Cardiology

And the beat goes on.

It’s your heart. Why would you trust anyone but the best with it?

 

Covington Cardiovascular Care

 

How important is cardiac care at St. Tammany Health System? Well, let’s just say there’s a reason our logo is built around the image of a heart. 

 

What’s more, our multi-disciplinary team of experts -- operating out of locations in both Covington and Mandeville -- live up to that promise every day, providing Northshore residents with comprehensive, compassionate and technologically advanced cardiac care close to home. 

 

That includes stress tests and other noninvasive diagnostic procedures; our groundbreaking, minimally invasive TAVR heart valve replacement; a litany of traditional interventional cardiac procedures; and follow-up and rehabilitation care designed to get you back on your feet and living your best life. 

 

All that, combined with our Covington hospital’s status as an Accredited Chest Pain Center, means that when it comes to heart health on the Northshore, you couldn’t be in better, more capable hands.


TAVR: A success story

When Covington native Richard Hodgson had the chance to make history, he took it by becoming St. Tammany Health System's first TAVR patient.


Learn more in this video and at StTammany.health/TAVR.


Full cardio care

A closer look at some of STHS’s related cardiac services:

 

Cardiac Cath Lab

Cardiac Cath Lab
Ph: 985-898-4000

Located on our main hospital campus in Covington, our Cardiac Cath Lab provides patients with a suite of diagnostic and treatment services, including stent and pacemaker placement, angioplasty, angiography, cardiac catheterization, ablation and more. Patients recover on-site until they are discharged, in most cases later that same day.

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation
Ph: 985-898-4414

Operating out of STHS’s Paul D. Cordes Outpatient Pavilion in Covington, our Cardio Rehab facility hosts a multi-phased program designed, first, to get patients back on their feet. That’s followed by a blend of education and exercise in our on-site facility and, if necessary, enrollment in our Living Tobacco Free smoking cessation program.

Coumadin Clinic

Coumadin Clinic
Ph: 985-898-3733

St. Tammany Health System’s Coumadin Clinic, located at the Paul D. Cordes Outpatient Pavilion in Covington, facilitates management of the anticoagulant warfarin – also known by the name brand Coumadin – which is prescribed for medical conditions such as heart rhythm disturbances, strokes, heart valve replacements or blood clotting disorders.


Meet Our Providers

Georges Antoun, MD

Georges Antoun, MD

Specialty: Cardiology

Joined STPN in: 2017

George Isa, MD

George Isa, MD

Specialty: Cardiology

Joined STPN in: 2022

Bekir Melek, MD

Bekir Melek, MD

Specialty: Cardiology

Joined STPN in: 2013

Russell Reed, MD

Russell Reed, MD

Specialty: Cardiology

Joined STPN in: 2018

Stefan Sicinschi, MD

Stefan Sicinschi, MD

Specialty: Cardiology

Joined STPN in: 2022

Paul Stahls, MD

Paul Stahls, MD

Specialty: Cardiology

Joined STPN in: 2013

Sarah Bourgeois, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Sarah Bourgeois, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner

Joined STPN in: 2022

Molly Peck, APRN

Molly Peck, APRN

Nurse Practitioner

Joined STPN in: 2023

Mary Scheyd, APRN

Mary Scheyd, APRN

Nurse Practitioner

Joined STPN in: 2013

Nicole Sesser, MD

Nicole Sesser, APRN

Nurse Practitioner

Joined STPN in: 2014


Awards and Accreditations

St. Tammany Health System's cardiology and heart care programs have earned recognition from groups including:

 

U.S. News and World Report-- High performing in Heart Failure Care U.S. News and World Report -- High performing in Heart Attack Care Heart CareStroke Center Top 10% in Nation for Cardiac Care Excellence Top 10% in Nation for Cardiac Care Patient Safety American College of Cardiology Accredited Chest Pain CenterAmerican College of Cardiology Certified Transcatheter Valve Center CenterCarotid ProceduresPacemaker Procedures Procedures