Our academic medical center, situated in northwest Louisiana 200 miles from the nearest medical school, serves a large area with a diverse population; as a result, fellows see a wide spectrum of diseases at various stages.  Trainees graduate with a broad-based education in the diagnosis and management of Critical Care Medicine, including procedural skills that greatly exceed ABIM minimum requirements.

Critical Care education is spread across a range of ICUs at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. Each trainee will have experience in Medical ICUs, Surgical ICU, BurnICU, NeuroICU, eICU, with electives available in the Trauma ICU and Pediatric ICU.  As part of their training, fellows will have exposure to advanced procedures, including percutaneous procedures such as tracheostomy and gastrostomy tube placement, continuous renal replacement therapy prescription and administration, and ECMO.

In addition, we offer a wide range of electives that will help fellows position themselves for their future careers.  Standard options, such as Anesthesia, CT Surgery, and Ultrasound/ Echocardiography, and Chest Imaging, are complemented by research electives.