Second year: Harry Porterfield
First years: Ellen Connor and Reggie Thomasson
And rotating medical student, Nick Frank
Help pathology faculty teach first year medical students in the Gross Anatomy Laboratory
Dr. Ellen Connor help to judge the Medical Student Research day posters.
Not pictured Drs. Nuttli and Thomasson
Dr Thomasson presents a case at Multidisciplinary Infectious Disease conference 9/30/13.
Dr. Tong Yang presents poster at 2013 ASCP Meeting in Chicago, IL
Fourth-graders spend a day at LSUHSC lab with Dr. Brad Cheek. (photo Leslie Capo)

Dr. Caroline Alquist, PGY-2, receives her
award as a nominee for the
2013 Interim LSU Public Hospital's
Resident of the Year award.
Congratulations to our Program Director- Dr. Robin McGoey recipient of the
Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching Award- in Medicine
The Allen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching Award recognize outstanding faculty at
the LSU Health Sciences centers in New Orleans and Shreveport who have demonstrated
a life-long pursuit of discovery and inspire their students.
Congratulations to Dr. Ellen Connor recipient of the Dr. Russell Holman award 2013.
The Holman Award is the Pathology Award given to the graduating senior who has selected pathology for a career with the highest grades in the anatomic and clin path courses or other special contributions to pathology during medical school. The Holman Award is given each year at pre-commencement.
Visit from wife and mother of former resident Seldon J. "Don" Deshotels, Jr. MD (1983) to see newly purchased Olympus microscopes for residents in his honor.
Ellen Connor celebrates Match Day 2013 with her parents, Dr. McGoey
and residents Caroline Alquist, HO 2 and Brad Cheek HO 3.
Caroline Raasch Alquist, MD, PhD presents poster at 1st Annual LSU School of Medicine
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Forum
Happy Hour at Rusty Nail Drs. Bhalla and Duong and residents Drs. Alquist, Cheek and Tong!
Dr. Alquist HO2, Cheek HO3 and Donthamsetty HO1 celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
Southern Section-American Federation for Medical Research and Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
SAFMR/SSCI Trainee Award: These awards recognize residents and fellows who are
currently in training and recognize excellence among these groups at the plenary
session in New Orleans and award funds are intended to defray the costs for
participation in the meeting. The awardee must be the fi rst author/presenter
of the abstract accepted for presentation at the 2013 meeting. SAFMR/SSCI
awardees must be present at the SAFMR/SSCI plenary session to receive this award.

Caroline Raasch Alquist, MD, PhD (HO 2) and Supriya Donthamsetty, DO (HO1)
Caroline Raasch Alquist, MD, PhD (HO 2) with poster at
Annual ASCP meeting 2012 in Boston!
Residents Kelley Sherling (HO2), Caroline Alquist (HO1) and Amy Collinsworth (Chief)
show off personalized surgical aprons created by Dr. Alquist.