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

Joseph Benevento, MD

Director, Ophthalmology

Sara Bryant, MD

Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Alexis Cates, DO

Interim Assistant Program Director
Toxicologist

Ravi R. Chauhan, DO, FAAEM, FACEP

Director, EM Clerkship

Shannon Clemons Goode, MD

Director, Sports Medicine

Jon M. Cuba, MD

Emergency Medicine System Chair

Blake Denley, MD

Physician, Alumni (inaugural c/o ‘23)

Liza DiLeo Thomas, MD

Director, Patient & Physician

Yashar Eshraghi, MD

Director, Pain Medicine

Lorraine Fei, MD

Physician, Emergency Medicine

Rajiv Gala, MD

DIO, Graduate Medical Education

Claire Harryman, MD

Physician, Ultrasound

Whitney Hampton, MD

Physician, Emergency Medicine

Lutifat Kashimawo, MD

Director, Pediatric Critical Care

Omar Khattab, MD

Physician, Alumni (inaugural c/o ‘23)

Tara Kimbrough, MD

Director, Neuro Critical Care

Genevieve S. Krajewski, MD

Physician, Emergency Medicine

Thomas Krajewski, MD

Section Head, Ochsner Baptist Emergency Medicine

Jeffrey S. Kuo, MD

System Chair, Patient Flow & EMS

Sam Langberg, MD

Director, Ultrasound

Jill Lehrmann, MD

Physician, Emergency Medicine

William Lennarz, MD

System Chair, Pediatrics

James Martin, MD

Director, PEM

Gia Mehrtens, MD

Physician, Emergency Medicine

Lauren Mutter, MD

Section Head, PEM Department

Nicole Novotny, MD

Director, Emergency Medicine Simulation

Ashley Pastore, MD

Physician, Emergency Medicine

Brielle Plost, MD

Director, Orthopedics

Noah Pores, MD

Ochsner Kenner Hospital ED Head

Jeffery Porth, MD

Director, Anesthesiology

Daniel Rivera, MD

Physician, Toxicologist

Ashley Saucier, MD

Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

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, Emergency Medicine

Scott Thames, MD

Medical Director, Ochsner Flight Care

Richard Tsen, MD, MPH

Physician, Global Medicine

Christopher Voigt, MD

Physician, Emergency Medicine

Jacob Wannemacher, MD

Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Abby Weems, MD

Physician, Emergency Medicine

Anna White, MD

Director, OB/GYN

Kelly Hutchinson

Senior Executive Assistant, Emergency Department