Louis Cataldie
Encyclopedia
Dr. Louis Cataldie was the Medical Incident Commander for the state of Louisiana
, United States
.
Dr. Cataldie was also involved in running both the Find Family National Call Center, AKA the Family Assistance Center, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
as well as the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
morgue
in Carville, Louisiana
.
Dr. Cataldie's memoir of his career as a coroner, Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana, was published in 2006.
Dr. Cataldie received his Doctor of Medicine degree from LSU School of Medicinein New Orleans in 1974. He was able to graduate Medical School early through the speed up graduation program and together with another pioneering graduate initiated the Family Practice Residency Program at the Long Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, LA. He subsequently moved to an Emergency Medicine residency program at University Medical Center, (then Lafayette Charity Hospital) in Lafayette, LA where he and a good friend became literally legends at that facility. Dr. Cataldie loved Harley Davidson motorcycles long before the current fad and was a firearms expert and avid collector. During the CB radio craze of the 70's he was known as the "Screamin' Yeller Zonker"!
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Dr. Cataldie was also involved in running both the Find Family National Call Center, AKA the Family Assistance Center, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
as well as the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
A Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team or DMORT is a team of experts in the fields of victim identification and mortuary services. DMORTs are activated in response to large scale disasters in the United States to assist in the identification of deceased individuals and storage of the bodies...
morgue
Morgue
A morgue or mortuary is used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification, or removal for autopsy or disposal by burial, cremation or otherwise...
in Carville, Louisiana
Carville, Louisiana
Carville is a neighborhood of St. Gabriel in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States that is 16 miles south of Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River. Carville is the hometown of political personality James Carville and was named after his grandfather, the postmaster. It is also the location of...
.
Dr. Cataldie's memoir of his career as a coroner, Coroner's Journal: Stalking Death in Louisiana, was published in 2006.
Dr. Cataldie received his Doctor of Medicine degree from LSU School of Medicinein New Orleans in 1974. He was able to graduate Medical School early through the speed up graduation program and together with another pioneering graduate initiated the Family Practice Residency Program at the Long Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, LA. He subsequently moved to an Emergency Medicine residency program at University Medical Center, (then Lafayette Charity Hospital) in Lafayette, LA where he and a good friend became literally legends at that facility. Dr. Cataldie loved Harley Davidson motorcycles long before the current fad and was a firearms expert and avid collector. During the CB radio craze of the 70's he was known as the "Screamin' Yeller Zonker"!