Feist-Weiller Cancer Center

We were honored to celebrate the life of Sue Crow, beloved nurse, patient advocate, and supporter of Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist-Weiller Cancer Center. Sue was a tireless proponent of integrative medicine at the Cancer Center, and worked hard to ensure elements of this field, such as acupuncture and nutrition, were available to FWCC patients.

To help patients maintain a nutritious diet during and after treatment, Sue even wrote a smoothie recipe book for FWCC patients, which the Cancer Center published in 2016. We saw it fitting to share recipes cards from some of her favorites and serve attendees smoothies to celebrate her memory and many contributions to Feist-Weiller. 🩷🍓🍌🍉

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We were thrilled to welcome Dr. Haifeng Wang from Mississippi State University to Feist-Weiller yesterday to share his knowledge on using AI to evaluate head and neck cancers through our annual Bakowski Visiting Professor Symposium, made possible through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. George Sandy Bakowski. LSU Health Shreveport's Dr. Terry Lairmore, Professor of Clinical Surgery, Director of Surgical Research, and Clinical Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology invited Dr. Wang to present his research.
🩻🩺❤️‍🩹

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It's the first Wednesday of the month at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center which can only mean one thing: it's time for another ✨🎶Healing Power of Music Series🎶✨ performance! We're thrilled to welcome Jomaine Battles & Redemption to Feist-Weiller. You can catch their performances on the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd floors starting at 11am today! If you look closely, you might even spot a familiar face among the performers!! 👀🎤🎶

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We're thrilled for the support from Geaux Bald at LSU Health Shreveport for our McDade House project. Thanks to these amazing LSU Health Shreveport medical students, we'll be bringing hospitality housing to the thousands of Feist-Weiller Cancer Center patients who have to travel more than 20 miles for their cancer care! 🏠❤️‍🩹

Geaux Bald has a ton of fun events planned for the upcoming year, and we can't wait to participate! Stay tuned! 🎉🎉

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Our doctors are as charitable as they are skilled! Feist-Weiller's Drs. Beedupalli, Devarashetty, and Ramadas joined culinary forces to donate an ✨Exquisite Indian Dinner✨ to Life Savers' auction this year. Last weekend, they cooked a feast for the generous auction winner and her guests! 🥘👩🏽‍🍳

🏠All proceeds from Life Savers Gala go to support the restoration of the McDade House as hospitality home for FWCC patients! www.lsuhsfoundation.org/fwcc-mcdade

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This June, Subaru retailers are helping those facing cancer through the Subaru Loves to Care initiative. At Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, we're thankful for incredible donation from Harvey Subaru and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of ultra soft blankets and care packages full of goodies sure to make our patients find comfort during treatment!

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Today at Feist-Weiller, we celebrate Juneteenth and recognize World Sickle Cell Awareness Day!

❤️🖤💚 In observance & celebration of Juneteenth, we are closed today, but look forward to serving our patients when we reopen tomorrow. Learn more about this important holiday: https://nmaahc.si.edu/juneteenth

♥️🩸 It is also World Sickle Cell Awareness Day to increase public knowledge & understanding of sickle cell disease, and the challenges experienced by patients and their families and caregivers. Learn more & get involved: https://www.sicklecellnwla.org

💙💜💛 Join us for a special exhibit featuring our sickle cell patients’ works of art on the 2nd & 3rd floors of FWCC through June 28!

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A long time ago in a 🌌 galaxy far, far away…an awesome patient in our pediatric clinic graduated high school! 🎓😁🏅 Our staff and special guests came out - in force - to cheer him on last month! Way to go! 🌌🔫👑👊🤖

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The moment you've all been waiting for since our teaser - we present Dr. Tharwat Ghattas MD's new summer cut! He braved the shave ✨and raised over $3,000 for the McDade House✨ by shaving his head with Geaux Bald at LSU Health Shreveport! Thank you for your commitment to Feist-Weiller and your patients, Dr. Ghattas!!

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Tune in to our page tomorrow for a very special as Dr. Tharwat Ghattas MD braves the shave for Geaux Bald at LSU Health Shreveport! FWCC Interim Director, Dr. Richard Mansour, and Dr. Ghattas put their hair on the line to raise funds to support FWCC's campaign to renovate the McDade House as a hospitality home for FWCC patients in treatment. Tomorrow, a very special guest barber will give Dr. G a special haircut! Tune in here for his updated look! 😎

🪒Visit Dr. Ghattas' shave page here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/ghattasmd?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fghattasmd&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share
🏠Learn more about McDade here: https://www.lsuhsfoundation.org/fwcc-mcdade/

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So excited to announce our very first Mini Shave Day!! We hope you can attend!

We're thankful for our caring community in North Louisiana - on Sunday the Mopar Magic auto club members presented Feist-Weiller with a $1,500 gift for the cancer center! Thank you! 🏁💜

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We may be a bit partial 😉, but at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center we're big fans of David and his work for our patients!

🙌Thank you for all you do, David!
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David Dupree, RN, OCN, is a certified oncology nurse and supervisor in the leukemia and bone marrow transplant unit at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. He’s worked in that unit for his entire professional nursing career – 26 years!

David said he became a nurse because he has always been a public servant and wanted to continue doing that in a capacity he felt was special.

His advice for new nurses or people considering becoming a nurse: Never forget the human aspect of the field.

“No matter what we do or how much we know and learn, we have to be able to read the patient and ensure that we are providing them with the best we have to offer,” he said. “Always strive to provide the patient with an experience that leaves them feeling that they were truly cared for even if only for the time we have them.”

David said he enjoys working with students as they do their rotations. Hematology-oncology isn’t discussed at length in nursing school, he said, and he wants to advocate for more coverage in an area that affects so many people.

“I love to work with the new minds to help them discover new areas of nursing, encourage them to find their passion in nursing and then seek improve what they do on a daily basis,” he said. “I also strongly advise nurses to seek certification to improve their understanding of the entire process of treatment in the area that they are interested in. With certification, the whole spectrum of care is covered, not just the hospital side treatment of the disease processes.”

Thank you, David, for your commitment to providing compassionate care and mentoring young nurses. Your voice helps shape our future, and we are grateful every day for the role you play in the care of our patients and community.

Join us Saturday for the last walk of the season and a summer treat! 🌞🍧 Don’t worry - walks will officially resume Saturday, August 3! 👟

😊Special thanks to the LSU Health Shreveport medical students, survivors, supporters, and Betty Virginia Park for making these walks happen each week!

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🎶Music to our ears!🎶 Tomorrow, the Healing Power of Music Series kicks off at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center with morning performances for patients on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor lobbies from the Shreveport Opera's Shreveport Opera Express!

Patients, visitors, and staff can look forward to these morning performances on the first Wednesday of every month. Keep 🎵TUNED🎵 here for more information on upcoming performers!

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For , we’re thinking about the amazing eclipse 🌑🌒🌓🌔 earlier this month and how much fun our patients and staff had watching! 😎

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It's , and the Cancer Walking Group wants you to come walk for Survivor Saturday this weekend! Join them this Saturday (and most others!) at 9am at SPAR's Betty Virginia Park! 👟💪

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🙌THANK YOU🙌
The 3rd Annual Cancer Survivorship Walkathon this past Saturday was incredible! We are grateful to the LSU Health Shreveport medical students who put this event on each year for Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist-Weiller Cancer Center patients and survivors from the community! The vibe at SPAR's Betty Virginia Park last Saturday was pure ✨joy✨ - just check out the photos!

🎉Thank you to our sponsors including Walmart, Faye Wood, Dr. & Mrs. Richard Mansour, Magnolia Marks, Shivani Sharma, MD., & Smoothie King SBC! Event highlights include:

😎More than 240 walkers showed up to celebrate!
🔔The Survivor Bell rung out more than 87 times for the survivors and patients in treatment walking with us!
🎁More than $15,000 raised for survivorship programs so far - but fundraising will continue through May!
👟Individual walkers raised more than $5,600 through personalized donation sites!
🔑Commemorative key chains for survivors designed and printed by medical student Trevor Blackstock & hand-painted by med student volunteers!
🪴A healthy vendor fair - that included five student interest organizations!
💧Water bottles for all donated by Brookshire's on Line Avenue!
🍓Healthy & delicious smoothies DONATED by Smoothie King SBC (located on Mansfield Rd in Shreveport and E. Texas Ave. in Bossier) for all survivors in attendance!
🎶Fabulous DJing from KHAM Radio!
💚 Girl Scouts of Louisiana - Pines to the Gulf Troop 318 members volunteering to support the walk!
📣Cheerleaders from Fairfield Elementary Magnet School firing up walkers!
🥙A delicious pre-event giveback day Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe!

We can't wait to celebrate with you all next year. Until then, come walk with us Saturdays at 9am at Betty Virginia!

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🎉Last call! Join us tomorrow to cheer on survivors and patients in treatment at the 2024 Cancer Survivorship Walkathon tomorrow morning at 9am at Betty Virginia Park in Shreveport! Medical student and Walkathon founder tells what Walkathon means to him, and why you should come!

https://www.ktbs.com/annual-walkathon/video_bb19d706-adf0-5fbd-af9c-4c3e009ea453.html

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Annual walkathon Click here to view this video from ktbs.com.

🔔Today's the day to have Greek food & give back!🥗🥙🧆
Make plans for lunch or dinner at Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe on Line Avenue TODAY and they'll donate a portion of the proceeds to Walkathon, benefitting Feist-Weiller Cancer Center's survivorship program!

Since Walkathon was created in 2022, thanks to donations like these, FWCC clinicians have been able to:
🧘🏽‍♀️Hold monthly sessions with a wellness coach for survivors to teach healthful practices
❤️‍🩹Host two mental health sessions each month with a licensed counselor;
💪🏿 Launch a special 12-week program with the YMCA where survivors attend fitness classes twice a week with instructors who have specialized training in working with cancer survivors. During the 12 week program, the survivors have free access to the YMCA!
🍵 Provide supplies for healthy cooking demonstrations or introduce survivors to healthier alternatives like sparkling water, infused water, and green teas.
💆🏼‍♂️Have chair massage therapy sessions for survivors.

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🥗Head to Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe anytime this Thursday, April 11 - they're donating part of proceeds ALL DAY to support the 2024 Cancer Survivorship Walkathon and survivor programs at FWCC!

👟You still have 2 days to register and join us for Walkathon this Saturday! The event will include a casual walk with survivors and those in treatment, a DJ, and a healthy vendor fair, plus the weather looks GORGEOUS for Saturday! 🌞 www.runreg.com/walkathon

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🧑‍🎨👨🏽‍⚕️Students are hard at work HAND PAINTING special key chains for survivors signed up for 2024 Cancer Survivorship Walkathon!

It’s not too late to join us: www.runreg.com/walkathon next Saturday, April 13 at 9am at Betty Virginia Park. We hope to see you there!

Why Walkathon? Not only is this a great way to 🎉celebrate🎉 the cancer survivors in our community, it also raises funds to bring services to them Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist-Weiller Cancer Center! Thanks to funds raised by LSU Health Shreveport medical students and Walkathon, in the last year, survivors have been able to:

💪 Participate in a specialized workout program at the BHP Billiton YMCA;
❤️‍🩹 Meet monthly for mental health coaching sessions;
🌱 Meet in group wellness coaching sessions regularly.

Register for Walkathon by the end for this weekend to guarantee your commemorative tshirt! www.runreg.com/walkathon

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We join our colleagues and community in mourning the passing of Dr. Jay Marion. Dr. Marion was a renowned medical oncology and palliative care specialist, but more importantly, a vital member of Feist-Weiller Cancer Center's faculty, beloved by FWCC patients and LSU Health Shreveport students.

To learn more about Dr. Marion and the Jay Marion, MD Endowment for Compassionate Care at LSU Health Sciences Foundation Shreveport, please visit https://www.lsuhsfoundation.org/marion/.

It is with great sadness that LSU Health Shreveport shares the passing of Jay Marion, MD, on March 13, 2024. His calm, insightful and compassionate demeanor endeared him to students, patients, and families alike throughout his distinguished career. Dr. Marion retired from LSUHS in 2020 due to health challenges but remained engaged until a few months ago when his health no longer allowed. At the time of his retirement, he was serving as a Professor of Medicine and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He was bestowed the title of Professor Emeritus of Medicine.

A service will be held today in St. Louis, MO.
For more details about Dr. Marion, visit: https://www.lsuhs.edu/departments/school-of-medicine/internal-medicine

We’re seeing green this weekend…thanks to the members of 💚Shreveport Chapter of The Links, Incorporated💚 who invited Feist-Weiller Cancer Center’s Partners in Wellness mobile health unit out to perform mammographies 🩷and colon cancer screenings 💙 at their community health fair.

The packed event was held at the Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Peggy Prescott Community Health Center - which made it pretty special to provide Cologuard® kits free of charge thanks to a donation from the Faith Fight Finish Foundation by Dak Prescott.

📞📱If you’d like more information about our free colore**al cancer screening kit, call the PIW team at 1-800-582-4523.

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🎉Match Day 2024 was an important one for many LSU Health Shreveport medical students who revealed where they would be entering residency programs. We saw many medical students walk across the stage who've served Feist-Weiller Cancer Center. We wish you all the best of luck!!🥹💜

We have to give a special shout out to Tanner Ward who matched today...and also founded the Cancer Survivorship Walkathon three years ago! Thank you for your care and commitment to our survivors, Tanner! You can join him by registering for the upcoming April 13 Walkathon today - www.runreg.com/walkathon .

🎥Check out what Walkathon means to Tanner in a clip from several years ago!

🙌Talking about leading by example! Feist-Weiller Cancer Center's Interim Director, Dr. Richard Mansour shaved his head today to support Geaux Bald at LSU Health Shreveport's effort to raise funds for the future McDade Hospitality House - benefitting patients in treatment at FWCC. He inspired LSU Health Shreveport Hematology/Oncology Fellowship's Dr. Lopez to brave the shave 🪒, and Dr. Friday to take a pie to the face!🥧 We're looking forward to Tharwat Ghattas MD shaving his head soon! We 💜 our patients at Feist-Weiller!

Check out some of the pics captured by The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate! https://www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com/multimedia/photos/photos-shave-day-held-at-lsu-health-shreveport/collection_7b190dee-e233-11ee-b00d-a3a25ee6247c.html #1

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❣️🚨Long post alert, but there’s so much good going on at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center! 🚨❣️

🪒 Tomorrow at 11:45am, Feist-Weiller's fearless leader, Dr. Richard Mansour, will buzz it all off for Geaux Bald at LSU Health Shreveport at their annual Shave Day. The event takes place on the ✨new✨Center for Medical Education's patio and first floor. Drs. Mansour and Tharwat Ghattas MD are both shaving their heads to raise funds for the McDade Hospitality House. (Stay tuned for Dr G’s shave date)

🎁Give directly to Mansour & Ghattas' fundraising page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/ghattasmd

🛍️ Shop Geaux Bald's Silent Auction online - there are many incredible items that don't have bids yet: https://www.32auctions.com/GB24

👟 Cancer Survivorship Walkathon is officially ONE MONTH AWAY! Have you registered yet? If not, head to www.runreg.com/walkathon and be sure to register before ‼️MARCH 22, 2024 to get your free t-shirt! Registration also includes breakfast. Know a cancer survivor in your community? Forward them the registration link - the event is free for survivors and LSUHS students!

🌟We want to add: these are fundraising events put on by LSU Health Shreveport medical students. We truly have the best of the best!! 🙌

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March is Colore**al Cancer Awareness Month, and we've got ✨BIG✨ news to share about a ✨BIG✨ gift Feist-Weiller Cancer Center received to ensure all North Louisianans who are eligible have access to FREE colore**al screenings.

🏈 Join us TODAY at 1:30pm at the MLK Health Center & Pharmacy to hear WHO made this gift and why, and how it's going to seriously impact our community.
💙Come early or stay late to get your free colore**al cancer screening during Partners in Wellness (PIW) and MLK Health Center's free colon cancer screening event today from 12-6:00pm.

Margo spoke with KSLA News 12's Michael Barnes this morning:
https://www.ksla.com/2024/03/07/nfl-players-grant-provides-colon-cancer-screenings-mlk-health-center/

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NFL player’s grant provides colon cancer screenings at MLK Health Center The grant provides underserved Louisianans with Cologuard colon and re**al cancer screening tests.