HJBR Jul/Aug 2021

HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF BATON ROUGE I  JUL / AUG 2021 29 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalBR.com school chapter of the American Chemical Society, one of the world’s largest scientific organizations, chartered by Congress in 1876. Love earned a medical degree from the Uni- versity of Mississippi Medical Center in 2006 and completed a residency at Moses H. Cone Memo- rial Hospital in North Carolina. She joined Och- sner Baton Rouge in 2009 and was named Och- sner Health System’s New Physician of the Year. BROC Foundation Hosts Game Day Prep 2021 Local doctors and medical providers teamed up to administer free student-athlete physicals for the upcoming school year on May 15 as part of a community-wide event, Game Day Prep, supported by the BROC (Baton Rouge Ortho- paedic Clinic) Foundation. More than 1,700 stu- dent-athletes pre-registered to participate at the event, which was held at BROC on 8080 Bluebon- net Boulevard. Organizations participating included Belaire High School, Baton Rouge Soccer Associa- tion, Catholic High School, Donaldsonville High School, Episcopal High School, False River High School, Liberty High School, Livonia High School, McKinley High School, Scotlandville High School, St. Michael the Archangel High School, University High School, and Woodlawn High School. For this initial community event, BROC Foun- dation partnered with Our Lady of the Lake Chil- dren’s Health, Baton Rouge General, the Loui- siana Pediatric Cardiology Foundation, Peak Physical Therapy, Moreau Physical Therapy, and Bourgeois Physical Therapy to help provide differ- ent components of the physical exams. “This event allows us to provide a much- needed and important service, while also show- casing the BROC Foundation and our partners’ investment in the community. We are excited to participate and aid in the overall health of our student-athletes, preventing injuries, and creat- ing discussions surrounding health education for the children of Greater Baton Rouge and the sur- rounding region,” says Deanna Melancon, ATC outreach manager for BROC Foundation, who is coordinating and leading this event. Game Day Prep is made possible by some other key groups in the area including Future Athletes of Louisiana, Coca Cola Baton Rouge, Kendra Gives Back, Trifecta Sports Therapy, and Raising Cane’s. The event will also feature a live radio show by Jacob Hester on Eagle 98.1. Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center Partners with Eon for its Lung Cancer Early Detection Program Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Can- cer Center announced it has partnered with Eon, a Denver-based healthtech company to enhance the management of lung cancer screenings and incidental pulmonary nodule identification for advanced early detection efforts. The Cancer Center’s Lung Multidisciplinary Care Team will harness Eon’s artificial intelligence tech- nology to review all of the completed computer- ized tomography (CT) scans and magnetic reso- nance imaging (MRI) scans. This will provide the multidisciplinary care team the opportunity to identify potentially cancerous pulmonary nod- ules. Eon will be used at Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center, LSU Health North Baton Rouge Clinic, Our Lady of the Lake Ascen- sion, Our Lady of the Lake Livingston, and Lake Imaging Center. “Through this sophisticated technology, Eon will amplify the power we have for detecting lung cancer. We will be able to detect lung nodules in patients who may not know they are at risk for the disease, and would never think they require a CT scan,” said Emily Cassidy, MD, thoracic surgeon. “Eon, in conjunction with our cancer care team, will save many lives. Lung cancer is often diag- nosed in later stages when the chances for a cure are greatly reduced so early detection is key.” Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and makes up almost 25% of all cancer deaths. Lung cancer screening is one way to diagnose lung cancer early and has proven to reduce mortality by up to 20%. However, the biggest opportunity to diagnose the disease before it advances is to identify and track patients with incidental pulmonary nodules so intervention can happen at the earliest sign of cancer. “In addition to Eon’s clinical power, the technol- ogy also enables patient tracking, providing auto- matic reminders for patients who need to sched- ule follow-up visits, among other services,” said The Gala Goes Grease fundraiser, benefitting Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center, crowned Tara McKernan this year’s prom queen and Brett Furr as prom king.