Background
Breffeilh, Louis Andrew was born on September 14, 1913 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of John Hypolite and Louise Claire (DeRichi(Marmouget)) Breffeilh.
Breffeilh, Louis Andrew was born on September 14, 1913 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of John Hypolite and Louise Claire (DeRichi(Marmouget)) Breffeilh.
Student, Loyola University South, New Orleans, 1932-1934; Bachelor of Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1938; Doctor of Medicine Louisiana State University, 1939.
Intern, Shreveport Charity Hospital, 1938-1939; practice medicine specializing in ophthalmology, Shreveport, 1950-1988; retired from private practice, 1995; professor emeritus department ophthalmology, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, since 1988; staff, Confederate Memorial Medical Center, 1950-1994; president, Confederate Memorial Medical Center, 1966-1967; staff, Schumpert Memorial Hospital, since 1950; president, Schumpert Memorial Hospital, 1971-1972; clinical instructor department ophthalmology, School Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1946-1950; assistant clinical professor, School Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1950-1951; clinical professor, Louisiana State University Postgraduate School Medicine, Shreveport, 1951-1964; head department, professor, School Medicine, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, 1970-1992; professor emeritus department ophthalmology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, since 1992. Senior consultant United States Air Force, 1950-1955, Veterans Administration Hospital., 1950-1980.
President Breffeilh and Texada Medical Foundation, 1971-1987. Major Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1938-1946. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve retired.
Member American, Southern medical associations, Pan American Ophthalmological Society, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ophthalmological and Otological Society, Shreveport Medical Society (vice president 1969-1970) Clubs: Shreveport Yacht.
Married Marianna Franklin, August 13, 1949. Children– George Richard, Andrew Louis.
