Emergency Care Center RN Supervisor Chad Lester spoke to the Shreveport Times about a new cooling suit that will help heat stroke patients, among others. LSU Health Shreveport recently purchased two ThermoSuits for its emerg...
A Note from Chancellor Robert Barish, MD MBA I have had the honor of speaking at a number of graduations, and I have one standard piece of advice every time. I tell the students the secret to success is: “attitude gets you altitude.” While this maxi...
BMT members Amy Green & Jamie Shahan AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks) has re-accredited the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center at LSU Health Shreveport’s Bone Marrow Transplant and Leukemia Service in the area of Cell Therapy Act...
Dr. Peter Papadakos Eighty-two percent of North Americans own a cellular phone, including doctors and healthcare professionals. Advancing technology in healthcare carries many benefits, but it also can have detrimental effects on patient care. Elect...
Chancellor Robert Barish at An Evening for Heroes. The May 3 event honoring first responders and the LSU Health Shreveport Level 1 Trauma Center was covered by KTBS and KTAL . The Minden Press-Herald focused on the story of young mom and ...
Mini Med Spring Class of 2012. More Mini Med photos from the inaugural session can be viewed on our Facebook page . Thirty-four community members now comprise LSU Health Shreveport's first Mini Med graduating class. Participants ranged from teenager...
An Evening for Heroes photos can be viewed on our Facebook page . Videos can be watched here . A total of 84 emergency first responders and medical professionals were honored May 3 at the second annual “An Evening for Heroes,” which not only ra...
Assistant Professor Dr. Syed Jafri at February's session on integrative oncology. Mollie Corbett Photography. Feist-Weiller Cancer Center (FWCC) is expanding the program that allows its physicians to share their expertise with the community monthly ...
ENT Resident Dr. Rebecca Brown was interviewed for stories on KTBS 3 and KTAL 6 about the head and neck cancer screenings today at Feist-Weiller Cancer Center. Dr. Matthew Clavenna was taped doing an examination. The stories will be on the 5 o’...
Further evidence of the expanding role of robotics in making complex surgeries less invasive, an LSU Health Shreveport Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgeon yesterday used robotic assisted surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on the base of a patient’s...