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January 7, 2019

Glenwood Regional Medical Center and Steward Medical Group Welcome Family Doctors of Northeast Louisiana (NELA) in West Monroe, LA

January 07, 2019 – Glenwood Regional Medical Center and Steward Medical Group are pleased to welcome Family Doctors of Northeast Louisiana (NELA) to the Steward Health Care system. The team of nine has practiced in the area for 19 years and brings an expertise in primary health care services to provide high‐quality care for patients in the community.

Family Doctors of Northeast Louisiana includes practitioners Steven McMahan, MD, Mark Dollar, MD, Byron Henry, MD, Tommy Banks III, MD, Erin Robinson Breard, MD, Carrie Genusa, FNP, Kimberly Hawkins, FNP, Kimberly Kornegay, FNP, and Lindsey Morrow, FNP. They specialize in internal and family medicine, treating patients from newborns through geriatrics.

“The addition of Family Doctors of NELA to our system is a testament to the success of Steward’s integrated care model,” says Jeremy Tinnerello, president, Glenwood Regional Medical Center. “Our doctors and those at the practices in our community work collaboratively to deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time.” 

By joining Steward Medical Group, these physicians are now affiliated with Glenwood Regional Medical Center. The hospital was recently awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade.

“Partnering with Steward Medical Group brings added management expertise in our primary care practice where our providers face more complicated delivery and reimbursement models for patient care,” says Steve McMahan, MD, who co‐founded the practice in 1999. “Steward’s vast leadership resources will allow us to focus more on improving our quality of patient care at the local level. I hope this partnership will provide a platform to recruit more primary care providers to our area. Our area needs more good primary care doctors.”

Steward Medical Group is a dynamic and growing physician‐led multispecialty practice group that is a key part of Steward Health Care, the largest private hospital operator in the United States. The medical group operates practices in 11 states, with both primary care and specialties ranging from Women’s Health to Advanced Cardiac Surgery.

“We are proud to welcome the physicians of Family Doctors of NELA to Steward Medical Group,” said Sanjay Shetty, MD, MBA, president of the medical group. “Local area physicians believe in our patient-centric approach which focuses on achieving the highest possible quality at an affordable price, and providing the best health care to our patients in a setting close to home.”

Family Doctors of NELA, which has three convenient locations, is accepting new patients:

1900 North 7th Street
West Monroe, LA 71291
(318) 651‐7000

1117 Cheniere Drew Road
West Monroe, LA 71291
(318) 329‐4370

3995 Sterlington Road, Suite A
Monroe, LA 71203
(318) 329‐9447

Anyone wishing to schedule an appointment may call one of the practice’s offices at the numbers above.