Health experts agree that detecting cancer early- when its most treatable- is key to a patients’ survival. Touro Family Medicine Physician Dr. Meredith Maxwell explains what preventative cancer screenings are available for men and women and at what ages you should be receiving these screenings. What are the recommendations for cancer screenings? Screening guidelines or age recommendations are for people who have an average risk for cancer. If you have an increased risk—due to your family history, for ...

NEW ORLEANS (April 29, 2021) The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has granted Three-Year Accreditation to the cancer program at Touro. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 CoC quality care standards, be evaluated every three years through a survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care. This is the 48 th year Touro has been accredited with the Commission on Cancer ...

At the age of 77, Michael considered himself in reasonably good shape. He’s been active all his life and was a runner for a long time. That’s why he knew something was wrong when he started having problems with his right knee in 2019. “I had it X-rayed, and it didn’t seem to indicate that I was a candidate for a knee replacement yet,” Michael recalls. His physicians at the time recommended that he begin physical therapy to help with the discomfort. Michael completed about six sessions of therapy, but he ...

Local dancer back in the groove after successful heart surgery Dorian, who is living with HIV, had always lived what he thought was an active lifestyle. As a member of the 610 Stomper dance group and an HIV advocate, his days seemed far from sedentary, often filled with dance practices, second-lining, educational events, special appearances, and Mardi Gras madness. It wasn’t until a few months prior to the 2020 Mardi Gras Season when Dorian realized something was off. “For a few months, it felt like someone ...

Designation recognizes the excellent care both hospitals provide to the region’s senior population New Orleans, LA – LCMC Health is pleased to announce that Touro and West Jefferson Medical Center have achieved the silver standard Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from The American College of Emergency Physicians, with support from The Gary and Mary West Health Institute and John A. Hartford Foundation. The GEDA accreditation recognizes those emergency departments that provide ...

Around the middle of last year, Gwendolyn started feeling unbelievable pain constantly throughout the day. She couldn’t sit for too long or get out of a chair without her joints hurting and being in tremendous pain. Her pain was starting to affect her everyday life and she knew she couldn’t continue bearing through the agony. A change for the better Gwendolyn was hesitant to return to the physician and hospital where she had her first procedure, so her daughter convinced her to come from Alabama to New ...

Let me first take this opportunity to thank you, the public, for sheltering in place. Your patience and perseverance have been instrumental in flattening the curve. It was this group effort that prevented the hospitals from being overwhelmed, the clinicians to improve on treatments, and is now allowing the hospitals to continue to serve the community. Now that society has begun to ease restrictions and slowly open back up, I wanted to take this time to ease your fears and reassure all of you that the ...