Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

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(Baton Rouge) -- At the April 2010 Board of Directors meeting of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center (MBP), new volunteer leadership was elected to help carry out the mission of the Center.

New Board members elected for three-year terms include Tom Adamek, Stonehenge Capital Company, LLC.; Art Favre, Performance Contractors, Inc.; and Eli Jones, dean, Louisiana State University's E.J. Ourso College of Business.

Additional Board members include Jerry Jolly, chair; Richard Lipsey, immediate past chair; Donna Saurage, vice chair; Tom Meek, M.D., secretary; Randy Waesche, treasurer; Maurice King, M.D., medical director, MBP; Todd Stevens, president/CEO, MBP; Kevin Carman; Dudley Coates; Bill Firesheets; Brett Furr; Lee Griffin; Rose Hudson; Shelley Mockler; Bill O'Quin; Bill Peters; Gary Sligar; and Paul Thompson.

For over 35 years, the Center's mission has been to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer through expert treatment, compassionate care, early detection, research, and education. As a nonprofit community-owned cancer center, Mary Bird Perkins is governed by a volunteer board of directors. 

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center has been fighting cancer for over 35 years with locations in Baton Rouge, Covington, Hammond, Houma and Gonzales. It has comprehensive cancer programs with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington. These programs are accredited by the American College of Surgeons -- the gold standard for community-based cancer care. For more information visit www.marybird.org.

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