It’s that time of the year! Join us for our Meet The Krewe Virtual Series! Each week is a different theme and is a great opportunity to learn more about LSU New Orleans Emergency Medicine!
🗣🗣🗣Roll call!
#EMbound
#medtwitter
who is all applying to EM this cycle? Introduce yourself in the comments! We would love to get to know you 😀
#Match2022
New jacket, who this?: Our first year resident Dr. Gevercer showing off his new gear on shift today! Each year our new members of our resident family become OFFICIAL official with their new fly jacket.
Hey
#EMBound
applicants! Do you have a passion for Social EM? Does community engagement fill your cup? Join us on September 7th to learn more about our program's mission and opportunities for involvement.
sign up:
We’ve been bursting to share some news: allow us to introduce our
#25Under45
honorees! These young physicians are elevating EM through med-ed, advocacy, research, practice, and the C-suite. Help celebrate this outstanding group!
Interested in applying to LSU- New Orleans EM for residency? Have residency application questions?
We'll be hosting multiple Zoom sessions about our residency, living in New Orleans and applying to residency this season!
Thank you to our interviewees who have attended our Zoom socials thus far. Our social today was super fun & we loved meeting you.
If you have already interviewed, weren't able to make a prior social, & would like to attend a future one, DM us or shoot us an email to schedule
It’s that time of the year again! Congratulations to all the
#EMBound
4th years who submitted their applications recently. We can’t wait to meet some of you! Remember, you’ve all accomplished so much to get to this point. Take some time to reflect on that and enjoy the season!
Health and Hoops with Doctors, Week 2 was a success! Emergency Med Residents, Anesthesia Resident, LSU Student Doctors, participated in discussions with the youth and playing some hoops. We are very proud of Dr. Okoronkwo for spearheading this summer enrichment program!
Our program is excited to announce the fellowship destinations of our PGY-4 class! Congrats to these awesome docs!
Dr. Emma Cassidy-OHSU Toxicology. Dr. Sundip Jagpal-UC-Davis Toxicology. Dr. Josh Tiao-UCLA National Clinician Scholars. Dr. Joe Gannett-LAC+USC Quality Fellowship
Yesterday our hospital had a late celebration of Doctors Day, at the time we found our team won Department of the Year for our resilience during COVID. Great Job Team for all all the blood sweat and tears ❤️❤️😭🥳 We…
Attention medical students: Guess who’s going to be at the
@emresidents
EMRA Residency fair this month! Stay tuned for more info! Save the date August 14th - 19th.
Don't forget to apply to the URM scholarship to rotate with us this summer! Applications are due May 15th! If you have any questions, please send a DM or email us at lsuemchiefs
@gmail
.com if you have any questions!
Today, our residents taught the newly matched, soon to be doctors, ACLS before they go to their respective residencies in a few months! We love to give back to our students!
Are you a rising 4th-year medical student who identities as an underrepresented minority in medicine? Are you interested in participating in an away rotation at our program? If so, apply for our URM scholarship! Deadline is MAY 15TH
Another day brings another opportunity to connect! Good Morning
#EMBound
family. Today we will have our chief resident and chair-elect of the
#EMRA
social EM committee Dr. Joe Gannet kick off the day at the virtual residency fair from 11A-2PM CST. Join us!
Last Friday, our interview season officially came to an end. Thank you to everyone who joined us during our virtual sessions! We are so excited about the future of EM and can’t wait to see these amazing applicants match into our program!
#NOLAEM
#Match2022
#EMBound
Y’all ready to officially meet our new interns?!?!? First up is Dr. Aiken!
Name:
Ben Aiken
Preferred Pronouns:
He/Him/His
Hometown:
Springfield, MO
Medical School:
Meharry Medical College
Academic areas of interest?
Social EM and Disaster Medicine
The Louisiana ACEP Krewe sharing our personal stories of the boarding crisis, ED workplace violence, and Medicare cuts and reform with legislators on Capitol Hill at
#LAC23
.
#ocshnerer
#lsubr
#nola
.em
Hey
#EMBOUND
students, join us at this year’s virtual EMRA residency fair to see why we love our program so much! We know this is a stressful year, but we’re looking forward to connecting with you all. See you soon! 🤞
Senior Highlight!!!! Today we celebrate Dr. Kyle Hoppens!
Hometown:
Slidell, LA
Post-Grad Plans:
APD and Academic Hospitalist of LSU Internal Medicine Residency Program at Touro Hospital with PRN shifts at Slidell Memorial Hospital Emergency Department.
Our Annual Disaster Day was a success! Each year, we review and make sure we are ready to handle any real disasters that comes our way! Thanks to our disaster medicine leadership and team for making this day a success!
Good morning! Let’s start off the day with another senior highlight! Dr. Mai Nguyen!
Hometown:
New Orleans East
Post grad:
LSU Critical Care Fellowship in NOLA
What will I miss?:
The people. My colleagues, the staff, the patients
#EMbound
folks. Imma let those other programs finish, BUT
@NOLA_EM
had the best interview social. So don’t miss out, you will have a good time. I did last year! Now I’m here lol.
We're excited to kick off recruitment season w/ the
#SAEM21
Virtual Residency Fair! Join us Thursday July 29 @ 7p & learn more about our training in this wonderful, energetic city. Below is the link to register. See you there!
Each one of our panel sessions just keeps getting better and better! Thanks to everyone who joined our DEI panel last Tuesday! Come join us, Tuesday 9/28 7-8pm CST, for our Women in EM panel!
Sign Up:
Alyssa is also one of our outgoing Chief Residents focusing on curriculum AND is an incoming critical care fellow at LSU/Ochsner. Congratulations Alyssa on your kick-ass academic achievements! You will achieve great things!
Congratulations to Alyssa Espinera from
@NOLA_EM
& Daniel Good from
@UTSW_EM
on completing their term as 2020-21
@AcademicEmerMed
resident editors! They completed a busy year of editor duty with grace; we look forward to their continued service to
@SAEMonline
.
#SAEM21
Led by our chief Dr Plauche (nola born and raised 💪🏽🙌🏻) -we were able to raise $2,400 to donate personal hygiene and cleaning products to Second Harvest Food Bank - we have 2500+ evacuees in the city from Hurricane…
Great meeting the future of EM last night as we talked about Social EM and Community Involvement! Come join us next week, 09/14 7-8 PM CST for a panel about Life in NOLA! Sign up:
Some of our residents and LSU Medical students were sponsored by Faculty to attend AAEM JEDI social last night ! It was a beautiful night and we were able to represent for ⚜️⚜️
#AAEM23
Y’all ready for another senior highlight?!?? Today we celebrate Dr. Michelle St. Romain.
Hometown:
Covington, LA
Post grad plans:
University of California San Diego Clinical Research Fellow
What will you miss:
All the laughs on shift and my whole UMC family!
EMRA Representative Council is currently going on and we are proud of PGY-1,
@michaelabanks
who is serving as the Chair of the Representative Committee through the EMRA Health Policy Academy
@emresidents
#EMRArepco
Happening this Saturday! Join us at the LSU Virtual Residency Showcase. Emergency Medicine will be in attendance 🚨. Press and hold on to the QR code to register.
#EMbound
#Match2023
JOURNAL CLUB! LSU EM STYLE 😎. Every month, the residents and faculty come together to go over academic articles in a fun and relaxed style.
#emergencymedicine
#embound
#journalclub
A 67-year-old male who recently stopped his anticoagulation due to a subdural hematoma begins to complain of chest pain. You are at a tertiary hospital.
Here's a
#BigEasyPEARL
from PD Dr. Carlisle
‼️High pressure injection injury to hand=surgical emergency
⚠️Even benign puncture wounds-i.e. from grease guns-can progress rapidly to compartment syndrome w/ major necrosis; call hand surg STAT
✅Debridement w/in 6h ↓ amputation need
Life hack: When you’re a resident with a wild schedule and never ending tasks secretly get married and tell your family and friends a year later at the wedding 10/10 would recommend❤️
Next up, we have Dr. Alex Woodbridge one of our AMAZING PGY-1s, and one of the intern class representatives ready to speak with you about the transition to residency from 4th year and why she chose our program during a virtual interview season.
#EMBound
So much great energy at our HBCU Meet and Greet last night, excited for the future of EM! If you haven’t been to one of our panel events, don’t miss out! We will be having our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion panel next Tuesday 09/21 7-8p CST
Sign up:
Today we highlight another awesome outgoing senior! Dr. JP Lona!
Hometown:
Encinitas, Ca
Post Grad Plans:
Our lady of the lake, Baton Rouge
What will you miss?
My co-residents, the nurses, all the staff at UMC, and all the amazing people of New Orleans