Leadership

Our leadership team is comprised of administrators, physicians and trustees that are dedicated to the health of our community and the continued success of Baton Rouge General as its hospital. Each day we work as a team, together with more than 3,500 others, to carry on the General's legacy as a pillar in the Baton Rouge community.

• Administration
• Board
• Med Exec Leadership

Administration

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  Edgardo Tenreiro Chief Executive Officer

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  Kendall Johnson Executive Vice President &
  Chief Financial Officer

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  Stephen Mumford Executive Vice President &
  Chief Operating Officer

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  William "Keith" Kellum, MD Chief Medical Officer

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  Jennifer Manale Vice President &
  Chief Nursing Officer

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  Erik Showalter President
  Baton Rouge General Foundation

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  Paul Douglas Senior Vice President
  Strategy, Business Development & Human Resources

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  Sean Casteel Vice President &
  Chief Operating Officer
  Baton Rouge General Physicians

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  Bennett Cheramie Vice President &
  Chief Information Officer

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  Peyton Grant Vice President
  Facilities Management

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  Meghan Parrish Vice President
  Marketing & Communications

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  Jason Pierce Vice President
  Access & Network Development

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  Don Shaw Vice President
  Revenue Cycle

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  Brad Gaspard Chief Medical Officer
  Baton Rouge General Physicians

Mid City Administration

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  Aaron DeWitt, MD Chief Medical Officer

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  Trisha Guidry Chief Operating Officer

Board Of Trustees

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  Scott Kirkpatrick Chair

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  Brian Jackson Vice Chair

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  Annette Barton

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  Rick Bond

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  Jacques de la Bretonne, MD

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  Brad Gaspard, MD

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  Gwen Hamilton

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  Rhoman Hardy

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  Jeffrey Littleton, MD Ex Officio Member

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  Jason MacMorran

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  Andrew Olinde, MD

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  Ryland Percy

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  Joel Silverberg, MD

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  Edgardo Tenreiro Ex Officio Member

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  Christopher Tyson

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  Shawn Usher

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  S. Raju Vatsavai, MD

Medical Executive Leadership

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  Jeffrey Littleton, MD Chief of Staff

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  Nakia Newsome, MD Vice Chief of Staff

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  Louis Minsky, MD Immediate Past Chief of Staff

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  Oleana Lamendola, MD Chair - Medicine Services

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  Vasudev Tati, MD Chair - Hospital Services

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  M. Vincent Weaver, MD Chair - Surgical Services

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  Michael Yorek, MD Chair - Community Services

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  Everett Bonner, MD Member at Large

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  Lawrence Breitkreutz, MD Member at Large

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  Breanna Campbell, MD Member at Large

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  Elizabeth Cassels, MD Member at Large

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  Garland Green, MD Member at Large

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  Adam Grezaffi, MD Member at Large

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  Brooke Leblanc, MD Member at Large

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  Karthik Reddy, MD Member at Large

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  V. Keith Rhynes, MD Member at Large

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  Ryan Richard, MD Member at Large

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  Jones Samuel, MD Member at Large

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  William Varnado, MD Member at Large

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  Dustin Vincent, MD Member at Large

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  Lauren Yorek, MD Member at Large

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  Aaron DeWitt, MD Ad Hoc Member

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  Zarius Drummond, MD Ad Hoc Member

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  Adam Harris, MD Ad Hoc Member

Hospital Based Service Chiefs

Emergency Service - Dustin Vincent, MD
Hospitalists - Trey Ruggiero, MD
Pathology - Zarius Drummond, MD
Pediatrics - Fernando Soares, MD
Pulmonary/Critical Care - Ryan Richard, MD
Radiology - Adam Harris, MD

Community Based Services Chiefs

Family Medicine - Nathan Sugarman, MD
Internal Medicine - Jonathan Roberts, MD
Urgent Care - Robert Wood, MD

Medicine Service Division Chiefs

Cardiology - Lance LaMotte, MD
Dermatology - Azeen Sadeghian, MD
Gastroenterology - Ben Kurz, MD
Hematology/Oncology - William Varnado, MD
Nephrology - William B. Murrill, MD
Neurology - Gerard Dynes, MD
Pediatrics - Mindy Calandro, MD
Psychiatry - Venugopal Vatsavayi, MD

Surgical Service Division Chiefs

Anesthesiology - Robert Donner, MD & Bennett Roman, MD
Burn - Dhaval Adhvaryu, MD
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery - Imtiaz Khan, MD
General Surgery - Karalyn Bentley, MD
Maxillofacial, Dental/Oral Surgery, ENT, & Plastic Surgery - Henry Barham, MD
Neurosurgery - Brandon Gaynor, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology - Jo Anne Barrios, MD
Ophthalmology - Blake Booth, MD
Orthopedic Surgery - Jared Braud, MD
Pediatric Surgery - John Lopoo, MD
Podiatry Services - Patrick Hall, DPM
Urology - Ross Cockrell, MD
Vascular Surgery - Taylor Gwin, MD