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REGION 1

Region 1 includes four parishes in the southeast part of the state:
Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard.
LERN-Region 1

Officers

Jeffery Elder, MD
Chair
Associate Chief Medical Officer for Emergency Management
LCMC Health
Representing:
Louisiana State Medical Society
Alan Marr, MD, FACS
Vice-Chair
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
LSUHSC Department of Surgery
Representing:
American College of Surgeons
Monique St. Romain,RN
Secretary
Performance Improvement Coordinator
UMC
Representing:
Trauma Center Representative

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Members

Murtuza Ali, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
LSU School of Medicine
Representing:
LA Chapter of American Cardiology
Karl Fasold
Director of Technology
Orleans Parish Communication Director
Representing:
National Emergency Number Association
Gregory Fernandez, MD
Emergency Department Medical Director
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Representing:
Hospitals < 60 Beds
Carl Flores, NRP
Burn Outreach Coordinator
University Medical Center New Orleans, LCMC Health
Representing:
LANREMT
John M. Gardner
Regional Coordinator
LA Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Representing:
GOHSEP
Toni Gross, MD, FAAP, FAEMS
Chief, Emergency Medicine Service Line Medical Director, Transport Team & Transfer Center Professor of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine Clinical Associate of Pediatrics, LSU Health New Orleans
Representing:
LHA- Hospital>100 Bed
Huey Marcel, III, NRP
EMS Supervisor
St. Charles Parish EMS, Ochsner Health System
Representing:
Local Ambulance Services
Candace Robinson, MD
Chief Medical Officer
New Orleans East Hospital
Representing:
LHA – Service District Hospitals
Sheryl Martin-Schild, MD, PhD, FANA, FAHA
Stroke Medical Director for LERN
Medical Director of Neurology & Stroke – Touro Infirmary
Medical Director of Neurology – New Orleans East Hospital
President & CEO – Dr. Brian, Inc.
Representing:
American Stroke Association – Hospitals > 100 Beds
Jonathan Schoen, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
LSU Health
Representing:
Burn Center Representative
Roland S. Waguespack, III, MD, MBA, FAAEM, FACEP
Chief of Staff/ED Medical Director
East Jefferson General Hospital
Representing:
American College of Emergency Physicians

and S. Waguespack, III, MD, MBA, FAAEM, FACEP