Louisiana Programs

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Louisiana has 3 programs: Tulane, LSU NO and LSU Shreveport. Looks like each one takes 2 per year. Anyone knows about their case volume and autonomy ?
I heard Shreveport is the busiest ?!

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LSU NO alternates 1/2 residents per year. Tulane and Shreveport take 2 each. I was a resident in one of those. 

Given that Louisiana has a "medical review board" system which makes it hard to sue physicians, all of these programs provide excellent autonomy and most attendings are very hands-off, sometime "stay home" level of hands-off.

As far as cases, Tulane joined forces with Ochsner hospital to increase their volume. 

Tulane-Ochsner - around 3000-3500 cases per year
LSU NO - around 1200-1500 cases per year
LSU Shreveport - around 4000-4500 cases per year

Shreveport does more cases because it is the only place in the North. Still, NO is a nicer place to live. It will be volume vs location.

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(08-18-2020, 11:11 PM)Match Wrote: Louisiana has 3 programs: Tulane, LSU NO and LSU Shreveport. Looks like each one takes 2 per year. Anyone knows about their case volume and autonomy ?
I heard Shreveport is the busiest ?!

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LSU NO alternates 1/2 residents per year. Tulane and Shreveport take 2 each. I was a resident in one of those. 

Given that Louisiana has a "medical review board" system which makes it hard to sue physicians, all of these programs provide excellent autonomy and most attendings are very hands-off, sometime "stay home" level of hands-off.

As far as cases, Tulane joined forces with Ochsner hospital to increase their volume. 

Tulane-Ochsner - around 3000-3500 cases per year
LSU NO - around 1200-1500 cases per year
LSU Shreveport - around 4000-4500 cases per year

Shreveport does more cases because it is the only place in the North. Still, NO is a nicer place to live. It will be volume vs location.

LMAO! Thank you Tulane resident

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Shreveport chairman stepped up big time and filled Nandas shoes and is crushing it

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(08-18-2020, 11:11 PM)Match Wrote: Louisiana has 3 programs: Tulane, LSU NO and LSU Shreveport. Looks like each one takes 2 per year. Anyone knows about their case volume and autonomy ?
I heard Shreveport is the busiest ?!

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LSU NO alternates 1/2 residents per year. Tulane and Shreveport take 2 each. I was a resident in one of those. 

Given that Louisiana has a "medical review board" system which makes it hard to sue physicians, all of these programs provide excellent autonomy and most attendings are very hands-off, sometime "stay home" level of hands-off.

As far as cases, Tulane joined forces with Ochsner hospital to increase their volume. 

Tulane-Ochsner - around 3000-3500 cases per year
LSU NO - around 1200-1500 cases per year
LSU Shreveport - around 4000-4500 cases per year

Shreveport does more cases because it is the only place in the North. Still, NO is a nicer place to live. It will be volume vs location.

why is the same person asking about louisiana programs and then answering his/her question in the same post?

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I’ve heard mixed things about Tulane, any insight here? Also, I thought Tulane alternates 1/2?

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(08-19-2020, 01:02 AM)Guest Wrote: Shreveport chairman stepped up big time and filled Nandas shoes and is crushing it

Yes I heard he does 600+ cases per year. Stuff you can only get away with in the South.

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(08-19-2020, 06:30 AM)No Guest Wrote: I’ve heard mixed things about Tulane, any insight here? Also, I thought Tulane alternates 1/2?

Tulane got much better after joining force with Ochsner system. That pumped their cases up. Very good autonomy.

Shreveport is still is the biggest referral center.

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(08-19-2020, 12:43 PM)Guest Wrote:

(08-19-2020, 01:02 AM)Guest Wrote: Shreveport chairman stepped up big time and filled Nandas shoes and is crushing it

Yes I heard he does 600+ cases per year. Stuff you can only get away with in the South.

that is 600 more cases than you do a year bud

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Yes, I did my Sub-I at Shreveport. Incredible autonomy, PGY 6/7 were doing aneurysms clipping and complex skull base cases with the attendings not even scrubbed in. The chairman is the most chill neurosurgeon I interacted with.

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Shreveport?! Does this program even exist anymore? A small program that people used to hear about because of Nanda’s political power. Tell me how many faculty are there? Can’t recall if 4 or 5. Living in Shreveport for 7 years is another different story