Red River Radio - On this episode of Health Matters, host Jesse Gilmore welcomes Drs. Navdeep Samra, Professor of Surgery and Jonathan Eaton, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at LSUHS, for a discussion about Trauma Medicine in our region and the importance of Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport’s Level One Trauma Center.
The Department of Internal Medicine at LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine is comprised of 15 Divisions and more than 170 faculty physicians with a wide range of sub-specialties who possess unique clinical, technical and research expertise that are dedicated to the compassionate delivery of health care. Our goal is to be the preferred academic provider for medical care in Louisiana and the region.
Our three-pronged mission of EDUCATION, PATIENT CARE & RESEARCH allows us to train and attract doctors of the highest standards to provide high quality, compassionate and innovative care to the patients in our clinics and hospitals.
Collaborations with the entire health care provider team facilitates our delivery of compassionate care from preventive and outpatient episodic medical care through acute care to palliative therapy based upon the individual patient’s unique needs. Multidisciplinary teams from our Medicine divisions, representing diverse skills and backgrounds, will interact across our practice to provide comprehensive, high value, evidence-based, patient-centered treatments that will impact urban and rural communities in the region and nation.
Building upon the Vision of the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine and its individual Divisions also focus on the Mission of LSU Health Shreveport by enhancing how we improve and sustain health in the lives of those we impact by:
- Redesigning the academic model for optimizing inter-professional service delivery and integration of care into the community
- Improving health in our community and region by developing systems of care in an Academic/Private partnership that provide state of the art care to all
- Educating the future physicians and teaching faculty who will transform health care
- Evolving new models of personally-centered, broadly inclusive multidisciplinary care that rewards access, value and outcomes
- Advancing innovation from discovery and translation to impacting clinical outcomes for those we serve
- Enhancing the lives of our own faculty and staff by providing a workplace which encourages personal and professional development and success, celebrates diversity and rewards the contributions of each member
The Mission of the LSU Health Shreveport Department of Internal Medicine is to develop and mentor compassionate and competent physicians in a diverse and supportive culture that fosters the growth and interests of the individual while maintaining a focus on education and service to the community.
Internal Medicine Divisions and Training Programs
- Cardiology
- Clinical Informatics
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- General Internal Medicine
- Health Disparities
- Hematology and Oncology
Cardiology
Clinical Informatics
Dermatology
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
General Internal Medicine
Health Disparities
Hematology and Oncology
- Hospital Medicine
- Internal Medicine / Pediatrics
- Infectious Disease
- Nephrology
- Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Telemedicine
Hospital Medicine
Internal Medicine / Pediatrics
Infectious Disease
Nephrology
Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Rheumatology
Telemedicine
LSU Health Shreveport's Internal Medicine Residency program offers the ideal balance of rigorous clinical training and extensive didactic teaching, with an emphasis on humanism and professionalism. Our Department of Medicine sponsors fully accredited Internal Medicine residency training in both categorical and preliminary medicine. We also offer a wide range of fellowship training across all the medicine subspecialties. Feel free to contact us for any further information or questions.
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Latest News from Internal Medicine
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Jay Marion, MD on March 13, 2024. His calm, insightful and compassionate demeanor endeared him to students, patients, and families alike throughout his distinguished career.
Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, PhD, has been named the Director of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at LSUHS. He will be responsible for coordinating research activities related to biostatistics and computational biology across all three professional schools.
TCTMD - Steven R. Bailey, MD, LSUHS Chair of Internal Medicine, notes that the opening and closing of hospitals and their impact on acute MI patients is a “novel and narrow metric” that doesn’t shed light on the overall quality of the care patients receive.
LSUHS Internal Medicine Residency Program held their third annual Internal Medicine Research Day, which provides internal medicine residents and interested medical students to present research they have worked on throughout the year.
Why work and train in Shreveport, Louisiana?
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana and is a wonderful place to live with beautiful parks and lakes, a low cost of living, almost non-existent traffic issues, a vibrant arts scene and home to dozens of locally owned restaurants in addition to national chains. Located at the crossroads of Texas and Arkansas, living in Shreveport provides easy access to cities such as Dallas/Ft. Worth, Hot Springs and numerous Louisiana cities.
Shreveport, and our sister city Bossier, have so much to offer that you have to experience it.