Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

Healthcare Partners

Our partnership with leading healthcare providers and researchers continually enriches our on-campus programs, and makes life more convenient for busy St. James Place residents. Many of the services are a short walk or tram ride away. So whether you would like to see a physician, need home health care, or physical therapy, it’s all right here for easy access, all a part of making it easy to Live Life Well! Other partners, such as the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, are located only a few miles away.

Our partners:

Baton Rouge General Hospital’s Family Health Center  at St. James Place is a part of the Baton Rouge General's Community of Caring offering care for the whole family.  Same day appointments are available with most major insurance accepted.  The Clinic is in the St. James Place Health & Wellness Center and services the residents and staff of St. James Place as well as members of the greater Baton Rouge comunity.

Our Family Practice Physicians:
Robert Chasuk, MD
Brian Schulte, MD
Edward Geno, MD

Brian Harrell, MD

Office Hours are Monday – Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 pm; and Thursday and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Please call (225) 490-3415 for an appointment.

Triton Rehab Outpatient Therapy occupies a beautifully appointed and totally equipped suite in the St. James Place Health and Wellness Center and offers convenient, on campus rehabilitation.  Triton Therapy is Medicare certified and is a preferred provider with most managed care plans.

Office hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday.
Please call (225) 490-3424 for an appointment.

Although residents may continue to see their healthcare professionals off-campus, it’s convenient to know that these fine professionals practice at St. James Place.

Pennington Biomedical Research, a nationally renowned biomedical research facility, has partnered with St. James Place through the Institute for Dementia Research and Prevention, which is committed to offering first class research opportunities to the geriatric population of Louisiana.  Many St. James Place residents are participants in these studies.

GEMINI CONSULTING couples the skills of husband and wife team Chris Bonitto (LNHA) and Erin Bonitto (MS, ADC), award winning and nationally recognized elder and Alzheimer's and dementia care experts, to deliver hands-on consultation and coaching as well as experience-based keynote presentations and seminars to long-term care professionals.  St. James Place and Gemini Consulting have partnered to bring the hands-on, real world coaching concept to the St. James Place care team.