Joan Stokes MHA, CIC, CPHQ, CPPS, LSSGB
Assistant Vice President of Quality, Clinical Risk Management and Regulatory for Ochsner Health
Joan is the Assistant Vice President of Quality, Clinical Risk Management and Regulatory for Ochsner Health, Lafayette region and has been part of the Lafayette General family for 29 years. She received Bachelor of Science degrees in microbiology and chemistry from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now ULL) and a Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Saint Francis. She holds professional certifications in Infection Prevention, Healthcare Quality, and Patient Safety and maintains a Microbiology Specialist certification through the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. As a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma, she has extensive experience in process improvement initiatives. She is currently the chair for Louisiana Alliance for Patient Safety PSO Advisory Council and serves as the Past-President of the Louisiana Association for Healthcare Quality. During the COVID-19 pandemic she was appointed to the Lafayette Parish Medical Task Force and was tasked to operationalize and lead the first ambulatory testing site at the Cajundome.