Dr. Lauren Pointer, Touro Gastroenterologist, explains to WVUE that rising colorectal cancer rates in younger adults led to the recommended screening age being lowered from 50 to 45. She stresses the importance of knowing your family history, as genetics, and lifestyle play significant roles in disease risk. Dr. Pointer also highlights various screening options, like colonoscopy, stool-based tests, and virtual colonoscopy, and urges everyone age 45 and older to schedule screening for earlier detection and better treatment outcomes.
关于我们
Touro Infirmary is New Orleans' only community based, not-for-profit, faith-based adult acute care hospital. Touro employs more than 1,880 employees and credentials more than 570 physicians in more than 60 medical specialties and subspecialties. Driven by our mission to provide the highest quality and most compassionate healthcare, Touro has provided quality healthcare to the New Orleans community for more than 160 years. Touro is a teaching hospital offering medical student and post graduate medical training. Touro has academic affiliations with Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Tulane University Health Science Center, offering training programs to hundreds of students, residents and fellows annually in a variety of specialties. Touro is a proud member of LCMC Health, a Louisiana-based, not-for-profit hospital system serving the healthcare needs of the Gulf Coast region. LCMC currently manages award-winning community hospitals including Children’s Hospital, Touro, New Orleans East Hospital, Interim LSU Hospital and the new University Medical Center. In addition to providing a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, Touro subsidiaries ensure that all of our patients have access to the quality attention and care they have come to expect from Touro. Touro at Home, the Medicare-certified, hospital-based home health agency of Touro Infirmary, provides care to patients in their homes in coordination with their physicians. Crescent City Physicians, Inc. has proudly served the Greater New Orleans area since 1994. CCPI physicians and staff offer comprehensive medical care at locations throughout New Orleans. Woldenberg Village, a premier full-service retirement community, offers a variety of living accommodations, services and programs to meet the varied needs of seniors at different life stages.
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https://www.touro.com
Touro Infirmary的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 医院和医疗保健
- 规模
- 1,001-5,000 人
- 总部
- New Orleans，LA
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- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1852
- 领域
- healthcare和hospital
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1401 Foucher St
US，LA，New Orleans，70115
Touro Infirmary员工
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Meet Makeba Jones, Touro Clinical Pharmacist, and our #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight. Makeba shared, "In 2005 I was a Director of Pharmacy for a small LTAC Hospital. Our department was small, and my Technician and I stayed not knowing what Hurricane Katrina would bring, because of our amazing contributions I was invited to the Oprah Winfrey Show. They came to the hospital interviewed me, went to my home that was destroyed, and gave us so many wonderful gifts to thank us for service."
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Meet Touro Gastroenterologist, Robin Staudinger, MD. She specializes in Digestive Care. "Gastroenterology allows me to develop relationships with patients over time and perform procedures that can help treat and prevent diseases such as screening for colon cancer." Learn more about Dr. Staudinger or make an appointment here: https://bit.ly/40kFgFH #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth
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Today our Amazing Agers seminar covered Active Living Through Rehabilitation. Thank you to our keynote speaker, Dr. Elyse Cleveland, Touro's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician. Dr. Cleveland discussed how rehabilitation supports recovery after acute injuries, changes that accompany normal aging, and general fitness. Our Amazing Agers completed fit tests with our physical and occupational therapists to assess strength, function, flexibility, and balance.
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? Meet Rose Jeanfreau, Touro Patient Access Revenue Cycle Manager, and our #WomensHistoryMonth employee spotlight. Rose shared, "I am deeply proud of my commitment to caring for my family and celebrating their successes, along with my personal and professional growth over the past 32 years. Throughout my career, I have worked in both clinical and non-clinical roles across diverse hospital settings and have had the privilege of mentoring others, watching them thrive and excel in their careers."
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Are you at risk? It's #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth and Dr. Robin Staudinger, Touro Gastroenterologist, is bringing awareness to the health risks that can make you more susceptible.
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Happy #StPatricksDay ??
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Meet Dr. Shradha Ahuja, Touro Hematologist and Oncologist. Ahuja shared "as oncologists, we are allowed into a person’s life at their most vulnerable time, and we are trusted. A cancer diagnosis can seem scary, but it does not have to be. When I first meet my patients, I want them to be able to clearly understand their disease diagnosis and all available treatment options. I want to be able to provide my patients with the best possible care, while balancing their individual needs and goals, and being respectful of their wishes." Learn more about Touro's Cancer Care services: https://bit.ly/3XRgle6 #colorectalcancerawarenessmonth
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