October 21, 2025

Tulane University’s Anita Raj, PhD, globally recognized scholar for research on gender, public health, violence prevention, and numerous other areas, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Raj serves as the executive director of Tulane’s Newcomb Institute and the Nancy Reeves Dreux Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Health in the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She has more than two decades of leadership in advancing research at the intersection of health, gender and global development.

October 21, 2025

Terrebonne General Health System honored Brian Roberts, MD, as the recipient of the Golden Stethoscope Award. Roberts has been an emergency medicine physician at Terrebonne General for 12 years and is the current Emergency Department medical director. He is board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

Roberts graduated from medical school at the American University of the Caribbean. He then completed his internship at Louisiana State University in Shreveport and his residency at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

October 21, 2025

The LCMC Health Neuroscience Institute will host the 2025 LCMC Health Neuroscience Symposium on Oct. 24 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at University Medical Center New Orleans, 2000 Canal Street.

This year’s symposium, “Diagnosing, Treating, and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders,” will highlight the latest research and clinical advances in Alzheimer’s and other memory disorders.

Registration opens at 7 a.m., and breakfast and lunch will be provided.

For more information, contact alyana.samai@LCMChealth.org.

October 14, 2025

St. Bernard Parish Hospital (SBPH) has named Kim Ellender as its new chief executive officer (CEO).

October 14, 2025

Ochsner Children’s and the McLindon Family Foundation invite community members to attend the These Bikes Change Lives Fest. This community celebration will honor long-distance cyclists and, most importantly, empower children with special needs through the gift of mobility. The event will take place on Oct. 18 at the Michael R. Boh Center in New Orleans, marking the conclusion of the These Bikes Change Lives Ride.