August 1, 2024

Our Lady of the Lake Health announced Florina Corpodean, MD, as the 2024 recipient of the Dr. Eugene Berry Award for Surgical Education. This prestigious award is funded by the Our Lady of the Lake Foundation thanks to the generosity of retired heart surgeon Eugene Berry, MD.

August 1, 2024

A group of 50 pediatric burn survivors from the area were at Baton Rouge General’s Camp Catahoula, a free, weeklong camp held annually in Lawrence, Miss. Camp Catahoula provides summer fun like swimming, fishing, horseback riding, and games along with the chance for burn survivors to share their experiences with other survivors who have faced the same trauma, all as part of the healing process.

August 1, 2024

The 2024 National Dialogues on Behavioral Health conference will convene in New Orleans to focus on collaboration, integration, and the engagement of community resources from across systems and providers, to improve treatment outcomes and the quality of care for individuals with complex needs. National experts will discuss the roles of mental health, substance use, and behavioral health specialists within integrated and collaborative care approaches.

August 1, 2024

Woman’s Hospital welcomed two new surgeons, Lindsey Fauveau MD, and Gabrielle Hawkins, MD. Fauveau joined Woman’s Breast Specialists Clinic while Hawkins joined the Woman’s GYN Oncology Clinic, both located on the hospital’s main campus in Baton Rouge.

“Providing women with superior cancer care is more than our job, it’s our mission,” says Woman’s President and CEO Rene Ragas. “Our patients will benefit greatly from the incredible knowledge, talent and compassion that both Dr. Fauveau and Dr. Hawkins bring to the Woman’s cancer services team.”

August 1, 2024

Olivia Ragusa, MD, a family medicine physician, has joined Baton Rouge General (BRG) and will treat patients at Baton Rouge Family, BRG’s largest primary care practice located at the Bluebonnet campus.

A Gonzales native and St. Joseph’s Academy graduate, Ragusa earned a medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport and completed a residency in family medicine at BRG’s Family Medicine Residency Program. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Louisiana Association of Family Physicians.