Have you driven past our Paul D. Cordes Outpatient Pavilion on Bootlegger Road recently? 

If so, you’ve undoubtedly been impressed by all the site preparation being done on the land next door. On Nov. 2, St. Tammany Health System leadership gathered there to break ground on the organization’s next major expansion: a $75 million Ambulatory Surgery Center to serve our Northshore friends and neighbors. 

When it’s all complete around summer 2024, it will be a stunning, state-of-the-art structure containing 12 same-day surgical suites, plus room for all the attendant support services.  

Architecturally, it will be a jewel of the Northshore. Functionally, it will serve as a bricks-and-mortar testament to the brand of compassionate care St. Tammany Health System has been delivering since its founding as St. Tammany Parish Hospital in 1954. 

If you haven’t already, visit the electronic newsroom at StTammany.health to get a look at the artists’ renderings and read more about the project.  

You can also scroll down for more of the latest headlines generated recently by our team of healthcare professionals.  

Thanks for reading – and for being part of our St. Tammany Health System family. 

Dr. Margaret Leefe knew. 

She knew before she became the latest pediatrician to join St. Tammany Pediatrics, St. Tammany Health System’s growing primary care practice for children. 

She knew before she became a physician. 

She knew even before she enrolled in medical school. 

One way or the other, she knew her professional life would revolve around children, in much the same way her personal life had since she herself was a kid. 

Comforting stitches

On Nov. 1, Vizient Southern States paid a visit to St. Tammany Health System with a handmade expression of gratitude: an approximately 5-foot-square quilt handcrafted by an international team of quilters and embedded with healthcare imagery. 

Welcome to the family   

“Opportunity” was the word of the day Monday (Nov. 28) as eight new certified nursing assistants graduated from a unique program combining on-the-job training at St. Tammany Health System with classroom work at Northshore Technical Community College. 

Simply the best 

For the 14th grading period in a row, St. Tammany Health System has received an A for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, an independent healthcare watchdog organization. It is the only Louisiana health system with 14 consecutive As. The system with the next-closest streak has nine. 

Art with heart

St. Tammany Hospital Foundation’s Healing Arts Initiative has been named the 2022 recipient of the St. Tammany Commission on Cultural Affairs’ President’s Award, recognizing its efforts to incorporate artwork as part of its larger support of the healing mission of St. Tammany Health System.