| Appointments: |
(504) 896-9456 |
| Office Hours : |
24 hours |
| Location: |
Children's Hospital |
| Physicians: |
John Heaton, MD, Director
Brandon Black, MD
Stanley Hall, MD
George Koclanes, MD
Sheryl Sawatsky, MD
Louis Shenk, MD
Donald Smith, MD |
The Anesthesiology Department provides services for patients undergoing surgery or diagnostic studies. This includes consultations with surgeons and appropriate medical subspecialists; preanesthetic evaluation and preparation; intraoperative anesthesia; monitoring; and life support and postanesthetic care, including airway management, respiratory care, and other forms of physiologic support. Services are available 24 hours a day for care during emergency surgery, for technical assistance in the Intensive Care Unit and during emergency situations such as cardiopulmonary arrest anywhere in the hospital or clinics. It is the only exclusive pediatric anesthesia department in the state of Louisiana.
John Heaton, MD
Director, Anesthesiology, Children’s Hospital
Professional School:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
Anesthesiology with Additional Specialized Training in Pediatrics,
Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Pediatric anesthesia, cardiovascular anesthesia, transplant anesthesia
Brandon S. Black, MD
Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Pediatric anesthesia
In Area Since: 1995
In Practice Since: 1995
Stanley Hall, MD
Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology
and Cardiopulmonary Services, LSU Health Sciences Center
Professional School:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
Charity Hospital, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Pediatric anesthesia
George Koclanes, MD
Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Pediatric anesthesia
Sheryl Sawatsky, MD
Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital
Professional School:
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Specialty Training:
Anesthesiology
Louis Shenk, MD
Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center
Professional School:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Specialty Training:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Anesthesiology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Pediatric Anesthesia
Special Interests:
Pediatric cardiac anesthesia
In Area Since: 1988
In Practice Since: 1984
Donald E. Smith, MD
Anesthesiologist, Children's Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, LSU Health Sciences Center
Professional School:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans - Pediatric Anesthesiology
Special Interests:
Pediatric cardiac anesthesia, pediatric anesthesiology
In Area Since: 1979
In Practice Since: 1979