The document discusses the opening of Tulane University School of Medicine's satellite campus at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. It summarizes the graduation of the inaugural class, which saw 4 of the 9 graduates choose to remain in Louisiana for their residency training. It also discusses Baton Rouge General's commitment to specialized services like burn care and senior emergency care, noting investments and renovations being made to strengthen these programs.

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Matters
A Publication for BRG Medical Staff 2nd Quarter 2012
A Satellite Campus of
Tulane University School of Medicine
Making History
Tulane’s Baton Rouge LEAD
Academy Inaugural Class
What’s Inside
Strategic Direction
Update 1
Mid City Moving
Forward 3-6
Women’s Health
Expansion 10
EMR Upgrades 11

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One Mission. One Vision. One BR General.
A Message From
Bill Holman
President and CEO
Mid City Bluebonnet
We are one hospital Community Focus Specialty Service Focus
with two unique
campuses that work Excel as an academic center Regional leader in specialty
together to fulfill our through expansion of medical programs, delivering high quality
mission of improving education and training: and innovation in areas such as:
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healthcare. OneVision illustrates Baton Rouge Residency Programs including Neurosurgery and
General’s single strategic direction for the future, Obstetrics
Expand specialized clinical
and in partnership with medical staff from all programs, serving the needs of the Facility expansion and
specialty areas, we are moving forward with a clear surrounding community through enhancement
strategic focus for each campus. high quality services in areas • ew Medical Technologies
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At Mid City, we are focused on continued such as: • ybrid Surgical Suite
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development of key clinical programs that serve • Geriatric Care • tate-of-the-Art Medical Office
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the unique health needs of the community, and • Emergency Care Building
through the expansion of medical education and • Psychiatric Care
training this campus is positioned to excel as an • Complex Wound Care
academic medical center. • Burn
We envision Bluebonnet as the region’s destination • Rehab
hospital for specialty services and wellness. At the
Bluebonnet campus, we are focused on providing
high quality, innovative specialty care in oncology,
cardiology and other areas such as women’s health
specialties, and continued facility enhancements.
Collaboration and communication with our
medical staff is key to the success of OneVision and “ lignment with integrated and independent medical staff and
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I want to thank you for your continual leadership, expansion of both primary and specialty care are all key to moving
and your commitment to our hospital and our Baton Rouge General’s strategic plans forward,” noted Andrew
patients as we advance this initiative. Olinde, MD, Baton Rouge General’s Chief of Staff. “As health
care continues to evolve, engaging physicians in development of
innovative delivery models and quality initiatives will also be
important elements of the hospital’s vision.”
Andrew Olinde, MD
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Recognizing Physicians
Commitment to Patient Safety
Physician Honors
Physicians were recognized for their leadership and quality excellence
recently at Baton Rouge General’s Medical Staff Appreciation Gala.
It was a pleasure to see the hard work of our medical staff and all
The J. Benton Dupont Medical Staff Leadership Award recognizes our clinicians recognized on the front page of The Advocate recently.
physicians for outstanding leadership and dedication to Thanks to your leadership and commitment, Baton Rouge General
compassionate patient care. earned an A in Hospital Safety Score, a nationwide ranking of
hospitals by the Leapfrog Group – the only hospital in our area to
receive this grade. Click here to read The Advocate article.
The new Hospital Safety Score was issued by The Leapfrog Group,
a non-profit employer-sponsored organization, that reviewed 2,651
facilities across the country and generated a report card for each, with
an A, B, C, D or F letter grade. Twenty-six measures were utilized by
the Leapfrog Group to determine hospitals’ safety scores, including 15
process or structural measures and 11 outcome-based. Only 8 of the
26 were self-reported and the remainder were validated from Center
for Medicare Services Hospital Compare.
B. Eugene Berry, MD Ernest J. Mencer, MD Evens Rodney, MD
As with any full-service hospital performance comparative report,
The BRG Excellence in Quality Award recognizes physicians’ strengths and improvement areas always emerge. These scores keep
exceptional efforts to provide top quality care in four core quality us all striving for improvement, which can only make us better
domains – outcomes, utilization, evidence-based practice and patient caregivers. Baton Rouge General stands together with all hospitals in
satisfaction. our community...we are all on the journey to perfection in how we
Thank you for your collaboration and commitment to take care of our patients and their families. We should all be proud of
excellence in care. the high quality care, research and medical education offered right
here in the Greater Baton Rouge area.
Everett J. Bonner, Jr., MD Lawrence J. Messina, MD
William M. Boedefeld, II, MD Robert N. Moukarzel, MD Recently completing Patient Safety Fellowships as
Stephen P. Brierre, MD Hollis Ray O’Neal, Jr., MD part of the American Hospital Association’s
Michael J. Castine, MD Pamela Payment, MD
National Patient Safety Fellowship program,
Dr. Robert Kenney, Medical Director
Roy J. Culotta, MD Kevin D. Reed, MD
for Quality Care and Patient Safety, and
Marci L. Fabre, MD Eric M. Rowley, MD Wanda Hughes, RN, PhD, Director
Navin Hafez Fanous, MD Venkat R. Surakanti, MD of Quality Patient Safety, are yet
John R. Godke, MD Vasudev Hejamadi Tati, MD another reflection of our medical and
R. Bryan Griffith, Jr., MD Christopher B. Thomas, MD clinical staff’s commitment to the highest
standards for patient safety and quality
Joseph M. Griffin, MD Mikah Sheridan Thompson, MD
performance.
Tonya Jagneaux, MD

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Mid City
Moving Forward
Inaugural Class Graduation of Baton Rouge General/Tulane
Satellite Medical Training Campus
May 19, 2012 marked a momentous occasion – the inaugural class “The Baton Rouge LEAD program offers an
graduation of Tulane University School of Medicine’s flagship satellite innovative Longitudinal Clerkship that lasts
campus at Baton Rouge General. Four of the nine Baton Rouge LEAD throughout the third year of medical school.
Each student has a mentor for the year which
(Leadership, Education, Advocacy and Discovery) Academy graduates
creates the opportunity to follow patients in a
have chosen to remain in Louisiana for their residency training. longitudinal fashion over many months,” said
The Baton Rouge satellite campus is an important component of Floyd Roberts, MD, Baton Rouge General’s
expanding Baton Rouge General’s role as a teaching hospital and Chief Medical Officer and Dean of Tulane
University School of Medicine’s Satellite
enhancing medical leadership and education opportunities in Baton
Campus.
Rouge. The Baton Rouge LEAD Academy provides a unique medical
“In addition to their hospital training, our students have
education in both healthcare delivery and policy.
opportunities to develop leadership and advocacy skills through
seminars with leaders from many dimensions of healthcare as well
as state government and legislative leaders.”
Graduate MATCH SITE SPECIALTY
Matthew Cooper, MD LSUHSC – Shreveport, LA Emergency Medicine
Amber Fontenot, MD University of Colorado School of Medicine – Denver, CO Obstetrics/Gynecology
Eric ‘Jove’ Graham, MD University of California San Francisco – Fresno, CA Emergency Medicine
Gregory Mitchell, MD Tulane University School of Medicine – New Orleans, LA Urology
Rachel ‘Alix’ Oreck, MD Tulane University School of Medicine – New Orleans, LA Internal Medicine
Kenneth Perry, MD Earl K. Long Medical Center – Baton Rouge, LA Emergency Medicine
Marc Quinlan, MD Denver Health Medical Center – Denver, CO Emergency Medicine
Shai Rosenfeld, MD Providence Milwaukie Hospital – Portland, OR Family Medicine
Wendy Wong, MD Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University – Providence, RI Emergency Medicine
Quick Fact:
Baton Rouge General Satellite Campus of Tulane University School of
Medicine is the First training campus outside the New orleans Area.
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B. Eugene Berry, MD,
Outstanding Student Award
The BRG Tulane LEAD campus’ inaugural class graduation was
accompanied by the presentation of the first B. Eugene Berry, MD,
Outstanding Student Award, which recognizes a medical student from
the Baton Rouge LEAD Academy graduating class for outstanding
Gregory Mitchell, MD performance in the areas of scholarship, professionalism, leadership,
research, and includes a gift of $500.
Gregory Mitchell, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine
graduate of Baton Rouge General’s satellite campus inaugural class,
was the first recipient of the B. Eugene Berry, MD, Outstanding Student
Award. Mitchell will complete his residency training in Urology at
Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.
“My experience in the BRG/Tulane LEAD program provided an
exceptional education in clinical quality, compassionate patient
care and medical leadership and was instrumental in obtaining my
choice for residency. Working in such a close capacity with excellent
attending physicians prepared me with the skills and knowledge to
be successful in residency,” notes Gregory Mitchell, MD, BRG/Tulane
LEAD inaugural class graduate.
The award was named for Dr. B. Eugene Berry, distinguished Tulane
University School of Medicine Alumnus and recently retired cardio
thoracic surgeon, who was instrumental in developing and supporting
the creation of the Baton Rouge General Medical Center satellite
training campus.
“Working together, Tulane Wendy Wong, MD
University School of Medicine Wendy Wong, MD,
and Baton Rouge General Earns Lean Six
are committed to enhancing Sigma Green Belt
medical education opportunities Wendy Wong, MD, Tulane University School
in Baton Rouge and training our of Medicine graduate of Baton Rouge General’s
satellite campus inaugural class, received a Green
community’s future physician Belt in Lean Six Sigma Certification. Lean Six
leaders,” Sigma Green Belts are trained in leadership and
quality improvement. Dr. Wong will complete
her residency training in emergency medicine at
- r. Benjamin Sachs, Medical
D Rhode Island Hospital.
School Dean and Senior
Vice President at Tulane. Mid City
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Quick Facts:
123 Specialized burn centers
Burn Center: remain open in the U.S.
19 U.S. burn centers closed in
Protecting a Critical Service for Our Region the last 10 years
For more than 40 years Baton Rouge General’s specialists, burn centers must offer the most
Mid City campus has provided highly specialized advanced clinical setting to attract qualified staff.
burn care services to the entire Gulf Coast region,
Three Phase
“Mid City’s burn center is a vital provider for
including the area’s petrochemical corridor. complex burn treatment in our region, and
Renovation Plan
Treating more than 90 percent of all inpatient reinvesting in the burn program will ensure Phase 1 - Burn Center
burns in the Baton Rouge Metro area, Mid that we can continue to offer critical regional Waiting Area
City’s regional burn service plays an integral burn care services in the future,” said Ernest Create family-friendly
role in supporting Louisiana’s industrial and Mencer, MD, Medical Director for Baton Rouge waiting area with
petrochemical sectors as well as the surrounding General’s Burn Center. enhanced comfort and
communities.
Baton Rouge General is committed to protecting privacy
The hospital’s burn center is uniquely designed to this critical service for our region and has already Completed August 2010
provide all phases of burn care – from inpatient begun to make investments in the burn center.
burn care to outpatient rehabilitation – to ensure Through financial support from community
smooth transitioning through the continuum of partners, the burn center waiting area was Phase 2 - Outpatient Burn
care. The burn center staff includes three board- transformed from a basic, one-room style space to a Treatment Area
certified general surgeons with more than 50 family-friendly area offering families comfort and Update service area with
years of combined burn care experience as well as privacy during those first critical days following the latest in care
a team of highly skilled burn care nurses, social a severe burn. The new waiting area renovation protocols – Begins Summer
workers and technicians. Baton Rouge General’s completed Phase One of a Three Phase total 2012
burn program also includes pediatric burn services renovation of Baton Rouge General’s Burn Center.
at the Bluebonnet campus and has three pediatric
surgeons on staff.
Phase 3 - Inpatient
Just over 100 burn centers remain open in the
Treatment Facility
U.S. today and that number is shrinking as burn
Equip patient rooms with
facilities are closing because of the challenges
the latest technology to
presented by the complexity and high costs of
treatment for burn care. In addition, the severe
national shortage of burn surgeons and clinical
burn specialists presents staffing challenges for
burn centers. With the limited number of burn
Mid City
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3600 Florida Blvd. • Baton Rouge,
Emergency Information
National Trend in Senior Emergency Care,
A Satellite Campus of
Tulane University School of Medicine
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emergency.
continues to increase as our community’s
baby boomers age. We have seen the benefits For copies of the emergency card for your patients, contact
BRG’s Senior Care Consultant at 225-387-7632.
for our seniors – not only by making their
Mid City Campus
Boosts Economy Statewide: Greater BR:
and Community $
290 million
in economic activity
$162 million
Wayne Gravois, MD
Baton Rouge General’s Mid City campus is a Mid City Community:
significant economic driver in the local community 2,500 Jobs
and statewide, generating more than $290 million
$18 million + New Family
in economic activity and nearly 2,500 jobs in Medicine Faculty
Louisiana.* Locally, the Mid City campus’ economic Wayne Gravois, MD
impact on Greater Baton Rouge is $162 million and Dr. Gravois brings more than 30 years
more than $18 million on the Mid City community. experience to our patients and Family
Enhancing health services and programs at the Medicine residents in his new role with
Mid City campus directly impacts not only the Choctaw
Baton Rouge General. In addition to
health and well-being of our community but also continuing family practice at BRG’s
Family Health Center, Dr. Gravois will
the long-term viability of our community through
Mid City train our residents as a faculty member
Foster
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Mississippi River
physicians, nurses and clinicians supported by our
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Thanks to our medical staff’s input and guidance, Baton Rouge General’s
disciplinary physician steering
expansion plans for the Bluebonnet campus are taking shape! We began
committee, the new hybrid OR has been
breaking ground on the first phase of construction in April and are
designed ergonomically to enhance
progressing as scheduled.
workflow and will offer exciting
The Bluebonnet expansion project includes construction of an innovative advancements for all our surgical
new surgical space and a state-of-the-art medical office building. OR specialists including accommodating the
expansion construction has already begun, and we are on target for our fall future development and expansion of the
Jeffrey Littleton, MD
2012 completion. The OR expansion includes four new operating rooms General’s minimally invasive surgical
and a hybrid operating suite in addition to current enhancements including program,” said Jeffrey Littleton, MD,
daVinci, our minimally invasive robotics technology. Baton Rouge General’s Chief of
Surgery.
Phase one of construction on the medical office building has also begun
and is projected for completion by year end 2013. Physicians have begun
expressing interest in office space, and interest meetings are currently
available for scheduling.
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Interactive “Blueprint” for
BRG’s Future
As we continue to move OneVision forward, www.BRGOneVision.org
is one way we are keeping physicians and stakeholders up-to-date about
our progress on expansion project plans, development of specialized
programs including cancer, cardiovascular, burn, medical education,
new investments in HIT and medical technologies, and more.
Visit www.BRGOneVision.org to explore our blueprint
for Baton Rouge General’s future in an in-depth and
interactive way.
For more details on our Medical Office Building, visit www.BRGOneVision.org
or contact Dionne Viator, Executive Vice President and Chief Business
Development Officer, at (225) 237-1541.
Physicians Achieve 100% on The physicians, nurses and staff of Baton Rouge General achieved 100%
Door to Balloon Time on the ACC/AHA national “door to balloon” time quality guideline for
ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. The
ACC/AHA recommends a door to balloon interval of no more than 90
minutes. Door to balloon time measurement in emergency cardiac care
starts when patients reach the hospital’s ER door and ends when the
catheter guidewire crosses the culprit lesion and the balloon is deployed
in the cardiac cath lab. Baton Rouge General’s median door to balloon
time for qualified heart attack patients is 65 minutes – on par with the
national median.
“In cardiac care ‘time is muscle’ – delays in AMI treatment
increase the likelihood and amount of cardiac muscle damage.
The streamlined process among multiple clinicians from ER staff
to the cardiac care team members is critical for optimal patient
outcomes,” said Steven Kelley, MD, Baton Rouge General
Chief of Cardiology. “Congratulations to our physicians, nurses
and medical staff for their exceptional teamwork and exceeding
national quality standards in heart care.”
A recent BRG heart patient whose exceptional door to balloon time of 47
minutes was the feature of a recent WAFB Channel 9 news story. Visit
www.YouTube.com/BatonRougeGeneral to watch the news story.

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Vince Cataldo, MD
Everett Bonner, Jr., MD, FACS
New Physician Leadership
The exceptional care provided by our physicians and caregiving staff has
made BRG’s Penningtion Cancer Center staff a national leader for quality
and excellence. Cancer care and physician leadership continue to be the
keys to our cancer program’s success. Recent cancer program leadership Thank you to our past physician leaders for their service and
appointments include: dedication to our cancer program:
Everett Bonner, Jr., MD, FACS, Breast Surgeon with The Baton Rouge Peter Bostick, MD, Baton Rouge General’s Past Cancer Liaison
Clinic, will serve as Baton Rouge General’s Cancer Liaison Physician for Physician for the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Shaista Faruqui, MD, Baton Rouge General’s Past Hematology/
Vince Cataldo, MD, Hematology/Oncology with The Baton Rouge Oncology Service Chief
Clinic, will serve as Baton Rouge General’s Hematology/Oncology Service
Chief.
Baton Rouge General Nationally
Recognized for Cancer Care *
*Baton Rouge General is recognized by the Commission on Cancer of the
American College of Surgeons as offering “the very best in cancer care.”
Congratulations to our physicians and the entire medical staff at BRG’s Pennington
Cancer Center for receiving the 2011 Outstanding Achievement Award!
This prestigious award is given by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American
College of Surgeons to recognize cancer programs that exceed national standards in
providing quality care to cancer patients. The OAA criteria measures performance on
seven standards that are drawn from six program areas: cancer committee leadership,
“At 40 years old, I was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer data management, clinical management, research, community outreach and
cancer... A farmer, a father, husband and hunter, I had quality improvement.
too much to live for. So I saw a cancer specialist in Texas,
and he advised I come home to Baton Rouge General’s “It is an honor for Baton Rouge General to be recognized for the
Pennington Cancer Center for IL-2 treatment. Thanks to exceptional quality our cancer program provides to patients in our
my team at the General, I am cancer-free and looking at a region,” said J. Benton Dupont, Jr., MD, Medical Director of
long life in front of me.
Baton Rouge General Medical Center’s Pennington Cancer Center.
I wish my doctor and my nurses could be The General’s cancer program has a long history of accolades for providing the “very
treated by themselves, just so they’d know how best in cancer care”:
special they really are.”
• Louisiana’s first accredited Comprehensive Cancer Program
– JK Bordelon • Louisiana’s first NAPBC-accredited comprehensive breast program
• Regionally recognized IL-2 Cancer Treatment Program
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Expansion of Women’s Health Program
Pictured L to R: Kimberly Neathamer-Guillory, MD; Jo Anne Barrios, MD;
Baton Rouge General and private physicians network Baton Rouge Erin Michel, RN, BSN, IBCLC, WHNP; Evelyn Hayes, MD; Jane Peek, MD
General Physicians recently expanded its comprehensive Women’s
Health program. Five women’s health specialists Drs. Evelyn Hayes,
Jane Peek, Jo Anne Barrios, Kimberly Neathamer-Guillory
Expanding Baton Rouge General’s current OB/GYN medical staff of
and Nurse Practitioner Erin Michel have joined Baton Rouge General
32 practitioners, the new women’s health specialists will enhance
Physicians, collectively bringing more than 75 years of seasoned obstetrical,
gynecologic and related women’s health clinical experience to the the hospital’s women’s health programs which provide state-of-the-
organization. art services for:
• ynecologic care, including the latest platform for daVinci minimally-
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“I am excited to be a part of the expansion of the women’s health invasive robotics
services at Baton Rouge General and to join our active women’s health • aternal Fetal Medicine
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specialists as we continue to develop and enhance the depth of the
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General’s current clinical programs,” said Evelyn Hayes, MD. “We
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In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Jane Peek will also continue to related diseases, including screening and diagnostic mammography
serve as Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship Director and Clinical Assistant through our Women’s Imaging Center, Louisiana’s first NAPBC-
Professor for Tulane School of Medicine’s satellite campus at Baton Rouge accredited comprehensive breast center
General. • iagnosis and treatment of female cancers through advanced
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“ e are pleased to be able to expand our women’s services and
W Medical, Surgical and Radiation Oncology services, including the
nation’s first ARTISTE technology
specialists for the community, and we appreciate the steadfast
commitment of Drs. Carol Patin, Lydia Sims and Alicia • upport and ancillary services including Social Work, Nutritional
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Taylor for their roles in the establishment of our women’s health Counseling, Lactation Counseling, Physical and Occupational
program and more recently, as we worked together to strengthen Therapy
our program,” said Floyd Roberts, MD, Baton Rouge General’s
Chief Medical Officer and Dean of Tulane School of Medicine’s
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Physician-Guided
EMR System
Upgrades
June 2012: Completion of physician portal
enhancements, including:
• atient information viewable across the continuum
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of care
• Critical data more easily accessible
• ritical value alerts to a comprehensive patient list
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October 2012: Completion of computerized order
entry to enhance surgical workflows
Contact our IT Physician Liaison at (225) Newly enhanced patient dashboard
819-1070 for questions and support.
Clinical Trials Update Comments? Story ideas? Email
us at BRGMD@brgeneral.org with
As Baton Rouge General moves forward with operationalizing its new research initiative questions or to let us know what’s
in collaboration with GuideStar Clinical Trials Management, we encourage physicians to happening in your practice.
continue to provide input and share their research interests.
Our partnership with GuideStar is focused on developing a comprehensive research program
to support independent, physician-led research, creating new opportunities for medical staff to VIS1ON Editorial Committee
participate in clinical trials that align with their interests. Dr. Andrew Olinde
Chief of Staff
“As a clinical lipidologist, I am
Dr. Floyd “Flip” Roberts
excited about the opportunities
Chief Medical Officer
Baton Rouge General’s new
Dean, Tulane University School of
research initiative will create Medicine’s Satellite Campus
for contributions to advancing
medical science in the area of Michelle Capone
Director, Medical Staff Services
heart disease,” said Robert St.
Amant, MD. “More importantly, George Bell
it will offer our patients access to Senior Vice President, MD Relations
leading-edge clinical trials in the Nicole Kleinpeter
local community.” Director, Marketing and Communications
Robert St. Amant, Clinical Lipidologist of
To learn more, contact Diandra Maryann Rowland
Baton Rouge General’s Lipid Center
Nuno-Salcido, Operations Manager, Specialist, Communications and Public
BRG Clinical Trials Office, at Relations
(504) 799-4400 ext. 4408, or email
dnuno@guidestarclinical.com.
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