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Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum Names New Officers and Board Members
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BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum has named new officers and board members to its Board of Directors for 2014-2015. The new officers are Louis Minsky, MD, President, private practitioner with Minsky & Carver Medical Center for Wellness in Baton Rouge; John Carroll, CFM, ARPC, CRPC, CSNA, AAMS, President-Elect, Vice President with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Alexandria; Stephen Wright, Secretary/ Treasurer, President/CEO of CHRISTUS Health Louisiana in Alexandria; and Donna D. Fraiche, Esq., Member at Large, attorney with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. In addition, three individuals have joined the Quality Forum Board: Chuck Burnell, MD, lead Medical Director with Acadian Companies in Lafayette; Teri Fontenot, FACHE, President/CEO of Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge; and Wes Hataway, JD, director of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration for the Louisiana Workforce Commission in Baton Rouge. Returning board members include: Daniel Burke, SPHR, director of Corporate Benefits with Turner Industries in Baton Rouge; David Carmouche, MD, Executive Vice President of External Operations and Chief Medical Officer with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana in Baton Rouge; Catherine Fairchild, JD, Right of Way Manager for CSRS, Inc. in Baton Rouge; Glen Golemi, President and CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s Gulf States Region in Metairie; Sandra Kemmerly, MD, MACP, FIDSA, Medical Director of Clinical Practice Improvement for Ochsner Health System in New Orleans; Susan E. Nelson, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, Medical Director of Senior Services for the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System in Baton Rouge; and Leonard Weather, Jr., R.Ph, MD, Director of the Omni Fertility and Laser Institute in Shreveport. Medical News is pleased to provide space for press releases by providers in our Grand Rounds section. Content and accuracy of the releases is the sole responsibility of the issuer.
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