Ari (my son, in case you’re allergic to context clues) just turned 1 on October 17, and I’m rife with existential crises. Now, mind you, I used to have one of these every Tuesday (existential crises, not babies), so it’s not exactly a surprise. When I reflect upon the past year and think about what I would tell myself could …
Each year, the Greater Shreveport Chamber Business Development Connection honors a select group of local individuals at the ATHENA Leadership Award Program. The prestigious ATHENA International Leadership Award is presented to a woman or man, who is honored for attaining professional excellence, engaged community service and for actively assisting women in their achievement of professional excellence and leadership skills. The …
Bill Cassidy is unseasoned potato salad. With raisins. Read me out. I’m a frontline physician who’s been fighting COVID since the beginning. In fact, I came straight off maternity leave after the birth of my first (and amazing) child into the pandemic as a hospitalist. I’m not sure I’ve ever been as anxious as I was being post-partum in a …
It was an honor to be nominated for a 2020 Patriots of the Pandemic Award. Each year, the Bossier Chamber of Commerce hosts a Patriots Award ceremony. This year, they spotlighted those who went above and beyond to help others during the pandemic. I’m so honored to have received a nomination. Here is my bio from the ceremony: Dr. Jaya …
When patients are not around, we are in the office, looking at charts, and we are shrugging our shoulders wondering why people won’t stay home. About 30% of people sick with coronavirus that need hospitalization will end up on a ventilator. Of the people who end up on a ventilator, 50-80% will never go home. That’s what’s happening. It doesn’t matter …
HEYYY! It’s been awhile since we updated our news! Probably because somewhere around March we found out we were pregnant (!!!), and life took on a whole other branch! But BACK TO THE NEWS! Our second short film, Best In Show, has made it into the Top 20 of the Louisiana Film Prize! WHAAAAT! The Film Prize is an amazing …
MEEEOWWWWY MONDAY! Are we tired of #laurels? Hard(l)y! (Ok I tried really hard to make this a #laurelandhardy joke so just go with it, it’s Monday 😂) YAYAYAYY SO EXCITED to announce #BrownBridgetMD will be part of the ME Film Festival in GEORGIA this April! Thankyou so much to the film festival judges! We are honored and excited! We first learned of Mark Datuin, this year’s festival programmer, …
A funny thing happened on the way to Alexandria! Ok, not really, I just wanted a catchy intro, but a VERY COOL thing happened while we were in Alexandria for the hometown premiere of #BrownBridgetMD! Leslie Borque, an activist and podcast host of “Put A Borque In It,” had been trying to coordinate schedules for some time, and we finally …
Sooo this is exciting! #BrownBridgetMD has been selected to screen at the Louisiana International Film Foundation Festival in Baton Rouge, from April 4-7! According to their website, “The Louisiana Film Foundation (LIFF) advances promotes Louisiana’s film and digital storytelling through exhibition, education and economic development. The deep, rich history of storytelling in Louisiana is the perfect backdrop for LIFF FEST, …
We had an AMAZING time at Cinema On The Bayou! My only regret is that I wish we could have stayed longer. We fell in love with both the festival and the city of Lafayette. This film festival is MASSIVE but somehow laid back at the same time! There were filmmakers from Japan, Ireland, Australia, and all over the US! …
