Kathy Hebert, M.D., M.M.M., M.P.H., a board-certified cardiologist who started a transformational heart failure disease management program in rural Louisiana, joined the Jay Weiss Center for Social Medicine and Health Equity as medical director in May. She will also be an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology.

Before joining the Jay Weiss Center, Hebert served as a clinical associate professor of medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and director of cardiology at the Chabert Medical Center in Houma, Louisiana. She received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency at Louisiana State University Medical Center and Charity Hospital/Medical Center. She received her master’s in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health and a master’s in medical management from the Tulane School of Public Health.