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

Joseph Benevento, MD

Director, Ophthalmology

Andrea Blome, MD, MBA, FAAEM

Interim Chair, Emergency Department; Associate Vice President of Medical Affairs

Sara Bryant, MD

Physician

Alexis Cates, DO

Physician
Toxicologist

Paul Celestre, MD

Director, Orthopedics

Ravi R. Chauhan, DO, FAAEM, FACEP

Director, EM Clerkship

Shannon Clemons Goode, MD

Director, Sports Medicine

David Coffin, MD

Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer, Emergency Medicine Service Line

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

Rajiv Gala, MD

DIO, Graduate Medical Education

Nicholas Gorham, MD

Vice Interim Chair, Emergency Department; ED Clinical Operations, ED Quality & Patient Safety

Claire Harryman, MD

Physician, Ultrasound

Whitney Hampton, MD

Physician

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

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

William Lennarz, MD

System Chair, Pediatrics

James Martin, MD

Director, PEM

Gia Mehrtens, MD

Physician

Lauren Mutter, MD

Section Head, PEM Department

Nicole Novotny, MD

Director, Emergency Medicine Simulation

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

Anna White, MD

Director, OB/GYN

Kelly Hutchinson

Senior Executive Assistant, Emergency Department