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Bossier Press - Enrollment for the 2023-2024 Bobbie Cates Hicks Science and Medicine Academic Research Training (SMART) program is now open and runs through Feb. 28. 

LSUHS welcomes Kelly Pagidas, MD, MA, FACOG, FRCSC, as she begins her tenure here as the Associate Dean of Medical Education in the School of Medicine as well as a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

318 Forum - Dr. Anna Walsh (LSUHS Ophthalmology Resident) and Dr. Chanping Liang (LSUHS Professor of Ophthalmology) share information on Glaucoma and treatment to prevent vision loss.

KTAL News - Laura Alderman, Director at LSUHS Institute for Childhood Resilience, says children are largely powerless to control the circumstances of their lives, so they may feel fearful about going places. One of the keys to getting over a traumatic experience is finding trust within your circle.

318 Forum - Dr. Maira Qayyum, LSUHS assistant clinical professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, shares resources to improve cervical health and to prevent cervical cancer.

Funding for the Teen Room was provided by the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine Class of 2024. The Teen Lounge provides a space for older hospitalized children to play arcade games, video games and other activities providing a fun place for patients that is near their room or healthcare team.

The LSU Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport is pleased to announce Tom Ostendorff, III was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors for a 2-year term, which began on January 1, 2023.

The handbook addresses treatment planning for children with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disabilities using a medical home perspective, emphasizing collaboration between patients, families and providers.

KTBS3 - “It’s important not to trivialize this virus. We’re all back to living as we did before, and I think the best tool we have in our arsenal is to stay current on the vaccine doses,” said Dr. Jeremy Kamil, virologist at LSUHS.

318 Forum - Dr. Ammar Husan, LSUHS Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, reminds us when considering the role of your primary care provider, think of them as your selfcare for both prevention and intervention.

Medscape - Alexandre Malek, MD, assistant professor of medicine at LSUHS, pointed to "a growing number of preclinical studies evaluating the role of vaccines as adjunct to immunotherapy to overcome cancer resistance by converting cold tumors to hot." That research includes a study of a seasonal influenza vaccine and another of adenoviral based-vaccines.

Louisiana Radio Network - After a recent report from the LSUHS Louisiana Addiction Research Center showing Shreveport’s wastewater contained double the amount of methamphetamine than anywhere else in the country, many were shocked. 

National and Local News Report: LSUHS is now enrolling participants in a Phase 3 clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of standard flu vaccine to an investigational mRNA flu vaccine until mid-December. 

LSUHS Louisiana Addiction Research Center hosted a meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 9, to discuss methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat in our region. Local law enforcement and community leaders were invited to have an open conversation and share information on drug problems in the region and determine how to raise awareness.

Dr. Chris Kevil’s laboratory at LSUHS has discovered that a clinically approved cyclodextrin-based drug called Sugammadex can act as a hydrogen sulfide donor that restores vasoactive hydrogen. This innovation has already gone through initial in vivo testing with promising results.

“Medicine in general is considerably complex and neurosurgery is extremely complex, with cavernous malformations among the most difficult to manage,” said Dr. Caleb Stewart, neurosurgeon at LSUHS. LSUHS, LSUS, Ochsner Health, and collaborators in Australia are now leveraging big data science and artificial intelligence (AI) to solve this challenge and improve care for patients.

The LSU Health Shreveport Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery led by Chair Dr. Cherie-Ann Nathan has received notification of manuscript CCR-21-4290R1 being selected for publication in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

The Louisiana Board of Regents has supported full five-year approval for the Louisiana Addiction Research Center (LARC) and Center for Emerging Viral Threats (CEVT), with the CEVT continuing to be a designated Center of Research Excellence. The Board of Regents approval follows unanimous approval of both centers by the LSU Board of Supervisors earlier this year. Both centers were previously granted provisional approval and applied for full center approval earlier this year.

The Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats’ (CEVT) Viral Genomics and Surveillance Lab has surpassed uploading its’ 15,000^th sequence to GISAID (Global Initiative on Sharing Influenza Data). The LSU Health Shreveport CEVT team has worked tirelessly since early in the COVID-19 pandemic to sequence and track variants of SAR-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease.

A massive new study spotlights the toll methamphetamine use may take on heart health, suggesting men, people with kidney disease and those with high blood pressure are especially at risk. While researchers don't fully understand how meth use increases the risk for heart problems, they do know it creates a lot of stress on the body, shared Dr. Chris Kevil, LSUHS Vice Chancellor for Research.

Bossier Press - Enrollment for the 2023-2024 Bobbie Cates Hicks Science and Medicine Academic Research Training (SMART) program is now open and runs through Feb. 28. 

LSUHS welcomes Kelly Pagidas, MD, MA, FACOG, FRCSC, as she begins her tenure here as the Associate Dean of Medical Education in the School of Medicine as well as a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The LSU Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport is pleased to announce Tom Ostendorff, III was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors for a 2-year term, which began on January 1, 2023.

The handbook addresses treatment planning for children with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disabilities using a medical home perspective, emphasizing collaboration between patients, families and providers.

LSU Health Shreveport has received continued accreditation with no citations from the ACGME, an independent organization that sets and monitors professional education standards essential in preparing physicians to deliver safe, high-quality medical care and oversees the accreditation of residency and fellowship programs in the United States.

Dr. David Guzick has been selected as the next chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport. Guzick, a member of the country’s premier honorific society for medical scientists and leaders, the National Academy of Medicine, will begin on Jan. 9, 2023.

KTAL6 - Caddo Parish Schools and LSUHS have an academic partnership that introduces high school students to biomedical sciences as potential college and career pathways. 

KTBS3 - LSU Health Shreveport extends our deepest condolences to the family of Joe Miciotto who passed away yesterday at age 72. Joe gave over 40 years of dedicated and exemplary service to LSU Health Shreveport.

Three LSU Health Shreveport second year medical students have been chosen to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Scholar Program: Reagan Abadie, Nicholas Jones and Tyler Tran. The program aims to address the critical need to reduce disparities in healthcare and the biomedical workforce.

KTAL6 - Students enrolled in the Medical Student Research Program at LSU Health Shreveport presented clinical research and basic science projects to prepare them for real-world experiences in the medical field.

318 Forum - Dr. Anna Walsh (LSUHS Ophthalmology Resident) and Dr. Chanping Liang (LSUHS Professor of Ophthalmology) share information on Glaucoma and treatment to prevent vision loss.

KTAL News - Laura Alderman, Director at LSUHS Institute for Childhood Resilience, says children are largely powerless to control the circumstances of their lives, so they may feel fearful about going places. One of the keys to getting over a traumatic experience is finding trust within your circle.

318 Forum - Dr. Maira Qayyum, LSUHS assistant clinical professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, shares resources to improve cervical health and to prevent cervical cancer.

Funding for the Teen Room was provided by the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine Class of 2024. The Teen Lounge provides a space for older hospitalized children to play arcade games, video games and other activities providing a fun place for patients that is near their room or healthcare team.

KTBS3 - “It’s important not to trivialize this virus. We’re all back to living as we did before, and I think the best tool we have in our arsenal is to stay current on the vaccine doses,” said Dr. Jeremy Kamil, virologist at LSUHS.

318 Forum - Dr. Ammar Husan, LSUHS Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, reminds us when considering the role of your primary care provider, think of them as your selfcare for both prevention and intervention.

KTAL News - Dr. Charles Webb, LSUHS Sports Medicine Division Chief said someone under the age of 35 can suffer from commotio cordis, which is a bruise to the heart muscle caused by blunt force trauma.

NOLA.com - Jeremy Kamil, LSUHS virologist, said, "It's a little bit uncertain how serious of a contender this virus is outside of New York, where XBB.1.5 was first discovered.

Bossier Press - LSUHS student group "Growing for Good" received a $1000 grant. Growing for Good is a project created by the medical students as a way to give back to the community through donations and education.

Shreveport Times - The Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats (CEEVT) and its wastewater monitoring laboratory at LSU Health Shreveport have been testing wastewater samples to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in local communities.

KTBS3 - “It’s important not to trivialize this virus. We’re all back to living as we did before, and I think the best tool we have in our arsenal is to stay current on the vaccine doses,” said Dr. Jeremy Kamil, virologist at LSUHS.

NOLA.com - Jeremy Kamil, LSUHS virologist, said, "It's a little bit uncertain how serious of a contender this virus is outside of New York, where XBB.1.5 was first discovered.

Shreveport Times - The Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats (CEEVT) and its wastewater monitoring laboratory at LSU Health Shreveport have been testing wastewater samples to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in local communities.

KTAL6 - Dr. Krista Queen with LSUHS says the COVID positivity rate in our area population is six percent. About two months ago, it was just below five percent. She says this is due to social dynamics returning to pre-pandemic norms and people not taking the same precautions.

KTBS3 - A medical triple threat—COVID-19, Influenza, and Respiratory syncytial virus, or RVS, has been ravaging U.S. health systems competing for attention.

NPR Red River Radio - "This virus is getting a lot of lottery tickets if you will. And it looks like, with these new variants, these new mutations are like the jackpot," says Jeremy Kamil, an immunologist at LSUHS. 

Mercury News - The (new) variants look a lot like the virus that was the template of our new bivalent booster, so vaccination still works. “It’s not a perfect match … but it’s close,” said Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at LSUHS, who studies variant mutations. “In most cases, that’s going to keep the infection in check.”

318 Forum - Dr. John Vanchiere, professor of medicine and pediatrics, director of community testing and vaccinations and principal investigator for the Pfizer Vaccine Trial in north Louisiana at LSUHS, shares, "The CDC recommends that people ages 12 years and older receive one dose of the updated COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine if it has been at least two months since their last vaccine dose."

Washington Examiner - The Biden administration's fall campaign to get people vaccinated with the omicron booster has been off to a slow start. Dr. John Vanchiere, director for community outreach for Center for Emerging Viral Threats at LSUHS, anticipates that more people will get the updated booster as it gets closer to Thanksgiving in preparation for traveling and visiting family.

Bloomberg - Jeremy Kamil, virologist and professor of microbiology and immunology at LSUHS, shares, "Vaccinated and previously infected people have robust and still-intact lines of defense, such as memory T-cells and B-cells. People previously infected also have additional immune cells that reside in the respiratory tract."