Bio
Dr. Lee Engel is currently a Professor of Medicine in the Section of Hospital Medicine
at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He is also the
Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. He is the immediate
past governor for the Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP)
and currently serves on their national Health and Public Policy Committee.
Currently Dr. Engel is heavily involved with clinical education and training. In
his various roles as a Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program,
as Faculty for the Clinical Skills Integration course and for 1st and 2nd year medical,
as a hospitalist and an infectious-disease (ID) specialist, as a basic-science-trained
researcher, he is fortunate to be in a position where he can affect the education
of medical students, interns, residents, fellows and colleagues.
Education
Undergraduate:
1998 - B.S. in Biology
Pennsylvania State University
Centre County, Pennsylvania
Graduate:
1994 - M.S.
Louisiana State University Medical Center,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Doctorate:
1997 - Doctor of Philosophy
Louisiana State University Medical Center,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Medical:
2001 - M.D.
Louisiana State University Medical Center,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Residency:
2001 -2004 - Internal Medicine
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Fellowship:
2004 -2006 - Infectious Diseases
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Fellowship:
2010-2011 - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Affiliated Hospitals & Clinics
- University Medical Center
- Touro Infirmary
Publications
1. Yandle G, Vonderhaar DJ, Thayalakulasingam T, Zieske A, Smith D, Engel LS, Richards R, and Lopez FA. Clinical Case of the Month: Persistent hypertension in
a young woman: A classic presentation of Conn’s Syndrome. J La State Med Society.
168 (1): 23-26, 2016.
2. Loganantharaj N, Oliver B, Taylor S, Jelty R, Engel LS, and Sanne S. Hemophagocytic Lymphocytosis in a HIV patient with concomitant disseminated
Histoplasmosis. International J. of STD & AIDS. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462417753008
February 12, 2018.
3. Doherty R, Cooney TH, Mire RD, Engel LS, and Goldman JM: for the ACP Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College
of Physicians. Envisioning A Better Health Care System for All: A Call to Action by
the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 172 (2 Suppl): S3-S6, 2020. doi:
10.7326/M19-2411
4. Crowley R, Daniel H, Cooney TG, and Engel LS: for the ACP Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians.
Envisioning a better health care system for all: Coverage and cost of care. Ann Intern
Med. 172 (2 Suppl): S7-S32, 2020. doi: 10.7326/M19-2415
5. Butkus R, Rapp K, and Cooney TG, and Engel LS for the ACP Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians.
Envisioning a better health care system for all: Reducing barriers to care and Addressing
Social Determinants of Health. Ann Intern Med. 172 (2 Suppl): S50-S59, 2020. doi:
10.7326/M19-2410
6. Vignes SM, Boudreaux BL, Sanne SE, Hebert CM and Engel LS. An Internal Medicine Residency Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Louisiana.”
J La State Med Soc. Special Edition: COVID-19, 2021. Available online: Https://cdn.ymaws.com/lsms.org/resource/resmgr/journal/2020/covid-19_research_articles_2.pdf
