Women and Children’s Services

A longtime leader in Northshore maternity care, St. Tammany Health System offers comprehensive women’s and children’s services, including its Baby-Friendly New Family Center, Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, pediatric therapies, specialized pediatric orthopedics, a dedicated Pediatrics Emergency Department, and the Ochsner Hospital for Children at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S SERVICES

From our cozy birthing suites to our spa-like Women’s Pavilion to our raft of pediatrics offerings, we’ve got the Northshore covered.

In real life, one size rarely fits all. And so, at St. Tammany Health System we’ve combined an array programs from several departments under one umbrella to cater to the specialized health needs of the women and children of our community.

As the leading provider of maternity care on the Northshore for decades, our Women and Children’s Services includes our New Family Center, which has earned us recognition as a Baby-Friendly hospital. It also includes our Women’s Pavilion, which has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. And it includes a broad array of children’s health services, such as our specialized pediatric orthopedics offerings, pediatrics speech and physical therapy programs, our Pediatrics Emergency Department and, with our partners at Ochsner Health, the Ochsner Hospital for Children at St. Tammany Parish Hospital.

And that’s just the start.

Whatever your family’s healthcare needs are, rest assured that we at St. Tammany Health System have your best interests at heart. What’s more, we’re committed to delivering that care with the same compassion and world-class quality that we have since 1954.

Pediatrics Emergency Department

Life can be unpredictable. Sometimes that’s a good thing. Other times, it lands you in the ER. Luckily for Northshore families, St. Tammany Health System operates the area’s only Pediatrics Emergency Department, complete with its own kid-friendly waiting room, child-sized treatment rooms and dedicated physicians and nursing staff.

A closer look at some of STHS's related services

Comprehensive breast care

When it comes to breast care on the Northshore, the Women’s Pavilion at St. Tammany Health System towers far above all others, for its comprehensive approach, for the deep-seated compassion on which it was founded and for the unparalleled quality of care delivered day in and day out by our breast-fellowship-trained radiologists. That’s because this isn’t just another doctor’s office. It’s a full-service, multi-disciplinary facility dedicated to all facets of breast care, from screening to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship – all delivered in a spa-like setting.

New Family Center

It’s not at all unusual for new parents to be excited, and perhaps a little anxious, about their new arrivals. But at St. Tammany Health System’s New Family Center – which has received the coveted “Baby-Friendly” designation, among numerous other honors – our team of caregivers are well-trained and well-practiced in making sure all of our new parents and new babies feel as comfortable, coddled and cared for as possible on their family’s big day.

Breastfeeding services

St Tammany Health System encourages and promotes exclusive breastfeeding. To that end, it provides new mothers the support they need to have the best possible breastfeeding experience. Our lactation consultants are certified by the globally recognized International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.

Awards and Accreditations

St. Tammany Health System's Women’s and Children’s Care programs have earned recognition from groups including: