Happy Hospitalist Day! Here’s to STHS’s ‘unsung heroes’

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Happy Hospitalist Day! Here’s to STHS’s ‘unsung heroes’

STHS Communication Department, commdept@stph.org

(STHS graphic by Tory Mansfield)

Today (Thursday, March 2, 2023) is National Hospitalist Day, a time set aside to recognize the contributions of the thousands of hospitalists nationwide – and the 40-plus hospitalists at St. Tammany Health System’s flagship St. Tammany Parish Hospital.

“Professional, knowledgeable and deeply compassionate, our STHS hospitalists really are the unsung heroes every day – and night – in our Covington hospital,” Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Torcson said. “That’s been true for a long time but particularly so in the past three years of COVID-19. Even in the face of the challenges and difficulties of COVID-19, their performance has been truly extraordinary. Our health system and our entire community owe them a debt of gratitude.”

Hospital medicine is a specialty dedicated to the delivery of comprehensive medical care to hospitalized patients. Additionally, hospital medicine practitioners actively support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines and practices to facilitate optimal continuity of care and enhance the performance of hospitals and healthcare systems.

In other words: We wouldn’t have much of a hospital without our hospitalists.

In addition to making a difference, Dr. Daniel Ilie -- a hospitalist at St. Tammany Health System since 2008 -- said the collaborative work environment at STHS is both rewarding and intellectually stimulating.

"Hospitalists care for patients with a wide range of medical conditions, adding to the opportunity to expand their knowledge and expertise not only in a broad range of medical specialties but also adding to the opportunity of making an impact on improving patient care at organizational level by being part in quality improvement," Dr. Ilie said. 

Thanks to all those hospitalists who have helped make St. Tammany Health System the premiere healthcare destination for our Northshore friends, families and neighbors.

Below, find a list of our STHS hospitalists. 

STHS HOSPITALISTS, 2023

Dr. Oluwafemi Ajibola   

Dr. Andrew Baier

Dr. David Baumgartner

Dr. Peter Braud

Dr. Sun Chaney

Dr. Kathryn Cooper

Dr. Leslie Copeland

Dr. Mae Dumlao

Dr. Jessica Duncan

Dr. Maria El Zoghby

Dr. Gerald Foret Jr.

Dr. Constance Gistand

Dr. Jessica Gonzalez

Dr. Matthew Guillory

Dr. Byron Herpich

Dr. Trenton Hinds

Dr. Daniel Ilie

Dr. Melissa Inman

Dr. Gladys Izaguirre Juarez

Dr. Jim Jones

Dr. Irfana Khan-Salam

Dr. Joseph Landers

Dr. Shelby MacRae

Dr. Matthew McClanahan

Dr. Jonathan Miller

Dr. Christina Moll

Dr. Osamede Obanor    

Dr. Robert Oubre

Dr. Chirag Patel

Dr. Craig Seicshnaydre

Dr. Patrick Torcson

Dr. Marcus Wallace        

Dr. Rikki Weems

Dr. Hussein Younes

STHS HOSPITALISTS – OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Dr. Brian Ashford

Dr. Christina Goodridge

Dr. Adela Narcisse

Dr. Kimberly Neathamer-Guillory

Dr. Simone Pitre

Dr. April Sandifer

Dr. Louise Witherspoon

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