Education News

In response to the critical nursing shortage in Louisiana, the School of Allied Health Professions at LSUHS will serve as a new instructional site for the School of Nursing at LSU Health New Orleans. 

140 LSUHS School of Medicine students learned where they will go to complete their residency training during the annual Match Day celebration. Each year, on the third Friday in March, fourth-year medical students discover where they have “matched” to for their residency training, the first step of their careers as physicians.

On Saturday, March 4, 145 LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine students participated in a traditional rite of passage known as the “White Coat Ceremony” which signifies their entrance into the medical profession. 

LSU Media Center - Dr. Vonny Salim collaborates with colleagues from LSUS and LSU Health Shreveport. Her mentor for this project is Dr. Shile Huang from the Department of Biochemistry at LSUHS.

KSLA12 - AHEC Program Director and LSUHS Dean of Admissions, Dr. Wanda H. Thomas, and current medical student, Sarah Roblow, share about the benefits and opportunities for medical career exploration for high school students.

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.