What Parents Should Know About Facial Birth Defects

What Parents Should Know About Facial Birth Defects

Sometimes as a baby develops during pregnancy things don’t go according to plan. Cleft lips and cleft palates are birth defects that sometimes happen. A cleft lip and cleft palate occur when a baby’s lip or mouth don’t form properly during pregnancy. A cleft lip can...
What’s Next When Baby’s Head Isn’t Round

What’s Next When Baby’s Head Isn’t Round

What happens when your baby’s head doesn’t have a nice round shape? Lisa Morris, MD, explains positional plagiocephaly, which means an abnormally shaped head, and how it can be prevented and treated. Dr. Morris is a double Board Certified facial plastic and...
Carmelaana Lim, RN

Carmelaana Lim, RN

Carmelaana Lim, RN, immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 13. She maintains her connection to her heritage raising her family in Baton Rouge and working at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in the surgery unit. “I still speak my native...
Tri Nguyen, BS, RRT

Tri Nguyen, BS, RRT

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 of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Tri regularly returns to the community where he grew up. “I interact with people and...