If you have had lower back pain, you are not alone. Back pain is one of the most common reasons people see a doctor. Back pain can range in intensity from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp or shooting pain. It can begin suddenly as a result of an accident or by lifting […]

AVALA continually works to provide innovative technologies to our patients and communities! With our newest surgical technology, the Medtronic McGRATH™ MAC Video Laryngoscope, we are optimizing first-attempt success of airway intubation through video laryngoscopy. “With a 94% first-attempt intubation success rate, this new technology will provide our patients with safer and better clinical outcomes when […]

AVALA is honored to be named the EDGE of the Lake Magazine Readers’ Choice Award 2021 for best Surgery Center in St. Tammany Parish. AVALA is a 21 bed hospital paving the way for some of the best, most personalized services for our patients on the Northshore. From state-of-the-art robotic surgery to minimally invasive procedures, […]

AVALA has been awarded the USA Healthcare Industry Top Workplaces 2021 honor, ranked nationally by Energage. Our patients tell us how our healthcare team exemplifies a culture of positivity, teamwork, and patient care. Congratulations to the AVALA team on your cultural success of bridging togetherness in a time when it is needed the most.

Pain – we’ve all felt it. Chronic pain – that is a different story all together! One of AVALA’s Pain Management Physicians, Dr. Ronald Segura with Segura Neuroscience & Pain Center, shares his thoughts in the Healthcare Journal of New Orleans on how chronic pain patients can be helped. Many of these interventional pain procedures are […]