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LSU's Impact on Louisiana Health & Wellness

LSU students, faculty and alumni are changing the face of healthcare in Louisiana.

 

 

LSU School of Dentistry

LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry is the only dental school in Louisiana. It educates three of every four dentists and dental hygienists practicing in the state. 

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 $64,899 square foot building houses $2.5 million of medical equipment, 4 clinics and research labs. It is the only dental school in the country which currently has all of the specialty disciplines under one roof. This building replaces the building that was inundated with flood waters by Hurricane Katrina.

National and international research has shown that the mouth is the window to overall health. Compelling evidence shows that gum disease is related to heart attack, stroke, low-birth-weight babies and a host of other health problems.

 

Recent Stories

• Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found a promising new treatment for allergic contact dermatitis that offers an alternative to corticosteroids and their possible side effects. The research is published this month in Dermatology and Therapy.
• 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)
• Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD, FAAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Research and Director of Diversity for the Section of Emergency Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has been elected President-Elect of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). She is the first female to hold the position. After serving a two-year term as President-Elect, Dr. Moreno will serve a two-year term as President of the specialty society of emergency medicine, followed by a two-year term as Past-President.
• Following his term as President-Elect, Demetrius Porche, DNS, PhD, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN, Professor and Dean of LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing, has been installed as President of the Southern Nursing Research Society. Southern Nursing Research Society was founded in 1986 to advance nursing research. There are 14 states in the Society region: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. In 1991, the boundaries were expanded to include the Caribbean, Latin America and the Bahamas.

Notable Alumni

Dr. James Rheuben Andrews

Bachelor of Science – Arts & Sciences Medical Combined, 1988
Medical Doctor - LSU School of Medicine, 1967
Honorary Doctor of Science, 1998
A world-renowned orthopedic surgeon, Andrews has operated on sports legends the likes of Bo Jackson, Peyton Manning, Emmitt Smith, Drew Brees, John Smoltz, Roger Clemens, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen and Jack Nicklaus, although collegiate and professional athletes only comprise about a quarter of his patients. He founded the Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center and the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala., and later the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Andrews successfully lobbied Little League for pitch-count limits because research conducted at his American Sports Medicine Institute found a correlation between pitching injuries and overuse as teenagers. While at LSU, Andrews won the SEC indoor and outdoor titles in the pole vault. In 2008, he was featured in the SEC’s 75 Years “Stories of Character” campaign and inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Larry Ottis Arthur

Doctor of Philosophy – Microbiology, 1970
Arthur is the associate director of the AIDS Vaccine Program at the National Cancer Institute, or NCI, at Frederick where he serves as the Operations and Technical Support Contract principle investigator and the AIDS Vaccine Program principle investigator. He also serves as president of SAIC-Frederick Inc., a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC, which operates the NCI-Frederick laboratories.

Dr. Alexander William "Alex" Dunlap

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 1989
A medical doctor and veterinarian, Dunlap is the chief veterinarian for NASA. He is responsible for all NASA policies related to animal health and welfare. In 1998, he was a Payload Specialist alternate for STS-90 Neurolab Program, studying the effects of microgravity on the nervous system, on the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Collis Benton Temple Jr.

Bachelor of Science – Education/Health and Physical Education, 1974
Master of Education - Administration, 1979
In 1971, Collis Temple, Jr. became the first African-American to play varsity basketball at LSU and was named to the All-SEC Academic First Team as a junior. Temple was featured in the SEC’s 75 Years “Stories of Character” campaign in 2008. He is founder of the Harmony Center, a non-profit organization for foster children and mentally disabled adults, and also co-founder of the Sports Academy athletic program in Baton Rouge. He also serves as the chairman of BREC, the Recreation & Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge.

 

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