Our Mission at LSU Health Shreveport

The 40 Under Forty Awards honor forty professionals under the age of 40 who have excelled in their careers, education, professional development, community leadership, and volunteer efforts.

Shreveport's Secrets - The Greater Shreveport Chamber honored Dr. Wanda Henderson Thomas, LSUHS Professor of Pediatrics, as the 2024 ATHENA International Leadership Award Recipient at their 34th Annual Leadership Award Luncheon.

Congratulations to our very own Wanda Thomas MD, Professor of Pediatrics for being selected as the 2024 Athena recipient by the Greater Shreveport Chamber.

KTBS 3 - Mall St. Vincent in Shreveport is about to have a new anchor tenant occupying the space vacated by Sears in 2018. Recently, the LSU Health Shreveport Foundation purchased the property for $3.5 million.

The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded continuing accreditation to the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center’s Center for Precision Medicine Genomics Laboratory at LSUHS.

KTBS 3 - Dr. Jason Bodily, Dean of School of Graduate Studies, shared "Graduate students at LSUHS pursuing a PhD can usually become a biomedical researcher without acquiring any kind of debt."

BRAID 2024 brought scientists and students together to highlight the importance of research in the biomedical industry.

Congratulations to Peter H. Seidenberg, MD, MA, FAAFP, FACSM, RMSK, CPE, Professor and Chairman of Family Medicine for achieving the distinction of CPE.

Congratulations to six of our distinguished faculty members who have been recognized in the 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List for their exceptional contributions to scientific research over the past year.

KTBS 3 - Mall St. Vincent in Shreveport is about to have a new anchor tenant occupying the space vacated by Sears in 2018. Recently, the LSU Health Shreveport Foundation purchased the property for $3.5 million.

The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded continuing accreditation to the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center’s Center for Precision Medicine Genomics Laboratory at LSUHS.

BRAID 2024 brought scientists and students together to highlight the importance of research in the biomedical industry.

Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director of Biostatistics and Computational Biology awarded $219,000 (per year) from NIGMS "Redox, Environmental, and Metabolomics: investigating Disease Yield (REMEDY)."

Shreveport Times - LSU Health Shreveport is planning to revitalize the local landmark Sears space in Mall St. Vincent and turn it into a state-of-the-art research facility. This will help attract more world-class funded researchers and give them the space they need to thrive.

KTBS - The first Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference was held in Shreveport in 1982. LSU Health Shreveport was excited to bring the conference back home for the big 40-year anniversary.

In response to continued growth in externally funded research over the last several years, LSU Health Shreveport announced plans today to reimagine the former Sears property located at Mall St. Vincent as a state-of-the-art research facility.

Manikandan Panchatcharam, PhD awarded a five-year, $1.6M R01 grant from the NIH's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Best of Times Radio - Tune in to listen to Dr. Cherie-Ann Nathan, LSUHS Chair of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery discuss clinical trials and the recently named top researchers from LSUHS.

KTBS 3 - Dr. Jason Bodily, Dean of School of Graduate Studies, shared "Graduate students at LSUHS pursuing a PhD can usually become a biomedical researcher without acquiring any kind of debt."

KTAL6 - LSUHS will hold its first-ever Graduate Research and Student Preparation event to showcase the wide array of careers available with an advanced science degree from the School of Graduate Studies.

KTBS3 - Thirty-nine Physician's Assistant students who have completed their first year at LSUHS participated in a traditional rite of passage, receiving their White Coat.

A memorial service for Dr. Sapp will be held at 3 pm on Monday, Nov 4^th at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church (9449 Ellerbe Road, Shreveport). 

KTBS3 - On Friday, October 25, thirty-nine first-year Physician’s Assistant (PA) students participated in a traditional rite of passage known as the “White Coat Ceremony” which signifies their entrance into the clinical portion of their degree path.

KTAL 6 - LSU Health Shreveport’s School of Medicine showcased their summer research findings during their annual fall poster presentation on October 22, 2024 on the LSUHS campus.

KTBS3 - The 2024-2025 class, the largest in the program’s history, worked alongside investigators at LSUHS on various research projects.

KLAX TV - The “Rural Scholars” Program was developed in partnership with LSUHS School of Medicine to encourage students interested in a medical career to gain enrollment into medical school. 

KTBS3 -  On Saturday, 149 first-year medical students at LSUHS School of Medicine participated in a "White Coat Ceremony," marking their formal entry into the medical profession. LSUHS also hosted Family Day for medical student families.

KSLA 12 - LSUHS Voice Specialist, Dr. Sarah Quintana, speaks about how Parkinson's Disease affects the voice and causes swallowing issues and the treatment options available with the Ark-LA-Tex Center for Voice, Airway & Swallowing.

KSLA 12 - LSUHS Family Medicine, Dr. Ammar Husan, shares “What happens is it starts out with like cold symptoms with runny nose, fever, getting a cough. Then you progress to getting a severe cough and you have fits of coughs in between."

KSLA 12 - The holiday season means getting ready for family gatherings, food and fun. But are you preparing for the possibility of the flu, fever and fatigue? Dr. Ammar Husan, LSUHS Family Medicine, shares how vaccines and isolation help to slow the spread of illness.

Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate - Lt. Bowman became an advocate for a new approach to SPD calls involving mental health, and an official partnership with Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse brought that to reality. 

The Bossier Chamber has released their new report with a focus on the transportation system, healthcare, defense, and energy sectors, all assets in our Northwest Louisiana region, along with cyber / technology and education.

KSLA12 - National Prematurity Awareness Month raises awareness to infant health issues. Dr. Maroun Mhanna, LSUHS Chair of Pediatrics, discusses what factors and how the state got a failing score.

Shreveport Times - This follows the creation of the Northwest Louisiana Crisis Response Coalition in 2020 between LSUHS and the Shreveport Police Department with a mission to develop a community-based crisis mental health response with alternatives to arrest.

KTBS3 - Shreveport Police and Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana became the first to sign a joint agreement to help the city’s first responders better meet the needs of 911 callers experiencing a mental health crisis.

KTAL6 - The Shreveport Police, Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana, and Northwest Louisiana Crisis Response Coalition established a first-of-its-kind partnership for northwest Louisiana.