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Cast your mind back to that first, fresh fall when you
started medical school. Your heart was full of dreams
of the future, and words from upperclassmen
seemed veritable pearls of wisdom, yet despite the
length of each day, the years have gone by so fast -
now its you advising a new group of eager students.
We mark time by tests taken, subjects passed and
rotations completed. When we speak it's always
about school, grades, the hospital, patients - this has
become our life. And when we have time off we try to
cram it full of the things we sacrificed for school but
we always return anticipating something new and
fine. For everything there is a season. Now is our
season to learn.

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The well-worn, hallowed halls of
the medical school convey learn-
ing, but soon you realize that
there exist many different types
of education. Not only do you
learn anatomy, microbiology,
medicine and Comp Care, but
you also learn about your peers
and their unique experiences. At
every step new and different ele-
ments cross your path, momen-
tarily clouding your vision only to
reveal nobel truths and even
greater clarity and brilliance.

THERE IS A SEASON

Opening • 3

A TIME TO BE BORN

Lulled into a false sense of security the first two
years, students can easily remain unaware of the
realities on the "other side of the doors." But the
seeds are planted in the spring of sophomore year,
when, for the first time, (and with a great deal of
trepidation) the white coats come out. Learning to
do a history and physical inspires in you the awe for
your predecessors, who had the utmost knowledge
of the human body without the benefits of contem-
porary scientific developments.

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Your wonderment persists throughout your junior
year, as you examine children and expectant
mothers and see the resilience of youth emerge
triumphant. Yet your dreams are tainted with that
first splatter of blood, that traumatic emergency
room accident victim, and the elderly patient
whose hold on life is so tenuous as to be readily
ripped from our determined, yet impotent grasp.

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Opening • 5

A TIME TO LAUGH

There is an inherent joy in working with people, as
the unexpected surprise can make you see things
trom a different point of view. The clowning antics of
your classmates both in and out of school keep you
young at heart, irrepressible in will. Your patients,
too, will bring you warmth and insight if you let them.
Believe it or not, the faculty can be human too - listen
to them, learn their strengths and weaknesses. You'll
experience the exhilaration that comes from being
alive, being well, and enabling others to live their
fullest.

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Yet the laughter is not gratis, nor is it
guaranteed - hysterics often mask a
bleaker situation. Your time is replete with
work that is tedious, your tasks impossi-
ble and your obstacles insurmountable.
Frequently your best efforts are thwarted
by circumstances beyond your control.
At these times it is only natural to suc-
cumb to your struggle and mourn, either
silently or violently, with tears of frustra-
tion.

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A TIME TO CRY .

Opening • 7

A TIME TO KILL

It takes a certain amount of gall to be a
medical student, manifested usually by an
inflated ego. Confidence and guts may
get you through difficult circumstances,
but be wary of letting your ego lead you
astray. After seeing how subtle differ-
ences in dosage or variations in treatment
can hasten the end of a life, your image of
your power becomes an horrific one. The
ultimate futility is seen in terminal pain
and freak accidents outside of human
control or any metaphysical reason. With
each loss you witness, another spark of
innocence is lost to oblivion.

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What drives you to return to this? Is it some
masochistic pleasure in twenty hour days, or
the smell of death? The perversity is re-
solved when you solve a difficult problem,
ease pain, or give solace. The complex heal-
ing process involves much more than labora-
tory values. The true elements are caring,
consideration, and the gentle hand of time.

A TIME TO HEAL

Opening • 9

A TIME TD PLANT

They told you the hardest part of medical school was
getting in. Wrongo. They never told you about
memorizing (briefly) the entire anatomy of the human
body and all of biotrivia. They never told you how to
do an LP on a live human, or how to remember the
differential diagnosis of nausea, vomiting and mal-
aise. Information overload is the name of the game
here, bub. Self education is the solution. Learn to
learn. Stick with the basic seeds and let the rest grow
up around it.

10 • Opening

The struggle to harvest an M.D. is a diffi-
cult one. You must fight against a chang-
ing medical education, human nature,
and the relentless passage of time. Often
the obstacles make you throw up your
hands in despair. Yet if you weather the
storms and recognize the downpour for
what it is - a necessary purification - the
roots of your knowledge, with the nourish-
ment of experience, will yield fruit.

A TIME TO REAP

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A TIME TO BREAK DOWN

There were days freshman year when awakening for
an 8:00 class was an impossibility. There were week-
ends sophomore year spent studying for a continual
onslaught of tests. By junior year you give up sleep
not only for 5:30 rounds, but also sacrifice week-
ends, nights, holidays. Senior year may be less in-
tense, or at least, less novel, but the pressures of
choosing a specialty, hoping to match, and having
no idea where you will be for the next five years can
only take their toll. There is little solace in looking
ahead; it appears the residents are even less their
own masters. The long haul seems interminable.

12 • Opening

You will notice through all the confusion
that you begin to keep a clear head. Fam-
ily and friends comment on your calm de-
meanor. You learn to handle four to five
hours of sleep a night and even be coher-
ent the next day. You begin to remember
your patients and keep their meds
straight without flashing notecards. You
brave late hours, early mornings, and ad-
verse circumstances not merely because
you have to, but because you want to
participate.

A TIME TO BUILD UP

Opening • 13

A TIME TO KEEP SILENT

There is a quiet code involved in the making of a doctor,
a time-worn rite of passage through anatomy, physiol-
ogy, pharmacology, and medicine. Due in part to tradi-
tion and in part to sheer inertia, medical education has
stayed the same for many decades. Part of this tradition
involves a veritable oath of silence from the student,
who, as dictated, should use only his eyes, ears and
brain to learn the sacred medical sciences. Lectures
and tests perpetuate this format while the student strug-
gles under the load of tutelage.

14 • Opening

There arrives a magical moment, however,
when the melding of thought and action must
occur. At this time the student is suddenly en-
couraged, even harassed, into the position of
authority to which he is accustomed merely to
follow. He is uncertain, he stutters and flails.
Yet a slight turn of the kaleidoscope grants
another view of the gawky, white-coated one:
the apprentice begins to awaken from his silent
slumber. And with this transformation, the
voice of a doctor slips hoarsely from his throat.

AND A TIME TO SPEAK.

Opening • 15

SPECIAL TIMES

REGISTRATION

August 22, 1985 was a milestone for the Class of 1989 and a big check for the rest
of the LSUMC student doctors. In a gesture reminiscent of college days, we docilely
stood in line to sign over $2700 and another year of study hours. For the upper-
classmen, registration was a collage of happy "How was your summer?" reunions
and speculation about the months ahead. The freshmen began perfecting memori-
zation techniques as they, in a flurry of introductions, met freshmen faculty and
ninety-nine new peers, June 3, 1986, here we come.

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REGISTRATION PARTY

Red beans and rice, good music, and lots
of old and new friends - LSUMC definitely
knew how to herald another year bringing
us closer to an elusive degree. Spirits
were high and conversations were filled
with summer stories, legends of gross
anatomy, and countless introductions.
Thus began the 1985-86 school year on a
warm August night in the school court-
yard - back to the books, everyone!

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Registration, Registration Party • 19

OYSTERS AND BOILED

Aw Natly, yew done missed da pahty of da decade! All da big
time chow hounds wus dere. Man, da Tobasco wus splashin all
ova da place. Yew'd a taut dey wus vacum cleanuhs dey was
suckin up dem ersters so fast. An da fresh hot cheese bread,
man alive! An dose berled shrimp wus anuf to make ya slap yer
mudda. Urn, urn, urn, dat wus some good time! An listen ta dis; I
hoid dat Don's house stunk like an ole pile a erster shells fer a
whole week afta dat! Man!

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SHRIMP PARTY

Oyster And Boiled Shrimp Party • 21

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What good is a new Student Union
without TGIF's, for that matter what
good are Friday's without TGIF's?
Although they didn't get into full
swing until after the Union opened,
there was a TGIF almost every other
Friday in the spring. While it is ru-
mored that some people only come
for the beer, we also had plenty of
soft drinks, popcorn, and the latest
and greatest movies. And, at some
of the parties we even had FOOD,
mountains of it. We quickly learned,
however, to never underestimate
the hunger of a poor, starving Medi-
cal Student (and their wives, kids,
neighbors, dogs, grandmothers,
etc.) I guess there will always be
cries for more of a good thing (espe-
cially when it's free) but everyone
sure enjoyed "partying down" in
their own Union rather than the omi-
nous Testing and Evaluation Center.

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FOOTBALL

The LSUMC Intramural Football League
for 1986 was a great success, as a record
number of medical school teams partici-
pated from each class. The most suc-
cessful team was Wrath of Buckwheat,
who captured the title over The DOA's.
Although unconfirmed, it was reported
that these supposedly outstanding
young scholars did "The Super
Bowl Shuffle" after the game.

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Fall semester sprang to life with the annual Allied Health Professions "Back-to-
School Bash", featuring an all-you-can-eat Cajun buffet at Cafe' Shreveport. Bever-
ages and merriment flowed non-stop as Allied Health faculty, students and their
guests munched and mingled. A highlight of the evening was the official presenta-
tion of the newly elected Allied Health Student Government Association officers:
President, David Gibson (Cardiopulmonary Science); Vice-President, Janet Solo-
mon (Physical Therapy); Secretary, Camille Sagrera (Occupational Therapy); Trea-
surer, Deborah Barker (Cardiopulmonary Science); and Activities Director, Debra
McHalffey (Physical Therapy). A gift was presented to Ann-Marie LeBlanc, Director
of Student Affairs, in appreciation from the students.

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"Things that go 'bump' in the
night" - if these ghouls and goblins
seem familiar, that's because these
beasties are your own classmates.
The bewitching hour found them
sipping the mystical brews of Bud-
weiser and wishing they could join
the younger trick-or-treaters comb-
ing the streets. Spirited away from
the wards into the misty Halloween
night, this gruesome gang proved
once again that any excuse for a
party is good enough.

28 • Special Times

CASINO PARTY

The date was October 19, 1985, and once again gambling for
high stakes invaded Shreveport. The setting was The Sheraton at
Pierremont and as the sun set, students, faculty, and friends gath-
ered for an evening of gambling, dancing, and reveling. Everyone
seemed to enjoy the sounds of 'Non-Stop' - as there was dancing
well into the next morning. Millions of dollars were won and lost,
dozens of prizes were raffled away, and as the night ended, people
left having once again experienced Las Vegas for a night.

Halloween Party, Casino Party • 29

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"Shreveport? Shreveport? That's somewhere down south, isn't it?",
your patient asks, as you sit shooting the bull in your plush office, in
another state, in another time. "I didn't know it was big enough to have a
university or a medical school."

"Yeah, it was growing in those days, before the oil bust. New buildings
27 stories high, great interstate plans, new bridges across the lake, fine
new lake front homes."

"Sounds like quite the place to be,
everything new." "Oh yes, even
new hospitals. They always seemed
to be building something, though I
don't know if it all ever got finished.
There were also some neat old
things too, like the River Rose pad-
dle boat. Also great places to party
such as Humpfrees and Jodie's
Place, both in old, fixed up build-
ings. If you were into exercise, as we
all were in those days, there was the
Y - talk about old, they said the pool
was sixty years old, the water cer-
tainly seemed it!!"

"That's old!"

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those places . . .

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For whatever reason they came, all seemed to have a
good time at the Annual Christmas Party held De-
cember 20. Students, faculty, and staff gathered at the
LeBossier to celebrate — and celebrate they did. Food
and spirits were consumed in record amounts, as revel-
ers danced to the sounds of 'Piranha*. All in all it was an
excellent way to start off the holiday season.

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The Third Annual Mock Trial was held on February
5, 1986. The Sophomore jury listened to allegations
of malpractice against a surgeon, and to the expert
testimony given both for and against him. After the
testimony, Judge Fred Sexton, Louisiana Court of
Appeal, polled the jury. Alas, the doctor was found
liable on one of the two claims of malpractice
brought against him!

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The Annual Student Research Fo-
rum was held on March 5, and six-
teen students made presentations
covering a wide range of topics. Dr.
O'Callaghan gave an invited lecture
emphasizing the essential role of re-
search in all levels of medical and
graduate study.

In a close finish, Kenneth Pender-
grast (sponsored by Dr. Beal,
Anatomy) won first place among
the medical students, and Janice
Matthews-Greer (sponsored by Dr.
Gilleland, Microbiology) took first
among the graduate students. Each
will receive $300 cash prize at the
Annual Awards Convocation.

More than work, the Forum repre-
sents an opportunity, and the high
quality of this year's papers should
encourage others to present next
year. Presenters, sponsors and
those who attended came away sat-
isfied, and looking forward to next
year.

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STUDY TIMES

Some students tuck themselves away in a forgotten corner of the library, studying
until the fifteen minute warning every night. Some of us reluctantly drag Guyton's
Physiology along to the pool, hoping to discern the intricacies of neurophysiology
while soaking up the rays. Other dedicated gunners burn the midnight oil with
Cecil's Textbook of Medicine at their desks. Oh, and let's not forget the optimist
who tries to study in bed, only to awaken six hours later with the sad revelation that
pulmonary medicine can't be learned by osmosis. Fortunately for our future careers,
these earnest attempts to master
our coursework do indeed succeed:
before we know it, we're first year
residents.

36 • Special Times

Study Times • 37

WATER POLO

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The 1985 Intramural Water Polo
League was once again dominated
by the Seamen and the Tubes. After
both teams won their league, the
Tubes were forced to forfeit in the
semifinals because of unnecessary
roughness. The Seamen, on the oth-
er hand, breezed through the play-
offs and went on to win the cham-
pionship. The strength of the Sea-
men lay with the outstanding ability
of the females. The girls, scoring all
the points were: Mimi Close, Sarah
Fontenot, Dana Chastain, Lindy
Burt, and Carol Poole. They would
like to thank the questionable stron-
ger sex for showing up.

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The 1986 LSUMC Intramural Basketball League once again pro-
vided an excellent alternative to studying. Sudden Impact proved to
be the class act of the Medical School, as these sophomores won
both the Medical School Tournament and the LSU-S Intramural
League. Class bragging rights, however, go to Rath of Buckwheat.
The Freshmen provided a lot of excitement and competitiveness, to
the league, while the Junior, Senior, and housestaff teams proved that
getting older definitely doesn't mean getting better.

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GULF

The annual LSUMC-S Four-Man
Scramble was held this fall at Hun-
tington Park Golf Course. Between
drinking beer, eating sandwiches,
and racing golf carts, this year's
tournament was almost a complete
success-until somebody had the
harebrained idea to actually play
the game. What a bummer! Any-
way, undaunted by inclement
weather and unfavorable course
conditions, the team of Mike
Broyles, John Cook, Jim Jeffery,
and Bo Johnson took a brief sojourn
from their busy schedule on the pro
tour to claim the championship with
a blistering back nine following an
inauspicious start. Next year, yooz
turkeys gotta play blindfolded, or
even worse . . . without beer.

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42 • Special Times

Tennis anyone? The annual LSU Medical School
Tennis Tournament was held in November with a
record number of entries. The men's doubles division
had some long, drawn out matches which showed
the endurance of medical students developed
through grueling hours of studying. Bobby Casanova
and Mark Posner won the men's division by defeat-
ing Tommy Fontenot and Mike
Cochran in the finals. The mixed
doubles division was won by
Charles Sherrod and Mimi Close.
They were victorious over Dr. Graf-
ton and Maurice Wilkins, 7-6, 6-4.
The women's division was won by
Mimi Close and Lindy Burt who
were given quite a challenge be-
cause they only had one opposing
duo. The tournament was great fun
for everyone who participated, even
the poor losers. Better luck next
year!

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CADAVER BALL

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"Ya'll, I'm not drunk ... but
where's my date?" (Margaret Mor-
esi) "Yes officer, we're waiting for a
key to the Student Union!" (David
Rozas at 2:00 am) "No Vicki, you
asked mel" (Jimmy Haley)

These are just a couple of the
quotes overheard on that fateful
night on March 1, 1986. The event
was none other than the annual Ca-
daver Ball. (Rumor has it, the most
extraordinary of its kind in recent
years.) The music was provided by
"Loose Talk" and according to Dr.
Beal, several cases of VII ,h cranial
nerve lesions were reported.

A group of clever MSI's worked dili-
gently that Saturday afternoon to
provide a unique decor. In fact,
LSUMC police are still trying to lo-
cate one silver gross anatomy gur-
ney complete with two party trays of
untouched finger sandwiches. Addi-

tional refreshments were served by
surgically masked bartenders which
consisted of 100 proof embalming
fluid (to help party goers maintain a
state of "intoxicus continuum") and
popcorn appropriately placed in au-
thentic silver "fat buckets."

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WELCOME TO

Cadaver Ball • 45

AWAY FROM SCHOOL

But what about when it's all over?
During the week, it means time (but
not nearly enough) to stretch out
(even for a few minutes), take your
mind off things. Then there's the
long haul through the evening to
catch up, organize, maybe even get
ahead. Sometimes there's even
time for the family (for those so
blessed).

How many of us live for the week-
end? Maybe a chance to go home,
if no tests loom ahead, but more
likely just a trip to Humpfrees or
something along that line. TGIF's
are nice, but packed (patience pays
off). Just how many medical stu-
dents can you cram into Cadillac?

Perhaps the most constructive
part about the weekend is the quiet
time, if you can find it. There's
something wholesome and refresh-
ing about putting the work away for
a while, ignoring the telephone, and
simply letting everything go - as long
as you don't get carried away, of
course. After all, somebody has to
study that stuff - why not you?

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SOFTBALL

Blue sky, green grass, and whizzing white softballs.
Those are a few of the wonders of spring. This spring
brought the med students out in full force as teams
too numerous to name competed in the annual LSU-S
Softball season. Hundreds of aspiring sports super
stars were given yet another good excuse to avoid
studying. And so they did.

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Tuesday, March 11 was no ordinary day. Sure it started out like any other
Tuesday. Ed Askew arising for the first day of classes for that week, Tom Montgom-
ery making plans for April 1 (that's three weeks), and Chuck Joyce listening to his
Rush tape, but it was different. It was time for the 1986 Drug Fair.

Shameless medical students ravaged the exhibit thinking it was either Halloween
as they tried to fill their bags, or Easter as they stuffed cardboard boxes in the style
of Peter Cottontail.

Yes, there were freebies, but
more importantly many of the area
drug reps turned out to give us the
ultimate in pharmacology lectures
(meaning that there was no exam at
the end). The sophomores were
elated to find out that they actually
remembered some drugs, and even
what a few of them could be used
for. The upperclassmen seemed to
be truly inquisitive and all appeared
pleased with the information they
had shared and received from the
discussions with the reps. Once
again armed with new birth date cal-
culators, pen lights, ECG rulers, and
various drug dosage calculators, the
brave Juniors and Seniors headed
back to "the wards."

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Drug Fair • 51

TIGER TROT

With spring in full swing, the runners among us prepared for the
annual Tiger Trot. This year a record turnout for an event that
continues to grow in popularity. 5K and 10K races were held, with
stiff competition coming from local running clubs. Many came not
to race, however, but just to get some good exercise and to enjoy
the outdoors. After the run the Square was the place to be as the
Tiger Trot party kicked off with good music and plenty to eat and
drink.

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CRAWFISH BOIL

Love dem dads! Who doesn't? One event that is always popular in Spring is
the crawfish boil, where anyone can become cajun for a day. Champion
Lake was the site again for a day of outdoor fun, music, and devouring
mass quantities of those hot and spicy mudbugs. The Untouchables enter-
tained, as intense volleyball contests were taking place. Others enjoyed
mixing with friends. Full, and content at the end of the day, we left with
eager anticipation of next year's crawfish boil,

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Crawfish Boil ♦ 55

MATCH DAY

Ah God! Had I but studied, In the days of my foolish youth.

- Francois Villon

Match Day - an event that has little meaning to the freshmen, holds more anxiety
for seniors than any class exam. For this day is not the final day of the year, but it is
surely the most decisive. During the year, seniors have been living out of suitcases
like traveling salespersons, selling themselves at numerous interviews. Had they
studied enough, were they competi-
tive enough?

Though Match Day is an extraor-
dinary experience, it is not always a
happy one. For some, their hopes of
matching at a particular program
were dashed by a premature phone
call. Others opened their envelopes
to find a program that was not their
first choice. Finally, there were at
the majority, who shouted in exhila-
ration or smiled with pleasure at
their new journeys of life as a physi-
cian.

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You leave, I stay

The years swiftly pass away

When memories return.

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Relief and celebration similar to that
of past post-exam parties were the
sentiments of those who went to
Humpfrees for the Match Day party.
Seniors ate, drank and danced with
friends or spouses in jubilation over
their success at Match Day. As we
looked at the posters on the wall
containing each senior's name and
the program they matched at, we
felt the sentiments of four memora-
ble short years. Many seniors began
slowly realizing the future implica-
tions of such a momentous day felt
the parting farewells of graduation
still two months away.

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EW STUDENT UNION

They told Orville and Wilbur it would never fly, they said man will never land on the
moon and they said the Student Union would never open in our lifetime. Once again
they were wrong. It may have been a long time coming but the LSU-Shreveport
Student Union opened up this winter shortly after everyone returned from Christmas
vacation. A new stereo, VCR, microwave, and television were added to the things
recovered (in pieces) from the old
Union. It is now open every week-
day and available on weekends. I
think I speak for those involved that
it is the gratification of seeing every-
one having a good time there that
makes it worthwhile. A special
thanks goes to Charlotte Singleton
who put up with all the red tape,
confusion, and headaches that went
into opening the Union. Maybe one
day, while they are saying it will nev-
er happen, some LSUMC student
will discover the cure for the com-
mon cold while sipping a cold one at
the "New" Student Union.

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These are the faces of your medical school years: bittersweet memories of
classmates, professors, patients, and ward attendings. Think of your freshman year,
and see the faces of four good buddies huddled over the anatomy tables as Joe
Penny lurked nearby. Remember the sophomore blitz of exams, and see Dr.
O'Callaghan playing the role of influenza HA and NA peplomers. Muse over clinical
diagnosis and recall the first patient you ever saw with congestive heart failure - a
sweet old lady who, like you, couldn't believe you were old enough to wield a
stethoscope.

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Faces • 61

ALLIED HEALTH

You work hard - you live fast. After a heavy day of studying, healing or scutting,
Allied Health students let off steam in different ways. For some it's drinking and
eating, for others it's drinking and dancing, and for most it's just plain drinking. Or
maybe you prefer a quiet night of meditation, or exercise, or time with your loved
ones. You can rest assured however you spend it that it's QUALITY time, time you
live to the fullest, every minute of it. Yes, you experience every second of it until you
fall asleep in your beer.

62 • Special Times

Allied Health • 63

CAMARADERIE

Medical school conjures up images of long hours, tons of
tests, weekends spent studying and nights on call. Funny how
after so many hours in the hospital you begin to resemble
your patients, and you take your doctor's habitus with you
everywhere, even to parties. What is seldom mentioned but
tacitly understood is the sense of camaraderie, both solemn
and crazy, that is engendered by shared insights. Your friend-
ships give you the strength and the
freedom to enjoy the many facets of
your four years here.

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64 • Special Times

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Camaraderie • 65

GRADUATON

Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith-

the one great moving force which we can

neither weigh in the balance, nor test in the crucible.

Sir William Osier

After a decisive Match Day, the
completion of final exams, the up-
coming licensing examinations, and
the beginning of residency training,
Graduation Day may seem anticli-
matic. But as we proceed to receive
our diplomas, one cannot but feel
the exhilaration and sense of
achievement that shrouds us like
our heavy graduation gowns. The
faith and confidence which has seen
us through four challenging years
now are ready to face new circum-
stances. Once again in our life, as
family and friends watch, we set
upon the stage to begin a new life.
Will we have that 3:00 a.m. on call
strength, will we make fine physi-
cians? Faith in ourselves in what we
believe in may well be our only sol-
ace for the ineveitable failures and
successes that our futures hold.

66 • Special Times

Graduation • 67

FRESHMEN

1985 saw a freshman class as diversified as any. All
types of ages and backgrounds came together with
feelings both of enthusiasm and of apprehension.
School started quickly, and by day one the now familiar
feeling of "being behind" took hold. Within two weeks
nearly the entire class had taken "the caffeine plunge."
Our quest for knowledge was equaled only by our quest
for Diet Pepsi and Community Coffee. Many of us
passed the first few months in a semi-conscious state,
wondering just what we had gotten ourselves into and
asking each other, "Are we having fun yet?" But, as
often happens when people are thrown together under
difficult circumstances, the class started to come to-
gether and many good friendships developed.

70 • Classes

Freshmen • 71

FRESHMEN

Breaks from all the madness were far and few between,
but the most was made of them. Fun was had at the
Casino and Christmas parties, as well as at the post-
test White House parties. The year saw trips to Dallas,
New Orleans, Florida, and Colorado, and also saw the
emergence of such previously hidden personalities as
Woody, Stachebo, Rambo, Pee Wee, Cooney, Synbad,
and The Wad. School continued to get more difficult,
and it did not help matters any by realizing that we were
actually paying money for this treatment. Through the
fog of Dr. Penny's pipe and over the mountain of Bio-
chemistry and Neuroanatomy notes we began to realize
that we were finally on our way.

72 • Classes

Freshmen • 73

FRESHMEN

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Gary Paul Anzalone

Northeast Louisiana University

Jeanne Frances Attrep

Louisiana Tech University

William N. Ball, Jr.

LSU-Shreveport

Gray W. Barrow

LSU-Baton Rouge

Stacey Monica Bastian

Xavier University

Marcia Grace Bates

LSU-Shreveport

Richard Roy Battey

Urtiv. of HawaihManoa

Stephen Michael Beene

Univ. of Southern Arkansas

William Scot Bell

Mississippi State Univ.

Robert Neil Blanchard

Louisiarta Tech University

74 • Classes

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James Jeffery Blount. Ill

Southeastern Louisiana Univ.

Marcia Lynn Bowers

LSU Baton Rouge

Edward Lewis Brewer,

Univ. of f*Jebraska-Ltncolo

Toby Daniel Broussard

LSU-Baton Rouge

Gregory James Brown

Centenary College

William S. Bundrick, Jr.

Louisiana Tech University

Eric Scott Burt

Northwestern State University

William B. Calhoun

LSU-Baton Rouge

Edward W. Carriere, Jr.

Louisiana Tech University

Mark E. Clawson

LSU-Shreveport

Freshmen • 75

FRESHMEN

Susan Elaine Cocke

Duke University

Paul Gustave Cole

Univ. of Southwestern LA

Stephen Paul Courtney

Northeast Louisiana University

Hai Van Dang

LSU-Baton Rouge

Thomas C. Dansby, Jr.

Northeast Louisiana University

Byron Curtis Dickerson

Louisiana Tech University

Alan Kendall Duncan

LSU-Shreveport

Gregory Duplechain

LSU-Baton Rouge

Timothy Scott Fournet

LSU-Baton Rouge

Charles James Fox, III

Spring HiH CoHege

76 • Classes

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John Ashley Fritchie

LSO-Ejaton Rouge

Josephine M. Futrell, Ph.D.

Urtv. of Arkansas Medical School

John Allen Gaines

Univ. of New Orleans

Michael Jose Garcia

LSU-Baton Rouge *

William Gene Gates

Northeast Louisiana University

Janine Lee Goldstein

LSU-Shreveport

Linda Ann Goodrum

LSU-Baton Rouge

Ripley Hayes Green

Southern Methodist Univ.

Patricia Renae Griffin

LSU-Shreveport

James Patrick Haley

LSU-Baton Rouge

Freshmen • 77

FRESHMEN

Douglas Smith Harrison

LSU-Baton Rouge

William G. Hathaway,

McNeese

Jack W. Heidenreich

LSU-Baton Rouge

David Smith Hewitt

Stephen F. Austin

Rita Yanez Horton

LSU-Shreveport

Kathleen B. Hudson

Northeast State University

James Clement Jeffery

Louisiana Tech University

Brian Bishop Johnson

Louisiana Tech University

Peter Jay Johnson

Centenary Cotege

Kathryn Kay Kennedy

Northeast State University

Prabhakar P. Kesava

LSU-Shreveport

Timothy Charles Keys

LSU-Baton Rouge

Marcellus E. LeHaye

LSU-Baton Rouge

Peter Sam Latino, II!

Univ. ot New Orleans

Ladislas Lazaro, IV

LSU- Eunice

78 • Classes

Melissa Love Lynn

Northeast Louisiana University

Brent Louis Mazoch

LSU-Baton Rouge

David Charles McAlpine

LSU-Baton Rouge

John David McCain

Northeast Louisiana University

Michael Allen McKay

LSU-Baton Rouge

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Rand Sebastian Metoyer

Xavter University

Michael Wallace Miguez

Northeast Louisiana University

Brent Louis Millet

LSU-Baton Rouge

J. Margaret Mores!

LSU-Baton Rouge

Robert Joseph Morris

LSU-Shreveport

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William Arthur Morris

John Brown University

Ross Barton Nelson, lit

VandertjSt University

Dorothy Claire Orphe

LSU-Shreveport

Allan Thomas Parr, Jr.

Louisiana College

Anna Lori Perry

Louisiana College

Freshmen • 79

John Andrew Peterson

Harvard University

David Noel Pippins

Northeast Louisiana University

Vicki Jennifer Porter

LSU-Shreveport

David Thomas Price

Northeast Louisiana University

Howard James Raphael

Xavier University

Fred Lee Reed, Jr.

Grambling State University

Todd Mitchell Rice

LSU-Shreveporr

Randall Raymond Robbins

Univ. of New Orleans

Robin Falkensttne Rogers

LSU-Shrevepo

Patricia Jackson Roland

LSU-Baton Rouge

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80 • Classes

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David Rodney Rozas

LSU-Baton Rouge

Al Joseph Rozas,

LSU-Baton Rouge

Pamela Sunday Saha

Stanford University

Stephen Jacob Schorr

LSU-Baton Rouge

Bryan Garrett Sibley

LSU-Shreveport

Suzanne D. Slayton

Louisiana Tech University

George Butcher Sonnier

LSLMJaton Rouge

Christopher C. Spencer

LSU-8aton Rouge

David Collins Stout

Univ. Of Mississippi

Danny Jay Strange

McNeese State University

James Patrick Takara

LSU-Shreveport

Pete Joseph Trinca

Univ. of Arkansas

Gregory Nolan Vickers

Texas A&M

Courtney Michael Villavasso

Xavter University

Carole Patrice Wiggins

Louisiana College

Deborah Kay Williams

LSU-Baton Rouge

Freshmen • 81

SOPHOMORES

Ours became known as the class without a personality.
Where it began, no one knows. (Probably with some vin-
dictive professor who fell to his demise in a less than
inspiring lecture). Once on the faculty grapevine, our class
was watching instructors sweat as they lectured, praying
under their breath for just one person to laugh at their next
joke. Much to their disapproval, we held out until 10 min-
utes before the hour and then came alive with the chant of
"BREAK! BREAK!" The faculty of LSUMC will always
remember the class of 1988 as an amorphous entity. But,
we, the students of the class of 1988, know the truth. We
take pride in our class and its personality.

82 • Classes

Sophomores • 83

SOPHOMORES

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Sophomores • 85

SOPHOMORES

Mitra Marie Ahrabi

LSU Baton' Rouge

Ronald Granville Angus, Jr.

LSU Shreveport

Edward Askew

LSU Baton Rouge

A. Michael Aura

LSU Salon Rouge

#.|>usan Melinda Bankston

LSU Baton Rouge

Rayland Kevin Beurlot

LSU Baton Rouge

Leslie A. Blake

Princeton University

Jill Maria Bordelon

Jtorthwestern State Univ.

Ann Felice Boudreaux

LSU Baton Rouge

Eli Lenoir Brown

Tutane University

86 • Classes

Colleen Kay Calhoun

Louisiana College

John Bradford Carlln

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

David Ringwalt Carver

LSU Baton Rouge

Robert T. Casanaova, Jr.

LSU Baton Rouge

P. Thomas Causey, Jr.

Louisiana Tech University

Harold G. Clausen, Jr.

LSU Baton Rouge

Nancy E. Clearkin

LSU Shreveport

David Stephen Dawes

LSU Baton Rouge

Paula Ann Dean

McNeese State University

John Anthony Demopulos

Baylor University

Sophomores • 87

James Brian Deville

Northeast Louisiana Univ,

Kerwin John Fontenot

University of Houston

Susan Futayyeh

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Thomas Robert Gates

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

SOPHOMORES

Christopher A. Gayle

LSU Baton Rouge

Raymond D. Germany, Jr.

Louisiana Tech University

John Kent Granger

McNeese State University

Gregory Roper Green, III

LSU Baton Rouge

Robert D. Greenberg

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Deborah Linn Harrell

LSU Baton Rouge

Robert Dean Haskins, Jr.

LSU Baton Rouge

Melanie Jean Helms

LSU Shreveport

Stephan Hall Hennigan

LSU Shreveport

Gregory M. Hoffpauir

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

88 • Classes

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Robert Cary Holladay

LSU Baton Rouge

Janie Holt

Centenary College

Steven Edward Holt

Centenary Cortege

Lisa Llewellyn Jones

LSU Baton Rouge

Charles Bryant Joyce, Jr.

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Sue Joan Jue

Louisiana Tech University

Robin E. Kilpatrick

Miss, St. Univ. tor Women

Ellen Mary Lancon

Univ. o* Southwestern LA

Charles Houston Lawler

LSU Shreveport

Dung Nguyen Le

Northeast Louisiana Univ

Sophomores • 89

SOPHOMORES

Morgan Packard Lorio

LSU Eunice

Robert F. Marshall

McNeese State University

Anthony Duane McBride

LSU Shreveport

Christoper M. McGanless

University of the South

Catrell Jose McCulloch

Tulane University

James Barry McGee, Jr.

LSU Baton Rouge

Mark Alan Medlin*

Texas Tech University

Thomas J. Montgomery

Univ. of Southwestern LA

William Hall Morrison

LSU Shreveport

Lawrence Edward Mosley

LSU Shreveport

90 • Classes

Kevin William Murphy

Centenary College

C. Christopher Musgrove, II

LSU Shreveport

Steven Craig North

Northeast Louisiana Univ

Reynard C. Odenheimer

Univ ot Southwestern LA

Robert Edward Oliver

LSU Baton Rouge

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Thomas Ervin O'Mara, Jr.

Centenary College

Joseph Peter Orsulak

LSU Shreveport

Abhinand V. Peddada

Louisiana College

Jeffrey Guy Penfield

LSU Shreveport

Fred Harper Petty

Northeast Louisiana Univ,

John Bartels Pope

McNeese State University

Leticia Ann Poret

Louisiana Tech University

Neill Chandler Porter

Northeast Louisiana Univ,

Mark Peal Posner

LSU Baton Rouge

Allen Harold Redding

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

SOPHOMORES

Vernon Keith Rhynes

LSU Baton Rouge

Michael Wayne Roppolo

LSU Shreveport

Cheryl T. Russell

LSU Baton Rouge

Robert Carleton Russell

LSU Shreveport

Lyndall Pennison Saadat

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Darrell Bridges Sandifer

Baytor University

Hani David Sanusi

Louisiana Tech University

John Samuel Sardisco

LSU Baton Rouge

Gregory Scott Seal

LSU Shreveport

Milton Moore Slocum

LSU Shreveport

Anita Marie Smith

LSU Baton Rouge

Jeffrey Otto Smith*

Louisiana College

Curtis Justin Solar

LSU Baton Rouge

Christopher R. Swayze

Louisiana Tech University

Joseph Mark Tarpley

Northeast Louisiana Untv,

92 • Classes

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Kelly Ann Turk

Centenary College

Frederic E. VanBastelaer

LSU Baton Rouge

Hilary Stephen Watson

Centenary College

Robert Brian Wells

Colorado State Univ.

Randall Glen White

LSU Shreveport

Norman Boyd Williams

LSU Baton Rouge

Fred Spencer Willis, Jr.

LSU Baton Rouge

Paul Stuart Wilson

Southern Methodist Univ.

Terry Winkler

Louisiana Tech University

Stephen Scott Wyble

LSU Baton Rouge

Sophomores • 93

JUNIORS

I guess, no I'm sure, that this has been a year of
completely unique experiences for everyone in the
class. Still there are some common happenings we all
walked through. The most vivid in my mind are the
extremes - the sheer terror and the absolute delight, the
first night on night labor when my patient delivered in
bed with the umbilical cord wrapped tightly around the
baby's neck. The day in Comp Care Clinic I let a young
lady first hear her baby's heart beating. These are some
of the things the Junior year is about but also it was the
year when all the glitter faded. This year we lived the
hours of a doctor for the first time.

94 • Classes

Juniors • 95

JUNIORS

We saw how angry and uncooperative patients
can be and how complete you must live the good
moments - the bad often lay in the next room. At
times it was a very frustrating year - we were told
we're part of the team but very rarely got to play.
In the end the only way anyone will ever know this
year is to live it - it can't be told. All in all I must
admit that it has been the worst, the best, the
most of any year so far. I wouldn't trade my worst
day this year for any best day of the first two.

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96 • Classes

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Juniors • 97

JUNIORS

Consider a common situation in which the junior
finds himself. He shows up on Monday 'morning,
bright and early, ready to attack a new clinical ser-
vice. Of course, he does not know where the facili-
ties on this floor are, but this is no cause for concern.
He is assigned to specific patients and is expected
to know the details of their illnesses within minutes.
This is no great task. The real challenge is to consid-
er himself a genuine member of the health care
team, sharing the responsibility for the care of his
patients. Indeed, the junior year is when the "they"
of medicine becomes the "we!" No longer do
"they" order chest x-rays and urinalyses; now, we
order them.

Michael Yousif Abbo

Emory University

James Anthony Ardoin

LSU Baton Rouge

Thomas Clayton Arnold

Louisiana College

John Gordon Bordelon

LSU Baton Rouge

Martin Craig Bozeman

LSU Shfeveport

Nita Gail Bratton

LSU Shreveport

Joseph Eugene Brierre

Univ. of Southwestern LA

James Gerard Brooks, Jr.

LSU Baton Rouge

Lynda Lee Burt

Louisiana Tech Urtiv.

John Mac Chandler

Louisiana Tech Univ.

98 • Classes

Curtis C. Chastain, II

LSU Baton Rouge

Benjamin 8. Close

LSU Baton Rouge

James Michael Cochran

McNeese State University

Nathan Earl Crone

LSU Shreveport

Steven Scott Davis

U.S, Military AcaderYiy

Bryan Keith Demarie

LSU Baton Rouge

David F. Dies

Louisiana Tech University

Richard Wilson Fincher

Louisiana Tech University

Larry Lucas Flake

LSU Baton Rouge

David Fontaine

Nichotls State University

Juniors • 99

JUNIORS

Daniel Thomas Fontenot

LSU Baton Rouge

Clement Wade Fox

Southern Methodist Univ.

Janie Blake Fox

LSU Shreveport

John Anderson Freeman

Centenary College

Thomas Gray Gaddis

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Laurie Robin Grier

LSU Shreveport

Richard Madison Harrell

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Robert Kevin Hatchett

LSU Shreveport

Harry Robert Hawthorne

Louisiana Coiiege

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M. Susan Kennison
Henderson

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Henry Joseph Hollier

LSU Baton Rouge

Traci Lynne Ivey

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

* Dwayne Keller

Xavier University

Albert Glen Kerr

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

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100 • Classes

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John Thomas Knight

Centenary College

Gary Jules Kohler

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Kathleen Marie Lacour

LSI) Baton Rouge

Maureen Louise Lacour

LSI) Baton Rouge

Thomas Alcade Lacour, Jr.

LSU Baton Rouge

Randy J. Lamartiniere

LSU Baton Rouge

Ann Risinger Landry

Louisiana Tech University

Robert Harrison Landry

LSU Shreveport

Ted Alan Lennard

Louisiana Tech University

James Whitfield Logan

Louisiana Tech University

Juniors • 101

JUNIORS

Mary Agnes Lowery

LSU Shreveport

William Elwyn Lyles

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Gary Paul Manuel

McNeese Siaie University

Gary Lane Matthews

LSU Soreveport

Melanie Danielle Mattson

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Edward John Mayeaux, Jr.

LSU Baton Rouge

Keith Ray Mayfield

LSU Shreveport

Michael Patrick McCarthy

LSU Baton Rouge

William Anthony McGee

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

John Jay McLean

LSU Baton Rouge

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102 • Classes

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David Wayne McManus

Univ of Southwestern LA

Joseph W. Milner, Jr.

Baylor University

Robert Gene Moore

Louisiana Tech University

Donald Glenn Moses

Louisiana Tech University

Emily Hummer Naus

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

HB HI
HP

Brent Gerard Nick

University of New Orleans

Katherine I. Ochsner

Tulane Universify

Kenneth Scott Parks

LSU Baton Rouge

Jeffrey Victor Paul

Louisiana College

Kenneth Roy Pendergrast

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Blake C. Poleynard

Baylor UnivefSify

Carol Ann Poole

Centenary College

Mary Cecilia Portis

Jackson State University

William Bates Regan

LSU Baton Rouge

John Martin Roberts

LSU Baton Rouge

Juniors • 103

JUNIORS

Francis X. Robichaux

LSU Baton Rouge

Carey William Robinson

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Daniel Richard Roubein

LSU Shreveport

Michael Gerard Rukavina

Univ. of Notre Dame

David Paul Sampognaro

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

Felicia Denise Sankey

Centenary College

Charles Fox Sherrod, 111

Louisiana Tech University

Brian Reynolds Sinclair

Centenary College

Dean Eldon Smith

LSU Shreveport

James Frederick Smith

Louisiana Tech University

Jeffrey Keith Smith

LSU Baton Rouge

Margaret Ann Springer

Univ. of New Orleans

Sharon Marie Stein

LSU Baton Rouge

104 • Classes

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Howard Mark Stelly

Northeast Louisiana Univ.

David Elmer Thomas

LSU Batcxi Rouge

Steven Bernard Vidrine

LSU Baton Rouge

David Joseph Vining

Tulane University

Mark Steven Wallace

LSU Shreveporf *

Mark Matthew Wilson

Louisiana Tech University

Cheynita D. Woodson

Xavier University

Christine M. Zaffater

LSU Baton Rouge

Donna Marie Zappi

Univ. of Southwestern LA

Scott David Zentner

Texas A&M University

Juniors • 105

SENIORS

John Burdrick & Suzanne Snow

As freshmen, it was the daily onslaught of notes, notes, and more notes; the
countless tests of our sophomore year that eventually yielded to fantasies of our
junior year and the donning of the symbolic white coat; the blood cultures,
disimpactions, and redundant trips to the lab that quickly turned our junior
idealism and white coats to the dingy, stained attire fitting of this beast of burden;
but we made it.

What a difference a year can make. The scrubs and "white" coat have been
replaced by tie and clean shirt. It's difficult to remember my last call night and
even harder, one that was interrupted with calls or pages. Yet, with the intrigue of
watching my classmates choose their careers and the building excitement as
Match Day approaches, there grows a seed of apprehension. In a few short
months I'm going to be a doctor and responsible for real lives. Hell, I feel like I
don't know anything. Yet, I realize this fear is natural and that I'll make it.

Denise & Terri

Cookie, Bryant & Kelli

106 • Classes

SENIOR FAMILY
ALBUM

Regina & Maims

Robert Fortier-Benson

Dan, Terri, Sarah, Katie

Mitch, Jimmy, Warren, Richard

Seniors & SFA • 107

Michael Thomas Acurio. M.D.

Medical University-Charleston. SC
Orthopaedics

Car! Eugene Adkins, M.D.

Parkland Memorial Hospiial-Daflas. TX

Anesthesiology

Richard Nevtn Akins, M.D.

Universtty Hospital- tdtle Rock, AR
Psychiatry

James Kirk Aymond, M.D.

Duke Universtty Med. Ctr.-NC
Orthopaedics

Albert Brent Bankston, M.D.

University Ctt South Alabama-Mobile. At
Orthopaedics

Tildon Kurt Belgard, M.D.

University Hospital-Little Rock. AR

Anesthesiology

Blaine M. Borders, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Surgery

Walter Edward Bounds, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

Richard Kent Broussard, M.D.

tSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

John Bennett Bundrick, M.D.

Mayo <3rad. School of Med. -Rochester. MN
Internal Medicine

108 • Classes

Melanie Joyce Buttross, M.D.

Roanoke Memorial Hospital-VA
Transitional

Anne Oenise Carter, M.D.

St Vincent's Med. Ctr -Jacksonville. FL
Family Practice

Thomas Brian Caskey, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D.

Chandler Med. Ctr -Lexington. KY
Psychiatry

Basil D. Catsikis, M.D.

Geismger Med. Ctr. -Danville, PA
Diagnostic Radiology

Julia Braddock Davis, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Pediatrics

Paul Michael Davis, M.D.

Ochsner Found -New Orleans, LA
Surgery

Terri Lyn Davis, M.D.

Tuscaloosa Fam. Prac,-AL

Family Practice

Patricia Denley, M.D.

Ochsner Found-New Orleans, LA
Pediatrics

Denise Yvette Duhon, M.D.

Baylor Coll Affit. -Houston, TX
internal Medicine

Kerry Ivan Edwards, M.D.

Shands Hosp & U. of Florida-Gainesville, FL
Internal Medicine

David Richard Fakier, M.D.

Yale Affll. Hosp -Norwalk. CT
Diagnostic Radiology

Patric Wesley Ferguson, M.D.

Methodist Hosp. -Memphis. TN
Transitional

Michael A. Finan, M.D.

U. of South Florida Afftf Hosp.-Tarnpa, FL
OB/Gyn

Eudice Eugene Fontenot, M.D.

LSU-ShrevepOrl
Pediatrics

Seniors & SFA • 109

SENIORS

Thomas Glenn Fontenot, M.D.

Df Walter 0 Moss Reg -Lake Charles. LA
Family Practice

Juliana Melody Fort, M.D.

Tulane U Attil Hosps -New Orleans. LA
Psychiatry

Robert L. Fortier-Bensen, M.D.

Univ of South Alabama-Mobile. AL

Anesthesiology

John Whithurst Gallaspy, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
OB'Gyn

Bryant Gerard George, M.D.

Tulane U Affit Hosps -New Orleans. LA
Surgery Pre.

Jim &

Jamie

Aymond

& Honey

Warren John Green, M.D.

Baptist Memorial-Memphis. TN
Transitional

Paula Easley Gregory, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
OB/Qyrt

John Philip Harris, M.D.

Univ Medical Ctr -Lafayette. LA
Internal Medicine

Maurice A. Hawley, III, M.D.

Baptist Memorial-Memphis, TN

Internal Medicine

Mitchell Jude Hebert, M.D.

Jacksonville Health Ed. Program-FL
■internal Medicine

Johnny Ray Henley, M.D.

. LSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

John C. Holloway, M.D.

St. Paul's Med. Ctr -Dallas. TX
Anesthesiology

W. Richardson Holloway, M.D.

Univ of Missouri-Columbia. MO
Urology

Timothy Wilbert Howes, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Urology

John Vernon trie, M.D.

Annistori Fam Prac -Anniston. AL
Family Practice

110 • Classes

Maurice & Mary Hawley

Martin Lewis Johnson, M.D.

Wttford Hall. USAF M.C.-San Antonio. TX
internal Medicine

S. Michael Jones, M.D.

University Hospital-Liitie Rock. AR

Internal Medicine

Susan Anne Kellerman, M.D.

Univ. of Texas Med Branch-Galveston, TX
internal Medicine

Kevin Meers Kennedy, M.D.

tSU-Shrevepoft

Transitional

Robert Wilson Kennedy, M.D.

LSU-Shreveporf
Internal Medicine

Carolyn P. Kergosien, M.D.

Research. Driscoil Child Hosp.-Corpus

Christ!. TX

Pediatrics

William Ellis Kergosien, M.D.

Memorial Med. Ctr -Corpus Christi, TX
Family Practice

Euil Eugene Luther, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

Donald Gene Mack, Jr., M.D.

University Hospltal-Litite Rock. AR

Pediatrics

Sheila Ann Maddox, M.D.

E.A Conway Mem, Hosp.-Morroe. LA
Transitional

Seniors & SFA • 11 1

Mark & Ginger Oliver

Donald Gerard Majeste, M.D.

LSU-New Orleans
Diagnostic Radiology

Barry Andrew Martin, M.D.

Medical University-Charleston, SC
Family Practice

Spyrie Dean Mays, M.D.

Case Western Univ. Hosp. -Cleveland, OH

Surg. Pre-

William M. McBride, III, M.D.

Med, Cent East-Birmingham. AL
family Practice

Maims T. McFarland, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Family Practice

David Loflin McKeilar, M.D.

Texas Med Branch-Galveston. TX
Anesthesiology

George Tipton McKnight, M.D.

Earl K. Long Mem. Hosp.-Baton Rouge, LA

Transitional

Daniel Joseph McLaury, M.D.

University o< Louisville, KY
OB/Gyn

Pamela Kay McPherson, M.D.

Half Inslitute/Univ. of SC-Columbia. SC
Psychiatry

J. Christopher Meriwether, M.D.

Uritv. of San Antonio Teach. Hosp.-TX
Pediatrics

1 12 • Classes

Rachel Wells Miles, M.O.

Tuiane University Affil. Hosps.-N.O . LA
OB/Gyn

Douglas M. Montgomery, M.O.

Ochsner Found-New Orleans, LA
OB/Gyn

James Selser Morris, M.O.

LSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

Scott Kimberly Nelson, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Transitional

Patricia B. Nicol, M.D.

U. of Okla, Tutsa Med. Coll, Affil
Pediatrics

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Max Kennon Odom, II, M.D.

Bapltst Medical Center-Birmingham. AL
Internal Medicine

Mark Francis Olivier, M.D.

Dr. Walter O. Moss-Lake Charles. LA
Family Practice

Cora Eileen Orphe, M.D.

St. Louis Child. Hosp.-MO
Pediatrics

Albert Craig Pearce, M.O.

University of South Alabama-Mobile, AL
Internal Medicine

Karen Adeline Purdy, M.O.

Univ TN Affil. Hosps.-Memphis, TN
Family Practice

Seniors & SFA • 113

Stewart Thwaite Ramey, M.D.

Earl K Long Mem. Hosp.-Baton Rouge. LA

Pediatrics

Philip Ray Renfroe, M.D.

Medical Center-Columbus, GA
Family Practice

Joel Lamar Rigby, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Transitional

Bruce Lawrence Roach, M.D,

Dr. Walter O. Moss Reg-Lake Charles, LA
Family Practice

Jack, Debra, Wendy & Willie

SENIORS

Lynda Rice Roberts, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport

Family Practice

Sheryt Lynn Rowland, M.D,

Univ. Hospiiai-Littte Rock. AR
Med-Peds.

David Alan Scott, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport

Internal Medicine

Denise Carla Sharbono, M.D.

E.A. Conway- Mem. Hosp.-Morwoe, LA
transitional

Johnny Lee Simpson, M.D.

Tulane Univ. Affif. Hosps.-New Orleans, LA

Psychiatry

James Garland Smith, Jr., M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

Jerry Neal Smith, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport

Transitional

Michael Jesse Snyder, M.D.

WtiSiam Beaumont Army M.C.-B Paso. TX

Surgery

Mark Anthony St. Cyr, M.D.

University Me<± Ctr.-Lsfayeite. LA
Transitional

Michael Oliver Stuart, M.D.

Ear! K Long Mem. Hosp.-Baton Rouge, LA
Internal Medicine

114* Classes

Connie M. Templet, M.D,

Medical College of Georgia- A ugusta. GA

Internal Medicine

Michael D. Verzwyvelt, M.D.

Richland Mem. Hosp. -Columbia, SC
Emer. Medicine

Lori Elizabeth Vidrine, M.D.

Jacksonville Health Educ. Pfog.-FL
Internal Medicine

Jerry Wade White, M.D.

Portsmouth Naval Reg. Med. C»r.~

Portsmouth. VA

Pediatrics

Sherman Scott Wiggins, M.D.

Univ. ot Alabama Med, Ctr. -Birmingham, AL
internal Medicine

William Mitchell Wilder, M.D.

Baptist Memorial-Memphis. TN
internal Medicine-Pte.

Robert Gillespie Wilkins, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

David C. Williamson, M.D.

Univ. of Texas SW Affil Hosps.-Dallas. Tx
Anesthesiology

Mary Ellen Wommack, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Transitional

Chris Owen Woodard, M.D.

LSU-Shreveport
Internal Medicine

Seniors & SFA • 115

Max

Justin. Denise, Jason Sharbono

Tommy, Val, & Brad

1 16 • Classes

Laura,

Bates,

& David

Doc's Hound, Carol & John

Susan & Friends

Lori Vidrine & Mickey

Seniors & SFA • 1 17

Mark & Kim Crump

Kimberly & John Harris

118 • Classes

Jan & Gene Mack

Jennifer, Paula, Greg Rembert

Seniors & SFA • 119

Bill & Carolyn Kergosien

120 • Classes

Kerry, Anita, Lauren & Brook Edwards

F. Xavier Castellanos

Senior & SFA • 121

Brent, Kelli, Keller, Jo Jo

Cora Orphe

122 • Classes

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Craig & Jennifer Pearce & Rusty

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Ellen Wommack

Paul Davis

Seniors & SFA • 123

ALLIED HEALTH

The School of Allied Health Professions at LSUMC in Shreveport
consists of six departments: The Children's Center, The Depart-
ment of Cardiopulmonary Science, The Department of Commu-
nication Disorders, The Department of Medical Technology, The
Department of Occupational Therapy, and The Department of
Physical Therapy.

These departments offer the students specialized technical
training in five of the fastest growing health care careers avail-
able today.

Students gain experiences as a part of a team medical profes-
sionals offering specific services and skill in total patient care
such as assessment, diagnostic procedures, and the planning
and implementation of treatment programs.

Jennifer Bilbro

Occupational
Therapy

Carol Coleman

Melanie Dauterive

Elizabeth Green

Jocelyn Mayfield

Ramona Miley

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Charlene Owens

Denise Oxenreiter

Bridgett Pelts

Alicia Sagrera

Pamela Salley

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124 • Classes

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Cheryl Becnel

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Laura Donald
Fatemeh Fallahdoost
Janice Fong
Wanda Greenhouse
Gayle LeJeune

Leslie Moore
James Neil
Donna Simpson
John Treloar
Deneen Veal

Allied Health • 125

Amrni Guess

Jody Hardison

Felice Harris

Stephanie LaBorde

Debra McHalffey

Danny Midyett

Florence Randall

Leslie Taft

Daniel Wood

Dianne Zappt

126 • Classes

Cardiopulmonary Science-JR's

Timothy Angely

Denise Atkins

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Deborah Barker
Steven Boyd
Ltnette Davis
Mary Daley
Jack Edwards

Sheri Finch
Michael Houston
Jerry Sayers
Todd Simons
Leslie Strong

Allied Health • 127

Cardiopulmonary
ience-
r's

Patric Aubin
Kathy Boggs

Margaret Clawson

Carolyn Ducote

David Gibson

Physical Therapy - Juniors

Cindy Bigner

Oionne Clause

Lori Constantine

Lois Cooper

Sharon Dunn

Ronel Estrada

Wendy Fulton

Sibyl Glover

Charles Jackson

Jennifer Kennard

128 • Classes

Cardiopulmonary Science

'"Vs

Mark Greaves

Patricia Hester
Jonathan Holt
Anne Parks

Physical Therapy - Juniors

Lisa Ledet
Stan Powell
Julie Robichaud
Virginia Scales
Debra Sibley

Janet Solomon
Joan Theils
Deann Toncre
Cynthia Walz
Regina Zimmerman

Allied Health • 129

Communication
Disorders

Stacy Beighley

Sherry Blackwood

Debra Bolton
Laurie Clanton
Andree Caplis

Ninette Diilard

Sarah Fontenot

Lisa Friday

Robin Johnson

Denise Mason

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Barbara McGee

Missy Mullin

Ann Parsells

Donna Terry

Cathy Walker

130 • Classes

Imeh Affiah
Joseph Albert
David Carlton

Cheryl Curd

Elizabeth Jankus

Abbie Kemper
Shu Jan Lee
Janice Matthews-Greer
Billy McCann
Mary Oliver

Jan Richardson
Donald Stafford
Balaji Tamarappoo
Ann Watson
Venkata Yalamanchili

Graduate Students • 131

FACULTY

ADMINISTRATION

Edwin Edwards

Governor

Dick Chandler

Director of Purchasing

James P. Ganley, M.O., Ph.H.

Clinical Affairs

Perry G. Rigby, M.D.

Chancellor

Judy Austin

Associate Registrar

Jean Saunders, Ph.D.

Educational Development

Ike Muslow, M.D.

Vice-Chancellor

Robert R. Graves

Assistant to the Dean

A. J. Varner

Asst. Hospital Administrator

Darryl M. Williams, M.D.

Acting Dean

L. Calhoun Allen, Jr.

Plans & Programs

Harold White

Business Affairs

William T. McElroy, Jr., Ph.D.

Admissions

Nancy Rodwell

Student Financial Aid

Carol Paquette

Director of Budgets

134 • Faculty

John H. Allen, Ph.D.

Student Affairs

Gary Harkey

Director of Accounting

Darryl M. Williams, M.D.

Academic Affairs

Gene L. Hammet

Hospital Administration

Dennis A. Pernotto, Ph.D.

Medical Communications

Elaine T. King

Information Services

Joe Miciotto

Hospital Administrator

Leonard I. Goldman, M.D.

Medical Education

R. W. Saved

Samuel E. Shomer

Physical Plant

Academic Administratior

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BIOMETRY

Lee Bairnslather

Department of Biometry

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Faculty • 135

INTERNAL MEDICINE

Marion 0. Hargrove

Chairman

Timothy Byrnes

Univ. of Maryland

Henry G. Hanley

Yale University

Kenneth Abreo

Bombay University, India

Bruce Baethge

Southwestern-Dallas

Tien Chen

Chung Shan M.C,

George A. DeVault

LSUMC-Sfireveport

Amtn Haq

Liaquat M.C. Pakistan

J. Stephen Kitpatrick

LSU-New Orleans

Michael Bowen

Univ of S. Carolina

Ronald S. George

Tulane University

Gary T, Kinasewitz

Wayne State University

136 • Faculty

Internal Medicine • 137

E.N.T.

Frederick J. Stacker, Jr., M.D. Linda Gage-White, M.D., Ph.D.

Chairman U of Miami School ot Medicine

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Walter C. Otto, Ph.D.

Audiologist

Jack W. Pou, M.D.

Tulane University

William W. Shockley, M.D.

U of Indiana School of Medicine

ANATOMY

Richard E. Hibbs

Head

Gary T. Bazer

LSUMC-Shrevepori

John A. Beat

University ot Cincinnati

Robert C. Clawson

Loyola University

David L. DeSha

Tulane University

David S. Knight

Tulane University

Robert D. Specian

Tulane University

138 • Faculty

Faculty • 139

ORTHOPAEDICS

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James A. Albright, M.D.

Chairman

E. Michael Keating, M.D.

LSUMC-Shreveport

Andrew A. Marino, Ph.D

Syracuse University

Richard E. McCall, M.D.

Tulane University

Subrata Saha, Ph.D

Stanford University

Melanie Sanders, M.D.

LSUMC-Shreveport

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OB-GYN

Horace E. Thompson, M.D.

Chairman

Rose BrouilleHe, M.D.

LSUMC-Shreveport

Peter S. Kapernick, M.D.

University of Oregon

Warren N. Otterson, M.D.

University of Wisconsin

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Daniel A. Rightmire, M.D.

Northwestern U, Chicago

Rodney Wise, M.D.

LSUMC-Shreveport

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140 • Faculty

WLi

Salley E. Cook, R.N.

University of Mississippi

Dale R Dunnihoo, M.D., Ph.D.

Washington University

John B. Mailhes, Ph.D.

University of Tennessee

ANESTHESIOLOGY

4orman H. Bia»a, M.

Chairman

sienee Desmarattes,

U. of Haiti School of Medicine

Bobby D. Nos»man, M.D.

LSUMC-Shreveport

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Daniel T. Sanders, M.D.

LSUMC-New Orleans

Persis K. Shroff, M.D.

Grant Medical CoJIege-U.
of Bombay

Jonathan H. Skerman, D.Sc.

Boston U. School of Dentistry

Dakasha B. Turakhia, M.D.

Grant M.G.U. of Bombay

Joe N. Rom, M.S. RRT

Texas A&M

Faculty • 141

PATHOLOGY

Albert G. Smith, M.D.

Head

PL i$$

George Acton, M.D.

Tulane University

Pari* Conatantinidea,
M.D., Ph.D.

University of Vienna

Marjorie Fowler, M.D.

LSUMC-New Orleans

Herb Goad, M.S.

Central Michigan
University

Enrique Gonzalez, M.D.

Javeriana U., Colombia

Warren D. Grafton, M.D

LSUMC-New Orleans

R. Leroy Little, M.D.

LSUMC-New Orleans

Z.D. Meachum, Ph.D.

LSU-Baton Rouge

Raghunath P. Miara,
M.D., Ph.D.

Calcutta University

Irwan Daniel Sanusi, M.D.

Airlangga U.. Indonesia

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142 • Faculty

RADIOLOGY

Ronald L- Eisenberg, M.D.

Head

Federico Ampil, M.D.

University of Santo Tomas

Feraydoon S. Bahrassa, M.D.

University ot Tehran

Vishan Giyanani, M.D.

Bombay University

Linda A. Nail, M.D.

University ot Arkansas

Gunnar Cadarbom, M.D.

University of Goteborg,
Sweden

Garoga R. Grimes, M.D.

Temple University

Justin J. Wolfaon, M.D.

University of Nebraska

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Ratna Datta, Ph.D.

University of Caluttta

Herbert S. Husband*, M.D.

University of West Indies

Mary J. Wood, M.D.

University of Arkansas

Amil J. Gerlock, M.D.

Medical College of Virginia

Pater Meyers, M.D.

Tulane University

Faculty • 143

PEDIATRICS

Robert McVi«

Marquette School ot
Medicine

Arun K. Pramaniic

Medical College of India

Nell Ryan

Univ. of Misa&sippi

144 • Faculty

Maria Zapata

National Univ. of Mexico

BIOCHEMISTRY

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Richard Courtney

Head

Michael N. Blackburn

Univ. of California-
Riverside

Sidney R. Grimee, Jr.

University of N. Carolina

F. Scott Kennedy

Univ. of Illinois-Urbana

Ralph J. Henderson, Jr.

Univ. of Texas-Galveston

Guilford G. Rudolph

University of Utah

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John M. Smith

Purdue University

Robert L. Smith

Univ. of Tennessee

Pediatrics, Biochemistry • 145

SURGERY

John C. McDonald

Chairman

Don Morris

University of Texas-Austin

Julio Swain

Baylor University

Edward Benzol

Medical College of
Wisconsin

Travis J. PhHer

LSUMC-Shreveport

S. J. Danna

Tulane University

Michael Rohr

Tulane University

Jamos S. Wade

Gary Weiss

LSUMC-Shreveport

Edwin Deitch

University of Maryland

Frank Gelder

Ohio State University

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Leonard eoldman

Vice- Chairman

Mahadev Souri

Government M.C. India

146 • Faculty

Louise Jacobbi

FAMILY MEDICINE

Arthur T. Fort

Chairman

Michael A. Crouch

Univ. of Missouri-Columbia

Michael B. Harper

LSUMC-Snreveport

Ruby Jean Hunter

Univ. of Arkansas

Faculty • 147

NEUROLOGY

Larry J. Embree, M.D.

Head

Andrew L. Chesson, M.D.

Univ. of Texas-Galveston

Gwendolyn R. Hogan, M.D.

University of Virginia

Pieter Kark, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

ALLIED HEALTH

Ann-Marie LeBlanc

Director, Student Affairs

Mary Pannbaker, Ph.D.

Communication Disorders

nmMi

Ann Smith

Medical Technology

Tim Wheelahan

Physical Therapy

Richard Whitehead

Cardiopulmonary Science

148 • Faculty

Michael Cook, Ed D

Children's Center

Helen Prize

Physical Therapy

Frances Whitten

Children's Center

Jerry Garner

Cardiopulmonary Science

Gordon Schuckers, Ph.D.

Asst. Dean. Allied Health

Brenda Geter

Administrative Assistant

Paulette Springer

Physical Therapy

Deborah Koshansky, Ph.D.

Children's Center

Joe McCulloch, Ph.D.

Dept Head P.T.

Wes McWhorter

Physical Therapy

Dennis Wissing

Cardiopulmonary Science

Gay Wolcott

Communication Disorders

Faculty • 149

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PSYCHIATRY

John Straumanis

Chairman

John H. Allen

Pennsylvania State Univ

John T. Brauchi

University of Oklahoma

D. R. Cherek

University of Minnesota

Steven I. Dworkin

University of Florida

Jeffrey Knight

West Virginia University

Ronald G. Nathan

University of Houston

Frances E. Nixon

LSUMC-New Orleans

C. Simon Sebastian

St. John's Medical
College-India

150 • Faculty

James E. Smith

University of Minnesota

Joel Steinberg

University of Illinois

OPHTHALMOLOGY

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James P. Ganley

Chairman

Salim I. Butrus

Fellow

John W. Henderson

Chief. V.A.

Geoffrey W. Garrett

Instructor

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Marlyn Langford

Assistant Professor

Urology, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology • 151

LIBRARY

Mayo Drake

Librarian

Marilyn Miller

University of Pittsburgh

Pamela Ashley

LSU-Baton Route

Walter Morton

University of Texas

Elaine Jones

LSU-Baton Rouge

Elizabeth Peatross

Louisiana Tech University

Marilyn Rogers

LSU-Baton Rouge

152 • Faculty

Virginia Lash

LSU-Baton Rouge

Marianne Puckett

LSU-Baton Rouge

Billy Triplet!

LSU-Baton Rouge

PHARMACOLOGY

iCSt

Helmut M. Redetzki, M.D.

University of Hamburg
Head

4(*%! "»'- f3

John J. Stewart, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin

Richard D. Brown, Ph.D.

LSUMC-New Orleans

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John T. Wilson, M.D.

Tutane University

Barbara R. Manno, Ph.D.

Indiana University

Kenneth E. McMartin, Ph.D.

University of Iowa

Charles 0. Wood, Ph.D.

U. of North Carolina

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Joseph E. Manno, Ph.D.

Indiana University

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Elizabeth L. Pruden, Ph.D.

Indiana University

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Faculty • 153

ORGANIZATIONS

■

Alpha Omega Alpha is the only national medical
honor society in the world. The purpose ot this
organization is to recognize and perpetuate excel-
lence in the medical profession. The society key is
designed after the Manubrium Sterni, and the let-
ters AOA represent not only the name of the soci-
ety, but the essential words in its motto in Greek:
"Worthy to serve the suffering."

Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is a distinction
that accompanies a physician through his or her
career. Members can be elected as students,
graduates, or faculty, or on an honorary basis
because of distinguished achievement in any field
of medicine. Criteria for election include scholastic
excellence, integrity, compassion, and capacity
for leadership. The students elected are persons
who, in the judgment of the local chapter, have
shown promise of becoming leaders in their pro-
fession. Election is limited to those candidates
whose scholastic qualifications have placed them
in the upper 25% of their class. The total number
elected shall not exceed one-sixth of the total
number of that class expected to graduate.

156 • Organizations

A.O.A. • 157

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Baptist Student Union

The logo of the Baptist Student Union shows
arrows which point in toward the center and out
from the center. This symbolism expresses the
overall purpose of BSU as a ministry which
relates both to the inner growth of a person and
the growth which comes through reaching out
to others. Based on a holistic understanding of
people, BSU seeks to facilitate this growth
through the students' participation in a variety
of events.

BSU sponsors numerous social events
throughout the year; hayrides, cookouts, sea-
sonal parties, midnight bowling, and a yearly
snow skiing trip highlight the social events. On
a more serious side, BSU also endeavors to
facilitate the student's spiritual growth through
the weekly luncheons as well as our special
conference on medical ethics. Held once a
month, this event helps the student integrate
theology, medicine, and ethics as they seek to
present a meaningful Christian witness to their
patients and colleagues.

Christian Medical Society

The Christian Medical Society offers an
opportunity for medical students and
allied health professionals to enrich their
medical art through the influence of
Christ. Believing that Christianity applies
to every area of life — including one's
occupation — CMS purpose is to follow
the Great Physician in meeting emotional,
spiritual, and physical needs in our prac-
tice of medicine. Since our genesis two
years ago, CMS has strived together with
B.S.U. to address vital medical issues. To
enhance our understanding of these is-
sues, CMS has been privileged to bring
several inspiring speakers to our school.
In addition, we have had panel discus-
sions on such topics as abortion and the
transitions one faces in medical school.
We gather weekly to discuss medical eth-
ics, review articles, read Bible passages
and pray.

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Executive Council

The preamble of the Student Government Constitution
states that "we the students of LSUMC-S, in order to
promote the ideals of our profession; to provide repre-
sentation and protection of the rights and privileges of
our members; and to provide the opportunity for partici-
pation in social, athletic, educational, and service pro-
grams; do hereby establish and adopt this constitu-
tion." The executor of this constitution is known as the
Executive Council. In keeping with these established
ideals, the Executive Council branches out into the fol-
lowing areas:

1. Social - all work and no play is not the council's motto as LSUMC-S students enjoyed
such events as Casino Party, Christmas Dance and Crawfish Boil. 1985 - the year the
Student Union was reopened.

2 Athletic - med students toned up their bodies as well as their minds with a coed weight
room, intramural sports, various sports tournaments and the Tiger Trot.

3. Education - LSUMC-S was represented at the national meetings of the American
Medical Association and the General Professional Education of Physicians (GPEP)
Report.

4. Service - students charitably donated their blood for the Blood Drive and their time for
Freshman /Sophomore and Freshman /Junior Days.

American Medical Association -
M.S.S.

The Medical Student Section (MSS) is the
branch of the A.M. A. which addresses
the concerns and problems of medical
students on a national level.

The MSS develops leadership in students
by offering speakers and seminars to sup-
plement the students' education, as well
as offer opportunities to meet medical
leaders in the local medical community.

The voice of medical students in contin-
ually growing stronger, due to the efforts
of active MSS members. This years dele-
gation to the A.M. A. convention intro-
duced a resolution to the A.M. A. House of
Delegates which asked the A.M. A. to de-
fine a handicapped physician/medical
student and to appoint a committee to
investigate the needs of handicapped
physicians and medical students.

Executive Council, A.M.A.-M.S.S. • 161

Amidst the whirlwind of economic and politi-
cal forces which are changing the face of
modern medicine, one thing stands clear.
Although medicine will certainly be different
in the future, the need for a caring, compre-
hensively trained, personal physician who
provides continuity of care with compassion
will be even greater.

It is the purpose of the Family Medicine In-
terest Group to make students aware that
Family Practice is a viable option in this time
of change. We attempt to bring a kaleido-
scope of speakers onto campus monthly
that they may share with students from their
expertise. We work closely with our own
Family Practice department to expand the
availability of learning experiences open to
students. And last, but not least, we share a
camaraderie with others who are also con-
cerned that in this technological age we not
lose sight of the history of medicine as an art
as well as a science.

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162 • Organizations

The LSU Medical Student Wives Club provides
the opportunity for lifelong friendships. The
club is not only a social club, but also a service
club which contributes to the Shreveport-Bos-
sier community through many service projects.
The Wives Club offers a variety of activities
each year to promote friendship for all medical
student wives. The activities this year have in-
cluded:

-Welcoming Party
-Panel Discussions
-Christmas Party
-Style Show
-VCR "Movie Nights"

-Thanksgiving

Progressive Dinner
-Bake Sales
-Luncheons
-Family Pizza Night
-Service Protects

The 1985-86 officers included: President-Mimi
Close, Vice-President-Cheryl Kohler, Secre-
tary-Lisa Acurio, Treasurer-Kim Crump, Sr.
Respresentative-Debbie White, Jr. Representa-
tive-Dana Chastain, Soph. Representative-Amy
Porter, Freshman Representative-Yvette Gar-
cia, Service Chairman-Dee Nick, Social Chair-
man-Sarah Fontenot, Publicity Chairman-Linda
Pope, and Liaison Officer-Sheryl Gates.

Family Medicine, Wives Club • 163

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The Synapse

This year the Synapse got some new blood - it was no longer an
autobiographical account of Leslie Blake's (MSN) tortured jour-
ney through the Hades that is medical school. No, we also
witnessed Ed Carriere's (MSI) ironic observations of freshman
year, with occasional lapses of taste, and the hilarious irrever-
ence of Tom Gaddis' Advice from Doc. We also ventured into
the soulful world of poetry by "Dr. Fred" (Brent Nick MSIII) and
the ubiquitous Ed Carriere. William Carlos Williams would be
proud.

And in the face of all this esoteric artsy-fartsy madness, we also
BROUGHT YOU THE NEWS. School news, sports news, S'port
news, medical news, movie and restaurant reviews, interviews
and other irregular features abounded. I mean, we tried, despite
our prohibitive schedules. Most interesting this year was the
persistent, plaintive student voice protesting the outdated prac-
tices of medical education and clamoring for GPEP changes.
We hope we've succeeded in doing more than just irritating you-
all.

Many thanks to all those who contributed, encouraged and
enjoyed, and special gratitude for the Executive Council's gen-
erosity.

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Yes, you might say we're a rare breed, maybe
even, unfortunately, an elite bunch ... the PULSE
STAFF. These are the introspective folks who go
beyond the role of students to preserve the
memories of our LSUMC medical education.
We're the camera flash in CPR class, the midnight
typewriter setting the school year to print. Led by
determined editor Keith Smith, we are the small
group of medical, graduate and allied health stu-
dents who labored to create this yearbook. We
present to you our tribute to the lessons, patients,
and friends of 1986.

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