HJNO Jan/Feb 2023

60 JAN / FEB 2023  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS Hospital Rounds Three Terrebonne General Health SystemEmployees Named Great 100 Nurses Terrebonne General Health System had three nurses named to the 2022 Great 100 Nurses list. Katherina Hawkins, RN, Susan Matthews, RN, and Donna Ward, RN were honored at the Annual Great 100 Nurses Celebration of Louisiana held at The Pontchartrain Center. The Great 100 Nurses Foundation was founded in New Orleans and since then has honored thou- sands of nurses across Louisiana. Founded in 1986, the Great 100 Nurses of Louisiana Founda- tion recognizes outstanding nursing accomplish- ments and successes. The honorees are selected by their peers and patients. Katherina Hawkins, RN, BSN, CAPA, works in the Terrebonne General Outpatient Pavilion and has been with Terrebonne General for 31 years. Susan Matthews, MSN, MBA-HC, CGRN, CER, is the nurse director of ambulatory services and PACU and has been with Terrebonne General for 32 years. Donna Ward, MSN, RN, has been with Terrebonne General for 11 years and is currently the clinical employee training manager in profes- sional development. DedrickMoulton, MD, to Serve as Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital NO Dedrick Moulton, MD, has been named head of the Department of Pediatrics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and pediatrician-in- chief at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. Moulton previously led the Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Section and Fellow- ship Program and served as vice-chair for diversity, equity, and inclusion in LSU Health New Orleans’ Department of Pediatrics. He was also the Gastro- enterology Service Line chief at Children’s Hospi- tal New Orleans and director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program. Moulton earned a medical degree at the Uni- versity of South Carolina in Columbia. He com- pleted a pediatrics residency at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, and both clinical and research fellowships in gas- troenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University, St. Louis. He has received NIH and Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation grants and industry contracts to conduct clinical trials, perform genetic analy- sis of children with inflammatory bowel disease, and to evaluate a multianalyte biomarker for dis- tinguishing ulcerative colitis from Crohn’s disease in children. Moulton will begin his new role in February 2023. Ochsner Health Oncologist Wins National Award Ochsner Health announced that Marc Matrana, MD, MSc, FACP, system medical director of pre- cision medicine, recently won the C2 Catalyst for Precision Medicine Award for his work in researching the latest breakthroughs in cancer research and early detection, while advocating for enhanced patient access to precision cancer care. Matrana was one of only three finalists in the U.S. for this award, which is part of The Cancer Community Awards (or C2 Awards) given in five categories that “celebrate the unsung heroes of cancer care who have dedicated their lives to bringing new hope to people with cancer and their loved ones.” Matrana’s win comes with $50,000 to give to a nonprofit of his choice serving the cancer community. Matrana was nominated for his research and use of novel technologies to find cancers at the earli- est stages to improve outcomes and advance can- cer care. In the ceremony, Catalyst cited Matra- na’s legislative advocacy that led to the passage of Louisiana laws that ensure the state’s cancer patients have access to cutting-edge molecular diagnostics and therapies and noted his research and authorship of hundreds of peer-reviewed arti- cles, chapters, and abstracts in genitourinary med- ical oncology. Matrana said that he will gift the prize money to Cancer Advocacy Group of Louisiana (CAGLA), a state nonprofit dedicated to supporting legisla- tion that promotes and facilitates cancer research and education for patients, survivors, and their families. St. Tammany Health System Names Christopher Ford New SVP of Human Resources St. Tammany Health System announced the appointment of Christopher Ford, SHRM-SCP, as its senior vice president of human resources. He replaces the retiring Carolyn Adema, the health system’s longtime HR chief. Ford, a 16-year veteran of human resources in the healthcare sphere, comes to St. Tammany from Ascension DePaul Services in New Orleans, where he served since August 2019 as its vice president of human resources and organizational development. Before that, he was vice president of human resources for Appalachian Regional Healthcare in Kentucky and human resources director for At Your Service Home Care in Indianapolis. Ford is a senior certified professional of the Society for Human Resources Management. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Admin- istration from Indiana Institute of Technology in Fort Wayne. Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Jurisprudence with a focus on labor and employ- ment law from Tulane Law School in New Orleans. Pediatric Hospital-Based Feeding and Eating Disorder Center Launches at Children’s NO The new Feeding and Eating Disorder Center at Children’s Hospital New Orleans opened as a first-of-its-kind service for the Gulf South, provid- ing children, adolescents, and teens with compre- hensive assessment and treatment for feeding and eating disorders, while keeping kids where kids belong — at home with their families. The Feeding and Eating Disorder Center at Chil- dren’s Hospital New Orleans is the first hospital- based feeding and eating disorder treatment program in Louisiana and the Gulf South, spear- headed by pediatric psychologist Amy Henke, Christopher Ford, SHRM-SCP