Pathology Residency Program Faculty
LSU/University Medical Center of New Orleans
Gordon L. Love, MD
Chairman, Department of Pathology
Professor of Clinical Pathology
Jack Perry Strong Endowed Professorship
Medical Director, Uinversity Medical Center of New Orleans
Clinical Laboratories
Ritu Bhalla, MD
Program Director
Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology
Associate Professor, Urology
Tracy A. Dewenter, MD
Director, Surgical Pathology
Associate Professor, Pathology
Rachna Jetly, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pathology
William A Rock Jr. Professor
Director, University Medical Center of New Orleans Hematopathology,
Flow Cytometry and Electrophoresis Laboratories
Jonathan D. Somma, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology
Pelayo Correa Professorship
Director, Cytopathology
Elizabeth Rinker, MD
Associate Program Director
Director, Student Electives in Pathology
Director, Immunohistochemistry/Histology Special Procedures
Shaun D. Lawicki, MBBS
Director, Blood Bank University Medical Center of New Orleans
Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology
Richard S. Vander Heide, MD, PhD, MBA
Director, Autopsy Services
Professor, Clinical Pathology
Sharon Fox, MD, PhD
Associate Director of Research and Development
Fred H. Rodriguez, Jr., MD
Emma Moss Professor of Pathology
William W. Bivin, Jr., MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology
F. Avery Ragan, PhD, DABCC
Associate Professor of Pathology
Roy H. Rhodes, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Pathology and Neurosurgery
Todd Leleux, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology
Giovanni Lorusso, MD
West Jefferson Medical Center
James E. Brown, Jr., MD
Michael LeRoy, MD
Kenneth Farris, MD
William Luer, MD
Ochsner Medical Center
Donny Dumani, MD
Darshan Trivedi, MD
Courtney Jackson, MD
Tong Yang, MD
Christopher Gonzalez, MD
Edgar Cooper, MD
Edwin Beckman, MD
George Mayhall, MD
Children's Hospital New Orleans
Randall Craver, MD
Stephanie Moss, MD
Matthew Stark, MD
Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office
Ellen Connor, MD
Dana Troxclair, MD
Pathology Residency Program Staff
Elizabeth Monnin, MLS (ASCP)CM
Program Coordinator
1901 Perdido St., Room 5104
New Orleans, LA 70112
Ph: (504) 568-7006
esoroe@lsuhsc.edu
Karen Cappiello
Business Manager
KCappi@lsuhsc.edu
Tammy Waltz
Assistant Business Manager
Twaltz@lsuhsc.edu