Perry G. Rigby, MD

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	Perry G. Rigby, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program Clinical Science Research Building 533 Bolivar, Room 511 New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: (504) 568-8977 Fax: (504) 568-4460 prigby@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	MD - 1957 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Bio	Dr. Perry Rigby is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Rigby received his B.S. from Mount Union College and his M.D. from Case Western Reserve University. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Virginia and Hematology Fellowship at Boston University. He was Director of the Division of Hematology at The University of Nebraska, later Dean of the Medical School there and then Dean at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Rigby was Chancellor of Louisiana State University Medical Center, and is now Director of Health Care Systems. He was chosen to be a Markle Scholar. He has published 147 scientific papers and abstracts. Dr. Rigby is Chair of the Louisiana Medical Education Commission, and Vice Chair of the Louisiana Health Works Commission.
Research Interests	Physician supply and demand Graduate Medical Education Healthcare reform Economics and delivery Myeloproliferative syndromes Coagulation including Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura
Selected Publications	Rigby PG, Hilton C, Moerschbaecher J, Nelson S and Hollier L: The Proportionate Renewal of Physician Supply: Annual Kinetics Expressed by a simple Formula. J LA State Med Soc, SUBMITTED Rigby PG, Pinsky WW, Braun K, et al. The Medical Education Commission Report 2007: GME is Recovering from Katrina. J LA State Med Soc, IN PRESS Heinrich PL, Anthony L, Rigby PG: “Anemia Treatment: Is There a Way to Do Less Harm?” Abstract #159 Published: The American Federation for Medical Research: Vol. 56(1):282-343, 2008. Means R, Anthony L, Rigby PG: Defining the “Acquired Iron Insufficiency Syndrome”. Supportive Care in Cancer, Vol. 15(*6), June 2007. Rigby PG, Pinsky WW, Amedee R, et al. The Medical Education Report 2005-2006: Katrina Kinetics Change Graduate Medical Education. J LA State Med Soc, Vol. 159:88-93 March/April 2007. Chaudhry A, Hilton C, Rigby PG: “Catastrophic Katrina: Survival of the Training Programs”. Southern Society for Clinical Investigation: Abstract: J Inves Med, Vol. 55, Suppl. 1, #234 pp 28-39, January 2007. Wendling CV, Glass J, Rigby PG: “Inpatient Pharmaceutical Cost of Hematological Agents: A Sincle Center Report.” American Society of Hematology Blood (ASH): Vol. 108, No. 11, Abstract #5491, November 16, 2006.

Professor of Medicine Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program

Professor of Medicine
Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program