St. Thomas Community Health Center now offers comprehensive primary and selected specialty care. In addition to comprehensive adult primary care and preventive medicine, we offer full time pediatric services. We are in the process of remodeling space, and developing the programs to soon offer culturally sensitive, community based support for mental health...

Provides comprehensive OB/GYN services: Routine and high risk obstetrics. Prenatal genetic testing including amniocentesis and serum marker screening. In house fetal ultrasound, including 3D. Fetal monitoring and non stress tests. Vaginal birth after cesarean section. Comprehensive management of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies. Evaluation and management of repeated pregnancy loss. Cervical cerclage. Management of premature labor including home...

The clinic is the CDC funded Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program for the metro New Orleans area. Services for this program include breast exams, mammography, gynecologic exams, and colposcopy. Morehouse School of Medicine supports Pap smears and HPV testing. What is Breast and Cervical Health Program (BCHP)? BCHP is a program that provides eligible women with free yearly health exams, which include mammograms and Pap tests. What is included in...

With support of the EENT Foundation, the clinic offers Optometry and specialty referral for Ophthalmologic and Ear Nose and Throat problems. The Optometry Service provides primary eye care health, which includes general eye care examinations, diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases and disorders of the visual system. Examinations of the internal and external structure of the eyes are made to diagnose eye diseases like glaucoma, cataracts and retinal...

A full-time cardiovascular clinic has been established at St. Thomas Community Health Center.  The staff includes Drs. Paul McMullan, Tyrone Collins and Christopher White, interventional cardiologists from the Ochsner Clinic Foundation and a nurse practitioner, Barbara Terrell.  Patients will be seen without regard to their ability to pay and, in addition to office examination, a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures will be...

The Nephology clinic provides consultation, diagnostic and treatment services to patients with problems related to the kidneys including hypertension, diabetes-related problems, osteoporis,  renal failure, nephrotic syndrome, acid-base and electrolyte disorders, hematuria (presence of blood in the urine), proteinuria (presence of excess protein in the urine), glomerular filtration disorders, and urinary tract infections.

Joint pain, arthritis and other diseases of the joints, muscles and bones are becoming more common, especially as Americans age. There are dozens of different diseases that can cause pain, swelling and other joint-related problems – even in younger patients. We are here to help, with new treatments and medications to help keep your symptoms in check, so you can live more comfortably. Our expertise...