Welcome Newcomers!
We'd like to extend a warm welcome to the following faculty and staff members who have joined the School of Medicine Family between the dates August 1, 2021 - October 31, 2021!
Administration - Office of Student Affairs
Sarah Berry, MS - Student Affairs Coordinator
Anesthesiology
Aimee Homra, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor
Center for Healthcare Value and Equity
Taryn Mackey - Department Coordinator
Zwena Moore Randolph, MPsy - Associate Director, Community Health Worker Program
Family Medicine
Madeleine Maras, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Interdisciplinary Oncology
Thangavel Chellappagounder, PhD - Assistant Professor, Research
For Yue Tso, PhD - Assistant Professor, Research
Charles Wood, PhD - Professor
Medicine
Cardiology
Cody Williams, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Community Population Medicine
Jonathan Hodson - Assistant Business Manager
Infectious Disease
Helene Lovett - Clinical Trials Coordinator
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Kennedi Kirkline - Research Associate 1
Brandon Retif, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Olivia Rohret - Clinical Trials Coordinator
Rheumatology
Eileen Rife, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Neuroscience Center of Excellence
Connor Polk - Research Associate 1
Neurosurgery
Lucido Ponce Mejia, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Otorhinolaryngology
Jennifer Hanby, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Vilija Vaitaitis, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Pathology
Ellen Connor, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Pediatrics
Sergio Bartakian, MD - Associate Professor, Clinical
Mary Johnson, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Peter Joslyn, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Cara Lasley, DO - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Ernest Siwik, MD - Clinical Associate Professor
Psychiatry
Steven Abney, PsyD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Radiology
Lillian Murphy, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Kurosh Safavi, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center of Excellence
Joann Cassama - Clinical Trials Coordinator
Guobin Kang, MS - Research Manager, Viral Oncology
Danielle Shea - Research Manager, Viral Oncology
Ruixia Ma, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher
CongCong Tan, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher
Dicle Yalcin, PhD - Postdoctoral Researcher
Surgery
Melissa Donovan, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor
Patrick McLaren, MD -Assistant Professor, Clinical
Sharon Stanley, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Urology
Elizabeth Rourke, DO - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Baton Rouge Regional Campus
Blythe Bissell, MBA - Dean's Office Coordinator
Medicine
Nicholas Raush, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Katie Taylor, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Lafayette Regional Campus
Sarah Choi - GME Outcomes Analyst
Danielle Doucet - Dean's Office Coordinator
Elissa Peters, MS - Student Clerkship Coordinator
Family Medicine
Luciano Mancera, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Margaret Smith, MSW - Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Medicine
Ashwin Narayana, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
LSUNO
Anatomy
Alyssa Ransom - Instructor, Research
Earl Roche - Business Manager 2
Physiology
Caitlyn McAdams - Clinical Trials Coordinator