Louisiana State University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

LSU Health New Orleans is a long-standing (since 1949) university-based AP/CP pathology program built on a multi-site training model spanning five hospitals plus two forensic/coroner's offices, giving residents exposure spanning academic tertiary care (University Medical Center, Ochsner), community hospital practice (West Jefferson), VA-based pathology, pediatric pathology (Manning Family Children's), and dedicated forensic autopsy training through two coroner's offices. Scholarly output is steady and case-report/case-series driven, produced largely through resident-driven conferences and national society meetings (CAP, ASCP, USCAP) rather than funded bench research, indicating research is a structured expectation woven into training rather than a lab-based investigative mission. Nearly all graduates pursue subspecialty fellowships (hematopathology, GI, breast, cytopathology, forensic, molecular, blood bank) before entering both academic and private/community practice, reflecting a program oriented toward producing broadly competent general pathologists who subspecialize afterward. The curriculum's explicit inclusion of patient safety, quality improvement, and laboratory management training, alongside a full case-log spectrum (autopsy, FNA, bone marrow, frozen section), signals a value placed on well-rounded technical and administrative competence over narrow research specialization.