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SWLA
Minimally Invasive Cardiac and
Thoracic Surgery
Performed at
Christus Ochsner Health at St Patrick Hospital
Regional Heart Center
524 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Phone: (337) 513-0100
Fax: (337) 513 0105
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM
Same-day appointments available.
Our Practice:
The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Christus Ochsner Health at St. Patrick Hospital is a comprehensive program that focuses on excellence in patient care, teaching, and innovation since the 1980s.
We provide
- Same-day appointments convenient for you, with early hours or late evenings.
- Personalized comprehensive cardiac and thoracic surgery care in SWLA-Lake Charles, Louisiana.
- A dedicated, experienced staff that will help coordinate your care
- Options for minimally invasive heart and lung surgery.
Minimally Invasive Surgery offers:
- Less trauma and injury to the chest cavity
- Less pain and discomfort
- Less loss
- Quicker recovery time
- Better cosmesis
- Similar or better outcomes than open surgery
WELCOME
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Our Vision:
To be a national leader in the delivery of cardiac and thoracic surgery as exemplified by our outcomes, patient satisfaction and our expertise in the care of advanced diseases within a multi-disciplinary team model.
Our Purpose and Mission:
» To provide excellent and state of the art care for patients with heart and chest diseases.
» To provide compassionate care to a multi-cultural community.
» To teach and educate the community and the next generation of physicians and surgeons.
» To excel in translational research and develop improved treatment options to improve quality of care, patient safety and overall survival .
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Meet the New Director of the Division
Daniel L. Beckles, MD,PhD, FACS, FACC, FCCP
Dr. Beckles is board certified in both general and thoracic surgery, having served as founding Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) a part of Houston's Texas Medical Center. His practice focuses on a collaborative, multi-disiciplinary approach to deliver personalized patient care and to utilize minimally invasive surgical techniques whenever feasible, ensuring optimal outcomes.
He specializes in treating complex heart diseases and lung diseases. Before relocating to Louisiana, Dr. Beckles held academic positions as a clinical Professor with Texas A&M University, Surgical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at Baylor Scott & White Health in Central Texas.
Dr. Beckles received his BS in Biochemistry and MS in Chemistry from Stony Brook University, and his Medical Degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. He completed his general surgery internship, residency, chief residency, and PhD in Cardiovascular Molecular and Cellular Biology at SUNY Downstate Medical/Kings County Hospital Center. Additionally, he finished his thoracic surgery residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas/Parkland Memorial Hospital and a thoracic surgery fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School.
As an academic surgeon, researcher, educator, and innovator, Dr. Beckles has authored peer-reviewed clinical and basic science papers, book chapters in cardiovascular surgery, and cardiac molecular biology. He holds two U.S. and international patents related to heart diseases. He is double boarded by the American Board Surgery and the American Board Thoracic Surgery, and is a fellow of several prestigious organizations, the American College of Cardiology, American College of Surgeons, and the American College of Chest Physicians.
Dr. Beckles has received multiple awards for clinical, teaching, research excellence, has been elected into AOA, and was named a Texas Super Doctors Rising Star in 2013, recognized as a Top Doctor in Houstonia Magazine in 2013 and 2014, and honored as a Houston Top Doctor in H Texas Magazine in 2014 by his peers.
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