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8888 Summa Avenue
Womack Heart Center
3rd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
phone: 225-769-4493
email: email@brvsc.com |
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 Our Physicians
| Vascular Specialty Center physicians are board certified by the American Board of Surgery. They hold memberships in the Society for Vascular Surgery, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, and the International Society for Endovascular Surgery among others.
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Joseph Griffin, M.D. is a vascular surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery in Vascular Surgery. He received the Doctor of Medicine degree from Ross University and completed both his general surgery and 2-year vascular surgery fellowship at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.
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Education
Surgical Residency
Vascular Fellowship
Appointment
Certification
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BS, Louisiana Tech University
MD, Ross University
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
Clinical Instructor LSUHSC-New Orleans Department of Surgery
Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT)
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Andrew
J. Olinde, M.D. is a vascular surgeon certified by the
American Board of Surgery in general vascular surgery.
He received
his Doctor of Medicine degree from the LSU Medical Center
in New Orleans and completed his residency in general surgery
at the University of Mississippi in Jackson. Dr. Olinde served
a one-year fellowship in general vascular surgery at Northwestern
University in Chicago. After completing his fellowship, he
was in private practice for two years in South Carolina. In
1988, he returned to Baton Rouge and joined the Ochsner Clinic.
Dr. Olinde became associated with Vascular Specialty Center
in 1998.
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Education
Surgical Residency
Vascular
Fellowship
Appointment
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BS, Louisiana State University
MD, LSU Medical Center in New Orleans
University of Mississippi
Northwestern University,
Chicago, IL
Clinical Instructor,
Ochsner Clinic |
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Albert
D. Sam II, M.D. is a vascular surgeon certified by the
American Board of Surgery in vascular surgery and by the American
Board of Vascular Medicine in endovascular medicine.
He received
his Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University and completed
his residency in general surgery at the University of Illinois
at Chicago that included a research fellowship in cardiovascular
physiology leading to a Master's of Science degree in surgery.
Dr. Sam served a two-year fellowship in general vascular and
endovascular surgery at Northwestern University's Feinberg
School of Medicine in Chicago.
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Education |
BS,
Morehouse College
MD, Duke University
MS, University of Illinois at Chicago
MMM, Tulane School of Public Health/Health Systems Management |
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Surgical
Residency |
University
of Illinois at Chicago |
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Research
Fellowships |
Cardiovascular
Physiology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Vascular Molecular Biology, Northwestern University |
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Vascular
Fellowship |
Northwestern
University, Chicago, IL |
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Appointment |
Clinical
Assistant Professor, LSU School of Medicine |
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Victor Tran, M.D. is a vascular surgeon certified by the American Board of Surgery in Vascular Surgery.
He received the Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and completed his residency in general surgery at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York. Dr. Tran served a two-year fellowship in general vascular surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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Education |
BS, Yale University
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio |
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Surgical
Residency |
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York |
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Vascular
Fellowship |
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York |
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Our Administrator
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Naomi Nelson is the Chief Operating Officer of Vascular Specialty Center.
Her responsibilities include the daily and strategic operations of the clinic, lab, vein
clinic and research departments.
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Education
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BS, Biology Southern University
Master’s Health Care Administration (MHA),
University of St. Francis
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Appointments |
BRMGMA, LMGMA, MGMA |
Recognitions |
Member of ACHE
BREC Finance Board
Alumni, B.R. Chamber Leadership, Class 2008
Recipient of Business Report’s ’Top 40 Under 40’ Award
Top Leadership Team 2004 – Health Leaders of America Magazine
Women of Achievement Nominee 2004
Louisiana Army National Guard National Defense Medal Recipient
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