Our Staff

Carla B. Pellerin, MHA
Carla is a seasoned health professional with the majority of her time spent in a senior management and consulting capacity. She has served as Chief Executive Officer of two non-profit organizations in Louisiana and North Carolina, both Federally Qualified Health Centers. She has served as an Executive Committee member of the North Carolina Association of Community Health Centers, among other accomplishments. She received her Master’s Degree in Health Administration in 1998 from Tulane University School of Public Health, Department of Health Systems Management. Carla returned home and joined the Fairview Treatment Center team in September 2013 and since that time, she has helped to usher in program accreditation by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), beginning in May 2015 through the present.

Shelia McCoy, LPC
Sheila is dedicated to providing exceptional care to the clients at Fairview Treatment Center. She joined the staff in November 2017 as Clinical Supervisor. She received her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Nicholls State University in May of 2014. Sheila recently completed the course requirements at the Tulane School of Social Work for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Upon receiving certification, Sheila will be able to practice EMDR, which is widely recognized as an effective means of assisting clients in alleviating the post-traumatic stress associated with certain traumatic events in their past. Sheila is also on course to be certified in clinical supervision as a professional counselor in the upcoming year.

Lianter Albert, MD
Dr. Albert has served as Medical Director since the program’s inception. While he does maintain his own practice, his commitment to Fairview Treatment Center and his knowledge of addiction is unsurpassed. Dr. Albert is on the medical staff of the Teche Regional Medical Center in Morgan City. He served as the former Coroner for St. Mary Parish among many other accomplishments over the course of his career as a physician and community leader.

William A. Cefalu, Jr., MD
Dr. Cefalu is a Morgan City native who completed medical school and residency at LSU. He is a dedicated and valuable member of the Fairview Treatment Center program. Dr. Cefalu provides back-up call and staffs the unit when needed for Dr. Albert, while also maintaining a busy practice of his own and serving as a dedicated member of the medical staff at Teche Regional Medical Center in the Morgan City community.

Louis Cataldie, MD
Dr. Cataldie received his medical degree from LSU. He has extensive clinical and administrative experience in Addiction Medicine as a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. He has been in the field for over thirty years. Dr. Cataldie recently signed on as a consulting physician to provide education, insight, and peer review to the treatment center medical, nursing, and clinical support staff.

Tonya Jones, PLPC
Tonya is a dedicated member of the counseling and therapeutic staff. She provides individual counseling, conducts assessments, and plays a major role in the overall system of care delivery. Tonya graduated from Nicholls State University with a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in December of 2015. In addition to her addiction experience, Tonya has worked with adolescents with ADHD, conduct disorder, mood disorders, anger, aggressive behaviors, conflict resolution, anxiety, bullying, and family issues.

Lori Billiot, CIT
Lori received her Bachelor of Science in Education, Department of Family and Consumer Science from Nicholls State University in May 2017. She is currently working on her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Nicholls State University.  She worked with Fairview Treatment Center as a student intern in January 2017. Since that time she has acquired her counselor in training certification through the Louisiana Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (ADRA). She works under the supervision of a certified counseling supervisor and a licensed professional counselor.

Darlene Pruitt, RN is the newly hired Director of Nurses at Fairview Treatment Center.  Darlene is a tenured nurse with a wide range of experience in health service delivery.  Fairview welcomes her to the team.

Stephonia Kirt is a senior clerk focused on admissions; however, there is no job too big or small for Steph.  She is an essential member of the team.

Hattie Lawton is also a senior clerk who provides strong administrative support.  Hattie also has a can do attitude when it comes to her daily tasks and routine.  She never stops learning.

Kristie Dupuis is the medical records clerk as well as the payroll and payables clerk.  All of these functions are important to the daily work flow.