Dr. Nereida Alicia Parada has started a Pulmonary Service Line at the Federally Qualified St Thomas Community Heath Center. St Thomas is the first CHC to have Pulmonary  services available in the New Orleans area. With the presence of FeNO and lung function testing that includes lung volumes and DLCO on site, patients can now have state of the art assessment for pulmonary conditions when they are being evaluated by Dr Parada and Joseph DeFraites FNP at the 2000 Magazine location. In addition, FeNO machine at the other 5 CHC locations, are assisting in identifying patients that need to be seen for their asthma. Since starting there in March 2024, hundreds of patients have been cared for in their Medical Home with appropriate referrals when needed.