DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY

I would like to welcome you to the Department of Neurology at LSU Health Shreveport. Our department is committed to providing the highest quality of patient-centered care, educating the next generation of clinicians using innovative teaching methods, and performing transformative clinical and translational neuroscience research. These are exciting times for the field of neurology with many game-changing advances in diagnostics and treatments that are enabling improved clinical care for patients with neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, migraine headaches, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Our partnership with Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport is enabling our department to grow rapidly to meet the needs of our communities in northern Louisiana and beyond. This alliance has also fueled the need and ability to expand our educational programs including our neurology residency and subspecialty fellowships. LSU Health Shreveport brings the highest level of advanced neurological clinical care to this region through its numerous subspeciality clinics and centers.

Our centers include a comprehensive stroke center with a vascular neurology fellowship program, a certified sleep disorders center with a multi-specialty sleep fellowship program, and a level IV comprehensive epilepsy center with an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and an epilepsy surgery program. Our subspecialty clinics include vascular neurology, epilepsy, sleep disorders, multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology, pediatric neurology, movement disorders, neuromuscular, headache disorders, and general neurology. The ability to provide this level of neurological care is made possible through our extensive collaborations with colleagues across LSU Health Shreveport including Neurosurgery, Radiology, Psychiatry, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, and rehabilitation specialists in the School of Allied Health Professions.

As a leading academic center, our mission is to ensure that patients benefit from these advances in clinical care, that our residents and fellows are well prepared to be the next leaders in the field, and that our research drives innovation and discovery in the neurosciences.

Louisiana State University Health Shreveport (LSUHS) strives to cultivate a diverse and inclusive culture that supports equity, acceptance, and respect for the differences in others. The institution is committed to achieving excellence in fulfilling its mission by utilizing the rich talents of individuals who contribute different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to the work and learning environment and who reflect the varied populations of Louisiana. As such, the institution adopts a definition of diversity that embraces a broad spectrum of human expression and characteristics that include but are not limited to race, ethnicity, gender/gender identity, social and cultural attributes, abilities, sexual orientation, religion, rural or metropolitan background, military or veteran status, and age. In addition, diversity also includes life experiences, record of service, and other talents and personal attributes that enhance the work and learning atmosphere. LSUHS is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse community through the recruitment, enrollment, hiring, and retention/graduation of students, faculty, staff, and leadership who meet this definition of diversity.