Becky DeKay, MBA, is Executive Director, Oncology Service Line, University Health Shreveport, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, LSU Health Shreveport, Louisiana. Managing a staff of about 100 people, she oversees the functions in 60,000 square-foot Feist-Weiller Cancer Center (FWCC), which houses the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital affiliate program for pediatric patients, adult hematology and oncology, surgical oncology, ENT oncology, digital mammography, diagnostic radiology and CT, two operating rooms, two endoscopy suites, and clinical research. She serves as a member of the LSU Health Shreveport Ambulatory Care Administrative team coordinating nearly 500,000 ambulatory visits annually at LSU Health Shreveport. Ms. DeKay was also a member of the EPIC/Beacon EHR transition team for LSU Health Shreveport prior to and during implementation in November 2011.
Prior to joining Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Becky served for nearly 10 years at CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System in Shreveport beginning as Director of Marketing with responsibility of marketing research, advertising, public relations, and strategic planning. She later was promoted to Vice President of Medical Staff Development, responsible for physician recruitment and retention, credentialing, education, communication, quality assurance, quality improvement, and computer systems to support core functions and information links for physician offices/homes.
Ms. DeKay served as President of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (2014-2015), and previously chaired the ACCC Education Committee.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and a Masters of Business Administration from Centenary College of Louisiana. She has served on various community Boards and chaired numerous development fund raisers.