ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER - Key Persons


Alvin Edinburgh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Amelia Breland

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / University of Alabama

Amy Deris

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Louisiana State University

Bridgette Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Louisiana State University

Carl Walker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LEADERSHIP Team
  • Chief Medical Information Officer

Carol Salassi

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Celine Elson

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Louisiana State University

Chaniel Age

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / University of South Alabama

Charles Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Chip Grant

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Duke University

Christy Guillot

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Southeast Louisiana University

Danielle Hill

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Meharry Medical College School of Medicine

Danny Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Devon Turvy

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / University of South Alabama

Donald Costello

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / New England College of Optometry

Donald T. Erwin - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the LEADERSHIP Team

Dr. Richard Milani

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Herschel L. Abbott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Judge Calvin Johnson - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Judge

Kelsey Favrot

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Kim Edward LeBlanc

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Louisiana State University

Laura Andrews

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Leslie Brown

Job Titles:
  • Education / Louisiana State University

Lloyd Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Lynette Brice

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the BOARD of DIRECTORS

Mary M. Abell - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • CEO
  • Member of the LEADERSHIP Team

Marye Nickens

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / University of Texas

Melody Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Mia Woodroof

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Southern Louisiana University

Michele Kautzman

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / University of South Alabama

Nicole Griffin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LEADERSHIP Team
  • Chief of Clinical Services

Niurka "Nikki" Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Education / Herzing University

Pastor Torin Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus
  • Pastor

Perry Damian

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Meharry Medical College School of Medicine

Phuong Tran

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LEADERSHIP Team
  • Senior VP of Information Technology
Phuong Tran, MD serves as the Senior VP, Information Technology for St. Thomas Community Health Center. He has been at the Health Center since 2003 and oversees the development and delivery of IT strategy and operations, implementation of EHR, and analytics at the Health Center and its New Orleans-based FQHC service sites. Dr. Tran received his Doctorate in Medicine from the Tulane University School of Medicine and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane as well. Dr. Tran is also involved in capital building program development, expanding the Health Center's clinical operations to a multi-level state-of-the-art facility.

Robert Darrow - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the LEADERSHIP Team
Robert Darrow, CPA is the CFO of St Thomas Community Health Center. He has worked with the Health Center since January 2006, during the city's recovery from Hurricane Katrina. He is licensed as a CPA in Texas with a reciprocal license in Louisiana. He received his BBA Accounting degree from the University of Texas at Austin. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife Brandy, daughter's Madelyn and SueAnn, and friends and family. He also likes to use the phrase "Hook Em!"

Ronald Chisom

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeritus

Scott Francioni

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LEADERSHIP Team
  • Medical Director - East Bank

Suzanne "Michelle" Fourrier

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / University of Colorado

Viviana Falco

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / LSU School of Medicine

Walissa Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the LEADERSHIP Team

Wendi Sweetland Hauver

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Loyola University

Willa Maud Smith

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Frontier Nursing University / Drexel University

Winifred E. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Medical Education / Louisiana State University