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Honoring Chiefs of Staff

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TGMC earns distinction as an Employer of Choice

Honoring our Chiefs of Staff

Among the list of physicians who have served as Chiefs of Staff at Terrebonne General Medical Center (TGMC), we are fortunate to count many of the region’s most honored and respected names. Chiefs of Staff must be versed on a wide variety of issues affecting TGMC, and we thank all of those who have shouldered this extra responsibility to help ensure a higher quality of care.

Dr. Willard Ellender	1955	Dr. Joel Comeaux	1980
Dr. Saul Landry, Sr.	1956	Dr. Robert Cazayoux, Sr.	1981
Dr. Henry L. Haydel	1957	Dr. Ray Cinnater	1982
Dr. S. Ernest Ellender	1958	Dr. Frank Graffagnino	1983
Dr. S. Clark Collins	1959	Dr. Felix Mathieu	1984
Dr. Roy St. Marin	1960	Dr. Kenneth Simon	1985
Dr. Rudolph Ellender	1961	Dr. Robert Haydel, Sr.	1986
Dr. Buford Autin	1962	Dr. J.R. Nelson	1987
Dr. Allen J. Ellender	1963	Dr. Richard Haydel	1988
Dr. Jules Dupont, Sr	1964	Dr. Anthony Herques	1989
Dr. Philip L. Cenac	1965	Dr. Richard Landry	1990
Dr. John B. Plauche	1966	Dr. William Torres	1991
Dr. Theodore Gros	1967	Dr. Dexter Gary	1992
Dr. Thomas Givens	1968	Dr. J. Bruce Steigner	1993
Dr. Eugene Theriot	1969	Dr. Victor Tedesco, III	1994
Dr. Saul Landry, Jr.	1970	Dr. Van Ardoin	1995
Dr. Walter Bringaze	1971	Dr. Bruce Guidry	1996
Dr. Charles Spence	1972	Dr. Stephen Hellman	1997
Dr. A.N. McIntyre	1973	Dr. Chris Cenac	1998
Dr. Werner Hagen	1974	Dr. Robert Alexander	1999
Dr. Thomas Weatherall	1975	Dr. Brian Matherne	2000
Dr. Guy Waggenspack	1976	Dr. Russell Henry	2001-02
Dr. K. Gerald Haydel	1977	Dr. Charles Ledoux	2003-04
Dr. K. Thomas Haydel	1978	Dr. Peter S. Fail	2005-06
Dr. William Marmande	1979

	Did You Know … In 1954
	About 100 million Americans had health insurance. Today, more than 240 million have it.
	The Salk polio vaccination was being successfully tested on children nationwide.
	The first successful kidney transplant was performed.
	The average length of stay in a U.S. hospital was about eight days.
	Laser surgery, implantable artificial pacemakers and CAT scans had not been developed.
	In many hospitals, patients and staff members were allowed to smoke freely indoors.
	Terrebonne General Hospital opened with 76 beds and 130 employees. Today, Terrebonne General Medical Center has 261 staffed beds and 1,200 employees.

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