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Welcome to St. Thomas’ New Newsletter!

Since 1987, St. Thomas Community Health Center has been New Orleans’ medical home, offering high quality, affordable care. Our robust teams of dedicated Internal Medicine Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Pediatricians, Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, OB/GYNS, Optometrists, Cardiologists, Psychiatrists and others work as a team to address your individual health needs and ensure you receive the highest quality of care. READ MORE

The St. Thomas Community Health Center is a successor to the St. Thomas Health Services Clinic formerly located in the St. Thomas Housing Development. After Hurricane Katrina, the Clinic was closed due to lack of financial and personnel support. The Health Center was established to provide the same services in post-Katrina New Orleans. READ MORE

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New Orleans, LA 70122

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St. Thomas Community Health Center was proud to host a Grand Opening event for its new site at Columbia Parc. Patients, staff, funders and supporters gathered together on April 30th to celebrate this exciting event, with Nancy Parker from Fox News as the MC.  This new clinic will provide high quality, cost-effective care to the many people in and around the Columbia Parc neighborhood and new mixed-income housing. READ MORE

Interviewer: What was the most rewarding part of the experience?
Johnston: “3 things! 1. When I received a box of my books, real books, in a real box, delivered to my home in Scotland – a book that I wrote – amazing feeling to see it in print. 2. When I visited New Orleans in April 2013 to launch the book and visited St Thomas Community Health Center and I could see what an amazing job they do there. I felt that I was doing something ‘useful!’ Something that built my confidence a bit, as I hadn’t felt very ‘useful’ since my diagnosis and since my capabilities lessened.” READ MORE