Kathy Guidry, MD, FACOG, Elected 2019 Chief of Staff of Woman’s Hospital

Kathy Guidry, MD, FACOG, has been elected to a one-year term as the Chief of the Medical Staff of Woman’s Hospital, the highest elected leadership position among the medical staff. Dr. Guidry’s duties include the coordination of clinical improvement activities as well as chairing the Medical Executive Committee. As Chief of Staff, she will also serve on the Woman’s Hospital Board of Directors. A practicing obstetrician and gynecologist with Schwartzenburg, Lafranca, Guidry and Chapman, she is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Guidry received her medical degree and completed her residency at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and is certified by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. 

Additional 2019 medical leadership at Woman’s includes: 

• Jill Bader, MD, Vice Chief of Staff
• O’Neil “Jay” Parenton, MD, Secretary
• Julie Martin, MD, Chair of OB-GYN Clinical Service
• Michael Puyau, MD, Chair of Surgery
• Charles Pearson, Jr., MD, Chair of Medicine
• Stephen Sanches, MD, Chair of Pediatric Clinical Service
• Beverly Ogden, MD, Chair of Cancer Clinical Service and Medical Director of Pathology
• Dewitt Bateman, MD, Medical Director of Anesthesiology
• Marshall St. Amant, MD, Medical Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine/High-Risk Obstetrics
• Steven Spedale, MD, Medical Director of Neonatology
• Steven Sotile, MD, Medical Director of Radiology