Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at St. Elizabeth is supported by two expert radiation oncologists, the Center’s medical physics and dosimetry team, two radiation therapists, two PET CT technologists, financial counselor, dietitian and social worker. In addition, the facility contains the first of Mary Bird Perkins’ $20 million dollar investment in Elekta digital linear accelerator technology. Mary Bird Perkins can treat many types of cancer with the Elekta Synergy, from simple to the most complex cases. The program also brings critical community-based cancer screenings and educational outreach programs to the area.
Mary Bird Perkins has been solely dedicated to fighting cancer for over 35 years, serving 18 parishes in Southeast Louisiana. Mary Bird Perkins has a variety of the best of class radiation therapy options. This means we can treat the most simple cancer cases to the most complex cases – without accepting the limitations of a one size fits all solution. Mary Bird Perkins currently offers the latest advances in radiation treatment technology, including IMRT, advanced IGRT through BrainLAB Novalis, TomoTherapy Hi-Art System, and Elekta Synergy, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, adaptive radiotherapy and 4-D CT tumor localization.
St. Elizabeth Hospital is a 95-bed community hospital in Gonzales, Louisiana. It was purchased by Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, the largest private medical center, in Louisiana in 2000. In December 2004, St. Elizabeth Hospital became the fourth hospital in the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) which also includes Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, and Our Lady of Lourdes in Lafayette.