North Oaks Cardiology Clinic

North Oaks Cardiology Clinic offers a broad range of cardiovascular care services:

Disease Management and Prevention
Diagnosis
Interventional Treatment
Recovery and Rehabilitation Management.

Physicians

Our medical staff also includes Nurse Practitioners

Jean Genzale-Bertrand, APRN, ANP-C
Deborah Fogg, APRN, FNP
Charlie Shelton, APRN, FNP

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PHONE: (985) 230-7350 | Fax: (985) 230-7351

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

North Oaks proudly participates as a provider in most health plans, traditional indemnity insurances, Medicare and Medicaid. View the full list

16070 Doctors' Boulevard
Hammond, LA 70403

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About North Oaks Health System

North Oaks Health System is one of Louisiana's largest and most progressive community hospital organizations and is strategically based between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. For more than 50 years, we have made it our mission to promote wellness, restore health and provide comfort in our region by focusing on quality, accessibility and accountability. Facilities in Tangipahoa and Livingston Parishes include an acute care hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, two outpatient diagnostic & treatment centers, an outpatient surgery center, two outpatient rehabilitation clinics, a hospice agency and a growing physician group for primary and specialty care.

15790 Paul Vega, MD, Drive
Hammond, LA 70403 | (985) 345-2700

North Oaks Health System and its wholly owned entities do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, limitations or age. North Oaks Health System and its wholly owned entities will take reasonable steps to ensure that persons with disabilities, including persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or blind, or who have other sensory or manual impairments, or Limited English Proficiency (LEP) have meaningful access and an equal opportunity to participate in our services, activities, programs and other benefits. Patients and their families will be informed of the availability of such assistance free of charge, and all necessary auxiliary aids and services shall be provided without cost to the person being served.

North Oaks Cardiology Clinic

Physicians

Jherie D. Ducombs, MD, FACC

William P. Kopfler, MD, FACC

Claude T. Nesser, MD, FACC

James M. Parker, MD