Caley McIntyre, MD - Program Director/ Hospital Medicine
Graduate School - Northwestern University Program in Public Health
Residency - Tulane University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Chief Residency - Tulane University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Certifications - American Board of Internal Medicine, Institutes of Healthcare fellowship scholar, Stanford Educational Course
Academic Affiliations - Faculty/lecturer Ochsner Clinical School/University of Queensland School of Medicine
Interests - hospital medicine, education programming, professional development education
Awards - UQ 2017 Teacher of the Year
Laura Bateman, M.D.- Associate Program Director/Hospital Medicine
Residency - Internal Medicine, Ochsner Medical Center: Chief Medical Resident
Certifications - American Board of Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Institutes of Healthcare fellowship scholar, Stanford Educational Course
Academic Affiliations - Faculty/lecturer Ochsner Clinical School/University of Queensland School of Medicine, Hospital Medicine Rotational Coordinator
Interests - Hospital Medicine Track Co-Founder, Performance and Quality Improvement
Awards – Teaching Excellence Award 2016
James W. Bragg, M.D.- Associate Program Director/Primary Care
Residency - Internal Medicine, Ochsner Medical Center
Certifications - American Board of Internal Medicine, Institutes of Healthcare Scholar
Academic Affiliations - Faculty, lecturer and Deputy Clerkship
Director, the University of Queensland School of Medicine
Interests -Continuity Clinic Education, Resident Education, and Medical Student Education
Awards – Teaching Excellence Award 2016
Catherine Wentowski, MD - Associate Program Director/ Pulmonary Critical Care
Residency - New York Presbyterian – Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Fellowship - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Tulane University
Certifications - American Board of Internal Medicine
William Davis, M.D., F.A.C.P. - Vice Chair of Education, Department of Medicine / Rheumatology
Residency - Ochsner Medical Center
Fellowship - Rheumatology - University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor
Certifications - American Board of Internal Medicine & American Board of Rheumatology
Academic Affiliations - Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Ochsner Clinical School
Awards - Ochsner Spirit of Leadership 2007 Teacher of the Year
Core Faculty
Evan Dvorin, MD - Primary Care
Dr. Dvorin received his Doctor of Medicine from Dartmouth Medical School in 2005. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Prior to coming to Ochsner, Dr. Dvorin worked as a Staff Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor with Harvard Medical School. Dr. Dvorin is board certified in Internal Medicine. As part of his practice at Ochsner, Dr. Dvorin will be working with residents in the Internal Medicine Residency program particularly focusing on improving trainees’ skills communicating with patients.
Fiona Winterbottom, DNP – Critical Care
Jared Dendy, MD - Endocrine
Dr. Dendy earned his medical degree from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, St. Maarten. He completed his internal medicine internship and residency at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana where he also served as chief resident. He completed his fellowship training in endocrinology at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans in 2016.
Obinna Nnedu, MD - Infectious Disease
Dr. Nnedu received his Doctor of Medicine from University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine in 2004. He completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at Tulane University Hospitals in New Orleans followed by an Infectious Disease Fellowship at University of Washington Hospitals in Seattle. Prior to coming to Ochsner, he worked at Tulane Medical Center in the Infectious Diseases Department specializing in Tropical Medicine.
Jairo I. Santanilla, MD - Pulmonary Services
Dr. Jairo Santanilla earned his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his emergency and internal medicine internship and residency at LSU Health Science Center in New Orleans where he also served as Chief Resident. He then completed critical care medicine fellowship training at the University of California in San Francisco. Dr. Santanilla is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, the American Board of Internal Medicine, ABIM - Critical Care Medicine and has been on staff since 2008.
Ryan Nelson, MD - Hospital Medicine
Dr. Ryan Nelson received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine. Following this, he completed his internship and residency at Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Nelson specializes in hospital medicine at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans.
Halle Field, MD - Hospital Medicine
Dr. Field earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, and then went on to complete her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency at Kettering Medical Center in Dayton, OH. She then went on to complete a clinical research fellowship in dermatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Along with treating primary care issues, her special interests include dermatology and wellness.
Kristin Rogers, MD - Hospital Medicine
Dr. Kristen D. Rogers received her medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Following this, she completed her internship and residency at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Roger’s expertise is in hospital medicine and is currently practicing at Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans.
Carter Davis, MD - Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Carter Davis earned his medical degree at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed residency training internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He subsequently completed fellowship training in hematology and medical oncology at Duke, with a research focus in hematologic malignancies. Dr. Davis is board certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Davis is a member of the Department of Hematology/Oncology as part of the hematologic malignancies/BMT program.
Laura Finn, MD - Hematology/Oncology
Dr Finn received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed residency in Internal Medicine at Earl K Long at LSU Baton Rouge where she was Chief Medical Resident. Dr Finn completed a Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education in Jacksonville, FL. There she was Chief Fellow and remained on faculty of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and also Medical Director of Inpatient Bone Marrow Transplant for two years. She also completed advanced training in stem cell transplant as a Mayo Clinic Scholar at the University of Minnesota.
Dr Finn is the interim co-director of Ochsner Health System's Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Program. She has interests in all blood disorders with a research focus in Leukemia and Myelodyplastic Syndrome. She is the Hematology Research Chair of the Precision Cancer Therapies Program. Dr Finn is involved in medical resident and fellow education as the Associate Program Director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at Ochsner.
Dr Finn was selected as a member of the American Society of Hematology Advocacy Leadership Institute.
Dr Finn has a strong interest in promoting shared decision making and palliative medicine as part of her routine cancer care. She is also active in promoting health care policy changes for the fields of hematology, stem cell transplant, and cancer research through advocacy with the state and federal governments. She promotes federal support for cancer research funding and sickle cell disease policy recognition.
Jonathan Hand, MD - Infectious Diseases
Dr. Jonathan Hand earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans and completed his internship, residency, and infectious diseases fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at The University of Queensland School of Medicine Ochsner Clinical School. Dr. Hand specializes in the treatment of infections in immunocompromised patients who anticipate or undergo solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as well as patients treated with other immunosuppressive therapies. He is a member of the American Society of Transplantation and serves on the executive committee of the Infectious Diseases community of practice. He is also a member of The Transplantation Society, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Hand is the Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and the Transplant Infectious Diseases Program at Ochsner Medical Center. He also serves as co-chair of the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency's advisory board providing guidance on infectious diseases-related concerns in organ donors and recipients. His practice and research interests include infectious complications of transplant recipients and antimicrobial stewardship.
Abdul M. Khan, MD - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Abdul Khan received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He completed an internal medicine residency at Ochsner Medical Center where he served as chief medical resident for one year. Dr. Khan trained as a fellow in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine at Louisiana State University Health and Science Center in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Khan is a member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians and is board certified through the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine. He is the recipient of the 2018 Ochsner Health System Spirit of Leadership Physician of the Year, as well as the recipient of the 2017-2018 Hurst B Hatch Teacher of the Year. Dr. Khan is currently the Associate Medical Director of Rescue and Resuscitation at Ochsner Medical Center - Jefferson Highway. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank intensive care unit. Dr. Khan was recently appointed as Medical Director of the Xavier University/ Ochsner Health System Physician Assistant Program.
Chief Medical Residents
Faisal Siddiqi, DO
Faisal.siddiqi@ochsner.org
Medical School – University of North Texas Health Science Center
Andrew Guthrie, MD
Andrew.guthrie@ochsner.org
Medical School – LSU health Sciences Center New Orleans
Norman Lee, MD
Norman.lee@ochsner.org
Medical School – University of Queensland School of Medicine