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Prospective Residents

Why LSU–New Orleans Internal Medicine?

1) The Patients
LSU-NO serves a diverse patient population with an amazingly wide range of medical issues. Residents in our program experience pathology that is often only read about in textbooks. Because we rotate at three different hospitals, we are able to care for both indigent and privately insured patients. This provides residents the opportunity to experience delivery of care from the perspective of both uninsured populations, privately insured patients, and from the hospitalist perspective.

2) The Residents
LSU-NO has a broad yet unified group of residents. Talk to any of them, and you will soon detect their enthusiasm and commitment. Our program is large enough to allow flexible scheduling but small enough for people to really know one another. LSU Internal Medicine is known for its genuine family atmosphere, which is fostered by many social programs throughout the year, some of which are hosted by the Chairman of Medicine.

3) The Faculty
Our Internal Medicine Department features an outstanding faculty with exceptional clinical skills and a strong commitment to resident education. In addition to Comprehensive Medicine staff, our faculty is composed of specialists in Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Pulmonary/Critical Care, and Rheumatology. Some members of the faculty also have additional expertise in Toxicology, Hyperbarics, and Law. Various faculty members have large research grants while others serve as editors and reviewers for both national and peer review journals. The Department of Internal Medicine has received the award for Best Clinical Department at the LSU School of Medicine for the past two decades! The Department Chair, Dr. Charles Sanders, is directly involved with the Residency Program. He regularly attends Morning Report and meets weekly with the Program Directors and Chief Residents to discuss issues pertinent to the Residency Program.

4) The Program
Our Residency Program offers autonomy with assistance in an environment that balances the twin goals of service and education. Residents and interns are encouraged to think independently and forming their own care plans although faculty support is readily available if needed. It is rare to find such a resident-friendly university-based program.

There are great opportunities for fellowship training. Our Medicine Department currently offers fellowships in Allergy/Immunology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, and Pulmonary Medicine/Critical Care. One-third of the 2003 graduates entered fellowship training, and 100 percent of our graduates received their first choice of fellowship. (Check out the graduates link to see where they continue their fellowships!)

5)Call
Our system of call has been designed so that residents rarely reach their caps. Residents and interns usually admit between four and ten patients per call night. Caps are set at ten new admits for second and third year residents, and five new admits for interns. There is a good volume of patients but not so many that the demands of patient care undermine the clinical-education experience.

Call on the ward teams at the LSU Interim Hospital is overnight for interns, with upper-level residents leaving in the evenings after being relieved by a night float resident. Call at Touro and Kenner operates on the traditional q4 overnight system. This also allows residents to experience both systems and adapt their behaviors to fit each system.

Our program has a number of call months comparable to that of other university-based programs. Interns on average have five to seven call months, second-year residents have six to eight call months, and third-year residents have five to six call months. This schedule provides time for self-education and personal time with family and friends.

6) The Resources
Our residents and interns have 24-hour access to UptoDate while on campus and online access to MD Consult and other journals. LSU Health Sciences Center has an outstanding three-story library on campus, available to all house officers.

Our program also offers residents the opportunity to publish in the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. Dr. Fred Lopez is the coordinator of the department’s Clinical Case of the Month, in which residents and interns from LSU-NO publish cases seen on the wards of our hospital.

The Internal Medicine Department pays for the New Orleans Internal Medicine Board Review course for graduating residents. The Department also purchases either the MKSAP Review books or the MedStudy Review books for those who choose to become ACP Associates.

With so much to offer, why NOT choose LSU for your training in the future of internal medicine? Click on any of links to the left to learn more, and we look forward to hearing from you!