Rafael Flores 

Rafael Flores 

As the director of mission integration for our Northshore market, Rafael Flores, MAPL, primarily serves at Our Lady of the Angels Hospital.   “I have the joy of serving by helping ensure the mission of our health system is actuated across the Northshore region,”...
Aristoteles Pena-Miches, MD

Aristoteles Pena-Miches, MD

As a pediatric neurologist with St. Francis Health, Aristoteles Pena-Miches, MD, has served the children of Northeast Louisiana for more than two decades. Providing specialized evaluation and treatment of neurological disorders, Dr. Pena-Miches educates and guides...
Chris Funes, MD

Chris Funes, MD

Chris Funes, MD, wears many hats as a Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System team member.  For 22 years, Dr. Funes has been a pediatrician at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health Pediatrics at Southeast. He serves as our health system’s medical director...
Connecting to Hispanic Heritage Through Food

Connecting to Hispanic Heritage Through Food

Food is a means to connect to our own culture and experience others’ cultures. Jen Bays Avis, MEd, LDN, RDN, CDE, a registered dietitian with St. Francis Medical Group, shares recipes influenced by Hispanic culture. Make this appetizer, entrée and dessert to have a...
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...