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LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport

Coordinates: 32°28′52″N 93°45′43″W / 32.481014°N 93.761894°W / 32.481014; -93.761894
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LSU Health Shreveport
TypePublic university
Established1965
Parent institution
LSU System
Academic affiliation
Space-grant
ChancellorDavid Guzick
Academic staff
600+
Students1101 (624 MD students)[1]
Location
Shreveport
,
Louisiana
,
United States

32°28′52″N 93°45′43″W / 32.481014°N 93.761894°W / 32.481014; -93.761894
CampusUrban
Websitewww.lsuhs.edu

LSU Health Shreveport is a public university focused on health sciences education and located in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System and is composed of three schools: the School of Medicine, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Allied Health Professions.[2] The School of Medicine offers the Doctor of Medicine degree, while both the Schools of Graduate Studies and Allied Health offer Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees, and Doctorate degrees.[3] The School of Medicine also offers 17 residency and 34 fellowship training programs through the Office of Graduate Medical Education.[4]

History

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Close-up view of LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, which occupies the expanded facilities of the formerly-named Confederate Memorial Medical Center

Established in 1966 as the Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport, Edgar Hull – who in 1931 had worked to establish the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans – served as the first dean until his retirement in 1973.[5] G. E. Ghali was named Chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport in October 2016. Ghali left LSU Health Shreveport in June 2021. David Lewis, also dean of the School of Medicine, stepped in as interim chancellor. In January 2023, David Guzick took over as chancellor.[6]

Since 2016, the LSU medical school in Shreveport has grappled with financial troubles. LSU President F. King Alexander said that the troubles date to 2013, when the private Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana assumed control of the teaching hospital as part of then-Governor Bobby Jindal's plan to privatize the state charity hospital system. Alexander said that the foundation has not paid hospital bills in full and provides insufficient funding to sustain the medical school.[7]

In October 2018, a 50/50 partnership between Ochsner and LSU Health Shreveport took over managing the operations, replacing the previous management.[8]

Academics

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LSU Health Shreveport's three professional schools (Allied Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Medicine) offer multiple degree paths.

School of Allied Health Professions

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Allied Health has the widest arrangement of academic degrees, with undergraduate and graduate programs. It also offers three residency programs.

School of Graduate Studies

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The school of graduate studies offers master's degrees and PhDs and takes part in a combined MD-PhD program with the School of Medicine.[9] The SOGS offers doctorate degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Pathology and Translational Pathobiology. The Cellular Biology and Anatomy department also offers master's degrees. https://schoolofgradstudies.lsuhs.edu/academics/

School of Medicine

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The School of Medicine only offers the MD degree, but some students elect to join the rigorous combined MD–PhD program.[10]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.lsuhs.edu/admissions
  2. ^ "Home - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport". www.lsuhscshreveport.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  3. ^ "School of Allied Health Professions - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport". www.lsuhscshreveport.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  4. ^ "FAQs - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport". www.lsuhscshreveport.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  5. ^ "Hull, Edgar". Louisiana Historical Association, A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. Archived from the original on October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  6. ^ "Dr. David Guzick Selected Chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport".
  7. ^ Leigh Guidry (August 31, 2016). "LSU's Shreveport medical school on life support". The Shreveport Times. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  8. ^ Piekos, Christian. "Ochsner takes the reigns of North Louisiana's charity hospitals". ksla. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  9. ^ "School of Graduate Studies - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport". www.lsuhscshreveport.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  10. ^ "School of Medicine - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport". www.lsuhscshreveport.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
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