Feb 15, 2023 | Team Member Spotlights
“The time is always right to do what is right.” This quote by Martin Luther King Jr. inspires Candace Y. Perry, during Black History Month and every day. Taking Time to Listen In her role as an emergency room tech at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Perry...
Feb 15, 2023 | Team Member Spotlights
NeShana Bilbrew, RN, was a simulations engineer, developing algorithms for a missile systems company in Arizona when her mom was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer. Her mom had surgery to remove the tumor at Our Lady of the Lake Health. “I was so moved by the...
Feb 8, 2023 | Team Member Spotlights
Director of Telemetry at St. Francis Medical Center, Sandra Brown, RN, says that she chose this career and has never looked back. “A friend of mine encouraged me to pursue a career to increase my ability to take care of myself,” Brown says. “I went to school and...
Jan 18, 2023 | About Us, Research
Every year in the U.S., sepsis leads to more deaths than opioid overdoses, prostate cancer and breast cancer combined. It’s the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals, and Louisiana health systems are struggling with the highest rates of sepsis-related deaths in the...
Nov 14, 2022 | Children's Health
Cleft lip and cleft palate are quite common, with one in 700 kids nationwide having such a diagnosis. Thanks to early-in-life repairs, most are only left with a thin, fine scar. Co-directors of Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health Cleft and Craniofacial...