EM/PEM Faculty - Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Brent Allen, MD
Head, Ochsner West Bank Hospital ED

Ann Arens, MD
Physician
Toxicologist

Benjamin Azan, MD
Assistant Program Director
Didactics Facilitator

Marte Baro, MD
Physician

Joseph Benevento, MD
Director, Ophthalmology

Andrea Blome, MD, MBA, FAAEM
ED Quality & Patient Safety

Sara Bryant, MD
Physician

Alexis Cates, DO
Physician
Toxicologist

Paul Celestre, MD
Director, Orthopedics

Ravi Chauhan, DO
Director, EM Clerkship

Shannon Clemons Goode, MD
Director, Sports Medicine

David Coffin, MD
Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer, Emergency Medicine Service Line

Denrick Cooper, MD, MPH, FAAEM
Assistant Program Director
Director, International Medicine, EM Community Site Liaison

Jon M. Cuba, MD
Emergency Medicine System Chair

Blake Denley, MD
Physician

Liza DiLeo Thomas, MD
Director, Patient & Physician

Yashar Eshraghi, MD
Director, Pain Medicine

Lorraine Fei, MD
Physician

Lisa Birdsall Fort, MD
Section Head, Ochsner Baptist Emergency Medicine

Rajiv Gala, MD
Director, OB/GYN

Nicholas Gorham, MD
ED Clinical Operations

Ben Grugan, MD
Physician

Claire Harryman, MD
Physician, Ultrasound

Lutifat Kashimawo, MD
Director, Pediatric Critical Care

Omar Khattab, MD
NOEMS Deputy Director
Physician

Tara Kimbrough, MD
Director, Neuro Critical Care

Genevieve S. Krajewski, MD
Physician

Jeffrey S. Kuo, MD
System Chair, Patient Flow & EMS

Sam Langberg, MD
Director, Ultrasound

Jill Lehrmann, MD
Physician

William Lennarz, MD
System Chair, Pediatrics

James Martin, MD
Director, PEM

Nicole McCoin, MD
Chair, Emergency Medicine Department

Gia Mehrtens, MD
Physician

Lauren Mutter, MD
Section Head, PEM Department

Nicole Novotny, MD
Director, Emergency Medicine Simulation

Cristiana Olaru, MD
Assistant Director, Ultrasound

Ashley Pastore, MD
Physician

Noah Pores, MD
Ochsner Kenner Hospital ED Head

Jeffery Porth, MD
Director, Anesthesiology

Daniel Rivera, MD
Physician, Toxicologist

Ashley Saucier, MD
Physician

Daniel Sessions, MD
Physician
Toxicologist

Ashley Shreves, MD
Director, EM Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Michael Smith, MD, MBA
Medical Director, Ochsner Clinical Simulation & Patient Safety Center

Sal J. Suau, MD, FAAEM
Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director

Erik Sundell, MD
Physician

Scott Thames, MD
Medical Director, Ochsner Flight Care

Christopher Voigt, MD
Physician

Jacob Wannemacher, MD
Physician

Abby Weems, MD
Physician

Kelly Hutchinson
Senior Executive Assistant, Emergency Department