We are educating and training the next generation of health care professionals and scientists who will continue our proud legacy of innovative and lifesaving healthcare and cutting-edge medical research.As one of only one hundred forty academic medical centers (AMC) in the nation, LSU Health Shreveport is a revered treasure in a community that fought decades for its creation.
Our primary teaching hospitals are located in Shreveport and Monroe and are managed by the Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. Additional teaching sites include the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Shriners Hospital for Children, Willis-Knighton Medical Center, CHRISTUS Health and Rapides Medical Center.
The primary mission of Louisiana State University Health Shreveport is to TEACH, HEAL and DISCOVER, in order to advance the well-being of the State, region, and beyond. LSUHS encompasses the Schools of Medicine, Graduate Studies and Allied Health Professions in Shreveport.
Our Vision is to be a preeminent academic medical center that transforms health and health care for a diverse population through compassionate and patient-centered care, technologically advanced education, and transformative research.
COLLABORATION:We work together to serve our institution, state, nation, and global community. COMPASSION: We treat others in a caring, empathetic manner and aim to prevent and alleviate human suffering. EXCELLENCE: We foster a lasting spirit of inquiry and creativity, leading to outstanding evidence-based health care, impactful research and scholarship, and superb teaching. INNOVATION: We cultivate an ongoing, cooperative process of discovery and translate knowledge for the benefit and service of humanity. PROFESSIONALISM: We act in accordance with the highest standards of integrity, ethical behavior, and exemplary moral character. RESPECT: We nurture free and open discourse, listen to new ideas, and value diverse perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, and talents.
Faculty, staff and students at LSU Health Shreveport are actively engaged in research in a variety of biomedical areas, with concentrations in cancer, cardiovascular sciences, virology and neuroscience. It is a core part of our institution's mission. Research on campus ranges from traditional in the lab to translations research and testing of the latest treatments in clinical trials. OurSchool of Graduate Studies helps to train future scientistsand our Centers of Excellence (Cardiovascular, Brain, Rheumatology and Cancer) further elevate our institution's research portfolio.
Shreveport-Bossier has so much to offer that you have to experience it. In partnership with our localS-B Convention & Tourist Bureau, we have some videos to share that only begin to tell the story of all there is to see and do in Northwest Louisiana. We hope you will choose LSU Health Shreveport as your place for learning, working and living!
Whatever brings you to our website looking for a new physician, considering attending one of our three professional schools, exploring a career change or searching for a clinical trial, we welcome you and are confident you will find the information you are looking for.LSU Health Shreveport is a vibrant place filled with intelligent, dedicated individuals from around the globe who are training the next generation of healthcare workers, making meaningful contributions to the cures of tomorrow and healing those in need.
We are unwavering in our commitment to give our very best and to respect all individuals each and every day. As a proud alumnus of our School of Medicine and a member of the faculty, I can attest to the benefits of our distinctive culture where faculty and staff inherentlyinvest themselves in each student and every patient.I encourage you to take time to explore the many ways LSU Health Shreveport is making a difference in the lives of those we are privileged to serve.
Through monthly conferences and regularly scheduled series (grand rounds), the Continuing Medical Education program facilitates lifelong learning for physicians and other medical professionals practicing in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Content includes updates for current skills, new technology training and acquisition of new skills.