LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
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The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans has teaching, research, and health care functions state-wide, through its six professional schools and eight Centers of Excellence, as well as the more than one hundred hospitals and other health science related institutions throughout the State, Region, Nation, and the World, with which they maintain affiliations.
Schools
1931, The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine
1965, The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Graduate Studies
1966, The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Dentistry
1968, The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Nursing
1970, The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Allied Health Professions
2003, The LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health
Accreditation
Current Accreditation Status
Centers of Excellence
1989, Neuroscience Center
1991, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center
1991, Cardiovascular Center
1991, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
1994, Oral and Craniofacial Biology Center
1999, Eye Center
2002, Epilepsy Center
2009, Louisiana Vaccine Center
Chronology
Nine people have served as Chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans since its present organizational structure was implemented in 1965.
The current LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Chancellor is Larry H. Hollier, M.D.
The eight former LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Chancellors and their period of chancellorship follow:
1965 – 1969, William Wesley Frye, Ph.D., M.D. – Chancellor
1969 – 1974, William Huffman Stewart, M.D. – Chancellor
1974, John Charles Finerty, Ph.D. – Acting Chancellor
1974 – 1985, Allen Anthony Copping, D.D.S. – Chancellor
1985, Donna Harrington Ryan, M.D. – Acting Chancellor
1985 – 1994, Perry Gardner Rigby, M.D. – Chancellor
1994 – 2000, Mervin Lee Trail, M.D. – Chancellor
2000 – 2002, Mary Ella Sanders, M.D. – Interim Chancellor
2002 – 2005, John A. Rock, M.D. – Chancellor