LSU Health Shreveport Internal Medicine Residency Program

Today was bittersweet as we bid farewell to our amazing Associate Program Director, Clinical Education Enthusiast, Elite Call Day Food Orderer and Equality King👑: Dr.Shahzeem Bhayani. His wisdom, kindness and dedication have profoundly touched us all. Dr. Bhayani has played a pivotal role in training students, residents and faculty alikein his 5 years at LSUHS. From gearing us up for boards on rounds to opening our eyes to health disparities, his goal was always to better us as physicians and the health of our community.
We wish him the best of luck as he moves on to complete his heme/onc fellowship in St. Louis. You'll be greatly missed, but we know great things await you in your next chapter!
Grateful for all that you have done for our program💛💜

On May 2, 2024, our program hosted the Annual Internal Medicine Research Day featuring a keynote talk from Dr. Shaalan Beg, a selection of oral presentations by our residents, and a display of posters from residents and students across the department. The day ended with prizes for both the oral and poster presentations. This event was made possible by all the members of our Research Committee! We would like to extend a special thank you to our guest speaker, Dr. Beg, for taking the time to speak and visit with us and all of the faculty involved in judging the presentations.

Celebrating the induction of our 2024 AOA members!

Join us in welcoming our incoming chief residents! We can’t wait to see their positive impact on our program!

We're so excited for this incredible group of interns to join our program! Welcome to

Celebrating International Women's Day with our rockstar PD: Leader, nephrologist, mom, mentor and a role model 🤍🤍🤍

Welcoming Dr. Marrero & Dr. Amalraj's baby-to-be 😍🐣🍼

Congratulations to our residents (Drs. Siddiqui & Vyas), alumni (Dr. Khan) and faculty (Dr. Alvarez) for their induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society! We're so proud of their commitment to compassionate patient care🤩

Can’t wait to learn from the experiences of this amazing panel❤️

A token of appreciation to all our residents who make LSU Health Shreveport such a wonderful place!

What an inspiring day for our residents today! We had the opportunity to hear from a panel of strong female role models in our hospital during our Women in Medicine Discussion. We discussed topics such as microaggressions in the workplace, claiming space in traditionally male-dominated fields, balancing parenting with career goals and pay gaps that continue to exist. We got to hear how each of our attending’s from both medicine and surgical subspecialties navigated their paths as Women in Medicine 💪💪
We’re so grateful to all of them for sharing their experience with us today!

Early Galantines for our fabulous PGY3s! Cheers to rocking this journey together🥂

Future of GI is bright!!

LSU Health Shreveport Internal Medicine Residents, Dr. David Okuampa, Dr. Pooja Shah, and Dr. Siva Gandu were recently awarded the SCOPY Award (Service Award for Colorectal Cancer Outreach, Prevention and Year-Round Excellence) from the American College of Gastroenterology!
This award was given to the residents for their project, "Cutting Out Cancer," which is a campaign to educate employees of local barbershops and salons to serve as spokespersons to their clientele about the importance of colorectal cancer screening. Those participating receive education about the cancer, populations most affected, methods, benefits and affordability of screening and resource availability and in turn are able to help educate their clients and begin proactive conversations to destigmatize colorectal cancer screening and promote this lifesaving measure!
Congratulations to our residents and their faculty mentor and Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Dr. Sudha Pandit (not pictured)!

So proud of our residents 🥹😍

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our big family to yours!

So excited for the LSU community!

What a wonderful space to share such a happy day with our residents and faculty!

So incredibly proud of this new group of fellows and attendings! Congratulations to all of you!

Take a look at our amazing program leadership at the conference this week 🤩🤩
They presented their work in eliminating bias during residency interviews and shared their holistic approach in reviewing applications with other programs!

Our residents enjoying their wellness time thanks to our Residency Wellness Committee! 😍

Dr. Kulkarni back for another POCUS morning report!

Want to learn more about our Internal Medicine program and get to know us better? Join us in one of our meet & greet sessions for an opportunity to ask questions and find out what we're all about!

Aug 29, 2023 at 5:30 pm CST: https://tinyurl.com/4ws6mp36

Sept 12, 2023 at 5:30 pm CST: https://tinyurl.com/4spk84ch

Looking forward to meeting you all!

Happy GME Professionals day to our amazing GME staff! 💜💛

Our residents recently secured a grant from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation and are in collaboration with Centenary College of Louisiana for a project titled: Live, Work, Play, Rest: Building Trust by Enhancing Resident Education in Health Equity.
Congratulations to this amazing team 👏👏

After 2 years of hustle and hard work, our PGY Ills get together to celebrate the beginning of this ERAS season! May your dreams soar and your hard work shine through! Hope you all have an amazing interview season✨✨ **P

Excited for another year of interesting cases and clinical pearls!