Catherine Gahn, FNP-BC earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Southwestern LA and a Masters in Nursing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She received an Associate degree in Respiratory Therapy in 1981BSRN degree in 1987 and Master's degree in 2004. Her post graduate work experience has been in the fields of Neurosurgery Neurology (primarily stroke) and Orthopedics. She is active on the Board of the American Lung Association of Louisiana serving as board secretary. She is also a member of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners and American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.