Feist-Weiller Cancer Center

06/19/2026

🎨 Art can be a powerful way to tell a story, express emotions, and find healing.

This Friday, June 19, we're proud to celebrate World Sickle Cell Awareness Day with the opening reception for our Fourth Annual Artistic Expressions Exhibition at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center.

The exhibit features artwork created by Adult Sickle Cell program patients and supporters , each piece reflecting a unique journey of strength, hope, and resilience.

Join us for an afternoon of art, music, refreshments, and community as we honor the voices and experiences behind the artwork while raising awareness about sickle cell disease.

📍 Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
📅 Friday, June 19
🕐 1:00–3:00 p.m.

Everyone is welcome. We hope you'll stop by and experience the healing power of art.

06/16/2026

📣FREE & OPEN TO ALL📣

June is Dysphagia Awareness Month, and our Ark-La-Tex Voice, Airway and Swallow Center team is hosting a special community event tomorrow focused on nutrition and recovery after head & neck cancer treatment.

Join us for a free Soft Diet Cooking Demonstration featuring practical tips for safe swallowing, hydration, high-protein nutrition, and easy-to-prepare meals that support healing and quality of life.

🗓 Wednesday, June 17
⏰ 12–1 PM
📍 LSU Health Shreveport Bakowski Kitchen for Culinary Medicine
(1st Floor, Center for Medical Education)

Patients, caregivers, and family members are all welcome!

Our multidisciplinary team will share expert guidance, answer questions, and demonstrate nutritious soft-food recipes you can use at home.

Together, we can nourish recovery and improve quality of life. 💜

06/16/2026

🎓 On Friday, we celebrated the graduation of our LSU Health Shreveport Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Fellows!

We are incredibly proud of these physicians and all they have accomplished during their training at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport—Feist-Weiller Cancer Center. Through long hours, compassionate care, research, and dedication to patients and families, they have made a lasting impact on our cancer center and our community.

Congratulations to our graduates as they begin this exciting next chapter — we can’t wait to see all the lives you will continue to change. 👏💙

06/07/2026

🎂 Happy 100th Birthday, Ms. Annie!

This week, the halls of Feist-Weiller Cancer Center were filled with cake, laughter, and a whole lot of love as we celebrated a very special milestone: our patient Annie's 100th birthday! 🎉

Annie has been a part of our FWCC family for nine years, navigating treatment for multiple myeloma with grace, grit, and a spirit that lights up every room she enters.

Today is National Cancer Survivorship Day, and Annie is exactly who we think of when we celebrate survivors. Survivorship isn't just about the years — it's about how you live them. Annie has that part figured out. 💜

We are so grateful to walk alongside patients like Annie. Here's to 100 more reasons to celebrate! 🥳

06/03/2026

☀️Summer is here, and for this , we're sharing some great tips from our colleagues at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe on the best ways to use sunscreen to keep your skin safer!

Skin damage can be a silent attack, and as summer approaches, doctors say the risk of sunburn, wrinkles and skin cancer rises when people skip sunscreen or use it incorrectly.

06/02/2026

🎶 Something special is coming this Wednesday!

Join us as our Healing Power of Music series presents QMajor The Violinist — live at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist-Weiller Cancer Center!

📅 Wednesday, June 3, 2026
⏰ 11:00 am
📍 FWCC Foyers — 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Floors

Stop by and enjoy a live performance as music fills our halls. Open to patients, families, and staff. 🎻



LSU Health Sciences Foundation Shreveport
LSU Health Shreveport
LSU Health Shreveport Hematology/Oncology Fellowship

06/01/2026

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Congratulations to Preston Sonnenfeld on earning the rank of Eagle Scout! 🦅

For his Eagle Scout service project, Preston — of Scouts BSA Troop 100 — led the renovation of the Zadeck Memorial Garden at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, including new planter boxes and repairs to this peaceful outdoor space where patients, caregivers, and staff can pause and find a moment of calm.

We're grateful for his hard work and commitment to our community. It's a gift to everyone who walks through those gardens. 💚

Please join us in congratulating Preston on this well-earned achievement! 🎉

05/28/2026

A look back at an incredible evening focused on the future of cancer care in North Louisiana. 🎗️

Our 2026 Comprehensive Oncology Vendor Fair brought together physicians, researchers, nurses, industry partners, and healthcare professionals from across the region for an evening of collaboration and innovation.

Special thanks to our featured speakers for sharing their insight on the future of oncology research in Shreveport!

✨ Stay tuned for more FWCC events and announcements.

05/28/2026

It's , and we’re still reflecting on our Comprehensive Oncology Vendor Fair last month, and what an incredible evening it was to bring together 40 oncology industry partners alongside physicians, researchers, nurses, pharmacists, students, and healthcare professionals from across our region — all focused on the future of cancer care in North Louisiana.

A special thank you to our outstanding speakers for helping set the tone for the evening with thoughtful presentations on the future of oncology research in Shreveport:
✨ Dr. Stephen Lokitz, Executive Director, BRF's Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapy;
✨Ross Barrett, Managing Partner, Cancer Focus Fund
✨Dr. Terry Lairmore, Professor of Surgery, Donnie and Gail Juneau Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology, Chief of Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport

Your insights, leadership, and commitment to advancing cancer care made a lasting impact.

We’re also grateful to every vendor, attendee, sponsor, and team member who helped make this growing event such a success. Together, we continue building collaboration, innovation, and hope for patients across our region.

🔔 Stay tuned as we announce 2026-27 dates!

05/22/2026

At Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, our patients have access to the newest and most advanced cancer treatments available — close to home. 💜

Last Friday, the FDA approved a new use for Enhertu, an innovative therapy for certain patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. By Tuesday, a patient at FWCC had already begun treatment.

That kind of rapid access matters.

Our breast oncology specialists, Dr. Gary Burton and Dr. Sindhu Priya Devarashetty, are deeply committed to bringing the latest advances in cancer care to patients as quickly as possible — combining expert, compassionate care with leading-edge treatment options.

Breakthroughs like this only happen because of clinical trials and the patients and physicians who participate in them. FWCC is proud to offer clinical trials across many types of cancer, helping connect patients to tomorrow’s treatments today.

If you or your loved one is seeking expert, compassionate, and state-of-the-art cancer treatment, consider receiving care at Feist Weiller Cancer Center. We are committed to innovation, excellence, and giving every patient access to the best possible care.

🔗 Learn more: https://www.lsuhs.edu/centers/feist-weiller-cancer-center/patients