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AN EVENING FOR HEALERS
Major Cordell Williams, Region 3 Command Inspector for the Louisiana State Police, was Emcee for the event.
Patient David Bates and his fiancé, Dr. Marjorie Chelly The LSU Health Sciences Foundation returned with its annual fundraising gala, An Evening for Healers, on Thursday, September 22. For 11 years, the event has served as a platform to honor and celebrate the ShreveportBossier community’s first responders, physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and other healthcare providers who each played a vital role in saving the lives of patients at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport (OLHS), North Louisiana’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, while raising mission-critical funding for LSU Health Shreveport.
Since the event’s inception, 24 moving patient stories have been shared, more than 800 dedicated first-responders and healthcare heroes have been honored, and more than $3 million has been raised for LSU Health Shreveport. This year the LSUHS Foundation celebrated record-breaking fundraising with more than $519,750 in sponsorships and donations. Funds raised through An Evening for Healers help LSU Health Shreveport recruit and retain top faculty, acquire cutting-edge technology and equipment, and support programs for students at all three LSUHS schools — the School of Medicine, School of Allied Health Professions, and the School of Graduate Studies.
More than 800 guests attended the event and were the first to see the CRM Studios produced documentaries retelling the inspiring stories of patients whose lives were saved thanks to their team of healers. This year’s featured patients were David Bates, a beloved local chef who suffered a stroke and had an incredible road to recovery thanks to the Comprehensive Stroke Center at OLHS; and Jamie Martin, the first COVID-19-positive mother to successfully deliver her baby while on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), who was transported from Lafayette to OLHS via Life Air Rescue to save both her life and her unborn son’s.
More than 70 physicians, nurses, first-responders, and allied health professionals were recognized during the event. Patients were given the opportunity to thank their team of healers at the conclustion of the event.
Ochsner Health was the presenting sponsor for the fourth consecutive year. Ochsner Health and LSU Health Shreveport began a partnership in October of 2018 with the goal of delivering exemplary patient care throughout the north Louisiana region.
Thank you to Destiny, Taylor, and Foundation Board Member, Valarie Jamison, for serving as event chairs!
Patient Jamie Martin with her family and members of her team of Healers
Dr. Jonathan Eaton, Assistant Professor Clinical of Internal Medicine
Thank youto every sponsor who generously supported this important event.
Thank You to our
Presented By:
Video Production: Metro Aviation Healer Honorees: Dr. and Mrs. Lacy H. Williams Welcome Reception: CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier Valet: In Memory of Fred and Willetta Moffitt Florals: Dr. Peggy and Mr. David Murphy Invitation: Paragon Press Program: Brentwood Hospital Wine: Cuban Liquor Healers Medals: Lee Michaels Lifetime sponsors:
The Kinsey Family The Moffitt Family, Moffitt Volkswagon-Mazda-Porsche-Audi Shreveport
Dean Sponsors Lindsay and John Atkins Mr. and Mrs. David Means Willis Knighton Health System
Chairman Sponsors
Dr. and Mrs. Steven Bailey LSU Health Shreveport Department of Medicine Dr. and Mrs. Charles Fox, III Hand Construction, LLC Laveer Wealth Management,
Kevin Murphy CFP Dr. David and Kathy Lewis LSU Health Shreveport
Department of Anesthesiology
Debbie Chandler, MD, MBA
Chizoba Mosieri, MD Shilpadevi Patil, MD & Harish
Siddaiah MD, FASA Dr. and Mrs. Keith White
PROFESSOR SPONSORS
Dr. Chaitanya Ahuja and Dr. Hugo Cuellar Dr. and Mrs. R. Shane Barton Boudreaux’s Specialty
Compounding Pharmacy Coleman Partners Architects LLC & Perkins + Wills Frances and Bill Comegys Sharon L. Dunn, PT, PhD FitzGerald Contractors, LLC Hope Pharmacy LSU Health Shreveport
Department of Neurosurgery LSU Health Shreveport Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery Medic Pharmacy Services Kathy and Bubba Rasberry Regina and Robert Redstone
River Cities Interventional
Pain Specialists Lynn and Armand Roos/
Connie and Donald Posner RoseStone Wealth Advisors
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SPONSORS
Argent Financial Caddo Parish Drs. Glenda Johnson and Chris Kevil Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company & Rose-Neath Funeral Homes jweiland Group Benefits LSU Health Shreveport
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery LSU Health Shreveport
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Querbes and Nelson Dr. Peter Seidenberg & Dr. EJ Mayeux Snell’s Orthotics and Prosthetics Tom and Sheryl Ostendorff/
Southern Research Co., Inc.
Assistant Professor Sponsors
AEP Foundation/SWEPCO Aillet, Fenner, Jolly, & McClelland Dr. and Mrs. Robert Barish BRF Blanchard Walker Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Wayne and Ellen Brown Mr. Michael & Dr. Caitlin Busada Dr. and Mrs. William A. Byrd Campus Federal Credit Union Cardinaux Wealth Advisors Carter Credit Union Christus Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Cintas Marianne and Stafford Comegys Cross Keys Bank Dermatology and Skin Surgery Dr. John and Meredith Evans Garden Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Patty and Mark Garrett Griggs Enterprise Rand and Susan Falbaum Fat Calf Brasserie Fibrebond Corp Martha H. Fitzgerald Leigh and Kevin Flood Betty Henderson Heard, McElroy, and Vestal, LLC HRI Hospitality Dr. James and Marie-Alice Hobley Hummingbird, King, & Butler Destiny and Taylor Jamison JP Morgan Chase John Pickens Clothiers Heidi and Gregory Kallenberg Keith D. Peterson & Co., Inc. LAMMICO Ray Lasseigne Leonard & Betty Phillips Foundation LSU Health Shreveport School of Allied Health Professions Clinical Faculty LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine Class of 1973 LSU Health Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery LSU Health Shreveport Department of Urology LSUS Foundation Dr. and Mrs. James Patterson Powers Foundation Prevot Design Services, APAC Progressive Bank Raley & Associates, Inc. Rapides Regional Medical Center Red River Bank Romph & Pou Agency Shreveport Bossier New Car Dealers Association Hidehiro Takei, MD Trinity Operating The Walter and Poljak Families WK Spine & Pain Specialists
DR. TERRY DAVIS
received the Community Hero award for her impact on public health literacy
Each year at An Evening for Healers, we honor an individual who has made a significant positive difference in our community, especially in the area of public health. This year’s Community Hero is Dr. Terry Davis. For the past 35 years, Dr. Davis has served LSU Health Shreveport as Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and as Division Chief of Healthcare Disparities. She has investigated the impact of patient literacy on health with nearly 180 journal articles and 11 book chapters related to health communication. Dr. Davis developed the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM), the gold standard for literacy testing in medical settings. She has served on the health literacy boards for the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, as well as the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. She is a member of the National Academy’s Roundtable on Health Literacy. At the state level, she serves as the Health Literacy Director on the NIH sponsored Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Centers where she trains investigators in 11 academic institutions.
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