LSU Health Shreveport is Comprised of Three Professional Schools
THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE
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Exceeding the national NRMP Main Residency Match® rate by 18.7% with 98.3% of MS4 matching
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Global health opportunities
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Enrollment of 542 Students
THE SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS
- 100% Licensure Exam Pass Rates across all 7 programs
- Early clinical integration
- Enrollment of 326 Students
THE SCHOOL OF
GRADUATE STUDIES
- PhD in Basic Sciences
- Also available: MD-PhD, Interdisciplinary Grad Program & Master of Biomedical Science
- Full Tuition Waiver & Stipend
Our Mission is to
TEACH - HEAL - DISCOVER
We are educating and training the next generation of health care professionals and scientists who will continue our proud legacy of innovative and lifesaving healthcare and cutting-edge medical research. As one of only one hundred forty academic medical centers (AMC) in the nation, LSU Health Shreveport is a revered treasure in a community that fought decades for its creation. Learn more about our Student Achievement.
Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana
Shreveport-Bossier has so much to offer that you have to experience it. In partnership with our local S-B Convention & Tourist Bureau, we have some videos to share that only begin to tell the story of all there is to see and do in Northwest Louisiana. We hope you will choose LSU Health Shreveport as your place for learning, working and living!
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![Broussard ABP Board Certification]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1579031168/lsuhscshreveportedu/aqu6fzpv3ajh79kfzypd/broussard_web.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1579031168/lsuhscshreveportedu/aqu6fzpv3ajh79kfzypd/broussard_web.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1579031168/lsuhscshreveportedu/aqu6fzpv3ajh79kfzypd/broussard_web.jpg","width":520}])
Marlene Broussard, MD, MBA, Associate Professor and Interim Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at LSU Health Shreveport, is one of the country’s first board certified Pediatric Hospital Medicine Specialists.
![AHA Postdoc Fellows 2019 Group Photo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576599578/lsuhscshreveportedu/rfc7fn0dyc7sk3kjzcaq/AHAPostdocFellows_web.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576599578/lsuhscshreveportedu/rfc7fn0dyc7sk3kjzcaq/AHAPostdocFellows_web.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576599578/lsuhscshreveportedu/rfc7fn0dyc7sk3kjzcaq/AHAPostdocFellows_web.jpg","width":522}])
Three Fellows in the Department of Pathology and the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences at LSU Health Shreveport have been awarded Postdoctoral Fellowships from the American Heart Association (AHA), funding their ongoing research into cardiovascular diseases.
![Dr. Witt CSSI Fellow]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576600106/lsuhscshreveportedu/awwji4gp8gzfgqge0mhb/wittcssi_web.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576600106/lsuhscshreveportedu/awwji4gp8gzfgqge0mhb/wittcssi_web.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576600106/lsuhscshreveportedu/awwji4gp8gzfgqge0mhb/wittcssi_web.jpg","width":520}])
Dr. Stephan N. Witt, Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry, was recently named a Senior Fellow of the Cell Stress Society International (CSSI).
![Aphios Granted US Patent for Oral Administration of Bryostatin-1 Nanoparticles for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/apn3ee03acz6u7yx0sgb/BeakerswithdropHERO.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/apn3ee03acz6u7yx0sgb/BeakerswithdropHERO.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/apn3ee03acz6u7yx0sgb/BeakerswithdropHERO.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/apn3ee03acz6u7yx0sgb/BeakerswithdropHERO.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/apn3ee03acz6u7yx0sgb/BeakerswithdropHERO.jpg","width":1440}])
Aphios Granted U.S. Patent for Oral Administration of Bryostatin-1 Nanoparticles for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases, which was co-invented by LSU Health Shreveport professor, Dr. J. Steven Alexander.
![JanOne Acquires Worldwide, Exclusive License for Promising Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/grqhqx020qmjlj6ztbno/Beakers2withdropHERO.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/grqhqx020qmjlj6ztbno/Beakers2withdropHERO.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/grqhqx020qmjlj6ztbno/Beakers2withdropHERO.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/grqhqx020qmjlj6ztbno/Beakers2withdropHERO.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1568664385/lsuhscshreveportedu/grqhqx020qmjlj6ztbno/Beakers2withdropHERO.jpg","width":1440}])
JanOne Acquires Worldwide, Exclusive License for Promising Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), TV1001SR, which was invented by LSU Health Shreveport professor and vice chancellor for research, Dr. Chris Kevil.
![MSRP Poster Session 2019 Group Photo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572904612/lsuhscshreveportedu/ln6cvt59gtgglcnqypik/MSRPpostersession2019-web.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572904612/lsuhscshreveportedu/ln6cvt59gtgglcnqypik/MSRPpostersession2019-web.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572904612/lsuhscshreveportedu/ln6cvt59gtgglcnqypik/MSRPpostersession2019-web.jpg","width":520}])
The Medical Student Research Program provides medical students with the opportunity to gain additional experience in research.
![LSU Health Shreveport postdoctoral fellow receives national Research Scholar Award from AUA]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572017887/lsuhscshreveportedu/tmjq9tihblx5ihorlydh/jaiswal.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572017887/lsuhscshreveportedu/tmjq9tihblx5ihorlydh/jaiswal.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572017887/lsuhscshreveportedu/tmjq9tihblx5ihorlydh/jaiswal.png","width":520}])
Praveen K. Jaiswal, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has received a prestigious Research Scholar Award for Mentored Prostate Cancer Research from the AUA Urology Care Foundation.
![Research and Industry Day 2019]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571673965/lsuhscshreveportedu/zwaqjuyiqztk4picei7v/RAID2019.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571673965/lsuhscshreveportedu/zwaqjuyiqztk4picei7v/RAID2019.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1571673965/lsuhscshreveportedu/zwaqjuyiqztk4picei7v/RAID2019.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571673965/lsuhscshreveportedu/zwaqjuyiqztk4picei7v/RAID2019.png","width":1077}])
Research and Industry Day (RAID) was hosted at LSU Health Shreveport on October 11.
![OCallahan Investiture]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570647943/lsuhscshreveportedu/kkpnstcgnlgryojc12i1/OCallahanInvestiture_web.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1570647943/lsuhscshreveportedu/kkpnstcgnlgryojc12i1/OCallahanInvestiture_web.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570647943/lsuhscshreveportedu/kkpnstcgnlgryojc12i1/OCallahanInvestiture_web.jpg","width":520}])
![Governor John Bel Edwards and other officials break ground for the LSU Health Shreveport new Center For Medical Education.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570466823/lsuhscshreveportedu/thuirtjcrdm6w0suuity/GroundbreakingCenter.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1570466823/lsuhscshreveportedu/thuirtjcrdm6w0suuity/GroundbreakingCenter.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570466823/lsuhscshreveportedu/thuirtjcrdm6w0suuity/GroundbreakingCenter.png","width":520}])
Governor John Bel Edwards joined local and state leadership and legislators, LSU leadership and Ochsner Health System leadership for the groundbreaking of the Center for Medical Education building at LSU Health Shreveport.
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