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Sharon Dunn, PT, PhD has been selected for the American Physical Therapy Association's highest honor as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow.
Honors and Awards News
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At its most recent commencement, LSU Health Shreveport recognized three standout faculty members with the university system’s most prestigious teaching honor in Medicine, the Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching Award.
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KNOE - Dr. Bonner is a resident in LSU Health Shreveport's rural family medicine program in Monroe and is among the program’s first residents.
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Christian Bonner, MD, a Winnsboro Native and resident physician in the LSU Health Shreveport Monroe Family Medicine Rural Residency Program (Winnsboro,) has been named a 2026 Emerging Leader Scholar by the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (AAFP.)
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Shawn E. McNeil, MD, FAPA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, was selected for this special recognition for the remarkable impact he’s had on patients and colleagues alike.
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Christina Notarianni, MD, Med., FAANS, Professor and Residency Program Director in the Department of Neurosurgery at LSU Health Shreveport, is serving as president of Louisiana Neurological Society for the 2025-2027 term.
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LSUHS - When LSU Health Shreveport second-year medical student Alexandra Dubuisson learned she was accepted into Harvard University’s prestigious Visiting Research Internship Program (VRIP), she knew it would be a summer to remember.
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Reveille - This year’s LSU Laurels are Robb Brumfield, Michael Khonsari and Dr. Cherie-Ann Nathan. These professors have studied across the globe to gain knowledge and make discoveries that have advanced their fields.
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Dr. Cherie-Ann Nathan, Chair and Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at LSU Health Shreveport, was named a recipient of the LSU Presidential Laurel, one of the highest academic honors within the LSU System.
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Qihui “Jim” Zhai, MD, FACP, Professor and Chair of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, has been inaugurated as the 39th president of the College of American Pathologists (CAP.) CAP is the largest organization of board-certified pathologists in the world.