LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport

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LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport (also LSU Health Shreveport)
LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA IMG 2364.JPG
Type Public university
Established1965
Parent institution
 LSU System
Academic affiliation
 Space-grant
Chancellor David Guzick
Location
Shreveport
,
Louisiana
,
United States

32°28′52″N93°45′43″W / 32.481014°N 93.761894°W / 32.481014; -93.761894
Website www.lsuhs.edu

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport (LSU Health Shreveport) is a public university focused on the health sciences and located in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the LSU System and is composed of three different schools: the School of Medicine, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Allied Health Professions. [1] 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. [2] The Ochsner-LSU Health Hospital also offers 18 residency programs and 15 fellowships. [3]

Contents

History

Close-up view of LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, which occupies the expanded facilities of the formerly-named Confederate Memorial Medical Center LSU Medical Center in Shreveport IMG 1396.JPG
Close-up view of LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, which occupies the expanded facilities of the formerly-named Confederate Memorial Medical Center

It is part of the Louisiana State University System. It was established as the Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport in 1966; Edgar Hull – who in 1931 had worked to establish the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans – was the first dean, from 1966 until he retired in 1973. [4] G. E. Ghali was named Chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport in October 2016. Dr. Ghali left LSU Health Shreveport in June 2021. Dr. David Lewis, also Dean of the School of Medicine, stepped in as Interim Chancellor. In January 2023, Dr. David Guzick took over as Chancellor. [5]

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. [6]

In October 2018, a 50/50 partnership between Ochsner and LSU Health Shreveport took over managing the operations, replacing the previous management. [7]

Academics

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

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

School of Graduate Studies

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. [8] 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

The School of Medicine only offers the MD degree, but some students elect to join the rigorous combined MD–PhD program. [9]

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