Louisiana State University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

LSU School of Medicine's PM&R residency in New Orleans is an academically-oriented program, ACGME-accredited since 1972, built around exposure to a highly diverse, multi-payer patient population (Medicare, Medicaid, VA, uninsured, private insurance) across affiliated sites including University Medical Center, Touro Infirmary, the New Orleans VA, Ochsner facilities, and Children's Hospital/Manning Family Children's Hospital. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: residents are expected to select a faculty mentor and initiate a project in PGY-1, work through a formal Resident Research Committee, and present at an annual Residents Research Day with encouragement toward regional/national presentation and publication. The program supports in-house fellowship pathways in Pain Medicine and Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, with residents from the adult PM&R program participating directly in fellow training, suggesting a pipeline mentality toward subspecialization. The program appears to value residents who can function across an interdisciplinary, safety-net-to-tertiary care spectrum and who engage seriously with structured scholarly activity rather than treating research as peripheral.