Jan 4, 2017
Dr. Rigamer is the Medical Director for Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. He is responsible for increasing access to quality health care for vulnerable populations. He is a practicing psychiatrist in the Daughters of Charity community health centers where he leads an initiative to integrate primary care and behavioral health. He directed Louisiana Spirit and other disaster relief programs for victims of Hurricane Katrina. In 2007 he opened the first Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in New Orleans. He was named a 2008 Healthcare Hero by New Orleans City Business magazine. Prior to joining Catholic Charities, Dr. Rigamer served the U.S. Department of State as Medical Director advising the Secretary of State on international health issues and the health needs of Foreign Service diplomats and their families. He served in U.S. Embassy posts in Europe, the former Soviet Union, and South Asia. Dr. Rigamer has held positions with Kaiser Permanente HMO and Ochsner Clinic and was a Peace Corps Volunteer Physician in Monrovia, Liberia. Dr. Rigamer is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Child Psychiatry, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of Physicians for a National Health Program and Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Rigamer received his training in psychiatry at the New York Hospital-Cornell University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He received his MPA from Harvard.