LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine

📣 Spotlight on the GHHS Student of the Month for March! 🍀

Prerana Ramesh is from Seattle, Washington. She graduated summa cm laude from LSUS with a BS in Biological Sciences. Prerana is involved in the Radiology Interest Group (Secretary), Ultrasound Interest Group (Vice-President and co-founder), Arts and Humanities in Medicine (Crafts Chairman), and the Latino Medical Student Association at LSUHS. She enjoys crafts and bringing patients smiles with the creations she makes for them. She really likes Diagnostic Radiology and hopes to match into it next year! Way to GEAUX, Prerana! 🐅

📣 February Student of the Month Spotlight!
The Gold Humanism Honors Society is proud to announce Connor Doyle as the February Student of the Month! Connor is from Houma, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge for his undergraduate studies. While at LSU, he worked for Baton Rouge Regional Eye Bank and recovered corneas for Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Connor appreciates that LSUHS Shreveport is full of amazing research opportunities and home to a welcoming and collaborative faculty! In his free time, Connor loves to play tennis and pickleball. Connor hopes to match into Ophthalmology next year! Way to GEAUX, Connor! 🐅

LSUHS School of Medicine enjoyed week one of Mental Health Awareness Week! Students participated in a Pickleball tournament, a Mario Kart tournament, and a guided Meditation Session. Big thanks to the Executive Council, the Student Counseling Center, and Student Affairs for making week one a success! We can’t wait to see what’s in store for week two!

📣January Student of the Month Spotlight!

Congratulations Grace Dirks on becoming the January 2025 Student of the Month! Grace is from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She graduated from LSU in 2022 with a BS in Biochemistry. She is currently a 3rd year medical student at LSUHS and is very interested in Pediatrics. She is involved in Pediatric Interest Group, Geaux Bald, IDEAS, AHM, and Growing for Good. When she is not studying or doing things at school, she enjoys playing with her dog, cooking, and watching TV shows or movies to relax.

Way to GEAUX, Grace! 🐅

Happy Holidays from LSUHS School of Medicine!

📣 Spotlight on .shreveport ! This Interest Group hosted a Jingle Bells and Kettlebells workout at on Saturday and raised $500 for !
Thank you Medicine in Motion, School of Medicine students, No Ceilings CrossFit and supporting community for this fundraising event!

💪 We have the strongest students around! 💪

MSAA host arm wrestling tournament Medical Students for Addiction Awareness hosted their annual arm wrestling tournament to raise money LARC, the Louisiana Addiction Research Center.

Happy Halloween from the School of Medicine! 🎃 👻

This week our medical students participated in the Medical Student Research Program Poster Presentation. These students work so hard on their research and we are extremely proud of their hard work. Congratulations to our 4 students who received an award for the poster presentation competition and a special thanks to all faculty members who dedicated their time to our students’ research education as well.

- 1st Place: Brooke Scardino, MSI, mentored by Mohammad Bhuiyan, PhD
- 2nd: Place: Cameron Howe and Jonathan Okereke, both MSI, mentored by Alan Kaye, Md, PhD
-3rd Place: Stephanie Provenzano, MSIII, mentored by Monica Gestal, PhD

"This is essentially a fair for medical students to study new treatments, new diagnostic methods, and to push the envelope of biomedical science," said Dr. John Vanchiere Co-Director for the LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine Medical Student Research Program (MSRP).

This program allows our medical students to spend 10-12 hours a week for 5 weeks during the summer to work closely with a faculty mentor on a research project where they learn how professional research is conducted and work towards their way to getting published, all the while building a highly competitive residency resume.

Congratulations to our 4 students who received an award for the poster presentation competition that happened this morning and a special thanks to all faculty members who dedicated their time to our students' research education as well.

- 1st Place: Brooke Scardino, MSI, mentored by Mohammad Bhuiyan, PhD
- 2nd: Place: Cameron Howe and Jonathan Okereke, both MSI, mentored by Alan Kaye, Md, PhD
-3rd Place: Stephanie Provenzano, MSIII, mentored by Monica Gestal, PhD

Show your support for Camp Tiger! Clays for Camp Tiger is November 2 at Shreveport Gun Club! Register online at www.lsuhsfoundation.org/ClaysforCT

A group of students enjoying a MudBugs Hockey Game this past weekend! 🏒

The Class of 2027 received their white coats on Saturday!

Congratulations to the Class of 2028 on receiving your white coats!