Administration

Administration

STEVE NELSON, MD
Dean

WAYNE BACKES, PhD
Associate Dean for Research

RAHN K. BAILEY, MD
Department Head for Psychiatry
Assistant Dean for Community Engagement                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

RICHARD DICARLO, MD
Associate Dean for Faculty and Institutional Affairs

ROBIN ENGLISH, MD
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education

JAMES B. FALTERMAN, MD
Associate Dean for Baton Rouge Affairs

HAMILTON FARRIS, Ph.D 
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs & Records  

CATHI FONTENOT, MD
Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs and Development

CHARLES W. HILTON, MD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

CATHY LAZARUS, MD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Records

FRED LOPEZ, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Records

BEN LOUSTEAU
Associate Dean for Fiscal Affairs

ROBERT MAUPIN, MD
Associate Dean for Community and Minority Health Education

ANGELA MCLEAN, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

LUCIO MIELE, M.D., Ph.D.
Department Head for Genetics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Assistant Dean for Translational Research 

RAM PARAGI, MD, MPH
Director of Accreditation Compliance and Strategic Outcomes

KEVIN REED, MD
Associate Dean for Lafayette Affairs

FERN TSIEN, Ph.D. 
Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research

JAYNE WEISS, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Department Head for Ophthalmology & Director of the Eye Center

PETER WINSAUER, PhD
Assistant Dean for Basic Science Research

Administrative Council

STEVE NELSON, MD
Dean; Chairman

 WAYNE BACKES, PhD
Associate Dean for Research

RAHN K. BAILEY, MD
Department Head for Psychiatry
Assistant Dean for Community Engagement                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

ROBERT BATSON, MD
Head of the Department of Surgery

NICOLAS BAZAN, MD, PhD
Director of the Neuroscience Center

LEONARD BOK, MD
Head of the Department of Radiology

CYNTHIA J. BROWN, MD
Department Head for Internal Medicine

JAMES CAMPBELL, MD
Interim Department Head for Family Medicine

CARMEN CANAVIER, PHD
Department Head for Cell Biology and Anatomy

FRANK CULICCHIA, MD
Head of the Department of Neurosurgery

JUDY CRABTREE, Ph.D.
Elected Basic Science Faculty Representative, Faculty Assembly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

RICHARD DICARLO, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Institutional Affairs

JOHN D. ENGLAND, MD
Head of the Department of Neurology

JAMES B. FALTERMAN, MD
Associate Dean for Lafayette Affairs

HAMILTON FARRIS, Ph.D.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs & Records

CATHI FONTENOT, MD
Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs & Development

KYLE HAPPEL, MD                                                                                                                                                                      
Elected Clinical Faculty Representative Faculty Assembly                                                                                                            

CHARLES W. HILTON, MD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

LARRY H. HOLLIER, MD
(ex-officio) Chancellor

HARI KOUL, PHD
Interim Department Head for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

CATHY J. LAZARUS, MD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Records                                                                                                                                                             

ROBERT MAUPIN, MDAssociate
Dean for Diversity and Community Engagement                                                                                                                                                    

ANGELA MCLEAN, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions                                                                                                                                                     

BRIAN LEE, MD
Department Head for Dermatology  

DAVID LEFER, PhD
Director Cardiovascular Center

FRED LOPEZ, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs & Records

GORDON LOVE, MD
Department Head for Pathology

BEN LOUSTEAU
Associate Dean for Fiscal Affairs

LUCIO, MIELE, M.D., Ph.D.
Department Head for Genetics                                                                                                                                          
Assistant Dean for Translational Research 

JOSEPH M. MOERSCHBAECHER III, PhD
(ex-officio) Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Dean for School of Graduate Studies

PATRICIA MOLINA, MD, PHD
Department Head for Physiology   
Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center                                                                                                                                   

DANIEL W. NUSS, MD
Department Head for Otorhinolaryngology and Biocommunication

AUGUSTO OCHOA, MD
Director of Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center                                     
Department Head for Interdisciplinary Oncology                                                                                 

 LISA PEACOCK, MD,                                   
Department Head for Obstetrics and Gynecology                                                                                                                 

RICHARD PINO, MD, PHD
Department Head for Anesthesiology

ALISTAIR RAMSAY, PhD
Department Head for Microbiology

KEVIN REED, MD
Associate Dean for Baton Rouge Affairs

FERN TSIEN, Ph.D.                                                                                                                                                             
Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research

KURT VARNER, PhD
Department Head for Pharmacology

RAYMOND WATTS, MD
Department Head for Pediatrics

JAYNE WEISS, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Department Head for Ophthalmology & Director of the Eye Center

PETER WINSAUER, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Basic Science Research

 J. CHRISTIAN WINTERS, MD
Department Head for Urology
Vice-Chancellor for Clinical Affairs                                                                                                                                               

ROBERT ZURA, MD
Department Head for Orthopaedics