News Network Posts in 2011 Shelly Welch Joins North Oaks Health System as Vice President/Clinical Services December 15, 2011 Media Release Shelly Welch has joined North Oaks Health System as Vice President of Clinical Services and Director of Nursing for North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, La. [Hammond, La.] –Shelly Welch has joined North Oaks Health System as Vice President of Clinical Services and Director of Nursing for North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, La. With more than 10 years of executive and administrative ... Continue Reading North Oaks Rheumatology Clinic Opens in Hammond December 9, 2011 Media Release Rheumatologist Carl M. Gauthier Jr., MD, staffs Hammond’s new North Oaks Rheumatology Clinic and the North Oaks Multispecialty Group in Satsuma. [HAMMOND, La.] —North Oaks Rheumatology Clinic will open for patient care on Mon., Dec. 12 in Suite 400 of the new North Oaks Clinic Building, located at 15813 Paul Vega, MD, Drive on the North Oaks Medical Center campus in Hammond. With the ... Continue Reading Randazzo Joins North Oaks Health System as Vice President of Business Development December 1, 2011 Media Release North Oaks Health System welcomes Tracy Randazzo as Vice President of Business Development. [HAMMOND, La.] —Tracy Randazzo has joined North Oaks Health System as Vice President of Business Development. She will lead the development, implementation and management of all strategies to meet the communities’ health care needs, communication plans to key audiences and customer support ... Continue Reading North Oaks Medical Center Hosting Annual NICU Reunion for Former Patients November 30, 2011 Media Release [HAMMOND, La.]—The staff of the North Oaks Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has invited former Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients and their families to attend a holiday reunion on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9-11 a.m. in the E. Brent Dufreche Conference Center, located within North Oaks Diagnostic Center at 15837 Paul Vega, MD, Drive in Hammond. Each year, North Oaks ... Continue Reading North Oaks Initiatives Honored by Louisiana Society for Hospital Public Relations and Marketing November 7, 2011 Media Release The Louisiana Society for Hospital Public Relations and Marketing (LSHPRM) honored four North Oaks Health System initiatives as best in state at their 30th Annual Pelican Awards Program on Friday, Oct. 21 at the Crowne Plaza Executive Center in Baton Rouge. The society also presented a Golden Pelican Award to North Oaks Communications Director Melanie Lanaux Zaffuto as Public Relations ... Continue Reading Dr. Carlton S. Faller of Kentwood Honored for his Commitment to Health Care & Student Athletes in Tangipahoa Parish August 31, 2011 Media Release [HAMMOND, La.] —North Oaks officials and Medical Staff members gathered on Tuesday, Aug. 16 to honor retired Kentwood Family Practitioner Carlton S. Faller, MD, for 49 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Tangipahoa Parish and his longstanding support of the North Oaks Sports Medicine program. Dr. Faller moved to Kentwood in 1961 and practiced medicine there until his retirement in ... Continue Reading School Coaches and Athletic Directors Target Safety & Injury Prevention at Complimentary North Oaks Sports Medicine Training August 31, 2011 Media Release [HAMMOND, La.]—More than 50 high school coaches and athletic directors from Tangipahoa and Livingston parishes tackled the prevention and treatment of sports-related injuries during a series of educational sessions presented by North Oaks Clinic network physicians and Sports Medicine staff on Saturday, Aug. 13. The goal of the complimentary event, held at the E. Brent Dufreche Conference ... Continue Reading New Orleans Magazine Recognizes 12 North Oaks Medical Staff Physicians as "Top Doctors" August 29, 2011 Media Release [HAMMOND, La.]—Twelve North Oaks Medical Staff members are counted among Louisiana’s “Top Doctors,” according to New Orleans magazine. The physicians and their areas of specialty are: William F. Beacham, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology William G. Black, MD, Gynecology Patricia S. Braly, MD, Gynecologic Oncology Michael Dunn, MD, Family Medicine Richard J. Grisoli, MD, ... Continue Reading North Oaks & Town of Independence Welcome Dr. Anthony D. Haase III August 26, 2011 Media Release Kathryn Anzalone, wife of the late Dr. F. Fanancy “Snow” Anzalone (center), take a place of honor as a ribbon cutter for North Oaks Primary Care Clinic—Independence on Aug. 25. Joining her, from left, are: Guy Recotta Jr., North Oaks Board of Commissioners Chairman; James E. Cathey Jr., North Oaks President/CEO; A.J. Bodker, North Oaks Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman; Dr. ... Continue Reading Dr. Felix Torres Joins North Oaks Primary Care Clinic-Livingston August 12, 2011 Media Release As an experienced, board-certified internist, Dr. Torres brings 21 years of experience in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions and diseases in adults to North Oaks Primary Care Clinic-Livingston. [LIVINGSTON, La.] –Internal Medicine Physician Felix L. Torres, MD, recently joined Drs. Phillip Ehlers, Jay Kumar and William G. Plunkett in practice at North Oaks Primary ... Continue Reading