Good morning!
I appreciate your inquiries about updates and hope everyone is able to adequately plan their care after seeing this one.
Spending quality time at home with my children has been truly rewarding during these past few weeks. Hence, I have no immediate plans to return to an office setting in the immediate future.
I have carefully read all your messages and sincerely apologize for any inadequate care and difficult behavior you may have experienced in my absence from others caregivers. It was never my intention to leave you with substandard treatment. While I do plan on resuming my medical practice in the future, at present, my family needs me the most.
Thank you tremendously for your patronage and support. I would love to remain friends with each of you and appreciate you letting me care for you and your family members.
For your ongoing care, I recommend the following healthcare providers:
Dr. Kaitlyn Ladner, DO at St. Tammany for adult patients.
Dr. Leblanc and his team at Leblanc Pediatrics for pediatric patients.
As always, please reach out with questions and I will do my best to help!
04/11/2024
New developments are anticipated in the near future.
04/04/2024
Now that my departure from the office has been formally announced, I would like to address a few points for those who are interested.
I have been deeply touched by the overwhelming love and concern shown by all my patients. Your outreach means a great deal to me, knowing that you care about my well-being. I want to reassure everyone that I am doing well, and my decision to leave was difficult but well thought out. The decision to leave was personal and my employers were understanding and we are departing on amicable terms. I believe it is best for my family that I focus on my children during this season.
When we started Magnolia Community Academy microschool, I never anticipated that I would play such an active role in its daily operations. Over the last year I have grown to deeply appreciate it and it has allowed me to strengthen my bond with my children and husband which has been rewarding. I finally feel fully present in their lives. Nurturing the students at the school and being involved in my own children's education has been a fulfilling experience.
I informed the office of my departure three months ago and have been considering my future options since then. The numerous opportunities presented to me have been overwhelming and truly humbling. I know I will continue to practice medicine in some
capacity but am not sure which opportunity will work best for our family at this time.
Again, I am uncertain about the path ahead, but I am content and grateful to be on this journey. Thank you to everyone who will be following up on these updates in the coming days. I will make my final decision in the next few weeks.
03/28/2024
Three and a half years ago I was privileged to be offered a position to join the medical team at Family Medicine Physicians. Over the past years I have felt well supported and have been able to care for some amazing patients.
However, on April 26, 2024, I will be stepping away from my position with the practice and know you will be in great hands with my colleagues who remain available for appointments.
Thank you for letting me be a part of your healthcare journey, I have sincerely enjoyed serving you. I know the question will surface as to what I am going to be doing in the future and when I settle on that decision I will let my followers know as soon as possible.
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10/05/2023
Absolutely one of the best! Happy to have her around as a trusted colleague!
FACES OF LONGBRANCH!!
Introducing Smita Prasad, M.D. MBA, MPH, FASAM
What is your role?
I am an Assistant Professor of Addiction Medicine with the Tulane Addiction Medicine Fellowship. I serve as the Medical Director of Longbranch's Residential Treatment Center, NS IOP, NORA House, and Next Steps Monitoring Programs.
What led you to work in the substance abuse industry?
I decided to pursue additional training in addiction medicine because I wanted to be a part of the solution. Not part of the problem. I enjoy the continuity of care and helping people change and grow as they enter long-term sobriety.
Why Longbranch?
I rotated at Longbranch as a physician in training & immediately felt very comfortable with its philosophy & staff. I appreciate Longbranch's multi-interdisciplinary approach to substance use disorder treatment & its emphasis on non-pharmacologic treatments. Longbranch focuses on treating addiction as a brain disease using Twelve Step Facilitation. I am proud of the work we do at Longbranch & am grateful to be part of the Longbranch family.
What is something that you do for self-care that you can recommend to other providers in the treatment industry?
I attend to my mental health by seeing a therapist regularly! Highly recommend!
08/16/2023
So happy for my friends who are willing to help our patients!
06/30/2023
How many parents would be interested in a small group open forum session on the neurobiology of childhood ADHD?
I find this very important for parents in my practice to understand as this sets the basis for many symptoms your child may be exhibiting. This also helps you to understand ways to help with behavior management and how medications work if parents choose to use them.
06/18/2023
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02/28/2023
Good Evening Everyone!
In the past few weeks our office was able to make a major upgrade. We transitioned to Athena health system which makes real time care of the patient much easier.
Our portal system will soon be allowing patients to schedule their own appointments online!
There is direct access to messaging, medication refills, and more streamlined communication regarding your health.
This is healthy growth for our practice! Thank you so much for sticking by us during the chaos. Anyone who has switched electronic health records will tell you it’s not for the faint of heart! 🫀
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Everyone is asking...What is direct primary care and why the switch? Where did you go and why did you leave?
After my medical residency training, I was very eager to put to use all that I had learned. I was elated over my first job in corporate, employed, medicine and was excited to hit the ground running. However, over the almost two years spent employed, my joy for medial practice began to be slowly chiseled away. I found out that many of my primary care colleagues felt this way and the proverbial “elephant in the room” was actually a multitude of reasons but most notable were the increasing requirements of insurance companies, the government, the electronic medical record, the useless chart documentation and the ever popular drive in healthcare to decrease interaction time with patients and push more people through the office.
The medical knowledge was there, but I, as a doctor, had become ineffective. I was not providing HEALTH care. How could I when one observational study showed that “The median visit length was 15.7 minutes covering a median of six topics. About 5 minutes were spent on the longest topic whereas the remaining topics each received 1.1 minutes.” How can you be thorough in 1.1 minutes??? 🤯 I was done being a puppet in the realm of modern health care. I longed to take back my career and provide the quality care I knew I was trained to provide. I was not sure how to make this happen.
Abrupt changes often bring abrupt blessings. I was introduced to a new model of healthcare called direct primary care (DPC for short) and now I am blessed to be able to hit the “reset” button and do things right, not only for myself but for my patients. I have no desire to rejoin the hamster wheel of fee-for-service primary care.
I don’t want to battle between business and patients. My patients, ALL patients in fact, deserve attention and accountability from their physician. This model of healthcare allows me to do just that, provide the HEALTH care my patient’s deserve. Born out of a strong desire for change came Impact Direct Primary Care.
Why the name “impact”? You never really know the day to day impact you have on those around you. How much was that smile needed as you passed the patron in the check out line at the grocery store? How much did a small act of kindness turn a stranger’s day around? How much did that phone call mean to your friend or family? I don’t want to wait for medicine to change or for better circumstances,. I want to be the kind listening ear my patient needs during a difficult diagnosis or life struggle. I want to be available for my patient when they try to navigate the complicated winding road of medical ailments and symptoms. I want to be that smile, that strong word of encouragement, that kind word that makes an impact in the lives of my patients right here and right now. DPC allows me to do all of that and more. It is my mission to impact my patient’s lives and my community in a positive way through compassionate primary care.
I’m feeling blessed to say I will be opening my own mobile direct primary care business in February 2020.
Unsure what Direct Primary Care is and want to learn more? Want direct access to your doctor? Unrestricted visit time? A listening, attentive ear? Low cost prescriptions, tests and labs? Discounts for your employee healthcare?
