Mary Alice Younger, MD, NOCHP medical director
Dr. Younger is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Tulane School of Medicine where she is section head of Community Pediatrics and Global Health. Dr. Younger is also the head of the diabetes and metabolic clinic at Tulane where she treats patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as patients at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The clinic provides treatment for all complications associated with metabolic syndrome. Dr. Younger sees patients two sessions a week at Jefferson Community Health Care Centers (River Ridge location). Dr. Younger is board certified in Pediatrics and is a member of the American Diabetes Association.
John Carlson, MD, PhD, NOCHP director of advocacy
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Tulane University School of Medicine, Sections of Allergy/Immunology and Community Pediatrics and Global Health.
Dr. Carlson is a board certified pediatrician and board certified allergist/immunologist. In addition to his role as Program Director of the Tulane/Ochsner Pediatrics Residency Program, Dr. Carlson is also the Director of Research Training, Allergy & Immunology Fellowship Program at Tulane
Kim Mukerjee, MD, MPH, NOCHP Director of Immigrant and Refugee Health.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Tulane University School of Medicine, Section of Community Pediatrics and Global Health.
Dr. Mukerjee is a bilingual board certified pediatrician (Spanish/English) who works at several of NOCHP’s sites around the community, including at the pediatric clinic at the Drop-in Center at the Covenant House, two of the Jefferson Community Health Care Center clinic sites (Marrero and River Ridge) and at two school-based health centers. Her area of expertise is in addressing the complex primary care needs of uninsured refugee children primarily from Central America.
Mark Lister, MD, NOCHP Director of community outreach
Dr. Lister is a board certified pediatrician who staffs NOCHP’s pediatric clinic at the Drop-in Center at the Covenant House on a volunteer basis one morning per week. He also is a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Tulane University where his fields of research are healthy lifestyle promotion and obesity prevention. Dr. Lister started House Call Pediatrics in 2013, a private community-based pediatric practice where all services are rendered in the home.
Jeanne McKay, LCSW, Senior Program manager
Jeanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker currently serving as Senior Program Manager for the New Orleans Children’s Health Project. A New Orleans native, Ms. McKay received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Loyola University and a Master of Social Work from Tulane University.
Miguel A. Alonso, NOCHP case manager
Miguel came to the United States in 2014. He studied medicine at the Carlos J. Finlay Medical School in Cuba and obtained his medical degree in 2008. He practiced internal medicine in Cuba and Venezuela before coming to the United States in August 2014. In June 2015 he joined NOCHP as a patient representative before becoming a full time case manager in November 2016. He hopes to renew his medical license in the near future by completing the required three years of residency.