Barbara McCoy is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, board certified by the National Certification Corporation. Her primary interests include High-Risk Obstetrics and Adolescent Gynecology. Her primary goal is to provide quality healthcare to women of all ages.

Prior to joining Summit, Barbara worked for the Office of Public Health, providing Family Planning services in Region 7, a nine parish area. Prior to this, she worked as a Certified Nurse-Midwife on faculty with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in Monroe, Louisiana. Among other past job appointments, Barbara was an Assistant Professor at Grambling State University School of Nursing and served as Nursing Supervisor of Labor and Delivery at LSUHSC-Shreveport.

Barbara obtained her Associate Degree and Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She then obtained a Certificate in Nurse-Midwifery and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing in Hyden, Kentucky, along with a Master of Science Degree in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Barbara and her husband David have four children and four grandchildren. In her spare time, Barbara enjoys college football, music, exercising, and horseback riding.

The Grand Opening for the Coushatta facility will be August 14, 2018 at 1633 Marvel Street Suite A,  Coushatta La, 71019.  The public is invited.