Welcome to the new website for the Faculty Assembly of the LSU School of Medicine! The purpose of this website is to serve as a conduit for information that will benefit and inform the faculty as we move forward into the post-Katrina era of our school. As we struggle somewhat to accomplish our daily work-related responsibilities, I hope faculty will begin to refer to this web page more and more, and I hope the information provided can in some way assist them.

The mission of the Assembly is actually quite straightforward. Our mission is to facilitate communication between Faculty and the Administration for the mutual benefit of everyone in the LSU School of Medicine and we have organized an Assembly with elected Delegates to do this. There are a total of 24 elected Delegates, 9 from the Basic Sciences and 15 from the Clinical Sciences. We also elect 6 alternates to ensure proper representation of both Clinicians and Basic Scientists. Our bylaws specify that the Delegates shall meet with the entire Assembly twice per year, and at these meetings the President is expected to present a formal summary of the actions and recommendations of the Delegates, who meet monthly to discuss all matters related to faculty affairs in our school.

In summary, we have completely re-established our school after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, but the continued revitalization and creation of a new vision for LSUHSC must include its Faculty as they and the students should always be considered the heart and soul of any academic institution.