Baton Rouge General Medical Center

08/20/2025

We are excited to welcome Dr. Andrew Bishop, to Baton Rouge General Heart and Vascular Surgery! He specializes in heart valve and heart bypass surgery and treating coronary artery disease and thoracic cancer.

08/18/2025

We’re getting close to a big milestone - 500 Watchman procedures done at BRG! So there’s no better time to talk about that irregular heartbeat you have and what you should do about it. See what these docs have to say about atrial fibrillation, or AFib, the leading cause of stroke.

Doctors are using the Watchman implant to treat AFib, offering stroke prevention without lifelong blood thinners or constant blood tests.

08/13/2025

A tragic MRI incident in New York made national news recently. The incident was preventable and a stark reminder that all warning signs should be taken seriously!

A tragic MRI incident in New York made national news recently. The incident was preventable and a stark reminder that all warning signs should be taken seriously! So, is any jewelry safe during an MRI? The short answer is to take it all off, just in case!

08/08/2025

Thanks for visiting today us today Mayor Sid Edwards!

08/07/2025

Happy First Day of School to our Capitol Elementary, Capitol High School and Park Medical Academy students! Wishing the best school year yet to all our Medical Focus Choice Program scholars 📚✏️📓🏫

08/06/2025

Welcome (Back) to Baton Rouge General Dr. Danielle Pawlichuk! Danielle has close ties to BRG. She was born in our Bluebonnet Birth Center in its early days and her mother was an emergency room nurse at both Mid City and Bluebonnet. She earned her medical degree from St. George’s University and completed a family medicine residency at LSU Health Sciences Center as well as a sports medicine fellowship at LSU and BRG.

Dr. Pawlichuk will be at our Bluebonnet Family Clinic, specializing in family and sports medicine. Schedule your appointment with her today: brgeneral.org/provider/danielle-pawlichuk-md

08/06/2025

Such a fun afternoon at our Back-to-School event at Mid City! Big thanks to all our staff and community partners who made it happen. These kiddos are Ready, Set, School! 📚✏️✂️

08/04/2025

Baton Rouge General Sinus and Nasal Specialists of Louisiana has a new location 📍 Our new standalone facility on Perkins Road is ready to provide specialized ear, nose and throat (ENT) and allergy care.

Leading the new facility are board-certified rhinologists Henry Barham, MD and Christian Hall, MD. They provide convenient, in-office sinus imaging technology and a full-service allergy clinic with the most sophisticated allergy testing and treatment strategies available today. Dr. John Wood, board-certified otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon, will also see patients at this location.

Learn more: brgeneral.org/news-blog/brg-sinus-and-nasal-specialists-opens-new-clinic

08/01/2025

It’s official - BRG Way is open! 🚙

We gathered with city-parish officials to celebrate the completion of the latest MOVEBR project and the unveiling of the new road as BRG Way. The two-lane road now connects Picardy and Summa Avenues, and will connect to Constantin in the future. Getting around our campus and the Health District just got a lot easier, and the bike lanes and sidewalks are a community win!

08/01/2025

Exciting news! We're adding three new Baton Rouge General Express Care locations! Beginning today, HEALTHremède’s three clinics will operate as BRG Express Care and Occupational Health, expanding the urgent care and occupational medicine network to five convenient locations across the Baton Rouge area. Learn more at brgeneral.org/medical-services/urgent-care

07/30/2025

Did you know every summer Baton Rouge General hosts Camp Catahoula, a camp for pediatric burn survivors? Our campers are already having the best time at this year's camp!

07/28/2025

Come get ready for Back-to-School with BRG! From heavy backpacks to shoes that don’t quite fit anymore, some of the most important prep work can sneak under the radar. We're here to provide backpack fit checks, shoe fit checks, health & safety info from our experts, giveaways and more! Join on Tuesday, August 5 from 4-6 pm to check a few things off your list!

Register now: brgeneral.org/event/2025/08/05/ready-set-school