>> Summit Hospital, located in Baton Rouge, has more than two hundred staff doctors, and offers
medical care (inpatient and outpatient) including but not limited to diagnostic imagery (MRI,
CT scan, mammograms), physical therapy, cancer treatment, a Heartburn Treatment Center,
sleep disorder treatment, a Cardiac Cath Lab, and an emergency department. In 2003, The
Britney Spears Foundation partnered with Summit Hospital to raise cancer awareness and offer
cancer screening. Summit Hospital is part of Ardent Health Services, a healthcare corporation
which manages fifteen hospitals in three states. To find a doctor on the Summit Hospital
"Louisiana's Hospital of the Year" award for excellence in nursing, was the first hospital
in Baton Rouge. With 448 beds, this community hospital has two locations, and provides
services which include cancer care, heart care, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit,
a burn center, and a diabetes center which recieved a Certificate of Recognition from
the American Diabetes Association. For more information about their medical services
and medical professionals, visit the Baton Rouge General website.
center. The hospital has 763 beds, and inpatient and outpatient services at hospital
and clinic locations are provided by their nearly 900 doctors. Medical care provided by
OLOL includes a Children's Hospital, same day surgery, emergency room care, mental and
behavioral health services, a heart center, and an assisted living home for HIV and AIDS
patients. The OLOL Heart Center has been awarded a Solucient Top 100 Hospital for
Cardiology two times, and OLOL is the only Louisiana Hospital to be designated by
Solucient as a Top 100 Hospital for Performance Improvement Leaders, recognizing
outstanding improvement over a five-year period. The hospital has also been the winner
of the National Research Corporation's Consumer Choice Award for Baton Rouge hospitals,
information about area physicians in various specialties and locations.
is a network of forty family practicioners, pediatricians, and internal medicine doctors,
including doctors specializing in geriatric internal medicine. For more information about
their physicians and clinics, visit the LPCP website.