St. Tammany Pediatrics opens new facility in Covington

St. Tammany Health System’s pediatrics practice has moved from Madisonville to 71338 Louisiana 21, just one mile south of the hospital campus in Covington. (Photo by Tim San Fillippo / STHS)

By STHS Communication Department

It’s official: St. Tammany Health System’s full-service pediatrics practice has made the move to Covington.

After operating for the past three years out of the health system’s Madisonville clinic, St. Tammany Pediatrics opened for business Monday (Oct. 26) in its new location, at 71338 Louisiana 21.

“We’re a stone’s throw from the hospital, which is also a good thing for us, because we’re going to be closer to the intensive care units, the pediatrics ICU, the neonatology ICU,” said Dr. Robert Fauchaux, chairman of the STHS Pediatrics Department. “So, we’re going to be able to be closer to those and have a bigger office, and, because were roomier now, have more services in-house.”

All of the pediatricians associated with the practice – Dr. Fauchaux, Dr. Linda Keefer, Dr. Jennifer Miles and Dr. Margie Strong, as well as nurse practitioner Perry Russell – have relocated along with the practice.

The move creates something of a hub for the health system’s pediatrics care in Covington. In addition to putting it closer to the hospital, the move also puts the pediatrics practice just across the street from St. Tammany’s Bone and Joint Clinic – where pediatric orthopedist Dr. McCall McDaniel practices – as well as essentially next door to the health system’s Therapy & Wellness Center, where pediatrics speech therapy and physical therapy services are offered.

The new pediatrics practice is located in the same building as St. Tammany’s new Express Care clinic, which offers traditional doctor’s office services but in the nontraditional hours of 2 to 10:30 p.m., with weekend hours coming in November.

Meanwhile, family medicine practitioner Dr. Catherine Pechon has set up shop in the space vacated by the pediatrics practice. Pechon, who is now accepting new patients, seeing everyone from age 2 and up.

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