Jan 15, 2025 | Patient Stories
Amber Russell’s laughter and bubbly spirit light up every room she enters, but what truly defines her is her incredible resilience. Amber, 15, manages life with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD, which occurs in 1 in 7,500 people), a rare genetic condition that affects...
Jan 10, 2025 | Body, Research
Concussions can be a difficult injury to diagnose on the football field. With no definitive test or scan, team physicians and trainers use a standardized assessment to evaluate a player’s memory, balance, overall neurological function and other traits while looking...
Jan 3, 2025 | Team Member Spotlights
Avignon Dumas, LPN, has been part of the team at Our Lady of the Lake Health for more than 15 years, starting as a medical assistant and now working as a licensed practical nurse. Her career path has been a testament to the health system’s supportive culture, which...
Jan 2, 2025 | Cancer, Patient Stories
In 2021, severe stomach pains sent Geralynn Brown to the hospital, where she received life-altering news: stage 4 cervical cancer. In a matter of days, her life transformed from long work hours to a grueling regimen of radiation and chemotherapy. Geralynn underwent...
Dec 18, 2024 | About Us, Research
Stress, physical limitations, emotional struggles — these are challenges that patients face every day. But what if the solution wasn’t a pill or a procedure but a melody? That’s the idea driving Mandy Creekmore, a music therapist whose work at LSU and Our Lady of the...
