The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans is a public university focused on the health sciences and located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is part of the LSU System and is the home of six schools (including one of two LSUmedical schools), 12 Centers of Excellence, and two patient care clinics. Due to Hurricane Katrina, the School of Dentistry was temporarily located in Baton Rouge but has since returned to its campus in New Orleans.[1][2] As a public university, it mostly accepts residents of the state of Louisiana with the exception of combined M.D./Ph.D. students and also children of alumni.
The LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine was founded in 1931 commissioned by GovernorHuey Pierce Long, Jr.[3] It facility was originally located at 1542 Tulane Avenue, adjacent to the then-rebuilt Charity Hospital, which was completed in 1939.
Governor Long considered himself the "founder" of the LSU School of Medicine, having written in his autobiography, Every Man a King:
"There had been completed the magnificent structure for that school in the midst of the buildings of the Charity Hospital of New Orleans. That new school, upon examination, was found to have been supplied with every modern device or contrivance suggested and recommended by the national medical organizations. It was given 'A' rating by the American Medical Association before it had been in operation more than eighteen months."[4]
The School of Graduate Studies was established in 1965, followed by the School of Dentistry in 1966, the School of Nursing in 1968, and the School of Allied Health Professions in 1970. The School of Public Health followed in 2003.[5]
In the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina, LSUHSC-NO suffered drastically lowered capacity at its two teaching hospitals, Charity Hospital and University Hospital. LSUHSC-NO went 15 months without the use of either facility, and was forced to set up a trauma center in a vacant shopping center. University Hospital was extensively renovated before reopening on November 20, 2006. The fate of Charity Hospital was a more controversial issue. Grassroots efforts to restore the Charity Hospital building failed when it was deemed by an arbitration panel to be more than 50% damaged.
In 2011, state and LSU officials broke ground on a $1.1 billion teaching hospital in the lower mid-city area of New Orleans. On August 1, 2015, University Medical Center New Orleans opened as a state-of-the-art academic medical center for medical, dental and allied health education in addition to bioscience research. The new facility is one of the anchors of New Orleans' biomedical research corridor.[6]
health, sciences, center, orleans, louisiana, state, university, health, sciences, center, orleans, public, university, focused, health, sciences, located, orleans, louisiana, part, system, home, schools, including, medical, schools, centers, excellence, patie. The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans is a public university focused on the health sciences and located in New Orleans Louisiana It is part of the LSU System and is the home of six schools including one of two LSU medical schools 12 Centers of Excellence and two patient care clinics Due to Hurricane Katrina the School of Dentistry was temporarily located in Baton Rouge but has since returned to its campus in New Orleans 1 2 As a public university it mostly accepts residents of the state of Louisiana with the exception of combined M D Ph D students and also children of alumni LSU Health Sciences Center New OrleansTypePublic universityEstablished1931ChancellorLarry H Hollier MD FACS FACC FRCS Eng Academic staff649Students2 699LocationNew Orleans Louisiana United States CampusUrbanAffiliationsLSU SystemWebsitewww lsuhsc edu Contents 1 History 2 Organization 2 1 Schools 2 2 LSUHSC Teaching Hospital 2 3 LSUHSC Clinics 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine was founded in 1931 commissioned by Governor Huey Pierce Long Jr 3 It facility was originally located at 1542 Tulane Avenue adjacent to the then rebuilt Charity Hospital which was completed in 1939 Governor Long considered himself the founder of the LSU School of Medicine having written in his autobiography Every Man a King There had been completed the magnificent structure for that school in the midst of the buildings of the Charity Hospital of New Orleans That new school upon examination was found to have been supplied with every modern device or contrivance suggested and recommended by the national medical organizations It was given A rating by the American Medical Association before it had been in operation more than eighteen months 4 The School of Graduate Studies was established in 1965 followed by the School of Dentistry in 1966 the School of Nursing in 1968 and the School of Allied Health Professions in 1970 The School of Public Health followed in 2003 5 In the immediate wake of Hurricane Katrina LSUHSC NO suffered drastically lowered capacity at its two teaching hospitals Charity Hospital and University Hospital LSUHSC NO went 15 months without the use of either facility and was forced to set up a trauma center in a vacant shopping center University Hospital was extensively renovated before reopening on November 20 2006 The fate of Charity Hospital was a more controversial issue Grassroots efforts to restore the Charity Hospital building failed when it was deemed by an arbitration panel to be more than 50 damaged In 2011 state and LSU officials broke ground on a 1 1 billion teaching hospital in the lower mid city area of New Orleans On August 1 2015 University Medical Center New Orleans opened as a state of the art academic medical center for medical dental and allied health education in addition to bioscience research The new facility is one of the anchors of New Orleans biomedical research corridor 6 Organization editSchools edit School of Allied Health Professions School of Dentistry School of Graduate Studies School of Medicine School of Nursing School of Public HealthLSUHSC Teaching Hospital edit University Medical Center New OrleansLSUHSC Clinics edit LSU Healthcare Network LSU Health Sciences Center School of DentistrySee also editLouisiana State University System LSU Health Sciences Center ShreveportReferences edit LSU School of Dentistry Campus Update April 5 2006 Archived from the original on September 3 2006 Retrieved 2006 09 11 LSU School of Dentistry Archived 2008 05 22 at the Wayback Machine See Alton Ochsner Huey Pierce Long Jr Every Man a King The Autobiography of Huey P Long New Orleans National Book Club Inc 1933 p 280 LSUHSC Timeline Archived 2011 05 13 at the Wayback Machine BioDistrict New Orleans Archived 2011 12 17 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans amp oldid 1190290111, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
