Our Medical Staff

Jimmy N. Ponder, Jr., MD ~ Medical Director

Jimmy Ponder, Jr., MD was raised in Thibodaux, Louisiana and received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and medical degree from LSU School of Medicine. In New Orleans, he completed his residency in anesthesiology at Tulane Medical Center, which included six months of training at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in England and afterwards completed a one-year fellowship in pain management in Kansas City before starting the Headache and Pain Center. Dr. Ponder is specialty trained in interventional pain treatment and specializes in diagnosis and relief of pain. Dr. Ponder is an associate clinical professor at LSU Health Science Center and is the past president of the Louisiana Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He is presently Director-at-Large of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.

Dr. Ponder is a diplomate of:

• American Board of Interventional Pain Practice
• American Board of Anesthesiology with Added Qualifications in Pain Medicine
• Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice
• American Board of Pain Medicine
• American Board of Pain Management

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Adolfo J. Cuadra, MD

Adolfo Cuadra, MD is a native of Nicaragua and resident of Houma, LA. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of New Mexico Health and Sciences in Albuquerque. He then completed a one-year fellowship in Pain Management also at the University of Albuquerque with training in the latest pain relieving techniques.

Dr. Cuadra is Board Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine and the American Academy of Pain Management.




He is a member of:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• American Pain Society
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Louisiana Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• Terrebonne Parish and Louisiana State Medical Society

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Brandon S. Brooks, MD

Brandon Brooks, MD was born and raised in Thibodaux, Louisiana. In 1994, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Dr. Brooks then went to Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he acquired a doctor of Medicine Degree. He completed a one-year internship in Internal Medicine at Baptist Health Systems in Birmingham, Alabama and then a three-year Anesthesiology residency at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. His Pain Medicine Fellowship was also completed at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, where he was specialty trained in pain medicine to learn pain relieving techniques. Dr. Brooks is the newest pain relief specialist to join the practice and is Board Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine.
He is a member of:

• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• Louisiana Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

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Mimi P. Wilson, OT, PA-C

Mimi Wilson, OT, PA-C is a Licensed Occupational Therapist and Physician's Assistant. She received her Biological Sciences degree from Nicholls State University, her OT degree from LSU Medical Center in New Orleans in 1991 and her PA degree from LSU Health and Sciences Center in Shreveport in 2002. She was specialty trained in neurological and movement disorders at the Rehab Institute of Chicago.

Susan Gremillion, RN, BSN, MS, CRNA

Susan Gremillion, RN, BSN, MS, CRNA is a certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Susan graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She continued her education at Xavier University/ Charity Hospital School of Nurse Anesthesiology. She received the certificate of Merit Award for Academic Achievement in 1999 while graduating with a Masters of Science degree specializing in anesthesia. Susan was the recipient of the Great 100 Nurses Award in 1996.
Susan is a member of the Louisiana State Nurses Association, the Louisiana Association of Nurse Anesthetist, and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetist. Susan has traveled to both Honduras and Nicaragua as a volunteer medical missionary.

Jennifer F. Schopp, RN, BSN, MS, CRNA

Jennifer F. Schopp, RN, BSN, MS, CRNA is a certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Jennifer graduated from Louisiana State University at New Orleans in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in nursing. She continued her education there where she obtained her master's of nursing in nurse anesthesia. She received a certificate for Outstanding Nurse Anesthesia student in 2007. She was also the recipient if Who's Who Among America's Colleges and Universities in 1998 and 2007. Jennifer is a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Epsilon Nu Chapter.