School of Medicine

Resident and Fellow News

Anesthesiology
Resident Dr. John Cefalu matched into a Pain Medicine Fellowship at Case Western. 
 
Resident Dr. Adam Weinberg matched into Regional Anesthesia Fellowship at Wake Forest.
 
The department recently announced the medical students who have matched into the Anesthesiology program: 
  • Jasmine Nikdast - LSUHSC
  • Zhongpan Zheng - LSUHSC
  • Gregory Tortorich - LSUHSC - transferring from Surgery Department
  • Harrison Winslow - University of Arkansas
  • Jennifer Stanfill - LSUHSC - transferring from Internal Medicine Department
  • Kiana Fahimipour - LSUHSC
  • Selina Garcia - University of Texas - Houston
  • Wilfredo Borroto Bechara - Ponce Health Sciences University of Medicine
 
Internal Medicine
The following residents have been selected for membership into the Louisiana Beta Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society:
  • Hope Oddo Moise, MD - Internal Medicine  
  • Hai Tran, MD - Internal Medicine
  
Dr. Moise will be one of the Internal Medicine chief residents for the 2021-2022 academic year.
 
Dr. Tran will be one of the Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine fellows here at LSU Health New Orleans, starting July 1, 2021.
 
 
Ophthalmology
  • Resident Dr. Ansuya Deosaran matched into a Cornea Fellowship at Washington University.
  • Resident Dr. Maria Fernandez matched into a Vitreo-Retinal Fellowship at Bascom. Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami, which is the #1 ranked Ophthalmology program in the country. 
  • Resident Dr. Chris Or matched into a Uveitis/Medical Retina at Byers Eye Institute/Stanford University.
  • Resident Dr. Josh Pahng matched into a Vitreo-Retinal Fellowship at Ochsner Health.
  • Resident Dr. Taylor Phelps matched into a Glaucoma Fellowship at Langone Eye Center/NYU, ranked 9th in the country.
  • Resident Dr. Wade Tucker has a accepted a position with the Southern Eye Center in Hattiesburg, MS.
 
The department recently announced the medical students who have matched into the Ophthalmology program:
  • Lama Assi - American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
  • Jonah Goldblatt - Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Owen Krueger - Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Joshua Pannell - Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine - Charleston
  • Camille Prejean - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
  • Hayley Redrick - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
  • Victor Wang - University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
 
 
Orthopaedic Surgery
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery welcomes 2021 residents:
  • Katherine Dong, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Bronson Fong, LSU Health Sciences Center, N.O.
  • Daniel Gelvez, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
  • Ravi Rajendra, University of South Alabama
 
Resident Dr. Scott Barnett was recently awarded a 2020 POSNA Young Investigator Award in the Lower Extremity Category for his presentation “Comparison of Long vs. Short Leg Casts for Distal Third Tibial Shaft Fractures in Children.”
 
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Tyler Crosby (PGY 5 Resident) received the Resident Research Grant awarded by the LSU School of Medicine.                                                               
 
Pathology
Third-year resident Dr. Nibras Fakhri won the best poster award in the infectious disease section of United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) for her poster “Diagnostic Accuracy of Histochemical Stains in Identification of Mucormycetes.”
 
Drs. Hina Khokhar and Walter Beversdorf were selected as a blue-ribbon finalist in the American Society of Clinical Pathologist's resident category. Their poster was titled “A Rare Case of Interstitial Pneumonia Diagnosed at Autopsy.”
 
Dr. Chris Girardo was awarded the Best Education Poster at Pathology Visions 2020. The topic of his presentation was “COVID Challenges, Digital Solutions.”
 
The department recently welcomed new pathology residents:
  • Dr. Jihuan Chen, China Medical University
  • Dr. Liz Yang, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Michael Webber, William Carey University of Osteopathic Medicine, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
 
Pediatrics
Residents Katie Procarione, Alexandra Ranucci and Dr. Marcie Houser joined other Louisiana pediatricians to individually advocate for the Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 as part of the National AAP Advocacy Conference. The three met with the offices of Representatives Garret Graves, Clay Higgins and Steve Scalise and the office of Senator John Kennedy. They were also able to meet with Senator Bill Cassidy himself and his staff virtually!
 
Pediatrics/Medicine:
Medicine/Pediatrics Program Director Dr. Betty Lo announced that Dr. Devyn Rohlfs and Dr. Caitlin Sullivan will be the Medicine/Pediatrics Chief Residents for the 2021-2022 academic year. 
 
Med/Peds PGY3 Resident Marie Bulathsinghala received the Cardiovascular Case Report Award for her oral presentation: A Case of Covid-19 Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Resulting in New Onset Heart Failure in an Adult. M Bulathsinghala and R Samson at the 2021 Southern Regional Meeting.
 
Pediatrics/Cardiology
2nd Year Cardiology Fellow Dr. Stefanie Cheang's abstract titled "A Novel DLL4 Intragenic Deletion in an Infant with Adams-Oliver Syndrome and Persistent Truncus Arteriosus with Crossed Pulmonary Arteries" has been accepted for poster presentation at Cardiology 2021 24th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease.
 
Congratulations to second year fellow, Dr. Stefanie Cheang, who received notice that her abstract was accepted to the American College of Cardiology's 70th Annual Scientific Session. She will present her abstract titled The Hidden Shunt: Intraoperative VSD Repair Findings Lead to an Unusual Diagnosis of a Congenital Descending Aorta-Pulmonary Vein Fistula at the conference in May. Authors include Stefanie Cheang, Ernest Siwik, and Thomas Kimball.