Specialized Breast & GYN Care is Closer Than You Think

Specialized Breast & GYN Care is Closer Than You Think

A Q&A with Dr. Patrick Tassin, OB-GYN, Alexandria Women’s Center Why is a specialized breast and GYN facility in close proximity important? The thing about central Louisiana is that we have a fair amount of general practitioners, surgeons and OB-GYNs, but not specialists. So it’s huge to be able to offer our patients access to […]

Tackling GYN Cancer with Spirit

Tackling GYN Cancer with Spirit

Yvonne “YJean” Whitley has been coaching football at Southern University for decades. She may wear a sassy outfit instead of a coach’s uniform, but the retired teacher definitely isn’t your ordinary, run-of-the-mill football fan. A longtime Jaguar supporter, YJean can rattle off schedules and players’ stats on any given day. She has also been known […]

Fighting GYN Cancer with Marie Curie-era Treatment and Modern Imaging

Fighting with GYN Cancer with Marie Curie-Era Treatment + Modern Imaging

Dr. Kate Castle Provides Unique Procedure at Breast & GYN Cancer Pavilion Few people appreciate modern medicine as often as Dr. Kate Castle, a radiation oncologist with Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center. She sees an average of 25 patients at the Breast & GYN Pavilion each month, some with […]

A New Partnership Emerges to Fight Breast and GYN Cancers

Sisterhood Strong Partnership

By Todd Stevens, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Teamwork. It’s a concept everyone at Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center embraces every day. From multidisciplinary teams focused on specific cancers to hundreds of doctors, nurses, patient navigators, dieticians and many others working together and combining […]