Medical Director

One of the major success factors that contribute to Safety Management System's  overall quality of medical service is the involvement of our medical director. Our medical director is available 24-hours-a-day for physician consultations with our paramedics.
 
Dr. Donald Thibodaux graduated from Nicholls State University with a BS in Chemistry in 1976. He then attended medical school at LSU Medical Center in New Orleans and graduated in 1979. Thibodaux completed his Emergency Medicine residency in 1982 from Charity Hospital at New Orleans. For the next 20 years he practiced hospital based Emergency Medicine in Houma Louisiana.
 
"I enjoyed the challenge and responsibility associated with my specialty. Ive been full-time medical director for SMS since 2001. I love this job! It is clinical medicine at its best.

"As a team, the paramedic and I assess situations on remote locations. We take a history from the patient, perform a physical exam, discuss the case, make a diagnosis, and develop a treatment plan. The challenges that we face is what makes the job so rewarding." 
--Donald Thibodaux, MD
Medical Director, SMS