Our graduated residents continue to be a part of the LSU family. Find residents who have graduated by their year of graduation below and see what they are doing now. Please contact Steven Smith with any updates.

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Class of 2007

Victor Chou
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Augusta, GA
Lake After Hours Urgent Care, Baton Rouge, LA

Amy Giarusso
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Assistant Professor and Internal Medicine Hospitalist, LSU-New Orleans

Brad Giarusso
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Clinic, Baker, LA

Sandhya Mani (Chief Resident)
Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, LSU-New Orleans

Diana McDermott (Chief Resident)
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Assistant Professor and Med/Peds Clinic Faculty, LSU-New Orleans

Cori Morrison
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, LA

Jeff Williams
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Class of 2006

Kristin Dascomb, MD (Chief)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Combined infectious diseases fellowship at University of Utah

Tracye Kyles, MD
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
Our Lady of the Lake "Lake After Hours" Urgent Care Center

Jeff McGee, MD
University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Private Med/Peds Practice with UC Davis-Sacramento

Will Newman, MD (Chief)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Private Med/Peds practice in the Westbank area of New Orleans

Rhonesia Simmons, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Outpatient Med/Peds at Chabert Med. Center, Houma, LA

Class of 2005

Richard Awtrey, MD (Chief)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Rich is enrolled in a 3 year adult GI fellowship at LSU.
He will join a private GI practice in Pascagoula, MS in July 2008.

Wade Brown, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Wade is pursuing a career as a private Med/Peds physician in North Louisiana.

Nefretiti Garrison, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Nefretiti has entered a private Med/Peds practice in South Louisiana.

Hui Jin Kim, MD
Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA
Hui Jin is currently an adult nephrology fellow at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

Paul Niolet, MD (Chief)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA
Paul completed a fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at LSU in New Orleans in June 2006 and joined a private practice in Pascagoula, MS.

Jason Wechsler, DO
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jason has joined an Med/Peds hospitalist group in South Carolina.

Carter Wood, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA
Carter is a hospitalist at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA.

Class of 2004

Nicole Baggott, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Nicole is working at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN as a private practice Med/Peds physician.

Susan Caldwell, MD (Chief)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Susan is working in Urgent Care in Thibodeaux, LA.

Heidi Frierson, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Heidi is a member of the Pediatric faculty at LUS. She is an attending in the nursery and see patients at a variety of city clinics.

Corbi Milligan, MD
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
Corbi is a member of a private outpatient Med/Peds practice in Nashville, TN.

Tashawn Mustiful, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Tashawn will be working for a Louisiana State facility in Hammond, LA.

Catherine Spiller, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Catherine is a member of the LSU pediatrics ambulatory division as well as working in several college and high school health clinics. She is director of Loyola University’s Student Health.

Quang Vu, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Quang has joined his fathers practice and sees Med/Peds patients in Harvey, LA.

Brent Wallis, MD (Chief)
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Augusta, GA
Brent joined the LSU Med/Peds faculty in July 2007 and supervises resident continuity clinics at the new Resident and Faculty private Med/Peds clinic on Napoleon Avenue. He is director of the new LSU Electronic Medical Record.

Class of 2003

Sushama Brimmer, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Sushama has moved to Texas to practice private Med/Peds.

Derrick Brooks, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Derrick has stayed in SE Louisiana working in the ER and acute care setting.

Jason Fontan, MD (Chief)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Jason Fontan moved to Pascagoula, Mississippi and joined a large hospitalist group.

Jason Hannegan, MD (Chief)
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Jason Hannegan directs the new hospitalist group at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA.

Keith Hodge, MD
Morehouse University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Keith has remained in SE Louisiana working in an acute care center seeing both adults and kids.

Rebecca Nguyen, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Becky has a successful Med/Peds practice with the West Jefferson Family Doctors Clinic in Harvey, LA.

Carlos Vital, MD
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Carlos completed a 2 year Allergy-Immunology fellowship at LSU and is currently in private practice in Texas.