He returned to Louisiana and worked at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, three times receiving the North Oaks Champion award for excellence in patient care and completed his certification as a da Vinci® robotics surgeon. Agena has a doctorate of medicine from LSU in New Orleans and he completed his residency at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Dee is able to pull up the patient’s data, medications, conditions, everything and not have them feel like they have to wait until Monday to reach us,” states Dr. Because of the access to electronic files, Dee and I can provide care for a patient from wherever and whenever necessary. “We are here for all of our patients, all of the time. From the clinical receptionist, Samantha McEachern to their billing specialist, Tamie Kraft, making patients feel cared for is how they run their business. Dee collects the lab samples and ultrasounds are performed by ultrasound technician, Katie Smith. Rather than having to visit another facility for lab work or an ultrasound, testing is performed in-house. Agena’s office is also a comprehensive OB/GYN facility all under one roof. “Because I am a sole practitioner, my patients do not have to feel nervous or anxious about having someone they do not know deliver their baby,” he says.ĭr. Tammany Parish Hospital as well as Lakeview Regional Medical Center. Agena’s family-friendly practice specializes in all stages of reproductive health: adolescents who are beginning their annual exams contraceptive counseling prenatal care, delivery and postpartum perimenopausal and postmenopausal management and other gynecological issues such as urinary incontinence and hysterectomies. Agena’s registered nurse and office manager.ĭr. An essential part of his team, Dee is Dr. Agena now works permanently in his Madisonville office after commuting for several years to Hammond and calls Covington home with his wife, Dee and their family of three children: Landon, age 13 Alison, age 8 and Chloe, age 5. The Louisiana native was born in Chalmette to an engineer father and a stay-at-home mother and grew up living in Africa, the Caribbean, South America, West Virginia, and back to his home state to graduate from the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA) in Natchitoches. “Many times I will continue to assess a patient’s situation and check in on them between visits,” says Dr. This level of respect and empathy is given to every patient no matter what their needs.
For new patients, especially for parents with daughters coming in for their first visit, he believes it is important to have a one-on-one consultation to help the patient (and parents) get to know him, express their concerns and feel at ease. Agena intentionally keeps his practice small so that he can personally connect with his patients throughout all stages of their reproductive lives. Celebrating the practice’s one-year anniversary this June, Dr.
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