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Office of Medical Education
2020 Gravier Street
Suite 602
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-568-4006
Fax: 504-599-1453

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History


Dr. Gerard F. Pena (�82) President of the LSU Medical Alumni Association, Dr. Fred Cerise (�88) LSU System Vice President for Health Care and Medical Education, Dr. Stacey Holman (�04) Director of OB/GYN Simulation, Mrs. Marianne Cohn, Dr. Steve Nelson Dean of the LSU School of Medicine, Dr. Isidore Cohn Jr., MD Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Dr. Larry Hollier (�68) Chancellor of the LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, and Dr. Russell Klein (�59) LSUHSC Director of Special Projects at the Re-dedication Ceremony of the Isidore Cohn Jr., MD Student Learning Center.

The Isidore Cohn, Jr. , MD, Student Learning Center was build to fill a need created when the LSU School of Medicine, under the direction of Dr. Robert Marier, Dean, and Dr. Charles Hilton (’76), Associate Dean of the School of Medicine, developed a new curriculum for undergraduate education. The Cohn Learning Center was designed to provide medical students from the first to the fourth year with simulation based medical education and training.  

The Office of Alumni Affairs, under the direction of Dr. Russell Klein (’59), Associate Dean, was asked to coordinate fund-raising, design and construction of the Center.

The Medical Alumni Board, under Dr. John McLachlan (’62) [1998-1999], Dr. Mario Calonje (’59) [1999-2000], and Dr. Bennie P. Nobles (’71) [2000-2001], accepted the Center as its principal fund-raising project.

The LSU Health Sciences Center Institute of Professional Education, under its Board Chairman, Dr. Ewing Cook (’69) and its President, Mr. Joseph A. D’Angelo, MSHA, entered into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the LSU System President, Dr. William Jenkins, and the LSU Board of Supervisors to take ownership of 14,000 square feet of space at 2020 Gravier Street, renovate it, and donate it back to LSU System – all of which was done without expenditure of any public funds. 

The largest donor to the construction of the Center was the James D. Rives Surgical Society. Their donation secured the "naming rights" and they chose to name the center for Isidore Cohn, Jr. MD, long time Chariman of Surgery at the LSU School of Medicine

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Isidore Cohn, Jr. MD, W. Chapman Lee MD, Kenneth N. Adatto MD and Robert L. Marier MD at the groundbreaking ceremony of the original Isidore Cohn, Jr. MD Student Learning Center

The LSU School of Medicine expresses its appreciation to Dr. Isidore Cohn, Jr., and his family; the members of the Medical Alumni Association Board; the Institute of Professional Education; the James D. Rives Surgical Society; the Committee of 100 – Champions of Excellence; Dr. Robert S. Daniels and Dr. Vikki Ashley; the countless other alumni, faculty, and friends; and the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers whose unstinting help and support made the Isidore Cohn, Jr., MD, Student Learning Center a reality.

The Center was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. All of the equipment was replaced and is currently in use. The Center has been reconstructed in a safer place, and reopened in August 2009.