Swish!

A group of LSU Health New Orleans residents and medical students was invited to play in a basketball tournament against New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) coaches at the Rosenwald Recreation Center during the recent Night Out Against Crime. NORD organized the event to recognize the impact that the Health and Hoops with Doctors outreach program has had on the Calliope/Rosenwald community. More

LSU Health Faculty, Staff and Students Ignite Interest in Science at STEM Fest

LSU Health New Orleans turned out in force to inspire a passion for science at STEM Fest hosted by the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans at the Caesar Superdome. Faculty, staff and students from four schools volunteered at the event. More

LSU Health’s Dr. David Simmons, a Peoples Health Champion

Dr. David Simmons, Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry, is a People Health Champion! He was honored for launching the first-of-its-kind Implant Restorative Fellowship Program in August 2006, at the age of 67. More

Governor Emphasizes Importance of Investment in Higher Ed and Health Care at LSU Health New Orleans

Governor John Bel Edwards chose to celebrate the best budget for education in Louisiana history and the state’s investment in health care on the LSU Health New Orleans campus this week. More

They’re Here!

Louisiana Dental Association (LDA) leadership joined LSU Health New Orleans leadership recently to see the new dental chairs they helped make possible. Although not given a second thought by most, good dental chairs are a medical necessity. They support the patient’s body, firmly holding the head and neck in place. They provide the comfort necessary to help the patient relax. More

What did you do this summer?

High school, undergraduate and medical students from Louisiana to California presented their research findings after another successful summer for STEM pipeline programs at LSU Health New Orleans’ Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies. More

Study Reveals Significant Difference in Cardiomyopathy Genes Between Black and White Patients

Although at greater risk, a new study found that patients of African ancestry with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) were less likely to have clinically actionable variants in DCM genes than those of European ancestry. LSU Health New Orleans is one of the 25 clinical sites nationally that enrolled participants in the study. More

LSU Health Nursing Awarded $2.6 Million to Improve Primary Care, Mental Health and Maternal Care in Louisiana

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans’ School of Nursing $2.6 million over four years to increase the number of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives trained and prepared to provide equitable, culturally aligned, quality primary care services, mental health and substance use disorder care, and maternal health care to underrepresented populations in rural, urban, tribal, and underserved areas across the state. More

Takeda Licenses LSU Health New Orleans Technology for Potential Rare Neurological Disorders

LSU Health New Orleans today announced that Takeda has exercised its option to receive an exclusive license to certain early-stage technology designed to slow the progression of DNA repeat expansion disorders. More

LSU Health New Orleans Commemorates Juneteenth

LSU Health New Orleans celebrated the end of slavery in the United States with A Taste of Juneteenth, an event featuring history, culture, food and competition. The nearly 600 faculty, staff and students were given a Passport to Juneteenth Freedom Day with places for completion stamps for the four stations – Welcome, History of Juneteenth, Red Room and Taste of Juneteenth. More

LSU Health New Orleans Graduates Nearly 900 New Health Professionals

Students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ six professional health schools graduated during its 149th Commencement on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena. Graduates included students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ Schools of Allied Health Professions, Nursing, Public Health, Graduate Studies, Dentistry and Medicine. More

LSU Health New Orleans Joins AACR Project GENIE

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has selected LSU Health New Orleans as one of the participating institutions in Project GENIE (Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange). More

Knocking It Out of the Park

Research conducted by a group of LSU Health New Orleans Doctor of Physical Therapy students found that adequate rest and recovery time likely impact injury risk and athletic performance in collegiate baseball players. More

Shock and Awe

Faculty, staff and students from LSU Health New Orleans’ Schools of Medicine, Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Public Health spent a recent Saturday at the New Orleans Saints Training Facility stoking a love for science in the health disciplines. More

LSU Health New Orleans Match Day Holds Even More Meaning for the Class of 2023

The LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Class of 2023 gathered this morning at the Audubon Tea Room to celebrate together what the future holds for them. They would find out at 11:00 a.m. what Residency Program they “matched” and where they would go for their graduate medical education. More

First Lady Visits Cancer Moonshot Doc

The success of a Cancer Moonshot doctor and his team in bringing the latest cancer breakthroughs to patients where they live in Louisiana and Mississippi caught the attention of First Lady Jill Biden, Ed.D. Last November, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) highlighted the advances of the Gulf South NCORP led by LSU Health New Orleans’ Augusto Ochoa, MD, to increase access to promising cancer treatments in communities throughout the region. On Friday, March 10, the First Lady, Senator Bill Cassidy, Congressman Troy Carter and other dignitaries came to learn about them firsthand. More

PALentine’s - A Unique Valentine’s Day Celebration

The Peer Advocate Liaison (PAL) Program held its first Resource Fair since 2020 on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. More

LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry Give Kids a Smile

LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry faculty, students and residents hosted two busloads of first graders from Dr. John Ochsner Kenner Discovery Academy Friday, February 3. It was Give Kids a Smile Day. More

LSU Health New Orleans Holds 1st Swearing-In Ceremony

Richard G. Blackman, III, became the first LSU Health New Orleans University Police Chief to take the Oath of Office at a Swearing-In Ceremony on January 20, 2023. More

LSU Health’s Dr. Corey Hebert Crowned New Mardi Gras King

What would have been a fantastical occurrence elsewhere but would ordinarily have been nothing unusual in New Orleans during Carnival Season, was anything but. It was a first! More

Nursing White Coat Ceremony Celebrates Students’ Entrance into Patient Care

One hundred forty-six white coats were recently presented to Sophomore II and CARE Class of 2024 students at LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing, one posthumously. More

New England Journal of Medicine Podcast Features LSU Health’s Astronaut Dr. Serena Auñon-Chancellor

Serena Auñon-Chancellor, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine’s Baton Rouge campus, is one of two physician-NASA astronauts recently interviewed by the New England Journal of Medicine about aerospace medicine. More

2022 year in Review

As 2022 winds to a close, LSU Health features highlights for each month of the year. More

Serving Those Who Serve

What does a combat medic have in common with a college junior? It turns out, plenty. They are one and the same. Meet Marshay Stevenson, a Junior II student in the Traditional Nursing program at LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing, who has been a member of the Army National Guard since her junior year of high school. As a 68W Health Care Specialist, she is the first line of medical care that a soldier will receive. She comes by her love for the military and for nursing honestly. More

Rite of Passage

Hundreds of future clinicians recently reached a milestone in their journey toward becoming full-fledged, licensed members of their health care disciplines. Students in LSU Health New Orleans’ Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Allied Health Professions and Nursing received a visible symbol of patient care at their White Coat ceremonies. More

$3M Award to LSU Health New Orleans Will Address Nursing Shortage and Improve Health Equity in Rural and Medically Underserved Areas

LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing has been awarded nearly $3 million to create a program to improve health equity and care in rural and medically underserved communities in Region 6 (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.) It is one of only ten such awards granted by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services. More

LSU Health New Orleans Awarded $4.6M to Help Develop Burn Care Education & Training for Military and Civilian Disasters

The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium, in collaboration with the US Army Medical Research and Development Command, has awarded LSU Health New Orleans $4.6 million over four years to develop education and training to improve burn injury care in military conflicts and civilian disasters before the patients reach a hospital. The Burn Prehospital Provider Program will meet the needs of military and civilian health care providers in different environments, with different levels of experience, in different roles and with new technological tools. More

NCI Awards LSU Health’s Ochoa Most Prestigious Honor for His Leadership & Contributions to Community-Based Cancer Clinical Trials

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) chose LSU Health New Orleans’ Augusto Ochoa, MD, as the 2022 recipient of its most prestigious award honoring excellence in community-based cancer research. Dr. Ochoa received the Harry Hynes Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Trials and Community Research on August 25, 2022, during the NCORP (NCI Community Oncology Research Program) Annual Meeting. More

LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing Expands Nursing Education to North Louisiana

Starting in January 2023, LSU Health New Orleans’ School of Nursing will educate students in three accelerated nursing programs in North Louisiana at its newly approved Off-Campus Instructional Site located on the LSU Health Shreveport campus. Courses will be delivered through a combination of in-person instruction and synchronous distance education, where students in Shreveport will virtually join classes going on at the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing. More

LSU Health New Orleans Precision Medicine Lab Finds New Omicron Subvariants

LSU Health New Orleans’ Precision Medicine Lab has found two new SARS-CoV-2 variants in Louisiana. BE.1 and BF.1 are subvariants of the Omicron Variant of Concern that has driven the latest surge. The Lab identified three cases of BE.1 and one case of BF.1 in tests performed at the end of June. More

LSU Health New Orleans Nursing School Ranked #10 in U.S.

Nursing Schools Almanac has just released its 2022 rankings of the best U.S. nursing schools. LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing is ranked the #10 nursing school in the U.S. and the #5 nursing school among public nursing schools. More

LSU Health New Orleans Psychiatry Develops Free Resource for Parents

The Department of Psychiatry at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine has created a free resource for parents to help their children process school shootings. While numerous sources exist, they aren’t as comprehensive as this resource that offers detailed guidance all in one place. More

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic Hours the Week of May 30, 2022

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic initiates the vaccination series for individuals ages 12 and up with the Pfizer vaccine and gives a booster vaccination to individuals ages 12 and up at least 5 months after completing the 2-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccine primary series and 2 months after receiving the 1-dose J&J vaccine. Adults ages 50+ can choose to receive a second booster at least 4 months after their first booster. More

LSU Health New Orleans Graduates Enter Health Care Workforce

Students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ six professional health schools graduated during its 148th Commencement on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena. Graduates included students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ Schools of Allied Health Professions, Nursing, Public Health, Graduate Studies, Dentistry and Medicine. More

LSU Health New Orleans Faculty Invited to Present at Cancer Moonshot Community Conversation

Dr. Augusto Ochoa, Deputy Director of the Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center and Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and Dr. Xiao-Cheng Wu, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Louisiana Tumor Registry at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, were invited panelists for the Cancer Moonshot Community Conversation held on May 4, 2022. More

L3 Blood Drive Honors the Memory of Exceptional Young Man

To address a critical blood shortage and carry on his tradition of service, the third-year class of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine recently organized a Blood Drive to honor the memory of James Benjamin Miller, III. James was the son of Dr. Fern Tsien, Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research and Associate Professor, Department of Genetics. More

LSU Health New Orleans Medical Students Raise Funds for Humanitarian Aid for the Ukrainian People

The Student International Health Organization (SIHO) at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine is raising money to help support Ukraine. All proceeds will be donated to the Evangelical Ukrainian Baptist Church of Sacramento, which has volunteers on the ground throughout Ukraine and at refugee camps in Poland that have been providing medical supplies to the displaced. More

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic Hours the Week of March 28, 2022

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic initiates the vaccination series for individuals ages 12 and up with the Pfizer vaccine and gives booster vaccinations to individuals ages 12 and up at least 5 months after completing the 2-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccine series and 2 months after receiving the 1-dose J&J vaccine. More

Almost All LSU Health New Orleans Medical Grads Staying In-State Will Enter LSU Health Residency Programs

Match Day figures revealed that eighty-six percent of the graduating LSU Health New Orleans medical students who are staying in-state will enter an LSU Health residency program. Nearly 50% of the LSU Health New Orleans graduates chose to remain in Louisiana to complete their medical training (forty-eight percent, or 84 of 174 participating in the National Resident Match Program this year.) LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine residency programs in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and Bogalusa will accept 222 new residents. More

LSU Health New Orleans & Xavier Partner on Medical School Early Acceptance Program

LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine will begin reviewing applications recommended by Xavier University of Louisiana for early acceptance into medical school through a new program launched this year. At the time of conditional acceptance, LSU Health New Orleans will provide students who commit the opportunity to receive a conditional full four-year scholarship. More

LSU Health New Orleans Physician’s Grassroots Effort Will Fund Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

A GI Fellow at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine has started a grassroots fundraising for humanitarian aid for Ukraine. Lilia Stefaniwsky, MD, MBA, is Ukrainian-American with family and close friends in Lviv and Kyiv. More

Service Before Self

It was a day filled with pride and deep gratitude, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Faculty and staff from LSU Health New Orleans Schools of Dentistry and Medicine joined Mrs. Karleen “Mackey” Gremillion and Ozanam Inn staff and volunteers to honor the memory of her late husband. They gathered at a ceremony on March 7 at Ozanam Inn’s new home on Poydras Street to dedicate the upgraded and expanded Dental Clinic to Dr. Henry A. Gremillion, who served as Dean of LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry from 2008 until his death in May 2020. Dr. Gremillion believed in service before self. More

LSU Health Med Student Jumps in to Help Critically Injured Deputy

It started out as an ordinary Saturday. After going duck hunting, Michael McMahon was heading home from his parents’ house in River Ridge. Little did he know that he would become a medical first responder within blocks. His brother was ahead of him, and when he saw damaged vehicles and someone on the ground, he called McMahon and told him to hurry. McMahon, a third-year medical student at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, parked a block away and ran. What he saw when he got there would have chilled a seasoned medical professional. More

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic Hours the Week of February 21, 2022

>LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic initiates the vaccination series for individuals ages 12 and up with the Pfizer vaccine and gives booster vaccinations to individuals ages 12 and up at least 5 months after completing the 2-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccine series and 2 months after receiving the 1-dose J&J vaccine. More

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic Hours the Week of February 14, 2022

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic initiates the vaccination series for individuals ages 12 and up with the Pfizer vaccine and gives booster vaccinations to individuals ages 12 and up at least 5 months after completing the 2-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccine series and 2 months after receiving the 1-dose J&J vaccine. More

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic Hours the Week of February 7, 2022

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic initiates the vaccination series for individuals ages 12 and up with the Pfizer vaccine and gives booster vaccinations to individuals ages 12 and up at least 5 months after completing the 2-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccine series and 2 months after receiving the 1-dose J&J vaccine. More

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic Hours the Week of January 31, 2022

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic initiates the vaccination series for individuals ages 12 and up with the Pfizer vaccine and gives booster vaccinations to individuals ages 12 and up at least 5 months after completing the 2-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccine series and 2 months after receiving the 1-dose J&J vaccine. More

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic Hours the Week of January 24, 2022

LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic initiates the vaccination series for individuals ages 12 and up with the Pfizer vaccine and gives booster vaccinations to individuals ages 12 and up at least 5 months after completing the 2-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccine series and 2 months after receiving the 1-dose J&J vaccine. More

LSU Health New Orleans Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

LSU Health New Orleans will honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a series of events scheduled for January 17-21, 2022. Events and conversations held throughout the week will honor Dr. King’s legacy, inspire hope, and challenge us to determine a more inclusive and equitable way forward. More

LSU Health New Orleans Precision Medicine Lab Finds Omicron Variant

Among the 567 new COVID-19 cases reported today in Louisiana are two confirmed cases of the Omicron variant from the New Orleans area found by the LSU Health New Orleans’ Precision Medicine Laboratory. Directed by Lucio Miele, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, along with Dr. Gordon Love, Professor and Chair of Pathology, the lab sequences samples from positive tests to learn what strains of the virus that causes COVID-19 are infecting patients here. More

LSU Health New Orleans Presents Diplomas to New Members of the Health Care Professions

One hundred twenty-seven LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing students were presented their diplomas at a ceremony on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at the Frederick Sigur Center. More

LSU Health New Orleans Discovery Deemed Cancer Research Landmark

A publication detailing a research breakthrough by faculty at LSU Health New Orleans’ Cancer Center has just been selected as one of 24 Cancer Research Landmarks Papers. In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act, the American Association for Cancer Research created the Cancer Research Landmarks series. The series highlights pivotal National Cancer Institute-funded basic, translational, and clinical studies published in Cancer Research over the last 50 years, with commentaries reflecting on how these discoveries impacted the trajectory of the field. More

LSU Health New Orleans Precision Medicine Lab Hunts Omicron

Lucio Miele, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, is on the hunt. And he may be one of the first people to see the appearance of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Louisiana. Along with Medical Director Dr. Gordon Love, Professor and Chair of Pathology, Dr. Miele directs LSU Health New Orleans’ Precision Medicine Laboratory that has been sequencing samples from positive tests to learn what strains of the virus that causes COVID-19 are infecting patients here. More

Murray Made Plessy Pardon Possible

2006 was a busy year for Louisiana State Senator Edwin Murray. His district, District 4, along with the rest of metropolitan New Orleans, was early in the process of recovering from the devastating flooding following the floodwall failures after Hurricane Katrina. He filed 67 bills in the 2006 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature. One, though, recently made national news for its far-reaching historical impact. More

LSU Health’s Osofsky Presented Lifetime Achievement Award by ZERO to THREE

ZERO to THREE, the nation’s leading early childhood development nonprofit dedicated to ensuring all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life, presented one of two Lifetime Achievement Awards to Joy Osofsky, PhD, Paul J. Ramsay Endowed Chair of Psychiatry and Barbara Lemann Professor of Child Welfare at LSU Health New Orleans. More

LSU Health New Orleans Medical Students Proudly Wear Their New White Coats

One hundred ninety-five members of the Class of 2024 and one hundred ninety-seven members of the Class of 2025 at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine marked a milestone recently during their White Coat Ceremonies. The pandemic forced the cancellation of the Class of 2024’s ceremony last year, so both classes celebrated this month. More

Get to Know Steve Nelson, M.D., C.M., LSU Health New Orleans Interim Chancellor and School of Medicine Dean

When Steve Nelson started college at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he intended to become an English teacher. Little did he know back then that he would wind up leading not only a medical school but an entire academic health sciences center. As often happens during undergrad, though, exposure to other disciplines can open up new worlds. More

When the Lights Went Out: A Story About Hurricane Ida

Three LSU Health New Orleans licensed professional counselors and registered play therapists have created a new book to help children cope with the experience and aftermath of Hurricane Ida. A couple of very talented children, Susanna (age 8) and Ellie (age 6) Frischhertz, drew the illustrations. The authors have made it available to teachers, parents and caregivers at no charge. More

LSU Health Medical Students Who Responded to In-Flight Medical Emergency Honored

LSU Health New Orleans second-year medical students Heather Duplessis and Lauren Bagneris were honored by the Louisiana State Legislature and Mayor LaToya Cantrell during new LSU President William Tate, IV’s first visit to LSU Health New Orleans. More

Joseph M. Moerschbaecher, III, PhD

Joseph M. Moerschbaecher, III, PhD, who recently retired as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, passed away July 1, 2021, from complications of esophageal cancer. More

LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Graduation Increases Louisiana Health Care Workforce

In keeping with COVID-19 restrictions, students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ six professional health schools were honored in separate school ceremonies during May and June 2021. Graduates included students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ Schools of Allied Health Professions, Nursing, Public Health, Graduate Studies, Dentistry and Medicine. More

LSU Health New Orleans Gives 20,000th COVID Vaccination

The team at the LSU Health New Orleans COVID Vaccination Clinic celebrated a milestone on June 22, 2021. More

LSU Health New Orleans Takes Steps to Stop AAPI Hate

“I have had people driving by me or walking down the street yell racial slurs at me – ch***, g***, "take back your coronavirus", etc.,” reports one resident. “In the hospital, I have had patients refuse treatment from me because of my race. I have witnessed my Asian American colleagues being yelled at with various racial slurs. More

Looking Back

Though this week marks the anniversary of the first case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus diagnosed in New Orleans, by this time last year, LSU Health New Orleans was already well into response. Its faculty began closely following this new virus and preparing as news came out of China. More

Dinosaurs, Alligators, Astronauts . . . and Women?

How do dinosaurs, alligators and astronauts relate to COVID, and what else do they have in common? Women, of course. Not just any women. Women scientists. LSU Health New Orleans women scientists, to be precise. More

LSU Health Medical Students Debut Lockdown Funk

LSU Health New Orleans medical students have come up with a fun and funky way to share information about COVID-19 safety. A project of the Student Interest Group for Music & the Arts (SIGMA), the students put their talents to work to make "Lockdown Funk" a wildly creative look at ways to stop the spread. Inspired by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk," we haven't seen another version adapted to COVID-19. More

LSU Health Conducts 1st Study on Neighborhood Deprivation & COVID in LA

A study by researchers at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, believed to be the first study to investigate the role of neighborhood deprivation on COVID-19 in Louisiana, found that the more a neighborhood is deprived, the higher the risk for cases of COVID-19. More

Protecting the Protectors

First responders in the metropolitan New Orleans area gained an extra measure of protection, along with a tangible expression of support this Thanksgiving season thanks to the efforts of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine surgeons. Along with the Spirit of Charity Foundation and key industry partners, they raised $35,000 to buy Silverlon™ face masks to donate to first responders. More

LSU Health Team Wins Best 2020 Radiology Image Award

AuntMinnie.com awarded Bradley Spieler, MD, Vice Chairman of Radiology Research and Associate Professor of Radiology, and Emma R. Schachner, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy, at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, the 2020 Best Radiology Image for their COVID-19 lung model project. More

LSU Health New Orleans and LCMC Health Team Up to Care for Pregnant Hurricane Evacuees

As Category 4 Hurricane Laura bore down on the Louisiana coast near Lake Charles, thousands of residents were evacuated to get them out of harm’s way. The COVID pandemic precluded the traditional reliance on congregant shelters. So instead, New Orleans area hotels provided shelter to more than 10,000 of them. Some were pregnant women. More

LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry Pays Tribute to 9/11 First Responders and Military

Students, faculty and staff at LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry paid tribute to 9/11 first responders with an event that also benefited the Wounded Warrior Project on Friday, September 11, 2020. The 45- minute physically distanced event started at 6:15 a.m. on the intramural field on the campus at 1100 Florida Avenue. More

LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing Ranked #1 in LA

NursingProcess.org, an online one-stop shop for information about state nursing education for those considering nursing careers, has ranked LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing the #1 accredited nursing school in Louisiana. More

LSU Health New Orleans Faculty Take Top State Nursing Honors

The Louisiana State Nurses Association (LSNA) has recognized three members of the faculty of LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing with prestigious 2020 Nightingale Awards. More

Black Daggers Honor Health Care Workers

The U.S. Army Black Daggers jumped to honor LSU Health New Orleans and other health care workers Friday, July 10 at University Medical Center New Orleans. The primary landing zone was the field at the corner of Canal Street and North Claiborne Avenue. More

Perfectly Matched

July 1, 2020 is a big day in the life of newly minted doctors. It is the day when they start their residency programs, the graduate medical education training that is their final preparation before they can practice their medical specialties on their own. It is a milestone that an unusual mother and daughter are reaching together. More

LSU Health New Orleans’ LA Tumor Registry Earns Multiple Honors

The latest recognition of LSU Health New Orleans’ Louisiana Tumor Registry came from the Louisiana State Legislature with the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 95 in the 2020 Regular Session. The resolution, primarily authored by the Honorable Paula Davis who represents House District 69 to commend the Registry for its contributions to the fight against cancer, was sent to the Louisiana Secretary of State on June 2, 2020. More

From the Space Station to the COVID Ward

For Serena Auñón-Chancellor M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine’s branch campus in Baton Rouge, the NASA/SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission brings memories rushing back. Memories of experiences that few human beings have ever had – or ever will. More

Caroline Conquers The World!

A children’s coping and coloring book written and illustrated by three counselors at LSU Health New Orleans to help children deal with the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic has garnered attention and acclaim from far and wide. Louisiana First Lady Donna Edwards chose Caroline Conquers her Corona Fears to read during her virtual story time. More

LSU Healthcare Network Debuts Drive-Through Eye Pressure Checks

LSU Healthcare Network achieved an adaptive medical first in New Orleans this week by providing drive-through eye pressure checks. Patients, by appointment only, drive to the back of the LSU Healthcare Network clinic at 3700 St. Charles Avenue where they are met by techs in full personal protection equipment (PPE.) More

Caroline Conquers her Corona Fears

A trio of LSU Health New Orleans Clinical Rehabilitation and Counseling colleagues who are counselors and Registered Play Therapists, have developed a creative and innovative resource for parents and caregivers to help children cope with the stress and anxiety of the COVID-19 pandemic. More

The Secret Weapon that Allowed Dinosaurs to Take Over the Planet Becomes Official TED Talk

A TEDxLSU Talk given by Emma Schachner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has now been published as an official TED Talk. More

1st Reported Occurrence & Treatment of Spaceflight Medical Risk 200+ Miles Above Earth

Serena Auñón-Chancellor, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine’s branch campus in Baton Rouge, is the lead author of a paper describing a previously unrecognized risk of spaceflight discovered during a study of astronauts involved in long-duration missions. The paper details a case of stagnant blood flow resulting in a clot in the internal jugular vein of an astronaut stationed on the International Space Station. More

LSU Health New Orleans Awards Diplomas to New Members of Health Care Professions

One hundred twenty-eight LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing students completed their academic requirements during the summer and fall of 2019 and were awarded their diplomas. A Graduation and Awards Ceremony honoring them was held Thursday, December 12, at the Alario Event Center. More

A Magical Christmas

In the spirit of Christmas and LSU Health tradition of giving back, LSU Health New Orleans dental students organized the School's participation in the Salvation Army's Adopt-An-Angel Program. More

LSU Health New Orleans Nursing School Ranked #8 in U.S.

Nursing Schools Almanac has just released its 2019 rankings of the best U.S. nursing schools, and LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing jumped two spots up in the top 10 and one spot among public nursing schools. More

They’re Baaaccckkk!

They may look like miniature furbies, but don’t make the mistake of thinking they’re safe to handle. Puss moth caterpillars (Megalopyge opercularis), also known as asps, are one of the most toxic caterpillars in North America. More

LSU Health Tumor Registry Launches New Interactive Resource

LSU Health New Orleans Louisiana Tumor Registry has launched a new, user-friendly, interactive, online tool to provide easier access to cancer information in Louisiana. To our knowledge, Louisiana Cancer Data Visualization provides the most complete information of any online state-specific, cancer resource tool in the United States. More

Study Helps Surgeons Determine Optimal Approach for Broken Hips

Robert Zura, MD, Professor and Robert D'Ambrosia Chair of Orthopaedics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of an international collaborative study group whose findings will help orthopaedic surgeons identify the best individual approach to treat broken hips in those over age 50. The study provides a head-to-head comparison of the two techniques used to replace displaced femoral neck fractures in this vulnerable population and reports similar rates of outcome measures between the two. More

LSU Health Research Targets Metformin as Breast Cancer Rx

Medical Students Work on Health Policy on Capitol Hill

Imagine being listed as the point person in your organization for a $128.5 million bill in Congress. A heady thing for a 26-year-old who is still in school. More

5th Grader Helps Save Cancer Patients

Meet Joshua Bertuglia. He looks like a typical 5th-grader who loves all things football and New Orleans Saints and who is leaning toward becoming a chef. He says his mother wouldn’t let him become a professional football player because he might break his leg. More

Summer Research Program Inspires Young Scientists, Future Doctors

LSU Health New Orleans' Summer Research Internship Program, co-directed by Drs. Paula Gregory and Fern Tsien in the Department of Genetics, works to cultivate high school, undergraduate, postgraduate and medical students’ interest in pursuing medical and research careers in either the basic or clinical sciences. More

Medical Students Chef Up Healthy Dishes

LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University have teamed up to create a new elective in culinary medicine. More

University Police Sergeant Rescues Two from Floodwaters

A member of the LSU Health New Orleans faculty and a passerby were fortunate that Sgt. Devon Allen was working Wednesday, July 10. More

How well do certified filters remove lead from drinking water under normal use?

Adrienne Katner, DEnv, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, is leading a project to test the ability of water filters to remove lead from drinking water under normal use conditions in New Orleans. More

Kids with Special Needs Just Kids at LSUHealthNO Med’s Camp Tiger

The LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Class of 2022 gave 129 children with special needs the time of a lifetime during Camp Tiger 2019. More

Bringing Science to Life

A group of 4th-graders from St. Peter Claver School visited LSU Health New Orleans on a recent Wednesday morning for hands-on science lessons on the effects of smoking and alcohol on health, isolating DNA from strawberries, as well as the components of blood and their functions. The end-of-the-year field trip culminates a year of science instruction through the LSU Health New Orleans Schools Science Partnership and Science Youth Initiative programs. More

LSU Health Sciences Center Graduates New Members of Health Care Workforce

Students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ six professional health schools graduated during its 145th Commencement on Thursday, May 16, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena. More

Keeping the Music Alive

Twenty-one years ago this week, a jazz funeral for jazz funerals kicked off the official dedication of LSU Medical Center (now LSU Health New Orleans) Musicians’ Clinic. More

Mom's Little Miracle

When Kewanda Patterson found out she was carrying her fifth child, she learned her life and her baby's depended on great expertise and skill. More

The Circle of Life

Who knew that a baby in an orphanage in a sleepy, rural, one-traffic-light Louisiana town would one day chair the board of directors of the sole national organization representing academic dentistry. More

More LSU Health New Orleans Medical Grads Staying in LA & Entering Primary Care

Forty-nine percent, or 89 of 181 LSU Health New Orleans graduating medical students participating in the National Resident Match Program this year, chose to remain in Louisiana to complete their medical training. Eighty-one percent of those staying in-state will enter an LSU Health residency program. That is up from 46% staying in state last year and 75% of those entering an LSU Health residency program. More

LSU Health New Orleans Dental Students and Faculty Give Kids a Smile

LSU Health New Orleans dental, along with dental hygiene students, faculty and residents gave kids smiles at the School of Dentistry on a recent Friday. Planned and organized by the DDS students, Give Kids a Smile Day is an annual community service outreach project. More

Meet LSU Health New Orleans' 610 Stompers

LSU Health New Orleans enjoys a proud tradition of service to the communities it serves. Check out the extraordinary way a group of faculty and student movers and shakers gives back. More

Copelands Help Save Life of Family’s Doctor

When LSU Health New Orleans enrolled Alfonso Vargas in a clinical trial studying an immunotherapy drug for the treatment of advanced Merkel cell carcinoma, there were no good treatments for this deadly disease. More

LSU Health New Orleans Wellness Krewe Invites Patients to Walk Their Way to Wellness

If you haven’t blown your New Year’s resolution to get fit yet, some of you may be just about to throw in the towel. Don’t! The Wellness Krewe at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine is offering an opportunity to give your flagging commitment a big boost. More

Public Enemy #1? It’s not!

It’s that time of year. If your nose hasn’t run like Snoqualmie Falls and your sinuses haven’t been full-to-bursting yet, rest assured congestion will likely soon be calling your name. With plunging temps, close quarters, exploding cases of influenza, flu-like illness, colds and other respiratory infections, expect to become intimately acquainted with mucus. More

What's a Who Dat to Do?

Meet LSU Health New Orleans’ Brittney Wright. She’s is a speech-language pathologist. She is also a Saints fan. A rabid Saints fan. And therein lies her dilemma. More

Meet the Newest Members of the Health Professions

December 2018's LSU Health New Orleans nursing graduates include a survivor of a brain tumor, a husband and wife, a student whose mother had a stroke during the last weeks of her clinical rotations, and a young father whose wife is also now a student, necessitating some interesting classroom visits. More

Remembering those Forgotten

Two groups of people whose interactions can sometimes be contentious came together this morning in a spirit of caring, gratitude and mutual respect. LSU Health New Orleans University Police distributed holiday gift bags to people experiencing homelessness. More

Making Spirits Bright

Christmas will be a whole lot merrier for 100 children in the greater New Orleans area thanks to LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry. Representing the LSU Health New Orleans Chapter of the American Student Dental Association, dental students organized the School's participation in the Salvation Army's Adopt an Angel Program again this year. More

LSU Health New Orleans Hosts Young Doctors Event to Address Declining Black Male Medical School Applicants

Young Doctors DC asked Office of Diversity and Community Engagement at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine to host a day-long workshop for young people of color because of its successful work in pipeline programs. More

Welcoming New Colleagues

LSU Health New Orleans Physical Therapy (PT) faculty welcomed 33 members of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2021 at LSU Health New Orleans School of Allied Health Professions to clinical physical therapy practice at the 2018 White Coat Ceremony. More

Remembering Katrina: Opinion

On August 29, 2005, as the eye of Hurricane Katrina came ashore thirty-five miles east-northeast of New Orleans, poorly designed federal floodwalls failed, allowing water to pour through the breaches and flood 80% of the city. More

LSU Health Medical Students Go to Washington

“As I was considering summer options, I came to the realization that this was my ‘last summer’ until I retire,” recalls LSU Health New Orleans second-year medical student Kelsey Cramer. “I felt compelled to do something big and different and exciting.” More

LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health Faculty Develops Two Novel Statistical Approaches to Detect Interactions of Genetic Variants Associated with Cancers

Research conducted by Hui-Yi Lin, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, developed two novel statistical methods for detecting interactions of genetic variants associated with cancers or other complex diseases. More

LSU Health New Orleans Faculty Played Key Role in Pan Am Flight 759 Crash Response

Thirty-six years ago today a fully loaded Boeing 727 slammed into a Kenner, LA neighborhood leaving a wake of carnage, a debris field of nearly half a mile and 11 destroyed or heavily damaged homes. More

Camp Tiger 2018 Blasted Off to Out-of-this-World Adventures!

LSU Health New Orleans 1st-year medical students gave 130 kids with special needs a week of grand adventures at Camp Tiger 2018. More

Study with Implications for Opioid Crisis Finds Opioids Raise Risk of Fracture Nonunion

Dr. Robert Zura, Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of a research team reporting that not only may opioid use increase the risk of bone fractures, but opioids may also impair healing. More

New Guidelines Recommend Earlier Colorectal Cancer Screening

New guidelines developed by the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommend that screening for colorectal cancer for average-risk adults begin at age 45, five years earlier than the previous recommendation. More

LA’S only dental school opens new resource for patient care & research

LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry opened the Advanced Clinical Care and Research Building on May 23, 2018, on its campus at 1100 Florida Avenue. The $31 million, 64,899 square foot building houses $2.5 million of medical equipment, 4 clinics and research labs. More

LSU Health New Orleans Graduates New Members of Health Care Workforce

Students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ six professional health schools graduated during its 144th Commencement on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. at the University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena. More

LSUHealthNO LA Tumor Registry among 16 Funded by NCI SEER Program

The Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health has been awarded a one-year $1.8 million contract by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to continue its work as a SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) Program-designated cancer registry. More

1st-of-Its-Kind Study Associates Obesity with Poorer Stroke Outcomes in Non-White Patients

Research led by LSU Health New Orleans faculty has found that obesity contributed to poorer outcomes in non-white patients who had hemorrhagic strokes. It is one of the few studies examining outcomes of patients with obesity following intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and is the first such study conducted within the stroke belt of the US with a racially diverse population. More

LSU Health New Orleans Dental Student a Natural Leader

Jeffrey Kerst, a third-year DDS student at LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry, is one of two vice presidents just elected by the American Student Dental Association’s (ASDA) House of Delegates during its annual meeting in Anaheim. More

Ceremony Celebrates Rite of Passage for LSU Health New Orleans Medicine Class of 2021

On April 21, 2018, 183 members of LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine's Class of 2021 received the visible symbol of patient care. More

Medical Students' Rite of Passage

The Class of 2020 at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine received their white coats at the 2017 Medicine White Coat Ceremony. More

Geaux Baby, Geaux!

It didn’t take some of them long to figure out how to make their cars go, but steering was a different story. More

Marching for Science

LSU Health New Orleans faculty in Genetics, Pharmacology, Medicine and Public Health, were among the thousands who marched for science here in New Orleans on Earth Day. More

LSUHealthNO Medical Student to Spend a Year Doing Research at NIH

Russ Guidry, a student at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, is one of only about 50 medical students in the country chosen to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program. More

Scouting Public Health

Thirty-three boy scouts from troops in Louisiana and Mississippi were on their feet trying to find a hip hop beat on a recent Saturday morning at LSU Health New Orleans. More

Achoo! Counting the Culprits

The signs of the season, the Spring Allergy Season that is, have been painting the town yellow for weeks. Pollen, pollen and more pollen have been coating everything from cars to shoes. More

Discovery of New Predatory Dinosaur Species Gives New Insight on Their Evolution

Jayc Sedlmayr, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, was part of an international team of scientists who discovered a new tyrannosaur with an unusual mode of evolution. More

LSUHealthNO’S LA Tumor Registry Now Includes Prevalence Data

For the first time, data published by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health’s Louisiana Tumor Registry includes cancer prevalence. More

The Envelope, Please

The contents of the envelopes presented to LSU Health New Orleans graduating medical students during the Match Day 2017 celebration revealed great news for the students and the State, as well as some concerns. More

Tomorrow's Doctors

About 25 middle school students from metropolitan New Orleans schools got hands-on science and health experience during STEM NOLA Day on a recent Saturday at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine. More

Meet LSU Health New Orleans' 610 Stomper!

You just never know what lurks in the heart of a mild-mannered academic. Watch! More

Tornado Relief Fund Application Available

The application to receive funds from the LSU Health Foundation Tornado Relief Fund is now posted. More

Giving Kids a Smile

“It wasn’t scary.” And that was a revelation to Se Maj, a third-grader at ReNew McDonough City Park Academy after having her teeth examined and cleaned. More

After the Tornado

James Diaz, MD, DrPH, Professor and Director of Environmental/Occupational Sciences at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, offers advice to work safely and protect your health while cleaning up tornado damage. More

PJs Fashion a New Dental Experience

Pajamas were de rigueur the evening of January 25 at LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry. Patients, students and faculty sported their comfiest and cutest PJs at the celebration welcoming the leadership of Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children, the charitable arm of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. More

LSUHealthNO’s Zura Helps Address International Need

Robert Zura, MD, Professor and Chair of Orthopaedics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, served as the course director of the 3rd Trauma Conclave in India. More

The Passing of a Legend

Dr. Charlie Brown, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, died over the weekend. Though he lived a long and very full life, it was way too soon. More

Test for Early Diagnosis of Life-Threatening Preemie Disease Advances

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has chosen an LSU Health New Orleans team that developed a test for the early detection of a potentially life-threatening gastrointestinal disease affecting pre-term, low birthweight babies to receive expert guidance to move the technology forward. More

Shaping the Future

If you think getting nearly a hundred high school students and teachers from multiple schools in multiple parishes to travel 150+ miles first thing in the morning and arrive on time, at the same time is an easy feat, just imagine the logistics involved. More

Training to Reverse Opioid Overdoses

If you asked LSU Health New Orleans’ Dr. William Robinson what he was doing on a recent Wednesday, he’d tell you, “I was training 500 police officers on opioid overdoses, in a church, with a disco ball, that used to be an A & P.” More

Sothern Shares Expertise with a Worldwide Audience of Public Health Professionals

Tulane University Prevention Research Center and Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health didn’t have to go very far to find the best expert to present a webinar on childhood obesity for the American Public Health Association. Melinda Sothern, PhD, CEP, Professor of Public at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the causes, management and prevention of obesity in children. More

Hebert Honored for Humanitarian Achievements

The New Orleans Council for Community and Justice (NOCCJ) selected Dr. Corey Hebert, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, as one of five recipients of this year’s Weiss Award. More

Morrell Carter a Woman of the Year

Desiree Morrell Carter, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, was recognized at the annual CityBusiness Women of the Year luncheon on November 3, as a member of the 2016 class of honorees. More

Getting into the Spirit: A Safe & Healthy Halloween

LSU Health New Orleans faculty, staff and students really got into the Halloween spirit this year, showing off costumes from the frightful to the fanciful. In true New Orleans fashion, we love to dress up! More

LSU Health Helps Kick Off Night Out Against Crime

The highlight of the 2016 Night Out Against Crime Kick-Off for public health graduate student Kristin Cornwell was when she convinced a Central City resident who said she didn’t eat vegetables to try an organic baby carrot and became an instant convert. More

LSU Health New Orleans Teaches Breast Cancer Early Detection in Beauty Salons and Barbershops

The LSU Health New Orleans Office of Community Relations teamed up with LSU Health New Orleans public health professionals to bring potentially life-saving education to places filled with both women and men every weekend. More

LSU Health New Orleans Celebrates PA Week

PA Week, celebrated this year October 6 - 12, recognizes the contributions that physician assistants make to health. As part of health care teams with physicians and other health care professionals, physician assistants practice medicine and prescribe medications. More

Mission of Mercy Brings Dental Care to Hundreds

LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry teamed up with the Louisiana Dental Association and volunteer dentists from around the country to provide dental services for underserved people in the greater New Orleans area. More

Cancer Clinical Trials Program Brings Rx Advances to More

Members of the statewide cancer clinical trials network that grew out of a grant from the National Cancer Institute to LSU Health New Orleans came together recently to celebrate a milestone. More

Paying it Forward