Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
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Ochsner is committed to a clinically-integrated research program with the ultimate goal of improving the health and wellness of our patients and communities. And as the largest academic medical center in Louisiana, we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals to be leaders who can meet evolving healthcare challenges.
Program Director/Hospital Medicine
Medical School: Northwestern University School of 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
Associate Program Director/Primary Care
Medical School: Louisiana State University in New Orleans
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
Associate Program Director/Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medical School: St George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: New York Presbyterian – Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine - Tulane University
Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine – board certifications in
Internal Medicine, ABIM- Pulmonary Medicine and ABIM - Critical Care Medicine
Interests: Journal Club, Critical Care Medicine, point of care ultrasound in
critical care, sepsis, microcirculatory dysfunction
Associate Program Director/Primary Care
Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine
Academic Affiliations: University of Queensland School of Medicine
Interests: Resident communication skills, inappropriate corticosteroid use
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Medicine / Rheumatology
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of
Medicine
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
Saira Amjed,
MD
Hospital Medicine
Dr. Saira Amjed specializes in Internal Medicine at Ochsner Health.
Priscilla
Becnel, MD
Hospital Medicine
Dr. Priscilla Becnel specializes in hospital medicine at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Becnel attended the University of South Florida in Tampa for medical school, where she graduated in 2013. She went on to perform her internal medicine residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Megan Brooks,
MD
Hospital Medicine
Dr. Megan Brooks is a hospitalist at Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans.
Andrew Guthrie,
MD
Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Andrew Guthrie received his medical degree from the Lousiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Following this, he completed his internship and residency at Ochsner Medical Center. He additionally served a year as chief resident. Dr. Guthrie specializes in hospital medicine at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. He leads the resident quality improvement curriculum.
Kelley Hill, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Dr. Hill received her medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS in 2013. She went on to complete her internship and residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. She completed her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at LSU- New Orleans. Dr. Hill is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care. She has been on staff at Ochsner since completing her fellowship in 2021. Dr. Hill sees patients in pulmonary clinic and in the hospital with critical care or pulmonary needs. She performs outpatient bronchoscopy and tunneled pleural catheter placement. Dr. Hill enjoys spending time with her family and traveling in her free time.
Yvens Laborde,
MD
Global Health Medicine
Dr. Laborde earned his medical degree from LSU, completed his internship at Tulane and his residency at Ochsner. He is board certified in internal medicine and has been on staff at Ochsner since 1995. He practices inside of the Brent House at Ochsner Medical Center on Jefferson Highway.
Amanda
Theppote, MBBS
Infectious Disease
Dr. Amanda Theppote received her medical degree from University of Queensland in Herston, Australia and completed her internship and residency at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans. She completed her fellowship in infectious disease at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Theppote is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She has been on staff at Ochsner since August 2020 and specializes in infectious disease.
Abigail Boudreaux, MD
Ernest Philon, DO
Graham Unis, MD
Stephanie Gelpi, MHA
GME Supervisor
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