ALUMNI NOTES

Daytheon Sturges, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, CHES®

School of Allied Health Professions, Class of 2008 Dr. Daytheon Sturges received his Master of Physician Assistant Studies from LSU Health Shreveport in 2008. He now practices family medicine at the University of Washington Primary Care – Northgate in Seattle, Washington. He is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine; Associate Program Director for Regional Affairs, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI); and Interim Associate Program Director of Academic Affairs at MEDEX Northwest PA Program. He also serves as Vice Chair for JEDI for the Department of Family Medicine. Most recently, Dr. Sturges returned to LSU Health Shreveport as the 2022 School of Allied Health Professions Summer Graduation commencement speaker and was awarded the 2022 Physician Assistant Alumni of the Year Award.

Ashely Brummett, PhD

School of Graduate Studies, Class of 2015 Dr. Ashley Brummett received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Arizona where she majored in Microbiology. She then moved to Shreveport, LA and joined the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at LSU Health Shreveport School of Graduate Studies. She worked in Dr. Matthew Woolard’s lab and graduated with her doctorate degree in 2015. While in Dr. Woolard’s lab, she published one first-author paper and was the recipient of the Ike Muslow Fellowship. Remaining in Shreveport, Dr. Brummett transitioned into a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Physiology at LSUHS and went on to become a DNA Analyst at the North Louisiana Crime Lab where she has worked since July 2016. She recently returned to campus as the keynote speaker for the School of Graduate Studies 2022 Fall Welcome Day.

Keith Elbourne, MD

School of Medicine, Class of 2002 After graduation, Keith opened Bayou Regional Women’s Clinic in Zachary, LA. The clinic was acquired by Lane Regional Medical Center in 2017 and employs 4 physicians. All four physicians are LSU trained, with two coming from LSU Health Shreveport. Keith and Wendy have been married for 24 years and have 2 children. Wendy is a high school math teacher at Silliman Institute in Clinton, LA. Their oldest, Julia, is a senior Elementary Education major at LSU in Baton Rouge. Jonathan is a freshman majoring in Kineseology/Sports Management and is a member of the Mississippi College Choctaw baseball team. They reside in Ethel, LA.

Katie Price, MD

School of Medicine, Class of 2012 After graduating from the School of Medicine in 2012, Dr. Katie Price completed her residency training in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. She practiced in New Orleans for three years before her and her husband, Thomas, moved to her hometown of Lake Charles in 2018. She currently works part time for a private practice in Lake Charles. She has two girls, Calli (4) and Riley (18 months) whom keep her busy in her time away from work.

Brothers Dr. Azeem Khan and Dr. Imtiaz Khan Joined Baton Rouge General Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Associates

A Baton Rouge native, Dr. Azeem Khan graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport in 2002 and completed his general surgery residency at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and a pediatric cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He also completed advanced training at The Arizona Heart Institute and The Heart Center in Leipzig, Germany. He also serves a national proctor for the DaVinci Intuitive Surgical Robotic platform.

Dr. Azeem Khan’s brother, Dr. Imtiaz Khan graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport in 2011 and completed his general surgery residency at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Weil Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, as well as a heart/lung transplantation and advanced heart failure/mechanical circulatory support fellowship at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as a national proctor for the DaVinci Intuitive Surgical Robotic platform as well.