MED-PEDS RESIDENCY TRAINING LOCATIONS

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport is the major teaching site of the program. It serves as a tertiary care referral center for an area with a population exceeding one million people. Yearly, there are nearly 7,000 admissions to the Medicine Service; 65,000 Emergency Room visits, 45,000 visits to the General Medicine Clinics, and 27,000 visits to the subspecialty medical clinics. It is a level I trauma center for adults and level II pediatric trauma center. This large clinical base is the foundation of a superb "hands-on" patient care experience for residents.

The clinical facilities include a 16 bed Medical Intensive Care/Coronary Care Unit, a 36 bed telemetry unit, a sleep laboratory, imaging facilities, and a bone marrow transplantation unit. The Feist-Weiller Cancer Center and 160,000 square foot Ambulatory Care Center was added in April 2006. A state of the art Radiology facility, including a recently completed imaging center, enhance the residents' diagnostic capabilities on the Medicine Service. PET scanning is available in the adjacent Biomedical Research Institute.

St. Mary Medical Center is the new location of our women & children’s hospital as of April 2020. This facility is dedicated to the health and well-being of women and children in the Ark-La-Tex area. The children’s hospital was established in 1996 and was originally designated as a “hospital within a hospital” as it was located inside the main Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport hospital. In 2017, the St. Mary Medical Center campus was donated to a nonprofit group that was set up to support LSU Medical School. Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport made an initial investment of $40 million in the property as part of the organization’s continued focus to improve access to healthcare, provide more convenient care options, and enhance the patient experience. The campus began to open in phases in May of 2019. Pediatric services were transitioned to the campus in May of 2020. The campus currently boasts several specialty clinics, an outpatient laboratory, a comprehensive diagnostic imaging center, labor and delivery suites, Obstetrics & Gynecology ward, Pediatrics ward, newborn nursery, PICU, and NICU. The NICU is designated as a Level III NICU. The children’s hospital is staffed by physicians with special training and skills in the management of complicated acute and chronic pediatric illnesses. Over 60 full-time faculty members and 30 residents care for our pediatric patients.

Our children's hospital is a St. Jude affiliate, 1 of 8 in the country! "The St. Jude Affiliate Program is a network of pediatric hematology-oncology clinics, hospitals, and in some cases, universities united to extend the mission of St. Jude. The physicians and staff at these sites work in collaboration with the staff of St. Jude to deliver state-of-the-art care and innovative clinical trials to children with cancer and blood disorders." We also partner with Shriners Hospital to provide postoperative care for pediatric patients. Our residents and their education benefit significantly from these affiliations. 

The Ambulatory Care Clinic currently houses clinics for multiple specialties including Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Ophthalmology. The general pediatrics clinic is located on the first floor of this building. The Internal Medicine clinic is located on the second floor of this building along with the following medicine specialty clinics: Endocrinology, Rheumatology, Pulmonology, Nephrology, and Infectious Disease. The building boasts an infusion center, 4 outpatient laboratories, diagnostic imaging including x-ray, ultrasound, and mammography. Some physical therapy services are available at the location as well. It is conveniently located across the street from the main Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport hospital.

The Med-Peds continuity clinic is currently housed here at the St. Vincent Community Health Center. Med-Peds residents are the only residents that see patients at this clinic site. The residents see patients on their assigned clinic day (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday) and Med-Peds faculty staff the patients on those days. Patients are seen by a pediatrician, internist, Med-Peds physician, or FNP on Thursday and Friday. There is also smoking cessation services, counseling services, and a social worker available on site. In the future, we hope to also have a diabetic educator and community care coordinator. 

The Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Clinic at Provenance is located in South Shreveport. The clinic opened in September 2019. Currently, Dr. Adams, Dr. Bass, Dr. Beal, and Dr. Callegan-Poche have their faculty clinics at this location. There are 2 Pediatricians who see pediatric weight management patients (1 also specializes in eating disorders) and an FNP at the location. There is on-site laboratory services. Upper level residents are able to rotate through the clinic during their Med-Peds elective.