About Us

 

It's a commitment we bring you 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through a full range of services. The care you receive from our professional staff is always delivered with a spirit of compassion and concern. From our beginnings as a community project of the local Lions Club, Iberia Medical Center was created with the establishment of Hospital Service District No. 1 in 1951. Over the next nine years, the Lions Club worked with the Iberia Parish Police Jury, the culmination of their efforts resulting in the opening of Iberia Parish Hospital on September 13, 1960.

In 1981, our facility expanded to become Iberia General Hospital, undergoing a $10.8 million construction project to add a fourth wing to the existing building. During the 1990s, our services expanded to include home health, behavioral health and rehabilitation, and the facility became Iberia Medial Center to reflect the broader base of services provided to our community.

Over the last ten years IMC's operating success has resulted in a 4% surplus. As a not-for-profit, community hospital, all profits are invested back into our community through expanding technology, upgrading facilities, and improving operations.

 

The hospital, which is licensed for 101 acute care beds, accommodates medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric, and intensive care patients, offering a full range of technical and professional services to meet the community healthcare needs for inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care. Approximately 500 full time equivalent professional, technical, and support staff are employed by the organization at an annual payroll of $26 million. The operating budget for the organization is approximately $55 million. Property, plant, and equipment are currently valued at about $28 million.

 

Outpatient business has increased significantly over the last few years and currently revenues from outpatient services exceed those generated from inpatient care. Our services have expanded to focus on Children's Services through our Children's Center, Children's Practice and KidMed programs. We provide outreach and primary care services through the Jeanerette Rural Health Clinic, and we have established physician practices for Cardiology, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Otolaryngology and Rheumatology. In addition, we have instituted a hospitalist program to provide hospital-focused care for patients who are admitted to our facility.

 

IMC's full time active medical staff is currently comprised of more than 100 members including family practitioners, pediatricians, obstetrician/gynecologists, general surgeons, ear nose and throat specialists, urologists, orthopedists, ophthalmologists, podiatrists, and dentists. Medical specialists include cardiologists, gastroenterologists, hematologists, nephrologists, neurologists, oncologists, pulmonologists, and rheumatologists. Other hospital-based physicians include anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, emergency medicine physicians, and hospitalists. Together these physicians comprise the backbone of the local medical system. Their years of education, training, and experience provide residents of the area outstanding medical expertise.

 

With an increasing number of physicians desiring to locate their practices to IMC's hospital campus, we have made significant investments in physician office space. These include

·Medical Office Building, 2309 East Main Street Acadiana Diagnostics  Suite 100    Dr. Jaime Boudreaux     Dr. David Fontenot    Dr. John Lemieux    Dr. P. J. Scurria    Dr. Boyd Snellgrove    Dr. Stephen Stamato  Dr. W. Perry Stokes, Gastroenterology,  Suite 101  Dr. Kurt O’Brien,  Suite 200  Dr. Justin Green, Podiatry,  Suite 201  Dr. Angela Langlinais, Family Practice,  Suite 201  Dr. Darvin Hales, Pulmonology,  Suite 202  Dr. Moses Kitakule, Pulmonology,  Suite 202  New Iberia Surgery Center,  Suite 300  Dr. David Rinaldi, Hematology/Oncology, Suite 301  Dr. George Cousin, Family Practice,  Suite 400  Dr. Jose’ Mata, Family Practice,  Suite 400  Dr. Michelle Menard, Family Practice,  Suite 400  Dr. Shawn Baquet, Family Practice,  Suite 402  Dr. Robert Hankenhof, Family Practice,  Suite 402  Woman’s Clinic, Obstetrics/Gynecology,  Suite 500    Dr. Martha Coppage-Hoover    Dr. Edward Haile    Dr. Erinn Olivier    Dr. Kelsey Webb

· 2313 East Main Street  Dr. Kevin Dupke, Cardiology  Dr. Paul Gulotta, Jr., Cardiology  Dr. LeAndre Odom, Family Practice  Dr. James Falterman, Jr., Internal Medicine  Dr. Kenneth Ritter, Internal Medicine · 2316 East Main Street Dr. Carl Ditch, Internal Medicine · Physicians Office Building, 2312 East Main Street  Dr. James Walker, Otolaryngology , Suite A  Dr. Alberto Palmiano, Family Practice,   Suite B  Dr. Bernard Hojaili, Rheumatology , Suite C  Dr. Thomas Borland, General Surgery , Suite D · Medical Office Plaza, 2308 East Main Street  Dr. Monty Rizzo, Otolaryngology , Suite B  The Children’s Practice, Pediatrics,  Suite H    Dr. Kelli Cocke    Dr. Tomas Golan    Dr. Walter Scott    Dr. Shelly Thompson    Dr. Lori Toups

Iberia Medical Center's regional market share has continued to increase during the past ten years, during which time approximately $25 million in investments have been made in improved facilities and new technology. The most recent facility improvement projects include renovation of inpatient nursing units and patient rooms, and new medical offices across from the hospital between St. Peter and East Main Streets. Current facility priorities include an upgrade to our intensive care unit (ICU) and improvements in the design and flow of outpatient services.

 

In 2010, technology improvements included the addition of a high definition surgical suite imaging system, a new state-of-the-art laboratory analyzer, new digital mammography equipment, a stereotactic breast biopsy service, a new urology imaging table, and a new digital mobile c-arm imaging system to aid in performing complex surgical procedures.

 

Throughout its 50 year history, Iberia Medical Center has continued to grow and transform in an ever-changing health care environment. IMC continues to be recognized for its commitment to high quality medical care and patient, employee, and physician satisfaction. Customer service scores measured by the market research firm Press Ganey rank Iberia Medical Center's patient satisfaction compared to all hospitals nationally in the top 77^th percentile for emergency care, top 78^th percentile for outpatient care, and top 85^th percentile for inpatient care. The hospital also received quality accolades for the care of patients with surgical procedures and cardiac conditions.

 

Iberia Medical Center continues to participate with local and regional educational organizations in the training of new professional staff nurses, dieticians, health information managers, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, and radiologic technologists.