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About Us

Specialized Medical Solutions

Brian M. Bourgeois, M.D.

CEO & Medical Director

Dr. Bourgeois is a graduate of the LSU School of Medicine. He was trained at LSU’s Department of Surgery and is board certified General Surgeon. He has practiced general surgery and occupational / industrial medicine on the Westbank of New Orleans and Jefferson since 1999. Dr. Bourgeois is a board member of the Jefferson Parish Medical Society and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He is a licensed medical review officer (MRO) and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also one of very few doctors in the state certified in the management of dive-related injuries and diver physicals. He is member of the ADCI Committee that created the current code of medical standards for divers. Dr. Bourgeois also actively trains and educates offshore medics and dive medical technicians.

Founder of West Jefferson Industrial Medicine

Stephanie Young, MSN, APRN

Family Nurse Practitioner-C

Stephanie Young, MSN, FNP-C is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine, internal and family practice, and occupational health. Originally from New Jersey, she earned her BSN from Trenton State College and her MSN with honors from the University of Phoenix, becoming a member of Sigma Theta Tau. Since 2009, she has focused on Occupational Medicine across Arizona, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana, and joined West Jefferson Industrial Medicine in 2014, where she practices Occupational and Maritime Medicine. Stephanie is also a certified DOT Medical Examiner and Hearing Conservationist. In addition to her clinical work, she has volunteered in disaster relief efforts and medical missions abroad, and actively teaches and trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Krav Maga.

Howard A. Nelson, Jr. MD

CEO & Medical Director

Dr. Nelson is a graduate of Tulane Medical School and received training in General Surgery at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He is board certified in General Surgery and has practiced industrial surgery and medicine at West Jefferson Medical Center since 1971. Dr. Nelson is a clinical professor of surgery at Tulane Hospital and an associate professor of medicine at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He has also served as Chief of Surgery and Chief of Staff at West Jefferson Medical Center. He is past President of the Jefferson Parish Medical Society and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He serves on the Governor’s Task Force On Workers’ Compensation.

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Decades of experience in occupational health

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