Zep Washington
An Evening for Healers 2013
In 2005, Zep Washington was rescued and able to survive severe burns from a house fire in Vivian that took the lives of his parents. Zep suffered severe burns and scarring to his airway and was rushed to the regional burn center at University Health Shreveport. For more than six years, a tracheotomy tube kept him alive, but unable to talk. Repeated surgeries failed to correct the problem. Finally, in 2012, an amazing medical procedure performed by specialists at LSU Health Shreveport gave Zep back his voice. His family hopes to inspire others that there is hope after even the worst tragedy.
The LSU Health Sciences Foundation supports LSU Health Shreveport and Ochsner LSU Health’s mission to teach, heal, discover, and innovate. Over the past 15 years, An Evening for Healers has raised over $6.1 million for our region’s only academic health center.
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