Primary Care

Nick Van Sickels, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Nick Van Sickels earned his medical degree at the University of Kentucky in 2005. He is originally from San Antonio Texas, and has been ... Read More

Pheobe Askie, MD, Physician Innovation Leader for Primary Care
Dr. Pheobe Askie is a board-certified family medicine physician from New Jersey. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Pennsylvania in nursing in ... Read More

Kathy Burford, RN
I have been with NO/AIDS/ CrescentCare for 23 years and seen so many good changes and growth in those years. We are able to ... Read More

Isolde Butler, MD, Physician Site Supervisor, CrescentCare Elysian Fields
Dr. Isolde Butler attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology in 2001, before ... Read More

Rachel Cannon
Rachel has been a part of the CrescentCare Team since 2008. She is currently the Laboratory Services Coordinator. She can be found most days at ... Read More

Caroline Christopher, MD
Dr. Caroline Christopher completed her undergraduate training in Biological Sciences at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois then attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine ... Read More

Christopher Garnett, MD/MPH
Dr. Christopher Garnett earned his medical degree and masters of public health at the University of Kentucky in 2012. He is originally from Lima, Peru ... Read More

Steve Clements, RN, ACRN
Steve Clements has worked for CrescentCare (and NO/AIDS Task Force) for a total of 15 years, first in the 1990s as a Health Educator, ... Read More

Wanda DeGruy, MA
My Name is Wanda DeGruy, currently a Medical Assistant at CrescentCare. I've spent majority of my career caring and helping others as a medical ... Read More

Claudia Hale, CMA
Claudia is an experienced Certified Medical Assistant. Driven by passion, she takes pride in providing the best quality care possible ... Read More

Darryle Jackson
Darryle Jackson is a RN Environment of Care Coordinator. He earned his Masters in Business Administration with a focus in Health Care Management in 2006 ... Read More

Benjamin Kalayjian, MD
Dr. Ben Kalayjian is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician providing holistically focused general primary care. He is originally from Cleveland, Ohio and completed medical school ... Read More

La’ Nyia Odoms, MD/MSPH/MED
Dr. Odoms, a NJ native, is a proud graduate of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey where she earned degrees in Mathematics and Education ... Read More

Deepa Panchang, FNP
Deepa Panchang is a family nurse practitioner (FNP) providing primary care. She received her Master's in Nursing from Georgetown University. Deepa also holds a Master’s ... Read More

Jacob Rickoll, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C
Most know me as “Jake” and I’m fortunate to have served the patients of CrescentCare since 2007 — first as Community Specialist, then Case Manager, ... Read More

Steph Lee, FNP
Steph (he/him/his) provides primary care as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Though originally from California, he received his Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of ... Read More

Jennifer Suski, FNP, AAHIVS
Jennifer Suski joins CrescentCare from NYC where she focused on HIV care/prevention and transgender care. She graduated from Columbia University School of Nursing where she ... Read More

Danis Walker, PA
Danis Walker is a board certified physician assistant, and completed her Master of Physician Assistant Practice at the Keck School of Medicine at the University ... Read More
HIV / Hep C / PEP

Nick Van Sickels, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Nick Van Sickels earned his medical degree at the University of Kentucky in 2005. He is originally from San Antonio Texas, and has been ... Read More

Isolde Butler, MD, Physician Site Supervisor, CrescentCare Elysian Fields
Dr. Isolde Butler attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology in 2001, before ... Read More

Christopher Garnett, MD/MPH
Dr. Christopher Garnett earned his medical degree and masters of public health at the University of Kentucky in 2012. He is originally from Lima, Peru ... Read More

Rebecca Clark, MD
Dr. Rebecca Clark earned her MD degree at University of Washington and also has a PhD in epidemiology from Tulane University. She completed her Infectious ... Read More

Wanda DeGruy, MA
My Name is Wanda DeGruy, currently a Medical Assistant at CrescentCare. I've spent majority of my career caring and helping others as a medical ... Read More

Jason Halperin, MD, HIV/ID Innovation Medical Leader
Dr. Jason Halperin received his Master of Public Health from Columbia University in New York in 2006, and went on to earn his medical degree ... Read More

Laura Hernandez, NRCMA
Laura Hernandez is a Medical Assistant at the CrescentCare Partnership Sexual Health Clinic who enjoys working as public servant. Laura holds a BS in Public ... Read More

Mary Murphy, MD
Dr. Mary Murphy earned her medical degree from the Juan N. Corpas School of Medicine in Bogota, Colombia in 1985. She completed her internal medicine ... Read More

Victor Nguyen, LPN
I am a Licensed Practical Nurse at CrescentCare and grew up in New Orleans. I graduated and received my LPN degree from Delta College in ... Read More

Carole Pindaro, APRN
Carole Pindaro received her Master of Nursing from the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi in 1990, after receiving her Master of Public Health ... Read More

Jacob Rickoll, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C
Most know me as “Jake” and I’m fortunate to have served the patients of CrescentCare since 2007 — first as Community Specialist, then Case Manager, ... Read More

Lorna Seybolt, MD, Physician Site Supervisor, CrescentCare Health & Wellness Center
Dr. Lorna Seybolt, MD attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and received her MPH from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health ... Read More

Julia Siren, APRN
Julia Siren is a board-certified APRN with certification in Women’s Health. She received her undergraduate degree in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin and ... Read More

Steph Lee, FNP
Steph (he/him/his) provides primary care as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Though originally from California, he received his Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of ... Read More

Jennifer Suski, FNP, AAHIVS
Jennifer Suski joins CrescentCare from NYC where she focused on HIV care/prevention and transgender care. She graduated from Columbia University School of Nursing where she ... Read More

Danis Walker, PA
Danis Walker is a board certified physician assistant, and completed her Master of Physician Assistant Practice at the Keck School of Medicine at the University ... Read More
Women’s Health

Pheobe Askie, MD, Physician Innovation Leader for Primary Care
Dr. Pheobe Askie is a board-certified family medicine physician from New Jersey. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Pennsylvania in nursing in ... Read More

Isolde Butler, MD, Physician Site Supervisor, CrescentCare Elysian Fields
Dr. Isolde Butler attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where she earned her undergraduate degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology in 2001, before ... Read More

Robin Edwards, MD
Dr. Robin Edwards earned her medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the Mount Sinai University School of ... Read More

Deepa Panchang, FNP
Deepa Panchang is a family nurse practitioner (FNP) providing primary care. She received her Master's in Nursing from Georgetown University. Deepa also holds a Master’s ... Read More

Julia Siren, APRN
Julia Siren is a board-certified APRN with certification in Women’s Health. She received her undergraduate degree in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin and ... Read More

Danis Walker, PA
Danis Walker is a board certified physician assistant, and completed her Master of Physician Assistant Practice at the Keck School of Medicine at the University ... Read More
Pediatrics

Pheobe Askie, MD, Physician Innovation Leader for Primary Care
Dr. Pheobe Askie is a board-certified family medicine physician from New Jersey. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Pennsylvania in nursing in ... Read More

Allison Cragin, MD
Dr. Allison Cragin is a board certified Pediatrician. She grew up in New Orleans and completed her undergraduate degree at LSU in 2008. She went ... Read More

La’ Nyia Odoms, MD/MSPH/MED
Dr. Odoms, a NJ native, is a proud graduate of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey where she earned degrees in Mathematics and Education ... Read More

Lorna Seybolt, MD, Physician Site Supervisor, CrescentCare Health & Wellness Center
Dr. Lorna Seybolt, MD attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and received her MPH from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health ... Read More
Transgender Care

Christopher Garnett, MD/MPH
Dr. Christopher Garnett earned his medical degree and masters of public health at the University of Kentucky in 2012. He is originally from Lima, Peru ... Read More

Carole Pindaro, APRN
Carole Pindaro received her Master of Nursing from the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi in 1990, after receiving her Master of Public Health ... Read More

Jacob Rickoll, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C
Most know me as “Jake” and I’m fortunate to have served the patients of CrescentCare since 2007 — first as Community Specialist, then Case Manager, ... Read More

Lorna Seybolt, MD, Physician Site Supervisor, CrescentCare Health & Wellness Center
Dr. Lorna Seybolt, MD attended the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and received her MPH from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health ... Read More

Steph Lee, FNP
Steph (he/him/his) provides primary care as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Though originally from California, he received his Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of ... Read More

Jennifer Suski, FNP, AAHIVS
Jennifer Suski joins CrescentCare from NYC where she focused on HIV care/prevention and transgender care. She graduated from Columbia University School of Nursing where she ... Read More
Nursing

Kathy Burford, RN
I have been with NO/AIDS/ CrescentCare for 23 years and seen so many good changes and growth in those years. We are able to ... Read More

Wanda DeGruy, MA
My Name is Wanda DeGruy, currently a Medical Assistant at CrescentCare. I've spent majority of my career caring and helping others as a medical ... Read More

Claudia Hale, CMA
Claudia is an experienced Certified Medical Assistant. Driven by passion, she takes pride in providing the best quality care possible ... Read More

Laura Hernandez, NRCMA
Laura Hernandez is a Medical Assistant at the CrescentCare Partnership Sexual Health Clinic who enjoys working as public servant. Laura holds a BS in Public ... Read More

Darryle Jackson
Darryle Jackson is a RN Environment of Care Coordinator. He earned his Masters in Business Administration with a focus in Health Care Management in 2006 ... Read More

Nancy McQueen
I am the Psychiatric Nurse coordinator at CrescentCare. My job is to assist our dedicated team to take care of our patients with appointments, ... Read More

Deepa Panchang, FNP
Deepa Panchang is a family nurse practitioner (FNP) providing primary care. She received her Master's in Nursing from Georgetown University. Deepa also holds a Master’s ... Read More

Pamela Parker-Coleman, LPN
Pamela has worked in the medical industry for over 30 years, and loves helping people. While nursing is Pam's primary job, Pam also enjoys feeding ... Read More

Jacob Rickoll, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C
Most know me as “Jake” and I’m fortunate to have served the patients of CrescentCare since 2007 — first as Community Specialist, then Case Manager, ... Read More

Steph Lee, FNP
Steph (he/him/his) provides primary care as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Though originally from California, he received his Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of ... Read More

Bonnie Wilson, LPN
Bonnie has worked in the health care industry for many years, gaining experience in medical assisting, medical transcription, and nursing. As a seasoned addiction clinical ... Read More
Behavioral Health

Lucy Cordts, LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health
Lucy Cordts is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who serves as the Director of Behavioral Health at CrescentCare. Lucy earned a BA from the University ... Read More

Peter Drago, LCSW
Peter Drago is currently employed as a Behavior Health Specialist for Crescent Care Health in New Orleans, LA providing individual, couple, family and group counseling. Peter began ... Read More

Mark Drake, DSW, LCSW-BACS
Dr. Drake is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board Approved Clinical Supervisor He received his DSW (2018) and MSW (2003) degrees from Tulane University ... Read More

Liz Gage, PMHNP-BC
Liz Gage is a Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She received an undergraduate degree in Nursing at the University of Maryland Baltimore and ... Read More

Melissa Harris, LCSW-BACS
Melissa Harris is a licensed clinical social worker and board-approved clinical supervisor. She received her MSW from Tulane in 2010 and her BA from UNO ... Read More

Elizabeth Holcomb, MD
Elizabeth Nicole Holcomb, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She trained in General Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry at the ... Read More

Kierstin Keyserling, LCSW
Kierstin Keyserling is a licensed clinical social worker with CrescentCare. She received an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and ... Read More

Andrea LaPlante, PsyD
Dr. Andrea LaPlante is a licensed clinical psychologist with a Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) from the University of La Verne in La Verne, CA. Dr ... Read More

Wesley Leftwich, APRN-CNP
Wesley Leftwich earned her undergraduate degree in Genetics from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and her graduate degree in Nursing at Simmons College ... Read More

Nancy McQueen
I am the Psychiatric Nurse coordinator at CrescentCare. My job is to assist our dedicated team to take care of our patients with appointments, ... Read More

Anna Montegudo, MD
Dr. Anna Montegudo earned her medical degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine. She completed her internship at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel in ... Read More

Jennifer Myhre, LCSW-BACS, MPH
Jennifer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing as a Behavioral Health Therapist with CrescentCare. She earned her MSW and MPH from Tulane University and ... Read More

Myo Myint, MD
Dr. Myo Myint serves on the American Academy of Child and Adolescent (AACAP) Training and Education Committee and co-leads the AACAP Alliance for Learning and ... Read More

Sharon Normand, LPC-S, LAC, CCS
Sharon is a Behavioral Health Supervisor and the Program Manager at CrescentCare's Recovery Works program and loves helping people get the help they need, ... Read More

Danielle Unger, LCSW
Danielle Unger is a licensed clinical social worker that has worked with CrescentCare since 2015. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature from ... Read More

Joe Vega, LCSW-BACS
Mr. Joe Vega is a licensed clinical social worker in CrescentCare’s Behavioral Health Department. He is a graduate of Rutgers and Tulane University, and has ... Read More
Prevention

Blayke D’Ambrosio
Blayke has a Bachelors of Social Work from Southeast Missouri State University and has been working in the field of HIV services for the last ... Read More

Nadia Eskildsen
Nadia Eskildsen is a harm reductionist passionate about advocating for the healthcare of highly stigmatized communities. They have been involved in social justice work for ... Read More

Jean Redmann
Jean Redmann has been Director of Prevention since 1999. Prior to that she managed the HIV Testing program, starting here in 1990. She is a ... Read More
Operations

Megan Coleman-Watkin
Megan CW has been part of the CrescentCare team, in different capacities, since 2011. She's thankful for the opportunity to be of service to the ... Read More

Karen Groce
Karen joined CrescentCare in October 2017. She has worked in the medical field for the past 39 years as a nurse and laboratory MedTech. She ... Read More
Client Services

Megan Coleman-Watkin
Megan CW has been part of the CrescentCare team, in different capacities, since 2011. She's thankful for the opportunity to be of service to the ... Read More

Colleen Simmons, LCSW
Colleen Simmons is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been with CrescentCare for five years. Colleen is originally from Chicago, IL but plans to ... Read More
Administration

Conway Horn
Conway has been with CrescentCare since December of 2007 and is currently the Patient Access Manager for the agency. He manages our newly established Callcenter, ... Read More
Medical Services
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