Navigating the Clinical Component
This is a general urology practice with a mix of clinic and surgical work across the North Shore. You would see the full range of community urology, with Ochsner South Shore in New Orleans available as a referral resource for cases that run beyond community scope.
Practice Model
The Covington practice operates as a community urology team within the larger Ochsner system. Day to day, it runs independently. When a case calls for subspecialty support, such as complex cancer care or male fertility, those patients route to Ochsner South Shore, which carries the subspecialists the North Shore does not staff. A large share of cancer care still stays local through the cancer center on the Covington side.
Clinic Schedule
- 20 to 25 patients per day in clinic
- 15-minute established patient visits, 30-minute new patient visits
- Three exam rooms per provider
- Onsite imaging and labs at the Covington clinic
- Epic EMR with AI scribe support (DeepScribe)
Surgical Volume and Ramp
- Roughly 95 to 100 surgical procedures annually at present
- Clinic-heavy schedule now, with OR time added as surgical volume ramps
- Approximately 90% of surgical cases performed at St. Tammany Hospital
Top Surgical Procedures
- Ureteroscopy
- Lithotripsy
- UroNav prostate biopsy
- Aquablation
- UroLift
In-Clinic Procedures
Surgical and Robotic Access
- Robotic surgery performed at St. Tammany Hospital on a da Vinci platform
- Aquablation offered as part of the surgical mix
- No robot at the Ochsner Surgery Center in Covington; that site handles non-robotic outpatient cases
- Robotic and OR block time expands as surgical volume grows
Cancer Care
The Covington side runs a cancer center with a urologic oncology presence. The current urologist holds a multidisciplinary clinic with radiation oncology for prostate patients. A urologist who wants to take on more complex oncology patients has a built-in setup to do so, though it is not required for the role. Complex cancer care routes to Ochsner South Shore.
Subspecialty Interest
The position is general urology. A candidate with a focused interest, such as urologic oncology, can build that into the practice through the cancer center. There is no fellowship requirement and no obligation to subspecialize.
Referrals to South Shore
- Complex cancer care
- Male fertility
Call
- St. Tammany call is a 1 in 6 rotation
- A nurse triage line screens outpatient calls first
- Urologists rarely come in at night
- St. Tammany call pay is accrued and paid out; Lakeview pays after call is taken
Referral Base
- Ochsner primary care on the North Shore feeds the practice
- St. Tammany operates its own primary care group that also refers in
- Both referral streams currently send a share of urology business to outside groups, which the practice is positioned to capture