Congrats to Betty Lo-Blais M.D.
who was the recipient of the 2009
Allen A. Copping Excellence
in Teaching Award
We are off to another great year! Feel free to email us with questions or suggestions!
►Katie Brown, 3rd year resident, is one of the 2011-2012 LSU Housestaff Association Presidents.
►Our residents' volunteer work at Luke House has been noticed by both the LSU Chancellor in a newsletter distributed to all LSUHSC employees and also the Times-Picayune!. Luke House is a community-organized clinic providing free acute care to indigent and underserved people in the Uptown area of New Orleans. Our residents volunteer at the clinic weekly on Tuesday nights.
►The LSU Med/Peds Relay Team (Betty Lo-Blais, Amanda England, and Vilma Cervantes) won 1st place in the Female Corporate Division for the 2009 Jazz Half Marathon - Run for the Children Relay Challenge.
►Our faculty is responsible for coordinating care at the Rock-and-Roll marathon medical tents every year. This is a fantastic volunteer opportunity that the residents and faculty really enjoy.
Letter from the Program Director
Greetings from New Orleans!
As the proud Program Director of the LSU Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program in New Orleans, I personally welcome you to our wonderful city that never sleeps. Not only do our residents have an outstanding educational experience at LSU, but they also have the luxury of spending their free time with so many fun things to do with their friends and colleagues. There truly is never a dull moment here, and we would be delighted to share our experiences with you.
Before you browse through our website, I’d like to highlight
11 reasons why you should choose our medicine/pediatrics program:
1) Since November 2007, our residents have demonstrated a commitment to giving back to our community by volunteering eachTuesday, rain or shine, from 6-8pm in the heart of New Orleans. Although purely voluntary, all of the residents have enthusiastically contributed their free time to help those who need medical services but can’t afford to pay for these services.
2) We now have a state-of-the–art simulation center that is truly one-of-a-kind where you can practice your intubation and resuscitation techniques, procedure skills such as central lines, lumbar punctures, and carotid ultrasound, and mock code scenarios.
3) We know how to work and we really know how to have fun – a lot of fun!
4) We have awesome IM and Pediatric colleagues who also know how to have fun.
5) Graduates have 3 times more fun by attending 3 graduation celebrations given by Medicine/Pediatrics, Pediatrics, and Internal Medi
cine!!!
6) We have an awesome Med/Peds coordinator, Vilma Cervantes, who successfully completed the Iron Woman race in Madison, Wisconsin on September 7, 2008 in 13 hours, 31 minutes, and 48 seconds and can give you a few pointers as well.
7) Residents actually have input into their custom-made schedules.
8) We have the best NFL and collegiate football teams – Geaux SAINTS & Tigers!
9) We have the most incredible food and music hands down!
10) Our new and improved levees really do work.
11) Jazz Festival in late April and early May, Strawberry Festival in Ponchatoula, Crawfish Festival in St. Bernard, and the best celebration on earth - Mardi Gras!
I hope you enjoy our website and I also hope that you can visit New Orleans and experience the city for yourself. We welcome you with open arms and hope that we personally showcase why we love our city and our program so much!!
Please call our office (504) 568-3792 for additional information or call me personally for any questions at (504) 415-8498.
Warmest Wishes,
Betty Lo-Blais, MD
Program Director, LSU Medicine/Pediatrics
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