Patient Voices

Johnel Huddleston was stunned to learn that he was at a high risk of dying from coronary artery disease. With the help of Ornish Lifestyle Medicine at Willis-Knighton, he is in much better health now.

JaQuita Hunter shares her story of recovery at the Willis-Knighton Rehabilitation Institute after a stroke.

Carol Jung's cancer diagnosis came like a bolt from the blue. She went to the hospital for a planned surgery, and when she awoke was told she had cervical cancer. Her chance of surviving, the doctors said, was about 30 percent. "By the grace of God," she says, she was treated at Willis-Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport. Finding it impossible to hold back tears, Jung says 'the minute I walked through the doors, I know that's where I was supposed to be."

Liver transplant patient John Leopard describes the process of transplantation and how if changed his life.

Organ donor Lea Neal describes the process of donating a kidney.

Gary Rushworth talks about his experience with Ornish at Willis-Knighton Health System

Amy Stafford discusses her surgery with Dr. Norman Zaffater and the Zaffater Eye Center.

Brandy Stroud of Shreveport is a breast cancer survivor. A staunch advocate of annual mammograms and monthly self-exams, Stroud discovered a lump which she had not previously detected four months following a routine mammogram. She immediately followed up with the Willis-Knighton Breast Health Center, where new imaging and other tests revealed the lump was not malignant. However, the images revealed another lesion, small but concerning. This one, previously undetected, was breast cancer. Stroud and her physicians immediately took action. She opted to have a lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy at Willis-Knighton Cancer Center. Today, Stroud is cancer-free and credits early detection for her positive outcome. She also gives credit to the skilled and compassionate physicians, surgeons and staff at Willis-Knighton.