Dr. Gabriel Lasala (Medical Director) - Dr. Jose J. Minguell (Scientific Director) - Vicky Nicely (Administrative Director) - Christy Sampson (Public Relations Director)

Medical Director

The company was founded by Dr. Gabriel Lasala, a cardiologist since 1988 who is the president of TCA Clinic, a group of 11 cardiologists in Covington, Louisiana. Dr. Lasala is also the president of TCA Research, a company with extensive experience in clinical trials.  He has been involved in research since 1981.

Scientific Director

Dr. Jose J Minguell, has been working closely with Dr. Gabriel Lasala for over five years. He is a distinguished and renowned scientist for his contributions to research in the field of the Biology of Adult Stem Cells. Until 2006, Dr. Minguell was the Director of Department of Cellular Therapy, INTA, Universidad de Chile in Santiago, and also lead the Bone Marrow Transplant Program Laboratory at Clinica Las Condes, Santiago Chile. In 2007 he relocated to Covington, LA and became the Scientific Director of LifeSource Cryobank, LLC and TCA Cellular Therapy.

Administrative Director

LifeSource’s Administrative Director is Vicki Nicely , who has extensive experience in clinical trials, and has been instrumental in all administrative and regulatory processes of clinical trials as a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) and business partner of TCA Research, LLC for the past eight years.

Public Relations Director

Christy Sampson, our Public Relations Director has valuable experience as a nurse for the past 18 years.  She has extensive knowledge of our marketing area and is instrumental in educational and in-service programming for LifeSource clientele.

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