Children's Hospital, New Orleans

Anesthesiology

Appointments:	(504) 896-4456
Office Hours :	24 hours
	John Heaton, MD, Director Brandon Black, MD Stanley Hall, MD George Koclanes, MD Sheryl Sawatsky, MD Louis Shenk, MD Don 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:

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Specialty Training:

Anesthesiology with Additional Specialized Training in Pediatrics,
Ochsner Medical Foundation
Special Interests:

Pediatric Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Transplant Anesthesia

Brandon S. Black, MD
Staff Anesthesiology
Professional School:

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Specialty Training:

Anesthesiology

Stanley Hall, MD
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology
and Cardiopulmonary Services, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Professional School:

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Specialty Training:

Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
Special Interests:

Pediatric Anesthesia

George Koclanes, MD
Anesthesiologist
Professional School:

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Specialty Training:

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Special Interests:

Pediatric Anesthesia

Louis Shenk, MD
Anesthesiologist
Professional School:

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Specialty Training:

Cardiovascular and pediatric anesthesia
Anesthesia:

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Cardiovascular Anesthesia:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Pediatric Anesthesia:

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Special Interests:

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, Difficult Airway Management, Third World Pediatric Anesthesia

Donald E. Smith, MD
Staff Anesthesiology
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Professional School:
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Specialty Training:
Pediatric Anesthesiology
Special Interests:
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Liver Transplant anesthesia

Sheryl Sawatsky, MD
Anesthesiologist
Professional School:
Tulane University School of Medicine
Specialty Training:
Anesthesiology