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Kala Fernandez-McCartney

Physician practice manager Kala Fernandez-McCartney shares her Spanish roots and the influence it has had on her life. Fernandez-McCartney has been a part of our health system for nine years and serves as a physician practice manager in Livingston. She manages a large...

Anna Garcia Bernal, MD

Anna Garcia Bernal, MD, is a first year LSU rural family medicine resident physician at Our Lady of the Angels Hospital in Bogalusa. Dr. Bernal and her family are originally from Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico, and have resided in the U.S. for 40 years. Dr. Bernal...

Gabriela Ruiz, MD

Gabriela Ruiz, MD, is a physician resident with Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. Dr. Ruiz joined the ministry in 2022 as a part of the pediatric residency and is now in her second year of training. “I always loved science in general, but medicine drew me in...

Lorenza Tomas Alonzo, RN

Lorenzo Tomas Alonzo, RN, works at Our Lady of the Lake Assumption as an ER nurse. Alonzo has been with our health system since January 2016. Alonzo was born in Guatemala, and her family moved to the United States when she was 7. A fun fact about Alonzo is that...

Carmelaana Lim, RN

Carmelaana Lim, RN

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Carmelaana Lim, RN, immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 13. She maintains her connection to her heritage raising her...

Tri Nguyen, BS, RRT

Tri Nguyen, BS, RRT

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Tri Nguyen, BS, RRT, was born in Vietnam and lived in New Orleans most of his life. Now working in the respiratory department at Our Lady...

Caring for NICU Babies Is More Than a Job for This Nurse, It’s Personal

Caring for NICU Babies Is More Than a Job for This Nurse, It’s Personal

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Jen Arceneaux, RNC-NIC, begins each day in the Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)...

St. Francis Care Team Brings Peace of Mind to North Louisiana Patients and Families

St. Francis Care Team Brings Peace of Mind to North Louisiana Patients and Families

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It’s a stressful situation when Kathy Bryan has to bring her 85-year-old mother to St. Francis Medical Center as she deals with health...

Listening to Heal Starts at the Front Door

Listening to Heal Starts at the Front Door

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A defining characteristic of our health system is our Spirit of Healing, and as a team, guest services plays a key role in our mission and...

St. Francis Team Goes the Extra Mile to Give Patients Comfort and Peace of Mind

St. Francis Team Goes the Extra Mile to Give Patients Comfort and Peace of Mind

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Aimee Oldham, DNP, and her staff members were two minutes away from closing their medical clinic for the day when an elderly woman...

Active Listening Brings Healing at Our Lady of the Lake

Active Listening Brings Healing at Our Lady of the Lake

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When a patient comes in for an appointment with Theron McCormick, MD, he makes sure to eliminate all distractions. He shifts his body to...

DEI Becomes Part of Our Day-to-Day: How We Attract, Retain and Develop Our Team Members

DEI Becomes Part of Our Day-to-Day: How We Attract, Retain and Develop Our Team Members

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Our health system has operationalized our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion work and created a report to share the impact of this...

Candid Conversations Demonstrate Commitment to Justice

Candid Conversations Demonstrate Commitment to Justice

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Our health system has operationalized our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion work and created a report to share the impact of this...

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