Medical Center Providers Elect 2026 Medical Executive Committee

Ten area providers have been elected to serve on the North Oaks Medical Center Medical Executive Committee for 2026. They were selected by their peers to serve as liaisons between the hospital’s medical staff, senior leadership and the North Oaks Health System Board of Commissioners.

Ear, Nose and Throat Physician Jacques Peltier, MD, is chief of staff. Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, Dr. Peltier joined the North Oaks medical staff in 2007 and was honored as the health system’s Physician of the Year in 2015. He earned his medical degree through LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport. He completed an internship and residency in otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat) through the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Previous medical executive committee leadership roles include service as surgery department chairman from 2020 to 2021 and member-at-large from 2013 to 2014. Dr. Peltier also participated on the hospital’s professional practice evaluation committee from 2010 to 2011 and the surgery steering committee from 2008 to 2009.

General Surgeon Daniel Linarello, MD, is chief of staff-elect. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons and board certified through the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Linarello is the 2024 North Oaks Health System Physician of the Year and has served on the North Oaks medical staff for 22 years. In 2025, he was honored as a Healthcare Hero by New Orleans CityBusiness and by LHA Trust Funds as Louisiana’s Favorite Doctor. His previous medical staff leadership roles include chairman of the surgery department in 2024, membership on the bylaws and credentials committee in 2023, the pharmacy and therapeutics committee in 2008, and the surgery steering committee in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Dr. Linarello earned his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He then completed both an internship and residency in general surgery through Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans.

Serving the second year of their two-year terms as members-at-large are Anesthesiologist Kathryn Dorhauer, MD, and Hospitalist Casey Steen, MD.

Dr. Dorhauer joined the North Oaks medical staff in 2012. She graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans with her medical degree. Dr. Dorhauer completed her internship and residency in anesthesiology through the Tulane University School of Medicine – also in New Orleans. She serves as the hospital’s anesthesiology department medical director and the anesthesiology delegate to its trauma multidisciplinary committee.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Steen is North Oaks Health System’s Physician of the Year for 2025. After Dr. Steen earned his medical degree from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, he completed his internship and residency through LSU’s internal medicine program at Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics in Lafayette. Dr. Steen joined the North Oaks Medical Staff in 2018, and since 2024, he has been a core faculty member for the North Oaks Graduate Medical Education program’s Internal Medicine Residency. He is also the medical director of the North Oaks Hospital Medicine department and serves on the medical staff’s bylaws and credentials committee and the hospital’s committees for antimicrobial stewardship and performance improvement.

Hospitalist Sultan Shah Rehmanny, MD, will serve as family practice chairman. Dr. Rehmanny joined the North Oaks medical staff in 2021. After earning his medical degree from the University of Szeged Medical School in Hungary, he completed his residency in family medicine through Louisiana State University in Monroe.

Hospitalist William Luke Alls, DO, is chairman of the Department of Medicine. Certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Alls joined the North Oaks medical staff in 2020. He earned his medical degree from William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and completed his residency at Norton Community Hospital in Norton, Virginia.

Rose DePaula-Cox, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist, will serve as chairman of the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Pediatrics. Dr. DePaula-Cox is a junior fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She joined the North Oaks medical staff in 2022. Dr. DePaula-Cox earned her medical degree and completed an internship and residency through the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.

Orthopedic Surgeon Patrick Barousse, MD, serves as chairman of the surgery department and joined the North Oaks medical staff in 2019. He graduated from Louisiana State University’s School of Medicine in Shreveport and went on to complete a residency in Orthopedic Surgery through the University of South Alabama in Mobile and a foot and ankle fellowship through the University of California at Davis. Prior to medical school, he earned a master’s degree in public health with a concentration in health systems management from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans.

Emergency Medicine Physician Brandon Cambre, MD, returns as emergency department chairman, having served in this capacity in 2019, 2020, 2024 and 2025. Dr. Cambre earned his medical degree from LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport and completed an internship and residency through the LSU Emergency Medicine Program at the former Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton Rouge. Dr. Cambre is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and joined the North Oaks medical staff in 2005. Previous leadership roles also include chief of staff in 2022, chief of staff-elect in 2021, vice chairman of the emergency department in 2017, emergency medicine steering committee member in 2009, bylaws and credentials committee vice chairman in 2014 and member in 2015 and 2016.

Nurse Practitioner Jodee D. Bernier, APRN, FNP-C, begins a two-year term as advanced practitioner appointee. Honored as North Oaks Health System’s Advanced Practice Provider of the Year for 2025, Bernier joined the North Oaks medical staff in 2015 and is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University of South Alabama in Mobile.

North Oaks Medical Center is a level II trauma center, primary stroke center and certified chest pain center with 330 beds. The hospital is located at 15790 Paul Vega, MD, Drive in Hammond.