Honors and Awards News

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.

Shreveport - The LSU Health Shreveport Foundation proudly announces the first recipient of the Bradie James Scholarship: LSU Health Shreveport student Phoebe Vi.

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.

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.

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.

Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate - When minutes can make the difference between life and death, no other hospital in North Louisiana can respond like Ochsner LSU Health.

Ammar Husan, MD, MBA, DABFM, FAAFP has been named the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians Faculty Member of the Year for 2025.

KTAL - LSU Health Shreveport recognized three faculty members with the Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching Award, the LSU System’s most prestigious teaching honor in Medicine.

At its most recent commencement ceremony, 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.

KPLC - For the first time ever, a class of Louisiana students is graduating with Doctorates of Occupational Therapy from LSU Health Shreveport. Three of them are Southwest Louisiana locals.