Louisiana State University Program

Program Identity & Fit

LSU's combined Emergency and Internal Medicine program is one of only twelve to fourteen such programs nationally, rooted in the legacy of Charity Hospital's near-300-year mission of caring for New Orleans' underserved regardless of ability to pay. Training is anchored at University Medical Center, the region's only Level I trauma and safety-net facility, supplemented by rotations spanning tertiary referral centers (Ochsner, Our Lady of the Lake), community hospitals (Slidell, West Jefferson, Terrebonne), a dedicated pediatric hospital (CHNOLA), and a critical-access rural site (Lallie Kemp) that builds self-reliant, low-resource decision-making. The five-year structure alternates six-month EM/IM blocks with optional hospitalist, primary care, EMS, ultrasound, international, and research tracks, and graduates pursue academic medicine, pulmonary/critical care fellowship, hospitalist and community EM practice, and primary care in roughly equal measure. The program explicitly values residents who embody its patient population and mission of equitable, safety-net care, evidenced by its Social Emergency Medicine curriculum and URM-focused population health scholarship for underserved-community-oriented students.