Memorial/LSUHSC FMR is proud of our ability to provide excellence in education for medical students. This is due in part to our amazing faculty members. Keep reading to learn more about the team that makes our residency program stand out.
Danette Null, MD
Program Director
Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Dr. Null is from DeRidder, LA and graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport before completing her Family Medicine residency at Naval Hospital Pensacola in Pensacola, FL. She is board certified in Family Medicine and is a diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine. She served her country in the United States Navy for seven years and had an appointment as Assistant Professor of Family Medicine with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences prior to coming to Memorial/LSUHSC FMR. She was part of the teaching faculty at Naval Hospital Pensacola FMR from 2004-2008. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians as well as the National Institute for Program Director Development Fellowship. Her memberships include the Academy of Family Medicine Residency Directors, American Academy of Family Physicians, the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians, the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, the Louisiana State Medical Society, the Calcasieu Parish Medical Society, and the Christian Medical/Dental Association. Dr. Null enjoys all aspects of Family Medicine with special interest in women’s health and dermatology.
Brian Harrell, MD
Associate Program Director
Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Dr. Harrell is a native of Lake Charles. He received his bachelor’s in zoology from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and his medical degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine in College Station. His postgraduate training in Family Medicine was completed at Memorial/LSUHSC FMR in Lake Charles, where he served at the Calcasieu Community Clinic. He did his fellowship in Sports Medicine at Baton Rouge General. Before coming back to Lake Charles Memorial, Dr. Harrell was the Program Director of the Baton Rouge General Family Medicine Residency Program as well as the Associate Program Director for their Primary Care Sports Medicine Program. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Society of Sports Medicine, American College of Sports Medicine, Calcasieu Parish Medical Society, and the Catholic Medical Association.
Timothy Takach, DO
Assist Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Dr. Takach grew up nearby in southeast Texas. Upon completion of high school, he joined the U.S. Army. Afterwards, Dr. Takach attended the University of Texas in San Antonio obtaining a bachelor of science degree in biology with a concentration in neuroscience. A few years later, he attended medical school at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas. After graduation, he attended and completed residency at the LSU Family Medicine Residency in Lake Charles. Upon graduating, Dr. Takach joined the program as faculty. His interests outside of medicine include archery, woodworking, spending time with his dogs, and reading. He is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians, and the Calcasieu Parish Medical Society.
E. Jay Soileau, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Dr. Soileau is a LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans graduate who completed his Family Medicine residency at W.O. Moss Regional Hospital. This was followed by an Adolescent Medicine fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Birmingham and the University of Alabama School of Medicine at Birmingham for two years. He is board certified in Family Medicine and in Adolescent Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine and in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He has focused his medical career on a variety of growth disorders as well as pre-pubescent mood disorders, anxiety disorders and learning problems such as ADHD. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians, Society for Adolescent Medicine, American Society of Addiction Medicine, and the American Medical Association.
Tuananh Pham, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Dr. Pham is board certified in Family Medicine. He received his degree from LSU in Baton Rouge and LSU Health Science Center School of Medicine in Shreveport. Dr. Pham completed his residency at our very own Memorial/LSUHSC FMR where he served as chief resident from 2003-2004. Since 2005, he served with the Family Medical Center in Natchez, Mississippi, after a period of time spent at the South Cameron Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. Dr. Pham joined Memorial/LSUHSC FMR as faculty in 2008. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine and a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians.
Bradley Loewer, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Dr. Loewer graduated LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, and finished his residency as chief resident in his third year at Memorial/LSUHSC FMR. From 2006 to 2013, he was the emergency room director at W.O. Moss Regional Hospital. At that point, he became part of our faculty. He has focused his medical career on mission medical work and helping patients in underprivileged communities of Southwest Louisiana. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians, the Calcasieu Parish Medical Society and the Christian Medical/Dental Association. Married with four kids, Dr. Loewer is heavily involved in his church, but when he needs a little down time he loves to golf and fish.
Caroline Courville, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Originally from Lafayette, Dr. Courville received her undergraduate degree in biological sciences from Loyola University in New Orleans and her medical degree from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She then went on to complete her residency in pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she also served as an instructor of pediatrics. She is board certified in pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, and the American Academy of Physicians. Dr. Courville is a physician leader in asthma quality improvement and has done research in smoking cessation. She has given presentations on the effects of environmental tobacco smoke exposure.
Elizabeth Murray, MD
Dr. Murray graduated from LSU in Baton Rouge and obtained her medical degree from LSUHSC Shreveport. She trained in Pediatrics at LSUHSC New Orleans. Dr. Murray has been a pediatrician in private practice first serving in Covington, LA then caring for children at the Children’s Clinic of Southwest Louisiana in Lake Charles, LA. She is a board certified physician through the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Louisiana State Medical Society.
David DeWitt, D. Min.
Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science
Reverend DeWitt serves an important spiritual role on our faculty. He went to Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, where he received his master's in divinity in 1985. He later obtained his doctorate in health care ethics from the Graduate Theological Foundation in 1997 in Donaldson, Indiana. His residency in clinical pastoral education took place in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1990 at the Veteran's Administration Hospital. For 15 years, he was the director of pastoral care at Lake Charles Memorial; now he is a full-time member of our faculty at Memorial/LSUHSC FMR.
For more information about the Lake Charles Memorial/LSUHSC Family Medicine Residency, or answers to any other questions, don't hesitate to call 337.494.2023.
