Health News from Chalmette Medical Center
Spring 2005

Contents

Home
Health Screenings Can Have a Lifesaving Effect
Our Diabetes Center Helps Patients Stay
in Control
A Message
From the CEO
CMC Offers Care for Difficult Wounds
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Provides
Relief for Patients
Protect Your Kidneys
by Controlling Diabetes
Chalmette Medical Center Surgeon Directory
When You Need a Doctor, Connect With Direct Doctors Plus
Stay a Step Ahead
of Foot Problems
Protect Your Eyes From Diabetic Retinopathy
Did You Hear the One About … ? Snoring Is
No Laughing Matter
Test Your
Knowledge of Diabetes
Calendar of Community Health Events
Past Issues

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Chalmette Medical Center Surgeon Directory

James Baker, M.D.
James Baker, M.D.
9000 Patricia St.,
Suite 202
Chalmette, LA
70043
277-2224
Orthopedic Surgery
Todd Belott, M.D.
Todd Belott, M.D.
9000 Patricia St.,
Suite 107
Chalmette, LA
70043
271-4558
General/Vascular Surgery
Thomas Brown, M.D.
Thomas Brown, M.D.
5640 Read Blvd.,
Suite 550
New Orleans, LA
70127
241-9000
General/Vascular Surgery
Kelvin Contreary, M.D.
Kelvin Contreary, M.D.
9000 Patricia St.,
Suite 107
Chalmette, LA
70043
271-4558
General/Vascular
and Thoracic Surgery
Alain Cracco, M.D.
Alain Cracco, M.D.
5621 Read Blvd.
New Orleans, LA
70127
241-5200

Orthopedic Surgery
9200 Patricia St.
Chalmette, LA
70043
277-0188

Rene deBoisblanc, M.D.
Rene deBoisblanc, M.D.
9000 Patricia St.,
Suite 107
Chalmette, LA
70043
271-4558
General/Vascular
and Thoracic Surgery
Raul Diaz, M.D.
Raul Diaz, M.D.
315 W. Genie St.
Chalmette, LA 70043
271-7324
Orthopedic Surgery
Paul Dreschnack, M.D.
Paul Dreschnack, M.D.
3600 St. Charles Ave., Suite 101
New Orleans, LA 70115
891-4331

Plastic Surgery
5640 Read Blvd.,
Suite 640
New Orleans, LA 70127

Michael Ellis, M.D.
Michael Ellis, M.D.
228 W. Genie St.
Chalmette, LA 70043
279-5233
Ear, Nose and Throat
and Facial Plastic Surgery
Robert Frank, M.D.
Robert Frank, M.D.
1111 Medical
Center Drive
N-703
Marrero, LA 70072
349-4901
Cardiac Surgery
Maynard Garrett, M.D.
Maynard Garrett, M.D.
800 W. Genie St.
Chalmette, LA 70043
277-5834
Otolaryngology
and Facial Plastic Surgery
Ralph Gessner, M.D.
Ralph Gessner, M.D.
800 Virtue St.,
Suite 105
Chalmette, LA 70043
277-6052
Orthopedic Surgery
Harold Kennedy, D.D.S.
Harold Kennedy, D.D.S.
800 Virtue St.,
Suite 107
Chalmette, LA 70043
279-5526
Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery
Frederick Keppel, M.D.
Frederick Keppel, M.D.
401 W. Genie St.
Chalmette, LA 70043
276-5200
Orthopedic Surgery
Shailaja Raj, M.D.
Shailaja Raj, M.D.
Southern Fertility Center
9000 Patricia St., Suite 109
Chalmette, LA 70043
276-0077
Gynecological Surgery
Martin Schoenberger, M.D.
Martin Schoenberger, M.D.
901 W. Judge
Perez Dr.
Chalmette, LA 70043
279-5266
Ophthalmology
Gerald Vocke, M.D.
Gerald Vocke, M.D.
228 W. Genie St.
Chalmette, LA 70043
279-5233
Otolaryngology
David John Yeh, M.D.
David John Yeh, M.D.
5646 Read Blvd.,
Suite 317
New Orleans, LA 70127
246-1980
Neurosurgery
Seen by referral only

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