DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) announced that its medical director, Robert M. Post, MD, will be honored with the 2024 Public Health Leadership Award by the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana (MASELA). Post will receive his award at the Jefferson Parish Medical Society, Orleans Parish Medical Society, and MASELA Celebration of Medicine on March 8 at the Metairie Country Club.
The MASELA Public Health Leadership Award is presented to a physician who was nominated as a leader who is, or has been, dedicated to protecting and improving the health and health equity of communities. This includes promoting healthy lifestyles, decreasing barriers to care, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.
The mission and vision of MASELA is to unify and empower physicians in Southeast Louisiana to enhance medical care and the quality of life in our community and to create a medical practice environment which supports and encourages physicians’ professional satisfaction and well-being. MASELA also enables physicians to provide accessible, equitable, and quality medical care.
"I am honored to be recognized for the work that we began in the early 1990's at Daughters of Charity Health Centers, known now as Depaul Community Health Centers, to improve the health of the communities that we serve,” said Post. “Hopefully this will be an opportunity to highlight the importance and effectiveness of community health centers in providing access and eliminating health disparities. In addition, I hope that we can also bring attention to our new residencies in family medicine and nurse practitioners, as well as our ongoing relationships with universities in the area to train the next generation of healthcare professionals to continue the work in underserved communities.