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Orleans Parish Hospital Service District-District A

Contact Information

Phone:	(504) 592-6600
Website:	https://www.lcmchealth.org/new-orleans-east-hospital/
Board address:	5640 Read Boulevard Suite 710 New Orleans, Louisiana 70127

Purpose

The Orleans Parish Hospital Service District – District A was created to deliver a full service hospital to New Orleans East.  Urgent care services began in July 2011 on the hospital campus as a first step towards building a full hospital, which reopened in 2013.  This represents the first access to 24 hour, 7 day a week care for this community since Hurricane Katrina.

Composition

Thirteen members.

• The Mayor appoints five members. Each member shall demonstrate expertise in one or more of the following areas: medical litigation, fundraising and philanthropy, accounting, business development, indigent care, community relations, government relations, women's health, minority health, geriatric medicine, nursing, any other medical field, or consumer advocacy. One of the five members shall be appointed by the Mayor from three nominees submitted by the member of the governing authority of the city of New Orleans whose district encompasses all or the greater portion of the area in which the district is located (City Council District E).
• The member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represents House District No. 100 or their designee.
• The member of the Louisiana Senate who represents Senate District No. 3 or their designee.
• The chancellor of the LSU-Health Sciences Center School of Medicine or designee;
• The chancellor of the Tulane University School of Medicine or designee;
• The president of the New Orleans Medical Association or designee;
• The president of the Orleans Parish Medical Society or designee; and
• The director of the City of New Orleans Department of Health.

 

Current Composition:

Appointed By/Elected Official on Board	First Name	Last Name	Term Expires
Appointed by the Mayor from a list of nominees submitted by state senator (SD3)	Lynette Smith	Causey	2/6/2016
Appointed by the Mayor from a list of nominees submitted by the state representative (HD 100)	Jason	Hughes	Serves concurent with term
Appointed by the Mayor from a list of nominees submitted by the councilmember (CD E)	VACANT	VACANT
Appointed by the Mayor	Eldridge	Morris	Serves at the pleasure of the Mayor
Appointed by the Mayor	Ann	Duplessis
Appointed by the Mayor	Tenisha	Stevens
Appointed by the Mayor	Keith C.	Ferdinand
Appointed by the Mayor, must be a consumer	Ronald V.	Burns, Sr.	Serves at the pleasure of the Mayor
The chancellor of the LSU-Health Sciences Center School of Medicine or designee	Diana	Bajoie	Ex-Officio
The chancellor of the Tulane University School of Medicine or designee	Emmett	Chapital	Ex-Offico
The president of the New Orleans Medical Association or designee	Kimberly	McNeil	Ex-Officio
The president of the Orleans Parish Medical Society or designee	Myra A.	Kleinpeter	Ex-Officio
The director of the City of New Orleans Department of Health	Jennifer	Avegno	Ex-Officio

Term Length

Four years.

(Created by: La. R.S. 46:1094, et seq.)