Shreveport Surgeons Remove Rare Facial Tumor From Brazilian Child

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith

Published January 31, 2017 at 6:27 AM CST

RARE FACIAL TUMOR- Melyssa Delgado Braga, a three-year-old girl from San Paulo, Brazil came to Shreveport, LA with her family to seek treatment for a rare facial tumor.

DR. CELSO PALMIERI, Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at LSU Health Shreveport.

HOPING FOR A CURE - Melyssa Delgado Braga, age three from San Paulo, Brazil had a rare facial tumor and her family sought help. Her story appeared on a Brazilian news website that caught the attention of another Brazilian, Dr. Celso Palmieri, assistant professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at LSU Health Shreveport. He sent a pic of the website image to Dr. G.E. Ghali, department chairman and chancellor of the medical school at LSU-HSC / Shreveport who enlisted help from Willis-Knighton Health System to treat Melyssa last December.

AFTER SURGERY - Melyssa is seen here along with her mother recovering from her surgery which doctors have termed a success.

DR. G. E. GHALI, Dept. Chairman / Chancellor-Medical School LSU-HSC / Shreveport, LA

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Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.

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