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Beth Lagarde

Beth Lagarde, FNP-C received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and her Master of Science in Nursing from Nicholls State University. She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board. She is, also, a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing- Xi Zeta Chapter. Beth is available to see patients at both our Houma and Thibodaux locations.

Kenneth J. Cruse

Dr. Kenneth Cruse earned his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. He completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Before coming to Thibodaux, Dr. Cruse served as an Emergency Room staff physician at Children's Hospital in New Orleans. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.