GETTING READY FOR RESIDENCY
The road to residency for a medical student is a 4 year journey of self-exploration, investigating career options, choosing a specialty and preparing for the Match. At LSU Health Shreveport, we work to assist our medical students along this journey. We have compiled a number of resources here to help you achieve the goal of a successful match. If you have questions, please contact our Office for Student Affairs.
Resources
Resources
AAMC Careers in Medicine
https://www.aamc.org/cim/
Your introduction to exploring your physician career options, choosing your medical specialty, and applying smart to residency.
AAMC Roadmap to Residency
https://store.aamc.org/roadmap-to-residency-understanding-the-process-of-getting-into-residency.html
Roadmap to Residency is an important publication for anyone pursuing a career in medicine. In a single report, future doctors can obtain a comprehensive overview of the process of preparing for and applying to residency.
American Medical Association Interviewing for Residency
https://www.ama-assn.org/residents-students/career-planning-resource/interviewing-residency
A career planning resource with tips for residency interviews and possible questions to ask.
Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS®)
https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-residencies-eras/applying-residencies-eras
ERAS is the centralized online application service you’ll use to deliver your application, along with supporting documents, to residency programs.
FREIDA
https://freida.ama-assn.org/
FREIDA™ Allows you to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 12,000 programs - all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
Match PRISM App
(The NRMP Program Rating and Interview Scheduling Manager)
https://www.nrmp.org/prism-interview-scheduling-tool/
A free mobile app that enables applicants in the Match to track programs during the interview process and create program ratings which can be used to generate a rank order list.
National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
Link for registration for USMLE examinations.
National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
https://www.nrmp.org/ - Register for the NRMP Match.
https://www.nrmp.org/main-residency-match-data/
Provides access to match data and reports.
Navigate your Journey from Pre-Med Through Residency
https://students-residents.aamc.org/
Explore medical career options, ways to get experience, inspiring stories, expert advice, and more, to help you choose your path to medicine. You might find options that you didn’t know existed.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
- First Aid for the Match, 5th Ed. (purchase online)
Addresses common match mistakes, planning, choosing an adviser, application, interviewing and other important Match information. - Iserson's Getting Into a Residency (purchase online)
A step-by-step guide through the process of selecting a medical specialty and obtaining a residency position. - The Residency Interview: How To Make the Best Possible Impression, 1st Ed. (purchase online)
This MedEdits guide provides applicants with insight about the residency interview process.
Medical Interest Groups
For a complete list of organizations on the LSU Health Shreveport campus and contacts for the faculty coordinators go to:
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
- Anesthesia Interest Group
- Dermatology Interest Group
- Emergency Medicine Interest Group
- ENT Interest Group
- Family Medicine Interest Group
- Gastroenterology Interest Group
- Internal Medicine Interest Group
- Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group
- Medicine-Pediatrics Interest Group
- Neurosurgery Interest Group
- OBGYN Interest Group
- Ophthalmology Interest Group
- Orthopedic Interest Group
- Pediatric Interest Group
- Plastic Surgery Interest Group
- Psychiatry Student Interest Group Network
- Radiology Interest Group
- Sleep Medicine Interest Group
- Sports Medicine Interest Group
- Students Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
- Surgery Interest Group
- Urology Interest Group
Anesthesia Interest Group
Dermatology Interest Group
Emergency Medicine Interest Group
ENT Interest Group
President: Ahmad Kasabali
Vice President: Londyn Grey
Secretary: Taylor Powell
Treasurer: Brooke Brocklud
Community service Chairman: Lauren linquest
T-shirt and Education Chair: Andee Fontenot
MS4 Representative: Michael Rockwell
MS3 Representative and Research liaison: Landon Goodreau
MS2 Representative: Grant Born
Family Medicine Interest Group
Gastroenterology Interest Group
Internal Medicine Interest Group
Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group
Medicine-Pediatrics Interest Group
President: Alyse Soileau
Vice President: Rhory Legendre
Secretary: Hannah Logan
Treasurer: Elise Brown
Community Outreach Coordinator: Hanaiah Morris
Public Relations Cahir: Carolina Ochoa
Fundraising Chair: Nicholas Jones
NMPRA Coordinator: Aidyn Dupuy
MSIV Class Rep: Alexa Tafaro
MSIII Class Rep: Orlandria Freemont
MSII Class Rep: Lillian Lauck
Neurosurgery Interest Group
OBGYN Interest Group
Co-Presidents: Katelyn Parker and Bailey Turbeville
Vice President: Naadia West
Secretary: Taylor Gatson
Treasurer: Raegan Abadie
Community Service Chair: Rachel Cline
Historian: Alie Shiell
Mentorship Chair: Claire Robichaux
MSIV Class Reps: Tyler Chauncy and Maggie Ross
MSIII Class Reps: Elizabeth Armstrong and Margaret Bourg
MSII Class Reps: Kyle Maher and Katie Self
Ophthalmology Interest Group
Orthopedic Interest Group
Pediatric Interest Group
President: Kerigan Bowman
Vice President: Jessica Elliott
Secretary: Emily Barnett
Treasurer: Adelaide Schultz
Community Service Chair: Miranda Duhon
Book Drive Chair: Meredith Nelson
Fall Fest Chair: Sydney Gennaro-Dennis and Caroline Manning
MS4 Rep: Meski Nemomsa
MS3 Rep: Margret Vidrine
MS2 Rep: Hannah Cowart
Plastic Surgery Interest Group
Psychiatry Student Interest Group Network
Radiology Interest Group
Sleep Medicine Interest Group
Sports Medicine Interest Group
Students Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
Surgery Interest Group
Urology Interest Group
Faculty Advisors
Faculty Advisors
- Anesthesiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Medicine
- Dermatology
- Med/Peds
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- OBGYN
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- ENT
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Urology
Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine
Medicine
Karina Sulaiman, MD (8)
Laurie Grier, MD (4)
Steven Bailey, MD
Michael Sewell, MD
Prangthip Charoenpong, MD (2-3)
Jonathon Eaton, MD (6)
Shahzeem Bhayani, MD
Vinh Nguyen, MD
Adrian Abreo, MD (2)
James Morris, MD (6)
Paari Dominic, MD
Kirandeep Chahal, MD
Sarwat Umer, MD
Phani Morisetti, MD (4)
Shreedhar Kulkarni, MD
Rajini Yatavelli, MD (2)
Dermatology
Med/Peds
Neurology
Neurosurgery
OBGYN
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
ENT
Pathology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Radiology
Surgery
Urology
Academic Societies
Roadmap to Residency
Career Planning
School of Medicine