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At LCMC Health, our doctors are not just experts in providing great care, they're great people too. Congratulations to our extraordinary doctors!

Congratulations to All of Our Extraordinary Doctors

At LCMC Health and UMCNO, we believe providing healthcare with a heart means ensuring our patients have access to the best care possible. This year, seventy-four physicians from across our health system have been named to New Orleans Magazine’s annual list of “Best Doctors.” Published in the August issue, our physicians were nominated and voted on by their peers in healthcare. New Orleans Magazine partners with Best Doctors, Inc.®, who work with the best four percent of doctors practicing in the United States to find the right diagnoses and treatment plans. Doctors are evaluated by their peers nationwide, which means our group of LCMC Health physicians are being recognized for their talent in both the New Orleans community we are so proud to serve and beyond.

Best Doctors® contacts each doctor on the list from the previous year and asks the same question: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, and you couldn’t treat them yourself, to whom would you refer them?” Every doctor has the opportunity both to comment on the other doctors included in his or her specialty and related specialties, and to make additional nominations.

To view our physicians by location and specialty and schedule an appointment today, please see below:

Defining Quality

  • Joint Commission National Quality Approval Award
    The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.
  • American College of Surgeons: Verified Trauma Center
    The Norman E. McSwain, Jr, MD, Spirit of Charity Trauma Center only verified Level 1 Trauma Center in South Louisiana.
  • City Business - Best Places to Work
    The Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center (CPHC) at UMC New Orleans was awarded top-tier accreditation from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA).
  • PHA Center of Comprehensive Care Award
    UMC New Orleans is an Advanced Primary Stroke Center with a full stroke team on call 24/7 to immediately care for patients with stroke symptoms.
  • American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Primary Stroke Center
  • Commission on Cancer Accedited Program logo
    The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
  • Commission on Cancer Accedited Program logo
    UMC has been designated an Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (ISDA).