CrescentCare News

New MidCity Location: 2515 Canal Street, New Orleans LA 70119 CrescentCare redeveloped the 33,000 square-foot historic building at 2515 Canal Street to become our flagship MidCity clinic location. This centrally located state-of-the-art medical center has easy access to public transportation. With a 40% increase in exam rooms and behavioral health spaces, the beautiful new location…

Join us on Thursday, July 25, 2024, for our 26th annual Dining Out For Life® New Orleans event! Participating restaurants will donate a percentage of proceeds from breakfast, lunch and/or dinner to CrescentCare. Hundreds of New Orleanians, dozens of volunteers and more than 75 restaurants have participated in this region-wide event. By sponsoring Dining Out…

GiveNOLA Day is less than a week away! For more than 40 years, CrescentCare has focused on creating a medical home where we provide wraparound care for our 12,800 patients. We provide primary medical care, pediatrics, dentistry, psychiatry, and behavioral health therapy, with specialized programs for women’s health, sexual wellness, gender care, and LGBTQ wellness.…

CrescentCare is featured by the National Center for Medical Legal Partnership.

The following is excerpted from the full 2023 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Biennial Report, which can be downloaded here. A Comprehensive Approach to HIV Care in New Orleans: CrescentCare Originally founded in 1983 as the NO/AIDS Task Force to respond to the devastating effects of the AIDS epidemic in the New Orleans area, CrescentCare is…

The article, “New Orleans’ CrescentCare Uses HTCs, NMTCs to Find Bigger Footprint in the Big Easy,” is by Novogradic Senior Writer Nick Dicecco, features the financing behind CrescentCare’s expansion into into its new 2515 Canal Street location. The article can be read below or by downloading the PDF.

CrescentCare is proud to have been recognized as a Silver level practice in blood pressure control by the American Heart Association’s Target: BP™ program. The Silver award recognizes practices that have demonstrated a commitment to improving blood pressure control through measurement accuracy. Target: BP™ is a national initiative formed by the American Heart Association (AHA) and…

Started in 2007, Health Care Heroes honors health care professionals in the New Orleans area in the following categories: nursing, physicians, professionals and volunteers. Honorees are selected based on industry achievement and community involvement. This year,  CrescentCare has two Healthcare Hero honorees Dr. La’Nyia J. Odoms and Miguel Alonso. Honorees will be celebrated at an…

New Orleans, LA – On August 19, 2023, CrescentCare, a leading healthcare provider in the Gulf South, was recognized at the 2023 Gay Appreciation Awards (GAA) as this year’s LGBTQ Non-profit of the Year in honor of the organization’s commitment to providing high-quality healthcare, mental health support, and other necessary supports to the Greater New…

Of all the cities confronting the realities of climate change, New Orleans faces a range of challenges – inequitable redlining and housing policies, a high rate of people experiencing poverty, extreme weather events, not to mention that large swaths of the city are below sea level.  Hurricane Katrina unleashed unprecedented devastation to the city in…