BenjaminMartinAzevedoMDMPH FACP
Internal Medicine • Lake Charles, LAHospital Medicine/Hospitalist
Internal medicine Hospitalist at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
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Office
1701 Oak Park Bld
Lake Charles, LA 70601Phone+1 337-494-3122Fax+1 337-494-2795
Summary
- Dr. Azevedo is a board-certified internal medicine hospitalist at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He went to medical school at Tulane University in New Orleans and did his internal medicine residency at Scripps Clinic in San Diego, California, followed by a year as a chief resident and hospitalist at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California. He now leads the hospitalist team as the co-medical director of the program and has special interests in palliative and end-of-life care, medically complex patients, and point-of-care ultrasonography.
Education & Training
Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2016- Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2014
Tulane Univ School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineMPH, Health Systems Management, MD/MPH Award, 2008 - 2013
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 2013
Certifications & Licensure
LA State Medical License 2017 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2014 - 2017- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Elected to Fellowship American College of Physicians, 2019
- Feld Humanism in Medicine Award Scripps Clinic/Green Hospital, 2016
- MD/MPH Student Award for Excellence Tulane School of Public Health, 2013
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Committees
- Physician Advisor, Sepsis Working Group at LCMH 2020 - Present
- Member, Physicians Advisory Council, LCMH 2019 - Present
- Superuser, Epic EMR Implementation Committee 2017 - 2017
- Member, Scripps Green Hospital Ethics Committee 2013 - 2017
- Member, Tulane University Curriculum Committee 2010 - 2011
- Member, Tulane Hospital Ethics Committee 2009 - 2013
Research History
- Founding memberTulane University Hospice and Palliative Care Research and Education Team2009 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Society of Hospital MedicineMember
- Member
Other Languages
- French, Spanish
External Links
- Lake Charles Memorial Health Systemhttps://www.lcmh.com/
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