Thomas J. Kennedy, M.D.

Born: New Orleans, La. July 28, 1951

Married to Mary Driscoll Kennedy since August 3, 1974

Three Children: Erin “Pumpkin” Kennedy Graugnard (husband Jack Graugnard), Michael David Kennedy (wife Rebecca), and David Patrick Kennedy, M.D.(wife Tiffany Jan, M.D.).

Eleven Grandchildren: Baxter Parker, Mike Graugnard, Dexter Kennedy, William Graugnard, Jane Louise Graugnard, Thomas Parker, Benjamin Kennedy, Marcus Graugnard, Annabelle Kennedy, James Kennedy, Abigail Kennedy

High School: Holy Cross School, New Orleans, graduated with honors 1969

College: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. Graduated with honors 1973

Medical School: LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Graduated December 1976

Internship: Charity Hospital of Louisiana, LSU Division January through December 1977

Residency: Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, LSU division, Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 1978-December 1980. Served as Chief Resident and selected as Outstanding Senior Resident 1980

Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology December 1982

Private practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology from January 1981 through December 2010.

Member of the active staff of Lakeside Hospital, and East Jefferson General Hospital for 30 years.

Active staff at St. Jude Hospital for approximately 7 years.

Courtesy staff at Doctor’s Hospital of Jefferson for many years, until its closure.

Served as chairman and member of many hospital committees, including infection control, credentials, pharmacy and therapeutics, utilization review, medical staff appropriateness of care, and quality review.

Served as department chairman at East Jefferson General Hospital for 2 terms, and at St. Jude Hospital, and vice chair at Lakeside Hospital.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina organized a group of 11 OB/Gyn physicians from East Jefferson General Hospital to form a call group to help at Women’s Hospital in Baton Rouge to manage the large number of female obstetric and gynecological patients who were being diverted to that facility. The group handled all non-referred patients who presented to Women’s Hospital to take the load off their staff. The East Jefferson physicians were also allowed to see their patients who were in the Baton Rouge area so there would be continuity of care.

Selected as Physician of the quarter for second quarter 2009, East Jefferson General Hospital.

Selected as Physician of the Year for 2009 at East Jefferson General Hospital.

Received Louisiana State Medical Society Humanitarian Award 2012 for service to community. This was in response to the actions taken during Hurricane Katrina.

Founding member of New Orleans Medical Mission Services, Inc. (NOMMS) in 2001. Currently Vice president of the Board and Medical Director. Also serve on Gala and Golf Tournament fundraising committees as well as anything else that needs attention at our warehouse operations. NOMMS has completed 43 missions to Ecuador, Panama, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. We also provide needed medical supplies and equipment to local patients who could otherwise not afford them. We donate supplies to STEM Lab, LSUHSC simulation lab to use in training medical students and residents. All our supplies are donated to us hospitals, doctors’ offices, outpatient surgery centers, pharmacies, and medical supply companies. We reprocess these donations so that they can be used to help the less fortunate and keep the items from being dumped in landfills. Whatever cannot be used in humans we try to donate to animal shelters. We also offer service hours to local high school students to volunteer in our warehouse. We recently donated 33 hospital beds to The Salvation Army to open a stepdown unit for patients who had run our of hospital days but had no where to go.

Served two terms as president of the Greater New Orleans Ob/Gyn Society.

Medical Director for Access Pregnancy from 2009-2021.

Board member of The Foundation at East Jefferson General Hospital from January 2013 through December 2021.

Member Rotary Club of Metairie since 2012, and board member 2013 through 2018. Serve as President July 2016-June 2017.

Paul Harris Fellow—Rotary Club, also member of Paul Harris Society

City Business Healthcare Hero 2016.

Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation Excellence Award 2019 for service to the community and work with the New Orleans Medical Mission Services, Inc.

Holy Cross School Alumnus of the Year (Award Ceremony January 25, 2025)