Dr. Chastant is a proud native of Lafayette, Louisiana. He shares his love of medicine with his father, Dr. Harold Chastant and his two sons, Dr. Bradley Chastant, II and Dr. Ryan Chastant. His mother, the late Evelyn Chastant was a nurse and his daughter, Danielle Keaty, is an RN and teaching at UL. His son, Randall Chastant was a Medic and a Blackhawk Medivac Pilot in the Army. Dr. Chastant began his career in Medicine as a Certified Respiratory Therapist and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UL of Lafayette.

A native of Lafayette, Dr. Ryan Chastant returns home after extensive medical training in New York City. A graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Dr. Chastant worked for six years as a surgical technologist at Lafayette General Medical Center before attending Louisiana State University School of Medicine in 2005. During this period, he volunteered at Faith House for Battered and Abused Women. He completed his residency at Tulane University School of Medicine and, most recently, completed fellowship training under Andrew Jacono, MD, FACS, a renowned facial plastic and reconstructive specialist at the prestigious Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York.

Lauren Beauvais Butcher is a committed Family Nurse Practitioner with a strong background in both critical care and internal medicine. With a Master of Science in Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lauren has honed her skills in a variety of healthcare settings, providing high-quality care to diverse patient populations.

Since 2020, she has worked with Dr. David Ashton Reed at Curana Health, where she focuses on managing internal medicine patients in extended and transitional care facilities as well as in a clinical setting. Lauren brings a wealth of experience from her roles at Ochsner Lafayette General, where she worked in telemetry, ICU, and PACU units. She is certified in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and is a current member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Lauren’s exceptional communication skills, coupled with her ability to adapt to patient changes and efficiently handle charting, make her a valuable asset in any clinical team dedicated to delivering patient-centered care.