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Contact Info:

Section of General Internal Medicine
1542 Tulane Avenue
Box T4M-2
New Orleans, LA 70112

Jasmine Johnson
Assistant Business Manager
504-568-4624 Phone
504-568-2127 FAX
jjoh18@lsuhsc.edu

Section of General Internal Medicine

The Section of General Internal Medicine is primarily a clinical section in the Department of Medicine at LSU. All clinical faculty members participate in the teaching and patient care activities of the section. Dr. David Borne is the Section Chief. The mission of the Section of Comprehensive Medicine is:

to provide excellent clinical care and service to patients.
to provide excellence in teaching in principles of General Internal Medicine and Preventive Care to medical students and house officers.
to participate in community outreach efforts to provide health education and promote wellness in the communities we serve.

Faculty

Borne, David, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section Chief, General Internal Medicine

Chauvin, Sheila, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Public Health

Erny, Eirinn E, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Eubanks, Robert, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Fontenot, Cathi, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Giambrone, Nicole, MD
Instructor of Clinical Medicine

Hart, Jennifer, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Lo-Blais, Betty, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics

McDermott, Diana, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics

McLean, Angela, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Spiller, Catherine C., MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Wallis, Brent, MD, FAAP
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Curriculum

Teaching activities of the section include:

attendance on inpatient and outpatient services
ethics course for medical students (Dr. Amoss, co-director)
out-patient clinics at the Medical Center of Louisiana, which is a residency run, staff-supervised indigent clinic for Charity Hospital (Drs. Eubanks, Hebert, and Hart serving as the primary attending staff)
acute inpatient medical detoxification unit in the Medical Center of Louisiana, the only community indigent in-patient acute detox unit
physical examination component of the Intro to Clinical Medicine course for second-year medical students (Dr. Hebert, director)