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Katherine Baumgarten, MD, is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, and has served as Ochsner Health medical director of infection prevention since 2008. Her expertise includes health care safety and clinical infectious diseases, along with emerging infections and adult vaccines. She has been interviewed by Newsweek magazine, CNN and numerous local outlets on COVID-19, measles and bird flu, among other topics. 
Dr. Baumgarten is a fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. She is a member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the American Board of Internal Medicine.
A New Orleans native, she attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and earned a medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. She completed an internship and residency at the University of California at San Francisco and completed an infectious diseases fellowship at Ochsner Medical Foundation in New Orleans.

Lori Handy, MD, MSCE, is a leading authority on pediatric infectious diseases, holding positions as attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
As Associate Director of CHOP’s Vaccine Education Center, Handy is at the forefront of vaccine advocacy and education. She consistently stays on the cutting edge on testing and treatment advancement and offers advice to help prevent outbreaks and support community health.
Additionally, her clinical experience gives her a unique perspective on the impact of diseases such as COVID-19, Flu, Measles, Strep and RSV on children and their families. When infections occur, she works closely with her pediatric patients and their families to minimize complications from medications, such as antibiotics, and ensure a speedy recovery for her patients.
She received her medical degree from The University of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at CHOP. She also obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from Penn.
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