Christi Marceaux
Assistant Vice-President, Heart Health Services

• More than 27 years experience in health care with last 23 in Nursing Management/Administration
• Charity Hospital School of Nursing, New Orleans
• Nursing background includes Med-Surg, Telemetry, ER, ICU, LTAC, Nursing Education and Outpatient Management

Charles J. DiCorte, MD
Heart Health Services Surgical Director and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Ochsner Clinic Foundation–Northshore
1000 Ochsner Blvd., 2nd Floor
Covington, LA 70433
(985) 875-2828

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
• Residency Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Thoracic Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
• Certified by the American Board of Surgery
• Certifed by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Gregory J. Eckholdt, MD
Cardiovascular Surgeon

Ochsner Clinic Foundation–Northshore
1000 Ochsner Blvd., 2nd Floor
Covington, LA 70433
(985) 875-2828

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Residency Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Vascular and Thoracic Surgery Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
• Certified by the American Board of Surgery in Vascular Surgery
• Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Jose Mena, MD
Cardiovascular Surgeon

Ochsner Clinic Foundation–Northshore
1000 Ochsner Blvd., 2nd Floor
Covington, LA 70433
(985) 875-2828

• MD Esc. Auto De Cien Med De Centro America, San Jose, Costa Rica
• Internship Interfaith Medical Center, New York, NY
• Residency Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Vascular and Thoracic Surgery Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Surgery in Surgery and Vascular Surgery
• Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Jherie D. Ducombs, MD
Heart Health Services Medical Director and Cardiologist

North Oaks Cardiology
16070 Doctors' Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 230-7350

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
• Residency Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
• Fellowship/Cardiology University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease

William P. Kopfler, MD
Heart Health Services Medical Director and Cardiologist

North Oaks Cardiology
16070 Doctors' Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 230-7350

• MD Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX
• Residency Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX
• Fellowship/Cardiology Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology

Christina Lopez, MD
Heart Health Services Medical Director and Cardiologist

North Oaks Cardiology
16070 Doctors' Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 230-7350

Also seeing patients at:
North Oaks Multispecialty Group
17199 Spring Ranch Road, Suite 210
Livingston, LA 70754
(225) 686-4960

• MD University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
• Internship University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
• Residency University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
• Fellowship/Cardiology LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Interventional Cardiology LSU Health Sciences Center,
  New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology

Claude T. Nesser, MD
Cardiologist

North Oaks Cardiology
16070 Doctors' Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 230-7350

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Residency Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Cardiology Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease

James M. Parker, MD
Heart Health Services Medical Director and Cardiologist

North Oaks Cardiology
16070 Doctors' Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 230-7350

Also seeing patients at:
North Oaks Multispecialty Group
17199 Spring Ranch Road, Suite 210
Livingston, LA 70754
(225) 686-4960

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
• Residency LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Cardiology LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease

Frank J. Arena, MD
Cardiologist

Louisiana Heart Center
42078 Veterans Ave., Suite D
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 340-1966

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Residency Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Cardiology University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• Fellowship/Coronary and Peripheral Interventions Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Lafayette, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology

Marc Bernstein, MD
Cardiologist

Louisiana Heart Center
42078 Veterans Ave., Suite D
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 340-1966

• MD Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Residency Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
• Fellowship/Cardiology Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology
  

Patrick A. Delaney, MD
Cardiologist

Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
16045 Doctors' Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 543-3664

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Residency Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Cardiology Tulane/V.A. Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal
  Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease

Keith G. Hickey, MD
Cardiologist

Louisiana Heart Center
42078 Veterans Ave., Suite D
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 340-1966

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
• Residency Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
• Residency LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease
  

Bruce J. Iteld, MD
Cardiologist

Louisiana Heart Center
42078 Veterans Ave., Suite D
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 340-1966

• MD Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Residency Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Cardiology Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology

Douglas K. Mendoza, MD
Cardiologist

Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
16045 Doctors' Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 543-3664

• MD LSU School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA
• Internship Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Residency Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Critical Care Medicine and Interventional Cardiology LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Interventional Cardiology

Ghiath M. Mikdadi, MD
Cardiologist

Heart Clinic of Hammond
16033 Doctors' Blvd.
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 974-9278

• MD Jordan University of Science, Irbid, Jordan
• Internship Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
• Residency LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
• Fellowship/Cardiology LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease

Sushant B. Sharma, MD
Cardiologist

Louisiana Heart Center
42078 Veterans Ave., Suite D
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 340-1966

• MD Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
• Internship Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg, PA
• Residency Hahnemann University Hospital, Pittsburg, PA
• Fellowship/Cardiology Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans, LA
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease

Jay R. Silverstein, MD
Cardiologist

Louisiana Heart Center
42078 Veterans Ave., Suite D
Hammond, LA 70403
(985) 340-1966

• MD LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Internship Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
• Residency Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
• Fellowship/Cardiology University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
• Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease