, French privateer dealings and plantation farming, the town of Jean Lafitte offers visitors a unique look at the early days of Louisiana.

Located in Jefferson Parish on Bayou Barataria, Jean Lafitte is now home to a 6,000-squarefoot, $350,000 wildlife and fisheries museum that tells the 200-yearold story of this historic fishing village 20 miles southwest of New Orleans. Featuring a multi-media theatre presentation, an animated museum exhibition and a nature study trail, the museum leads visitors on a 98 | Louisiana Life November/December 2013

journey through the life of pirate Jean Lafitte, the stories and folk traditions of wetland dwellers, and the realities of coastal erosion and natural and man-made disasters. At the end of the exhibit, visitors emerge to a mile-and-half cypress swamp trail leading to a bayou, rookery and marsh area, filled with alligators, snakes, turtles and exotic birds.

For more information on Jean Lafitte and Lafitte’s Barataria Museum and Wetland Trace, visit TownofJeanLafitte. com, or call 504-689-2208. Call the museum at 504-689-7009.

Experience New Orleans’ Most Historic Neighbor, just five miles from the French Quarter. Start with a savory excursion along the historic San Bernardo National

For a serene escape into a place of beauty, visit Iberville Parish, an historical Louisiana gem tucked between the quiet swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin and the bustling capital of Baton Rouge. Step through time and elegance at one of the many magnificent antebellum homes like Nottoway Plantation, the South’s largest remaining antebellum mansion located in White Castle. Other historical attractions include The Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site, The Hansen’s Disease Museum in Carville, The Iberville Museum and the majestic St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the purest example of Italian Romanesque architecture in the South.

With so many beautiful diverse waterways, fishing and bird watching opportunities are endless, making it a premier outdoor getaway in the heart of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. Enjoy a relaxing golf outing at one of Louisiana’s most popular courses, The Island, located in Plaquemine.

End your day by dining along the mighty Mississippi and enjoying fresh seafood with a Louisiana sunset at Roberto’s River Road Restaurant located in Sunshine.

For event dates, info and other destinations, go to VisitIberville.com.

Webster Parish is located in the beautiful piney hills of Northwest Louisiana, 30 miles east of Shreveport off Interstate 20. In November, shop until you drop during Main to Main Trade Days (Nov. 1-2) with 50+ miles of food, fun and shopping from Minden to Springhill and everywhere in between. In Minden, Behind the Barn- “Getting Down to Our Roots” benefit concert will feature local bands. Activities begin at 3 p.m. (Nov. 2). Don’t miss Minden’s Fasching Fifth Season Celebration (Nov. 16), highlighting Minden’s German heritage with German

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music, German food and fun. Minden will be illuminated by thousands of Christmas lights and hundreds of life-size nutcrackers during the Louisiana Holiday Trail of Lights (Nov. 16 - Jan. 2).

In December, Minden will host the Christmas Tour of Homes in the beautiful Historic District and the Winter Wonderland Festival at the Farm featuring jewelry, candy and doll makers, artists and craftsmen. Also on Dec. 7, the Sarepta Christmas Festival will feature live entertainment, crafts and food vendors. On Dec. 14 do not miss Christmas on Main in downtown Springhill featuring Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus.

For more information, call 1-8002MINDEN or www.visitwebster.net.

Experience the southern charm of North Louisiana by visiting Ruston & Lincoln Parish. Home to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Grambling State University Tigers, the area is fired up with fall football excitement.

Sports fans come from all across Louisiana for the variety of events at the universities.

Meanwhile, history and art buffs flock to the beautiful historic downtown district of Ruston, which offers specialty shops and boutiques, delectable restaurants, art galleries and unique architectural wonders.

Area destinations include the Lincoln Parish Museum, Louisiana Military

Museum, Autrey House and the Eddie G. Robinson Museum.

Those looking for an adventure can tackle the best mountain bike trail in the south at Lincoln Parish Park, also a great place for hiking, fishing, camping and more.

The Dixie Center for the Arts has also already kicked off the fall season with many events planned. For more information on Ruston, Lincoln Parish and upcoming events, visit experienceruston.com.

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The holiday season is upon us and Avoyelles Parish is ready with opportunities for celebrating and shopping. Include Avoyelles Parish in your holiday plans with the following events.

Marksville Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Christmas Shopping Extravaganza at Paragon’s Mari Showroom on Nov. 23. Vendors from throughout Louisiana and the neighboring states will have a variety of items (some one-of-a-kind).

Extravaganza runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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ADVERTISING SECTION progressive meal in three historic homes begins at 5 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person.

Transportation will be provided for an additional $15 per person. Call 800-833-4195 for tickets (a limit of 60 to be sold) or additional information.

Cottonport will host its annual Christmas on the Bayou Festival, Dec. 13-15, along the banks of the bayou running through Cottonport. For festival information, call 318-876-3485.

Cirque de Noel at Paragon Casino resort will offer a variety of opportunities, shopping, movies and the Cirque de Noel Show on Dec. 13-15. Show is at 8 p.m.; tickets are $10. For more information, call 800-745-3000.

Alexandria Museum of Art Dec. 19 with art, food, music and storytelling. Or take the Christmas Candlelight Tour at Forts Randolph & Buhlow State Historic Site in Pineville Dec. 21 featuring music and re-enactors reading letters to and from home.

Learn more at TheHeartofLouisiana.com.

Fall is festival time in the Bayou Lafourche area. November brings the Thibodeauxville Fall Festival, a Southeast Tourism Society “Top 20 Event,” to Downtown Thibodaux on Nov. 9. Downtown Thibodaux stays busy in December as well, featuring Christmas Fest on Dec. 1. In Cut Off, the cracklins are popping on Dec. 7 at

Surrounded by the waters of the Atchafalaya Swamp Basin, Bayou Teche and Atchafalaya River, the Cajun Coast in St. Mary Parish is known for its natural splendor and “road less traveled” atmosphere. There’s no better way to spend a fall day than exploring the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area or winding along the Bayou Teche Scenic Byway. Cajun Jack’s Swamp Tours take visitors through the Atchafalaya Basin Swamp, or you can experience the wilderness by paddling through the Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge. Golfers won’t want to miss a chance to hit the Atchafalaya at Idlewild, which was rated as one of the best golf courses in Louisiana by Golf Digest Magazine in 2013 and by Golfweek Magazine in 2012.

This holiday season, the Cajun Coast is alive with festivals and events, including Christmas on the Cajun Coast (Nov. 28-Dec. 24), the nationally renowned Eagle Expo (Feb. 20-22), and of course Mardi Gras (Feb. 28-March 2). For more information, visit cajuncoast.com.

The Alexandria/Pineville area comes alive with magic – Holiday Magic – starting Dec. 5. The City of Alexandria’s annual lighting event kicks off the 12 Nights of Christmas. Each Night of Christmas offers fun, family-friendly activities lasting three weeks in December.

Experience an Old Fashioned Christmas at Kent Plantation House Dec. 7. Stroll through thousands of twinkling lights at the Alexandria Zoo’s Holiday Light Safari each weekend in December. Take the Pilgrimage to Bethlehem at Emmanuel Baptist Church Dec. 12-15. Enjoy the city of Pineville’s Christmas Parade, an evening parade on Main Street Dec. 13. Discover the Holiday Spirit through the Arts at the 100 | Louisiana Life November/December 2013

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the 12th Annual Cracklin Cook-off at the Cut Off Youth Center.

This is also a great time of year to venture into Louisiana’s unique wetlands on one of the area’s many available swamp tours, or learn about the area’s history at the Jean Lafitte National Park Wetlands Acadian Culture Center.

History buffs will enjoy going back in time at historic Laurel Valley Plantation.

Find endless events and attractions at VisitLafourche.com and experience all Lafourche has to offer.

Fall is an ideal season to experience the Cajun way of life. For more information, including special festival hotel rates, visit VisitLafourche.com or call 877-537-5800.

ADVERTISING SECTION For a unique adventure, let Houma be your passport to Louisiana’s Bayou Country. Less than an hour southwest of New Orleans, the Houma area offers a rich and rare blend of nature with a mix of wildlife found nowhere else on earth. With thrilling swamp tours, a wildlife park and alligator farm, world-class charter fishing and a wide assortment of monthly festivals and more, there’s always something fun to do.

November’s cooler weather brings cool crafts – arts and crafts and craft beer. The first Saturday of November means it is time for a Terrebonne Parish tradition: Southdown Marketplace Arts & Crafts Festival. On Nov. 16, Houma celebrates craft beer for the first time at the inaugural Bayou Beer Fest. Bayou Beer Fest will feature more than 100 craft beers to sample, as well as food and non-alcoholic drinks. The family friendly event will feature military artifacts from Houma’s Regional Military Museum, and proceeds will go towards supporting veterans.

For more information, call 985-868-2732 or visit Houma online at houmatravel.com.

Lafayette is all about festivals, food, music and fun. For many, a love of Cajun and Zydeco music is a craving that can only be satisfied by a visit to discover all that makes Lafayette special—unique establishments, delectable food, year-round festivals and family friendly attractions.

Throughout December, Cajun Country is transformed into a winter wonderland during the holiday season as Acadiana presents festivals of light, parades, tours of homes and holiday events. “A Cajun and Creole Christmas” is celebrated by locals and visitors to ring in the holiday season.

At the Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park, experience the cultures of South Louisiana through exhibits, artisans, music and events. Vermilionville features weekly jam sessions and dances, along with scheduled lectures, films and more.

A new addition, the Lafayette Farmers and Artisans Market is held every Saturday morning at the Horse Farm.

On the third Saturday of each month, the Lafayette Travel Food Pavilion adds to the fun with more than a dozen food trucks, restaurants and caterers.

Visit Lafayette.travel for more destinations and events in Lafayette.

a shopping, dining and entertainment mecca full of store favorites, tasty dining options and family-friendly entertainment.

Host to dozens of retailers, The Outlets at Louisiana Boardwalk has brand-name stores for everyone, from the rustic outdoorsman and clothing specialties for the little ones to the teen looking for the hottest styles and brands. The Outlets at Louisiana Boardwalk brims with activity year-round. With special events, an IMAX stadium seating movie theater, arcade and carousel, kids can play while adults enjoy the decadent dining, peaceful shopping or a romantic evening stroll along the river and fountains.

This holiday season, stock up on all the latest fashions, gifts and gadgets. From salon and spa treatments to clothing and sporting goods, The Outlets at Louisiana Boardwalk’s retailers offer gifts for everyone on your holiday shopping list. Nestled conveniently near ShreveportBossier’s vibrant downtown, The Outlets at Louisiana Boardwalk is the perfect destination for shopping and fun in North Louisiana. Visit LouisianaBoardwalk. com for more information, event listings and store directory.

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Enjoy Louisiana’s cool fall weather with a stroll around LSU’s historic campus, home of the LSU Foundation. The 2,000-acre property, nestled in South Baton Rouge, is defined by an Italian Renaissance character marked by red pan tile, overhanging eaves and honey-colored stucco. Dedicated in 1926, the current campus includes 46 buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Recently named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, and one of the 20 best campuses in America in Thomas Gaines’ The Campus as a Work of Art, LSU’s enviable landscape history began in the 1930s when landscape artist Steele Burden planted many of the live oaks and magnolia trees. The roughly 1,200 towering oaks have been valued at $50 million and are supported through the LSU Foundation’s Endow an Oak program.

With myriad architectural and natural beauties, several museums and year-round theater, art and athletic events, opportunities abound to experience Louisiana’s flagship university. Visit lsufoundation.org to learn more about what the school and campus have to offer.

In Louisiana, we love to talk about food, and Rouses Markets has been a part of the local conversation since 1960, when Anthony J. Rouse opened his first grocery store in Houma, LA. A commitment to buying from local farmers, fishermen and manufacturers helped Mr. Anthony expand his business, which today includes 38 stores in two states. The familyowned company continues its legacy into the second and third generations.

The best fresh, local ingredients are one reason why the chefs from Commander’s Palace, Arnaud’s, Antoine’s and your favorite neighborhood restaurants shop at Rouses for their families. Rouses’ own quality products are another reason.

Rouses butchers still craft small batch Cajun specialties right in their stores.

Rouses cooks still use Rouses time-honored South Louisiana recipes. And Rouses bakers still make Louisiana favorites like doberge cake and tarte-a-la-bouillie pie. It’s that commitment to buying and serving local that has helped Rouses grow into one of the largest independent grocers in the U.S., with 38 stores in two states, and with more announced for Louisiana and Alabama.

For more information on Rouses’ quality foods and store locations, visit Rouses.com. •

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Shopping & Entertainment In Bossier City, located along the picturesque banks of the Red River is

to be a hit at holiday events, football parties and family gatherings. Yielding six servings, the dip’s ingredients include: • 8 oz. ea. / 3 ea. Lowfat Cream Cheese • ¾ cup Worcestershire sauce • 3 cups Green onions, chopped • 3 Tbsp. Garlic, chopped • 1¼ cups Low-sodium soy sauce • 2¼ lb. Louisiana Blue Crabs • 6 cups Artichoke hearts, chopped • 30 ea. sliced ¾” celery sticks, red bell pepper, green bell pepper • baked tortilla chips First, blend the cream cheese with Worcestershire sauce, green onions, garlic and soy sauce. Then, fold in Louisiana Blue Crab and artichoke hearts. Divide into 3 ovenproof dishes and hold until needed. Place ovenproof dishes in 425°F oven and heat until bubbly, 12-15 minutes.

After removing the dip from the oven, place the ovenproof dishes on serving platters, and surround each platter with a combination of sliced celery sticks, sliced red bell pepper, sliced green bell pepper and baked tortilla chips.

For more recipes that use Louisiana Seafood, visit LouisianaSeafood.com.

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around louisiana Regional Reports from across the state compiled and edited by jeanne frois

northern Profile A Very Robertson Christmas in Monroe

veteran whose supposed

I’ve heard that Phil

grown leaps and bounds

Robertson, pater familias to

since his discharge – one

the Robertson clan of the

claim was to have been

hugely popular A&E series,

a surfing champion. The

“Duck Dynasty,” was so good

CEO of Duck Commander

a quarterback at Louisiana

is Phil’s son Willie. Willie

he said, proudly redneck by

Mama Kay’s cooking were in

Tech that his teammate, some

tired of his brother Jase and

his admission.

the pond in the middle of the

guy named Terry Bradshaw,

Uncle Si taking ping-pong

constantly warmed the bench

breaks while at work,

from New Orleans to a new

which Willie belonged. They

while Robertson took the

shooting hoops and wearing

subdivision years ago – one

were caught by security, and

field. Luckily for Bradshaw,

combat-like hunting garb on

of them immediately sank

Willie arrived to pick them up

the fall season of football

the job. When he insisted

into depression. Then I

wearing his robe, pajamas,

interfered with duck hunting

they all wear uniforms and

learned they couldn’t do this

boots and cap in the middle

season and Robertson

get rid of the hoops, the boys

or that with the property

of the night.

couldn’t let that happen. He

went on strike picketing

they bought because they

There’s Uncle Si, a Vietnam exploits in the war have

I had relatives who moved

elite country club golf club to

Each episode ends with the

outside Duck Commander

had signed, “The Covenant.”

family, including wives and

headquarters. Mama Kay

When I learned this, sitting

children, gathered around a

millionaire tycoons by

stepped in and made the

in their backyard, after

dinner table. “Bow ‘em,” Phil

making duck calls. Their life

boys behave and resolve

having a couple of Abitas, I

will tell them, and obediently

is chronicled in a hilarious

their differences. Jase and

spouted, “What do they want

they all comply while he

A&E series that I am proud

his wife Missy, who live in

to do, have everybody wear

thanks God for their many

to call one of my guilty

a developed subdivision

beige and be homogenous?”

blessings. Their humor, fun

pleasures. You simply can’t

constantly get into trouble

and began mockingly

and sense of family may

help but love this family

because Jase likes woodfires

saying “The Covenant” a la

explain the soaring success of

even as their foibles and

and brought chickens to

Ralph Kramden. I told my

the series.

expressions send you into

his yard. They were called

depressed relative that he

gales of laughter. These

before the committee

needed to return to New

River Market in Monroe

fellows were raised living

overseeing the rules where

Orleans for some diversity,

will hold A Very Merry

close to the land and nature,

Jase made a profound speech

hear someone yell, “Hey

Commander Christmas,

are consummate hunters

that everyone was different,

Johnny, where’yat!” I

replete with live music, a

and gamesmen, all sporting

this was America and he

identified with Jase, and that

Duck Commander Derby and

Charlton Heston-as-Moses-

had the right to do what he

made me wonder: Am I really

a flotilla filled with the stars

length beards and knit caps

wanted on his own property

a redneck at heart?

of “Duck Dynasty.”

over flowing locks. “You’re

– then he was shown the

only a man if you have a long

covenant he had signed when

Willie, decided that the best

Grand, Monroe, (318)

beard,” they say.

he moved in: “They got me,”

frogs that could be found for

807-9985.

left the team.

This family has become

One night the boys, sans

On Dec. 14 the Downtown

River Market, 316 South n

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central PROFILE THE VOLUMES OF YERBY

was being shown. I couldn’t

begins in 1827 with the

and the cruel slaughter of

remember for the life of me

gambler Fox walking the

blacks by the Knights of

Older, vintage edition books

why it was so important that

plank from a paddlewheeler

the White Camellia near

make wonderful Christmas

I watch it, until I saw in the

to wait on a sandbar mid-

Cloutierville speak volumes.

presents, especially if you

credits that it was based on

Mississippi River because

His words still remain

find them with original intact

Yerby’s book. Suddenly I

he cheated at cards, and it

balanced in fairness to both

dust covers. Here’s an author

was 8 or 9 years old again,

takes you through his rise

races. Yerby did experience

I’d like to find under my tree

back in Bordelonville,

as a sugar cane plantation

criticism for not being harsh

this year.

remembering my aunt’s

baron to the downfall of

enough about slavery; to

words.

New Orleans in the Civil

me, he made his statement

War. Like its predecessor,

in images and action, not

The Vixens is set in New

diatribes.

Author Frank Yerby was born in Georgia and taught briefly at Southern

Yerby was biracial, and upon publication of his first

Yerby left the United States

University in Baton

Orleans and nearby

Rouge. I first became

plantation land and

for Madrid in the 1950s

acquainted with him

is a vividly beautiful

because of racial inequality.

among the cool moss

story of the true yet

There he died at age 75 of

green walls of my

forbidden love between

congestive heart failure, but

great-aunt’s room in

Denise Lascals and

not before he had written

the old Bordelonville

Laird Fournois during

more than 30 books, many

farmhouse that was

Reconstruction. Yerby

set in the South.

lined with books

writes exquisitely of

and cooly shaded by

romance, love and the

Reconstruction-set book, The

trees. Still in my pre-

beauty – and ugliness

Vixens, Yerby writes:

adolescent years in

– of New Orleans and

the ‘60s, I was drawn

Louisiana, yet his works

not really over, and that was

to Yerby’s books

also have a savage

the trouble … for they could

because of the beautiful

realism about them like a

feel the tiredness down in the

dustcovers – columed

Martin Scorsese film. His

marrow of their bones: they,

plantation homes with

historical novels were

the brave, the honorable,

handsome men in

rigorously researched; I

the decent on both sides …

cravats and damsels in

found his details about

but when they laid down

bright hoops skirts and

the events depicted

their arms and went home

curls. After being told

during the story histori-

… the men of dishonor took

I was far too young

cally accurate. There’s

over … men respected by

In the prologue to

“When it was over, it was

novel, The Foxes of Harrow

a regrettable tendency by

the men who had done the

told me what a fine writer

in 1946, he became the first

some to immediately decry

fighting…for their creatures

he was and started a litany

black person to ever have

novels set on Southern

were the Carpetbagger and

of his titles that sounded like

a best-selling book. He was

plantations as “whitewashes

the Scallawag, the White

music to me: The Foxes of

also the first black to sell

of slavery.” This can’t be said

Leaguer and the Kluxer. And

Harrow; The Vixens; Gillian;

his novel to be made into an

of Yerby. Scenes of a slave

if one was a thief, the other

Jarrett’s Jade; Floodtide. I

excellent film a year later,

girl running to the banks of

was a murdere r…”

forgot all about him until a

starring Maureen O’Hara as

a spring-swollen Mississippi

recent sleepless Saturday

the proud Odalie and Rex

River to throw her newborn

modern fiction these days,

night when I saw that the

Harrison as the Irishman

into the water because she

I’m glad I’m now old enough

movie The Foxes of Harrow

Stephen Fox. The novel

doesn’t want him be a slave

to read his books.

to read his books, my aunt

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cajun

Gumbo at Le Cuisine de Maman at Vermilionville

Cause to Celebrate Holiday Food for the Soul in Gueydan

December glides in and it’s

The Gueydan Museum is

down the bayou in a pirogue,

an off-the-beaten path of a

the museum offers “Noel

gem, listed on the National

au Musee,” which could be

Register of Historic Places

described as an Alpine forest

and housed in a lovely

of Christmas trees beautifully

Romanesque building built at

decorated by the various

the turn of the 19th century.

churches, civic organizations

The town itself was founded

and youth groups dwelling

overseas to fight. When

local florists and designers

by Jean Pierre Gueydan, who

nearby.

the war ended, many of the

fill the venerable walls with

prisoners never returned to

Christmas decorations.

was born high in the French

almost time for Papa Noel to guide his team of gators

Speaking of Tannenbaums,

Since you’re in the neigh-

Alps town of St. Bonnet

one permanent exhibit there

Deutschland, but remained

and managed to get himself

highlights an interesting facet

forever in Acadie.

arrested twice during the Civil

to the history of the Gueydan

War by first the Confederate

area. If you’re strolling amid

Main St., Gueydan, (337)

La Cuisine de Maman at

and then Union armies. He

the gallery of Christmas

536-0443.

Vermilionville will fortify you.

was supposedly released by

trees, you might wander over

the Confederates because he

to the displayed leather coat

never relinquished his French

that belonged to a German

citizenship. He drew settlers to the area from the Midwest

Gueydan Museum, 212

borhood, and it’s no doubt a bit chilly, stopping at

One of the best Christmas dinners I had in the home

POW who sat out World War

Fork in the Road Mouton et Maman dans Lafayette

II in the Gueydan-Kaplan

Lafayette is a joyously

with potato salad. At this

by distributing brochures

area. Louisiana was among

beautiful place to be for

proudly Creole-Cajun eatery,

that described his town and

the 40-plus states designated

a Joyeux Noel. Houses,

this delicious gumbo, with

the surrounding parishes as

to house captured Third

museums, ancient trees,

plentiful chicken and sausage

the “Holland of America.”

Reich soldiers, with Acadiana

churches and buildings are

that’s simmered in a dark

The museum contains a

parishes holding the majority

dazzling in the bejeweled

roux along with the Cajun

collection of rare photographs

of prisoners. Surrounded by

glow of thousands of

holy trinity of bell pepper,

and cultural treasures from

barbed wire and overseen by

Christmas lights that shout

onions and celery, can be

the area, with actual French

a watchtower, the POW camp

joy into the night sky. The

partaken of with a side order

antiques donated by the

in Kaplan followed the rules

Alexandre Mouton House

of creamy salade de patate.

descendants of Monsieur

of the Geneva Convention

and its museum could never

The patates served here

Gueydan himself.

by providing housing similar

be accused of Scrooge-dom

are no wet noodles; stuffed

to the Germans’ own Army

during the holiday season.

with either crawfish etouffee,

November and December,

barracks, i.e. 40 square

Alexandre Mouton, who

shrimp etouffee, or the Creole

the museum will provide

feet for every enlisted man

founded Lafayette, built it

stuffing made with sausage,

During the months of

of a family member was chicken and andouille gumbo

ample visual beauty with two

and three times that for

as a “maison Dimanche,” or

tasso or bacon, they’ll warm

temporary exhibits in

officers. They were also paid

Sunday house. Flavored a

both heart and tummy.

addition to its fascinating

American military wages in

little with Acadian architec-

permanent repertoire of

accordance with the Geneva

ture, the older section is filled

1122 Lafayette St., Lafayette,

artifacts. In November,

Convention rules; ironically,

with artifacts belonging to

(337) 234-2208

“Unique Beauty” displays the

many of the prisoners of

the first settlers; the main

shutterbug expressions of

war were put to work on

museum contains Civil

Vermilionville, 300 Fisher

the very talented Lafayette

farms and in mills to replace

War-era antiques and a Mardi

Road, Lafayette, (337)

Photographic Society. When

the American men sent

Gras exhibit. Each Christmas,

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baton rouge/ plantation country

Worth Watching Greetings from the Rouths of the South

this festive scene, depicted

was asked by her great-

tradition, but more in the

is a trio of unlikely musician

granddaughters to help fix

past than recently. I admit

friends: A toothy, smirking

a special Louisiana dish

to once having a twinge of

Wander into a Barnes and

alligator strums an upright

for a 4-H competition. She

guilt when I didn’t choose

Noble at Christmastime and

bass as he gazes into the blue

kept one of the Routh cards

a religious theme, but guilt

there among the stacks of

bayou; accompanying him is

a family member sent her

was erased when I stumbled

sublimely beautiful Christmas

a blue crab as an accordion

and used the recipe on the

upon the humorous Routh

cards for sale, you will see

virtuoso and a whimsical

back to make pralines. Not

Collection. Once I was on

the Routh Collection of

crawfish playing the fiddle.

only did the girls win the

a mission to read the Bible

competition, but they also

from beginning to end. I

advanced to regionals.

came to a part in the Old

Greeting Cards. Here, you find Christmas in Louisiana.

Beautifully illustrated,

LSU Cat in a Hat: Dr. Seuss may have given us a beloved Christmas hero in the form

The Routh Collection was

Testament when the terrified,

brimming with lovely vivid

of the grinch, but when it

born 19 years ago when

outnumbered Israelites

color and much humor,

comes to The Cat in a Hat, we

artist Craig Routh and his

were going to face a huge

I ask you to consider the

all know that honor rightfully

wife, Leslie, decided to depict

powerful army that would

following themes:

belongs to LSU’s own Mike

the joy of life found in droves

surely annihilate them. In

LSU Christmas Victory Gumbo: A gargantuan Mike

the Tiger.

here in Louisiana and Texas.

the night, however, God

Craig’s father, Stan Routh,

sent forth the sounds of

the Tiger in Santa garb looms

Santa makes his annual

an award-winning artist like

thousands of thundering

over Death Valley, stirring

“Night Before Christmas”

his son, joined forces with

horses’ hooves near the

the gumbo filling the stadium

trek up the bayou in a

the Collection, making the

enemy’s camp. The soldiers

with a paddle. Clinging to

pirogue. He is guided by

business completely family-

were so terrified that the

the walls are the woebegone

a team of alligators, and

operated and -created. You

Israelites had such rein-

SEC mascots: Uga, Smokey,

crawfish helpers stand by to

can thank Leslie for the

forcements that they turned

Florida Gator, Auburn’s

help him deliver his presents.

delicious recipes on the back.

tail and fled into the night,

Tiger and Nick Saban’s

As lagniappe, a delicious

Santa’s Bayou Trek: Here,

Growing up Catholic,

never to return. I remember

Louisiana recipe is printed

my mother always selected

I put the Good Book down

on the back of each card, not

religious themes when she

and laughed out loud as I

Deck the docks with garlands

without some benefit to my

sent Christmas cards to our

considered the Almighty as

of swamp greenery and a

family. My cousin Marilyn,

family and friends. From

a prankster. Humor can also

dose of Christmas cheer! In

who lives in Bordelonville,

time to time, I’ve kept this

have a spark of the divine.

elephant, among others.

Cajun Band Pier Party Christmas:

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Greater New Orleans Fork in the Road Homage to Fromage in New Orleans

are more laid-back than you

St. James Cheese Company

before you’re going to eat it,

is described by founders

and buy large to stay fresher

Richard and Danielle Sutton

longer. To ensure the cheese

as a “playground” for

breathes without drying

cheese neophytes as well

out, don’t store it in plastic

as seasoned aficionados.

wrap but use cheese or wax

The Suttons claim they

might think. It’s most sage to buy cheese just a few days

paper, and place it in a sealed

are obsessed with cheese,

plastic box in the refrigerator.

something I completely

Cheese should be served at

understand. They returned

room temperature with mildly

to beaten and battered New

flavored crackers, fruits that

Orleans after Hurricane

are a tad acidic and fresh

Katrina and opened their

artisan breads. The Suttons

cheese shop in 2006 against

point out the seasonal charac-

perfectly with either a Rosé

to me, but here they take

the better advice of family

teristics of cheeses, wherein

or cabernet sauvignon.

grilled cheese sandwiches to

and friends. They named the

the flavor is influenced by

Nord Hollander has a savory

the next level. The Gruyere

shop St. James as an homage

whatever the goat or cow

sweet flavor that combines

Sandwich, made with

to both their past and their

is eating at a certain time

the taste of sea salt and

aged Swiss gruyere and

future – both launched their

of year. The spring grass

butterscotch, with a bit of a

caramelized onions, is grilled

careers as “cheesemongers”

eaten by goats produces lush

crunch to it. Scotch, amber

on country-rough multigrain

at the 200-year-old cheese

delicious cheese redolent

ales, shiraz or riesling are

bread. A Francophile version

shop Paxton and Whitfield

of fresh pasture. It isn’t a

wonderful complements.

of the ham-and-Swiss poor

in the St. James section of

stupid question to ask a

London.

cheesemonger what cheese

Company, you have the

sandwich, has French jambon

is in season.

opportunity to complete your

and the creaminess of Brie

The Suttons are generous

At the St. James Cheese

boy, the Brie de Meau

party feast and buy some

de Meau fromage resting

when it comes to serving

are mouthwatering mélanges

delicious gifts in the form of

within a crusty and buttery

and choosing cheeses

of flavors with layers like

cheeses, cheese gift boxes

baguette. There’s also the

and drink pairings. They

fine wines. Cashel Blue from

or simply a ticket to a night

Mozzarella Cheese sandwich,

also offer Cheese School,

Ireland has a creamy texture

of Cheese School. And don’t

Mama Mia! Mozzarella

where appropriate cheeses

with chocolate overtones

forget about choosing lunch

cheese grilled on ciabatta

are paired with a selected

deliciously paired with

from their sandwich menu.

bread along with Fra Mani

beverage; most recently Lazy

Sauternes, Gewürztraminers

Magnolia beer was their

and Vouvrays. Midnight

grilled cheese sandwich

libation of choice.

Moon, hard as gouda, bursts

made with sharpest of

with a sweet, creamy burnt

cheddar cheese never

5004 Prytania St., New

caramel flavor that goes

seemed a poor man’s supper

Orleans, (504) 899-4737. n

to share their expertise

The Suttons say that when selecting cheeses, the rules

The cheeses offered here

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A warm, ooey-gooey

Salami and a basil pesto that’s made on the premises.

St. James Cheese Company,

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H texas travel Nine Flags Festival

you’ll find something for everyone on your list at these festive events: • Start your Christmas season off on the right track as you travel through the pages of author Chris Van Allsburg’s contemporary classic children’s tale on a trip aboard The Polar Express.

Every weekend beginning in mid-November, the seasonal journey pulls out of the station at the Texas State Railroad depot in Palestine.

After spotting Santa and his elves at the “North Pole,” you can check off items on your Christmas wish list at the holiday gift shop.

• The sounds of “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht” and “O Tannenbaum” will provide a seasonal soundtrack as you purchase presents at the Tomball German Christmas Market, Dec. 13-15. The three-day outdoor Weihnachtsmarkt is complete with sightings of Kris Kringle, servings of Stollen and other Europeaninfluenced edibles, strolling performers and more than 175 vendor booths brimming with items that celebrate the

The Stars at Night Christmas West of the Border

city’s German heritage.

• A Yuletide trip to Galveston will take you on a journey back in time at the annual Dickens on the Strand Festival, which takes place during the first weekend in December. A Victorian erainspired vision that could put

It’s beginning to

experiences that will make

not only with special lighting

a smile even on Ebenezer

look a lot like Christmas

this December the most

displays, visits by Santa and

Scrooge’s face, street

everywhere you go in the

wonderful time of the year.

holiday parades, but also

merchants in period costume

with special shopping oppor-

will sell their handcrafted

go about checking items off

Holiday Festival Shopping

tunities. From unique crafts

wares as you enjoy 19th-

of your holiday wish list you

Across Texas, towns big and

to Texas-made jewelry to

century carols, blaring

can enjoy shopping spree

small celebrate the season

Lone Star barbecue sauces,

bagpipes and jolly jugglers.

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Galveston’s Moody Gardens

You can also wrap up your

of the Armadillo Christmas

weeks of good, old-fashioned

welcomes winter with their

Christmas shopping at the

Bazaar in Austin has

family fun at the Nine Flags

annual Festival of Lights

Galveston Island Market at

become a holiday tradition

Festival, which will include

from mid-November through

Beach Central. On the third

among Central Texans who

market shopping at the

early January. The festival

Saturday of each month

are on a quest for one-

Nacogdoches Civic Center

includes an arctic ice slide,

(excluding July and August)

of-a-kind creations. From

during Holiday in the Pines

100 animated light displays

area artisans showcase

mid-December through

on Nov. 22 and 23 and the

and, on Thanksgiving

wares ranging from scented,

Christmas Eve live music

Holiday Open House on

weekend, the chance to

handcrafted soaps to cozy

will keep the mood merry

Dec. 6, when downtown

mull over the merchandise

quilts in the open-air market.

inside the Palmer Events

merchants will welcome

at the holiday gift market.

• A stroll down the aisles

Center as festive shoppers file

customers during special

past more than 160 vendor

extended hours.

booths displaying jewelry, Houston’s Royal Sonesta

• Painting a mental

sculpture, pottery, glassware,

portrait of holiday happiness

photography and much more.

in the “Best Art Town in

• In the words of the

Texas,” Salado is aglow with

Christmas classic, “There’s

luminaria and twinkling lights

no place like home for the

during the annual Christmas

holidays,” and when it

Stroll, where carolers will

comes to purchasing holiday

serenade you as you shop

presents there’s no place

late into the evening in the

like McKinney’s Home for

city’s antique stores. Held the

the Holidays … A McKinney

first and second weekends in

Christmas. Taking place the

December, the stroll winds

final two days of November,

past the city’s many specialty

candlelight shopping will

boutiques.

have your eyes all aglow as more than 100 apparel shops,

Malls and Christmas Stores

art galleries, bookstores,

Joining in the hustle and

antique shops and boutiques

bustle of a mall is a holiday

stocked with everything from

tradition for many shoppers,

stocking stuffers to special

and you’ll find some truly

gifts for that certain special

Texas-sized malls to make

someone. Many merchants

those Christmas dreams

will also keep their doors

come true.

open for extended hours

• Macy’s, a store that has

periodically throughout the

become synonymous with

month of December.

holiday shopping, is just

you dash in to many of the

Hotel Packages Houston’s Royal Sonesta Hotel is rolling out the red (holiday) carpet for Louisiana visitors with its “Neighbor to Neighbor” package. Available now and throughout the holiday season, the package offers 20-percent discounted stays for guests with valid Louisiana IDs. Royal Sonesta Hotel Houston is a sister property of New Orleans’s famed Royal Sonesta Hotel and is the first Sonesta-branded hotel in Texas. Located in Houston’s Uptown district, the hotel is just steps from some of Houston’s best holiday shopping areas including the Galleria mall and the trendy shops on Post Oak Boulevard.

Complimentary shuttle service is provided to Highland Village with its collection of upscale boutiques amid festive holiday lighting that has become a Houston seasonal tradition. Visit www.sonesta.com/RoyalHouston for more details.

Dedicated shoppers will love the Holiday Shopping Package offered by The Westin Galleria Dallas. The package, available for weekend stays (Fridays or Saturdays through Sundays), includes accommodations at the posh property as well as gift cards that can be used at more than 200 shops and restaurants at the nearby Galleria Dallas shopping mecca. Holiday Shopping Packages are available in two price options: a $550 package that includes a $500 gift card or a $1000 package that offers a $1000 gift card. Both packages include one night’s accommodation and valet parking at the hotel. You can shop till you drop, then enjoy some serious pampering in one of Dallas’ premier hotels. www.thewestingalleriadallas.com/dallas-shopping-packages.

• Strolling through the

one of the more-than-150

“City with a Vision,” visions

stores in the Beaumont’s

of sugarplums will dance in

Parkdale Mall, where you

your head after celebrating

can find everything from

the season at A Dickens’

treasured jewelry at Gold

Christmas in Lockhart. Every

Time to trendy teen fashions

first Saturday in December,

at Forever 21 and uncon-

you can find unique

ventional stocking stuffers at

keepsakes among the arts and

Spencer Gifts.

crafts booths, then stay to

• In Dallas, Highland Park

watch costumed performers,

Village holds the title as

horse-drawn carriages and

the nation’s first shopping

floats file by like ghosts of

center. It’s still ultra-elegant

Christmas past during the

with boutiques featuring

illuminated Night Parade.

everything from Chanel to

• “The Oldest Town in

Jimmy Choo. More glitz can

Texas,” Nacogdoches offers

also be found at the Galleria

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The Galleria®

Labor Day weekend through mid-January, shoppers can search for holly, jolly goods to deck their halls at The Christmas Store, which carries an array of collectibles ranging from whimsical theme figurines and ornaments to reverential nativity scenes hand-painted in Italy.

So, grab your list, hitch your reindeer to your sleigh and head over to Texas for some seriously fun holiday shopping. Tis the season, y’all!

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— By Paris Permenter and John Bigley Dallas where the Galleria’s

Austin and San Antonio, San

who want to add a touch of

red-suited, Santa-inspired

Marcos Premium Outlets not

nostalgia to their Noel as the

parking directors direct the

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smile of a vintage Volland

Permenter and John Bigley

way into the mall’s parking

stores but also features archi-

Raggedy Ann doll or the

are a Texas-based, husband-

area. Inside, the mall’s ice

tecture inspired by the Piazza

sparkle of a Trifari brooch

wife team of travel writers.

rink boasts the country’s

San Marco in Venice.

beckons buyers to make

The authors of 30-plus

items from yesteryear a part

guidebooks, their most recent

tallest indoor Christmas tree.

• A stroll down the aisles

About the Authors: Paris

Shopping options include

of Ye Olde City Antique

of their present. Also in

work is DogTipper’s Texas

Michael Kors, Louis Vuitton,

Mall in Tyler is a walk down

Tyler celebrating the season

with Dogs (Open Road

Tiffany & Co., Gucci and

memory lane for visitors

each year since 1978, from

Guides).

American Girl.

• Houston has long been synonymous with shopping and nowhere is that more true than The Galleria, visited by over 26 million shoppers every year. Texas’s largest shopping center spans over 2.4 million square feet and is a destination in itself.

• Outlet shopping tops many wish lists and Texas’s largest metropolitan areas

For More Information: Texas State Railroad, www.texasstaterr.com Tomball German Christmas Market, www.tomballgermanfest.org/christmas-market Dickens on the Strand Festival, www.galvestonhistory.org/Dickens_Overview.asp Moody Gardens, www.moodygardens.org Galveston Island Market, www.galvestonislandmarket.com Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, www.armadillobazaar.com McKinney’s Home for the Holidays…A McKinney Christmas, www.mckinneytexas.org Lockhart’s A Dickens’ Christmas, www.lockhart-tx.org Nine Flags Festival, nineflags.visitnacogdoches.org

have numerous options. In

Salado’s Christmas Stroll, www.saladotx.gov

the Dallas area, Grapevine

Dallas’ Highland Park Village, www.hpvillage.com

Mills spans 1.6 million square

Galleria Dallas, www.dallasgalleria.com

feet for shoppers Near

The Galleria, Houston, www.simon.com

the Bayou City, Houston

Grapevine Mills, www.simon.com

Premium Outlets offers

San Marcos Premium Outlets, www.premiumoutlets.com

145 shops in Cypress while

Beaumont’s Parkdale Mall, www.parkdalemalltx.com

Katy Mills tempts with over

Tyler’s Ye Olde City Antique Mall, www.oldcitytyler.com

200 outlet stores. Between

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lifetimes a guide to events around the state november/december Compiled by Judi Russell

North Louisiana Through Nov. 10. State Fair of Louisiana.

3701 Hudson Ave., Shreveport.

(318) 635-1361.

State Fair of Louisiana, Shreveport

Nov. 1-2. Main to Main Trade Days. Main Street, Minden. (318) 371-4258.

Nov. 8-10. Zonta Club of Shreveport Antique Show & Sale. 600 Clyde Fant Pkwy., Shreveport. (318) 820-4730.

Nov. 16. Minden Fasching Celebration.

520 Broadway St., Minden. (318) 371-4258.

Nov. 17. Highland Jazz & Blues Festival.

700 Columbia, Shreveport. (318) 869-5706.

Dec. 1-31. Christmas at the Biedenharn.

Biedenharn Museum & Gardens, Monroe.

(318) 387-5281.

Throughout December. Santa’s Christmas Village. Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum, Monroe. (318) 361-9611.

Dec. 5. Downtown Gallery Crawl.

Downtown Monroe & West Monroe.

(318) 503-5125.

Dec. 7. Minden Christmas Parade. Main Street, Minden. (318) 371-4258.

Dec. 7. Christmas on the Front Line.

Mansfield State Historic Site, Mansfield.

(318) 872-1474.

Dec. 7. Bah Humbug 5K Run. 100 Trenton St., West Monroe. www.ovrrc.com

Dec. 7. Downtown Renaissance Fireworks Extravaganza. Downtown Monroe.

(800) 843-1872.

Dec. 12. Springhill Main Street “Christmas on Main.” 218 N. Main St., Springhill.

(318) 539-5699.

Dec. 14. Benton Christmas on the Square Festival & Parade. 417 Sibley St., Benton.

Cajun Country

(337) 740-2112.

Nov. 1-2, 8-10. Thibodaux Playhouse Presents “The 39 Steps.” Jean Lafitte

Nov. 8-10. COYC Fair. Cut Off Youth

Wetlands Activity Center, Thibodaux.

(985) 446-1896.

Nov. 9. Thibodauxville Fall Festival.

Nov. 1-3. Holy Ghost Creole Bazaar and Festival. Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 747

Nov. 9. Southern Soul Food Showdown.

Downtown Thibodauxville. (985) 446-1187.

N. Union St., Opelousas. (337) 942-2732.

7304 E. Hwy. 90, Jeanerette.

(337) 365-8185.

Nov. 1-3. Louisiana Swine Festival. Basile

Nov. 9. Atchafalaya Basin Festival. Henry

Town Park, Basile. (337) 230-1479.

Nov. 2. Air Supply Concert. Isle of Capri Casino Hotel, Westlake. (337) 430-2121.

Nov. 2. Great Chili Challenge. 300

Guidry Memorial Park, Henderson.

(337) 257-2444.

Nov. 11. Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony. 102 W. Main St., New Iberia.

Parkview Drive, New Iberia. (337) 365-9303.

(337) 365-1428.

Nov. 2. Southdown Marketplace Arts & Crafts Festival. 1208 Museum Drive,

Nov. 11. Veterans Day Avenue of Flags.

Houma. (985) 851-0154.

Nov. 2-3. Shadows Civil War Encampment.

317 E. Main St., New Iberia. (337) 369-6446.

Nov. 2-3. Celebration of the Giant Omelette. Downtown Abbeville.

(337) 893-0013.

Nov. 2-3. Acadiana Barrel Race Association; Bayou Classic. 713 NW Bypass (Hwy. 3212), New Iberia.

(337) 365-7539.

Nov. 7-9. Port Barre Cracklin Festival.

Orange Grove/Graceland Cemetery, Lake Charles. (337) 436-4800.

Nov. 14-16. Moss Bluff Harvest Festival.

Moss Bluff Recreation Complex, Moss Bluff. mossbluffharvestfestival.webs.com

Nov. 16. El Festival Espanol de Nueva Iberia. 102 W. Main St., New Iberia.

(337) 369-2330.

Nov. 16-17. Flea Fest: Flea Market.

Burton Coliseum, Lake Charles. fleafest.com

Nov. 20-23. Mistletoe & Moss Holiday Market. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake

Veterans Park, Lafayette. (337) 308-1245.

Charles. www.jllc.net

Nov. 7-10. Rayne Frog Festival.

Nov. 22. Rory Partin’s Big Band Sounds – Holiday Concert. Water’s Edge Community

Fairgrounds, Rayne. (504) 334-2332.

(318) 393-5246.

Nov. 8. Big Boy’s Main Street Cook-off.

Dec. 17. A Celtic Christmas. Hamilton

Downtown Thibodaux. (985) 431-9886.

House, West Monroe. (318) 366-2412.

Nov. 8. “If Headstones Could Talk…”

Cemetery Tour. 231 S. Main St., Abbeville.

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Center, Cut Off. (985) 632-7616.

Theatre, Lake Charles. (337) 478-3305.

Nov. 23-Dec. 23. Noel Acadien au Village. 200 Greenleaf Drive, Lafayette.

(337) 981-2364.

Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Tis the Season Street

Stroll. Downtown Bogalusa. (985) 750-4106.

Dec. 8. Jeanerette Christmas Parade.

Dec. 1. Christmas Shoppe. 113 Willow

Main Street, Jeanerette. (337) 579-2153.

Wood Drive, New Iberia. (337) 229-1982.

Dec. 13-15. The Nutcracker. SPAA

Dec. 1. Sounds of the Season with the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra. St. Peter’s

Performing Arts Theatre, McNeese State University, Lake Charles. (337) 475-5000.

Church, New Iberia. (337) 364-1603.

Dec. 14. Yuletide on the Bayou. Bouligny Plaza, New Iberia. (888) 942-3742.

Dec. 1. Thibodaux Christmas Extravaganza. Downtown Thibodaux.

(985) 446-1187.

Dec. 14. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by the Lake Charles Civic Ballet. Rosa Hart

Dec. 1-31. Victorian Christmas at The Joseph Jefferson Home. Jefferson Island,

Theatre, Lake Charles Civic Center.

(866) 625-4586.

Rip Van Winkle Boulevard, New Iberia.

(337) 359-8525.

Dec. 19. I’ll Be Home For Christmas.

Dec. 5-7. Sulphur’s Christmas Under the Oaks Festival/Holiday House. Henning House, Sulphur. (337) 527-0357.

Dec. 6. 20th Annual Oil Center Festival of Lights. Oil Center, Lafayette.

Heymann Performing Arts Center & Blackham Coliseum, Lafayette.

(337) 291-5540.

Central Louisiana Nov. 1-3. Pecan Festival. Downtown

(337) 232-4343.

Colfax. (318) 627-5196.

Dec. 6. Christmas Spirits. Immaculate

Nov. 1-3. Florien Freestate Festival.

Conception Cathedral, Lake Charles.

(337) 274-2012.

Florien. (318) 586-3521.

Dec. 6. McNeese State Holiday Art Sale.

McNeese State University, Shearman Fine Arts Center Grand Gallery, McNeese.

(337) 475-5060.

Baton Rouge/ Plantation Country Through Nov. 3. Greater Baton Rouge State Fair. Baton Rouge Fairgrounds.

(225) 755-3247.

Nov. 2. Louisiana Book Festival. State Library of Louisiana, Baton Rouge.

(225) 219-9503.

Nov. 8-9. Art in the City Weekend. 57845 Foundry St., Plaquemine. (225) 687-3116.

Nov. 9. La-Vets-Fest. West Feliciana Sports Recreation Park, St. Francisville. (225) 721-0885.

Nov. 11. Salute to Veterans Annual Program. 23640 Railroad Ave., Plaquemine.

(225) 687-2642.

Dec. 5. Reflections of the Season. 2750 N. Westport Drive, Port Allen. (225) 344-2920.

Dec. 7. USS KIDD Pearl Harbor Day Observance. USS KIDD Veterans Memorial & Museum, Baton Rouge.

Nov. 2. Louisiana Native American Art Festival. 2907 N. Toledo Park Road, Zwolle. (318) 617-0322.

Dec. 8. Christmas Tour of Homes. 11757 Ferdinand St., St. Francisville.

(225) 635-4224.

Nov. 9. Sugar Day. Kent Plantation House, Alexandria. (318) 487-5998.

Greater New Orleans

Nov. 16. Farm to Table dinner. 933 Second St., Alexandria. (318) 443-3458.

Nov. 1-3. Antiques Trade Days Arts & Crafts Show. Downtown Ponchatoula.

(800) 617-4502.

Theatre, Lake Charles. (337) 443-2287.

Nov. 23-24. A Holiday Extravaganza Sponsored by The Red River Arts & Crafts Guild. Hwy. 28 East, Pineville. (318)

Nov. 1-3. Scandinavian Festival and Christmas Sale. Norwegian Church, 1772

Dec. 7. Cracklin’ Cook-off & Car Show.

443-1785.

Prytania St., New Orleans. (504) 525-3602.

Cut Off Youth Center, 205 79th St., Cut Off. (985) 632-7616.

Nov. 28-Jan. 6. 2013 Festival of Lights.

Nov. 1-3. The Voodoo Music & Arts Experience. New Orleans City Park

Dec. 6. KCS Holiday Express Train.

DeQuincy Railroad Museum, DeQuincy.

(337) 786-2823.

Dec. 6-15. White Christmas. ACTS

Dec. 7. Jennings Christmas Festival & Gumbo Cook-off. Louisiana Oil & Gas park, Jennings. (337) 821-5532.

Dec. 7. Le Feu & L’eau (Fire & Water) Festival. Nunn Arts & Cultural Collective, Arnaudville. (337) 523-5832.

Historic Landmarks District, Natchitoches.

(800) 259-1714.

Dec. 11-21. Holiday Tour of Homes. 781 Front St., Natchitoches. (800) 259-1714.

Festival Grounds, New Orleans. www.worshipthemusic.com.

Dec. 14. Fete Hiver. Fort St. Jean the

Nov. 2. Bayou Bacchanal. Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans. (504) 220-2441.

Baptist State Historic Site, Natchitoches.

(887) 677-7853.

Nov. 2. Southdown Marketplace Fall Arts & Crafts Festival. Southdown Plantation

Dec. 7. Light Up the Lake Christmas Celebration. Lake Charles Civic Center, Lake Charles. (866-625-4586)

Southdown Marketplace Arts & Crafts Festival, Houma

House, Houma. (985) 851-0154.

Nov. 2-8. Louisiana Renaissance Festival. 46468

Dec. 7. Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Ceremony. 102 W.

River Road, Hammond.

(985) 429-9992.

Main St., New Iberia. (337) 365-1428.

Nov. 8-9. Lebowski Festival.

Dec. 8. Magic on Main; Christmas Tour of Homes. 317 E. Main St., New

Various venues including Howlin’ Wolf, New Orleans, and AMF All Star Lanes, Kenner.

(502) 583-9290.

Iberia. (337) 369-6446.

Photo courtesy of the Houma Area Convention & Visitor Bureau

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Nov. 8-10. Folk Magic Festival. Best

Arabi. (504) 355-4442.

Western Plus St. Christopher Hotel, New Orleans. (831) 423-5477.

Nov. 23. Magazine Street Blues Festival.

Nov. 8-10. Westwego Cypress Swamp Festival. Catfish Bourgeois Park, Westwego.

(504) 341-3424.

Magazine Street and Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans. (504) 962-7260.

Nov. 23-Jan. 1. Celebration in the Oaks.

Dec. 6-8. Plaquemines Parish Orange Festival. Historic Fort Jackson, Buras.

(504) 398-4434.

Dec. 6, 13. Ponchatoula Friday Night Lights. Historic Downtown Ponchatoula.

City Park, New Orleans. (504) 483-9415.

(985) 386-2536.

Nov. 9. Mirliton Festival. The Brickyard, 3000 Chartres St., New Orleans.

(504) 450-1733.

Nov. 23. Camp Moore Annual Civil War Living History Reenactment. Hwy. 51,

Dec. 7. Ozone Camellia Festival. 61239 Roosevelt Blvd., Slidell. (985) 643-7156.

Tangipahoa. (985) 229-2438.

Nov. 9-10. Covington Three Rivers Arts Festival. Columbia St., Covington.

Nov. 28-Dec. 1. Bayou Classic. Various locations, New Orleans. (504) 293-2619.

Dec. 22. Caroling in Jackson Square & Home Tour. French Quarter, New Orleans.

(504) 523-7047.

Nov. 30. Christmas Open House.

Dec. 30-Jan. 1. Hands On Literary Fest & Masquerade Ball. Maison St. Charles and

(985) 327-9797.

Nov. 9-10. Treme Creole Gumbo Festival.

Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans.

(504) 558-6100.

Nov. 13-17. Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans. Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans. (504) 586-1609.

Nov. 15-17. River Parishes Fall Festival.

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Norco.

(985) 764-9958.

Nov. 16. Antique Auto Club of St. Bernard Cruise Night. 8751 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette.

Nov. 21. Art & Wine Walk. 409 Aycock St.,

Ponchatoula Country Market, Ponchatoula.

(985) 386-2537.

Dec. 1-31. Christmas New Orleans Style.

Various locations, French Quarter, New Orleans. (504) 522-5730.

The Prytania Bar, New Orleans.

Dec. 31. Zoo Year’s Eve. Audubon Zoo, New Orleans. www.AudubonInstitute.org

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quirky places Interior of the Shushan Airport lobby upon its 1934 opening

Airport) opened in Kenner in 1946, Shushan became New Orleans Lakefront Airport, and major airline traffic relocated to Kenner. In the ‘50s and ‘60s, the terminal building was renovated into austerity. Thick concrete panels covered the exterior’s art deco flourish when the terminal became a bomb shelter during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The two-story lobby was partially enclosed to create offices for the Orleans Levee Board. This renovation also covered up several aviation murals by artist Xavier Gonzalez.

Hurricane Katrina flooded the terminal and destroyed seven hangars beyond repair.

New Orleans’ Lakefront Airport

By Megan Hill

First the victim

But when FEMA officials saw the art deco façade beneath the damaged 1964 cement panels, the ball started rolling on repairs.

Since 2011, architect Alton Oschner Davis and colleagues from Richard C. Lambert Consultants, LLC, have worked to restore the airport to its former glory. Using the original blueprints, a team of

Airport, after Orleans Levee

swimming pool and a hotel

80 has worked to dismantle

political backlash and later, a

Board President Abraham

where Amelia Earhart

the offices in the former lobby

hurricane, the New Orleans

Shushan, the airport was a

spent a night on the way to

and restore its colorful ceiling.

Lakefront Airport is being

feather in the cap of Gov.

begining her ill-fated global

restored to its original glory.

Huey P. Long’s tenure.

flight attempt.

of

Crews have restored door frames, pay phone signs,

In its heyday, the airport,

Shushan (who was part of

which handles smaller craft

the Kingfish’s inner circle)

political muscles in the

floors and walls; they’ve also

private aviation, gleamed

finagled construction of the

airport’s construction,

replaced chandeliers and wall

with art deco flourish. The

airport and the peninsula it

adorning every doorknob,

sconces. They’ve removed

architectural firm of Weiss,

sits on, so impressing Gov.

countertop, plumbing fixture,

asbestos and lead paint and

Dreyfouth and Sierth (which

Long that he told Shushan to

and windowsill in the airport’s

cleaned mold and mildew.

also designed the State Capitol

give the airport his namesake.

terminal building with his

and Charity Hospital) created

Abe Shushan flexed his

When it was completed,

frescos, marble and granite

The Walnut Room, once

name or the letter S. When

a popular entertainment

such a masterpiece that it

Shushan was the largest

Shushan was convicted of mail

location, is being restored,

served as a model for other art

airport in the U.S. and was

fraud in the late 1930s, the

too. Gone are the concrete

deco airports that followed.

also the first combined land

airport dropped his name, and

and brick encasements that

But those other airports were

and seaplane air terminal

his signatures were removed.

covered the façade and its

demolished to make way for

in the world. It had a post

more modern buildings.

office, medical exam rooms,

(now Louis Armstrong

cost $18 million and was

a surgical suite, an outdoor

New Orleans International

completed in September. n

Originally named Shushan

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150 windows. The effort has

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Benjamin Watson The Saints’ tight end feels at home in Southeast Louisiana.

By Megan Hill

Saints tight end Benjamin Watson’s favorite

Patriots in 2003.

“I didn’t really think about

sport as a kid was soccer. He

the league until I got to

played only one year of little

college and I saw some of

league and then didn’t play

my friends go into the NFL,”

says. And that became even

with his charity, One More.

organized football again until he

Watson says. “But I wasn’t

more evident when Watson

He and Kirsten founded the

was a freshman in high school.

sure about it until I heard my

and his family relocated to

nonprofit in Boston in 2010

Instead, soccer kept him busy.

name on draft day.”

the New Orleans area.

and will continue their work

“Remember the player

Watson played six

“We met everybody on our

in the New Orleans area.

Pelé? They used to call me

seasons with the Patriots

street within the first day and

Bené,” Watson jokes.

before moving on to the

we had dinner for like the

raised that you help folks

But football held a special

Cleveland Browns in 2010;

first few days. It was kind of

when you can,” Watson

fascination for Watson, whose

he led the team in receiving

weird, not gonna lie, to have

says. “The whole idea is to

father played in college.

yards, receptions and

people in your business. But

spread the love of Christ to

“I would always be

receiving touchdowns that

they all meant well. They all

one more soul. And we do

jumping on the couch,

season. He signed with the

said, ‘It’s one of our Saints.

that first by meeting other

acting like I was catching a

Saints in March.

We love our Saints. Win or

people’s needs, whether it be

lose, anything you need, just

food or clothing, and then we

touchdown in the end zone,”

“It’s good to be back in the

“Both my wife and I were

Watson says. He grew up

South,” Watson says. “I feel

let us know.’ It was a good

try to tell them about Christ,

in Norfolk, Va., and played

like I’ve been in exile for the

feeling,” he says.

who is the bread of life.”

street ball with his friends.

past nine years, being in New

“We would tackle each other on the sidelines, or what we would call the

Now that Watson is

When I spoke to Watson at

England and Cleveland. The

playing indoors, rather than

training camp, he was busy

South just feels like home.”

in unforgiving winter climes,

learning the new playbook,

his four young children can

which he says is like learning

Southeast Louisiana,

sidelines, which was where

especially, feels familiar to

come watch him. Grace (4

a new, complex language.

there was grass. It was tag

the Watson family. Watson’s

years old), Naomi (3 years

When I asked for a prediction

in the street, hitting on the

wife, Kirsten, went to high

old), Isaiah (2 years old) and

on the season, he said he

sidelines,” he says.

school in Baton Rouge and

Judah, born the day after

takes it one game at a time.

has family in New Orleans.

Watson signed with the

At Northwestern High

Long before Watson joined

“It sounds so cliché, but

Saints, may be able to watch

on every good team I’ve

Watson was a football

the Saints, Kirsten’s family –

their father catch passes from

been on, when you take it

letterman, leading his team

especially her uncle – gave him

quarterback Drew Brees.

one game at a time, that’s

to a state championship

a sense of the fans’ loyalty.

School in Rock Hill, S.C.,

as a junior. He played at

“Back when we first met,

“It will be exciting. They’re

when you put together

a little bit older, old enough

those streaks of 12 games,

Duke University and then

all he would talk about was

to know what Daddy’s doing,

13 games, Super Bowl. That

transferred to the University

the Saints. The Saints weren’t

and they can watch a little

kind of thing,” he says.

of Georgia, where he played

even good back then. I kind

bit,” Watson says.

for three seasons. He was

of knew that the Saints have

drafted by the New England

a rabid fan base,” Watson

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When he’s not playing football, Watson keeps busy

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