Dr. Lakeisha M. Long, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Lakeisha M. Long is a doctoral-prepared Family Nurse Practitioner, healthcare executive,
and Assistant Professor of Nursing at Tulane School of Medicine with 14 years of nursing
experience spanning primary care, urgent care, travel critical care nursing, long-term care,
and telehealth. Her scholarly and clinical work centers on advancing evidence-based
primary care delivery, chronic disease management, and quality improvement strategies to
reduce care gaps and improve health outcomes for diverse patient populations.
 

Dr. Long is the founding leader of Lake Crescent Health, an innovative concierge primary
care practice that integrates a holistic perspective into a scientifically rigorous, patient-
centered model of care. She has a strong foundation in value-based care models,
population health, and interdisciplinary collaboration, informed in part by her intensive
clinical training in the Oak Street Health Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program, where she
specialized in complex care coordination, Medicare wellness, and risk assessment.
 

Her doctoral work, “Optimizing preoperative screening processes to increase nutritional
goal attainment among new bariatric surgery candidates with a BMI ≥ 50 kg/m²”, addressed
critical process inefficiencies and implemented organizational interventions to improve
patient readiness and health outcomes. She is preparing this manuscript for publication in
December, contributing to the growing body of literature on clinical process optimization in
bariatric and preoperative care.

Nationally board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Dr. Long
maintains multi-state advanced practice licensure and is pursuing National League for
Nursing Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credentials. Her teaching portfolio includes
undergraduate and graduate instruction in complex adult health, community health,
critical care, simulation, and clinical preceptorship. She actively mentors graduate nursing
students and emerging advanced practice providers, integrating evidence-based teaching
strategies, simulation-based learning, and interprofessional collaboration to prepare
graduates for excellence in complex and evolving healthcare environments.
 

Dr. Long is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Louisiana
Association of Nurse Practitioners, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of
Nursing. Her professional ethos is rooted in a high regard for collaborative practice,
interdisciplinary teamwork, and the integration of quality, equity, and compassion in both
patient care and nursing education. She is dedicated to preparing the next generation of
nurses to deliver high-quality, person-centered care while shaping the systems in which that care is delivered.