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Healing with Heart: Changing the Game in Cardiac Surgery Care 

Healing with Heart: Changing the Game in Cardiac Surgery Care 

Jun 24, 2025 | Heart Health

When Katina Nelson woke up with chest pain that startled her from sleep, she didn’t immediately panic.   “I kind of ignored the symptoms,” she admits. But by the next evening, the pain returned, tingling and insistent. With her healthcare background as a nurse with...
Geaux Hero: How Listening to His Body Saved Jim’s Life

Geaux Hero: How Listening to His Body Saved Jim’s Life

Feb 17, 2025 | Heart Health, Team Member Spotlights

At 59, Jim Teague, BS, SBB (ASCP), was healthy, active and had no reason to expect a heart attack. As senior director of core laboratory and blood services at Our Lady of the Lake Health, Jim has spent more than a decade ensuring patients get fast, accurate test...

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The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is one of the largest healthcare systems based in Louisiana and the largest pediatric network in the state. The health system was organized in 1984 as a non-profit, Catholic organization, sponsored by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady. FMOLHS is the leading healthcare provider for more than half of Louisiana’s population and Mississippi’s largest metropolitan area. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the health system manages seven major medical centers in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as an integrated Children’s Health network, Senior Services division, and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, known as FranU. Learn more about our ministry: 
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