Administration

Administration

RICHARD DICARLO, MD
Interim Dean

STEPHANIE TAYLOR, MD
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Institutional Affairs

WAYNE BACKES, PhD
Associate Dean for Research                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

TANIYA de SILVA, MD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Records

PETER DEBLIEUX, MD
Assistant Dean for Advanced Learning and Simulation

KATHERINE DIODENE, MBA
Associate Dean for Fiscal Affairs

LEE ENGEL, MD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

ROBIN ENGLISH, MD
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education

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 and Development

FRED LOPEZ, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Records

ROBERT MAUPIN, MD
Associate Dean for Diveristy & Community Engagement

ANGELA MCLEAN, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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

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

KEVIN REED, MD
Associate Dean for Baton Rouge Affairs

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

JAYNE WEISS, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

PETER WINSAUER, PhD
Assistant Dean for Basic Science Research

Administrative Council

RICHARD DICARLO, MD
Interim Dean; Chairman

STEPHANIE TAYLOR, MD
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Institutional Affairs; Secretary

STEVE NELSON, MD
Chancellor (ex-officio)

JANET H. SOUTHERLAND, DDS, MPH, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (ex-officio)

WAYNE BACKES, PhD
Associate Dean for Research

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

NICOLAS BAZAN, MD, PhD
Director, Neuroscience Center of Excellence

LEONARD BOK, MD
Department Head of Radiology

CYNTHIA J. BROWN, MD, MSPH
Department Head for Internal Medicine

CARMEN CANAVIER, PHD
Department Head for Cell Biology and Anatomy

FRANK CULICCHIA, MD
Department Head for Neurosurgery

PETER DEBLIEUX, MD
Assistant Dean for Advanced Learning and Simulation

TANIYA DE SILVA, MD
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Records

 KATHERINE DIODENE, MBA
Associate Dean for Fiscal Affairs   

 LEE ENGEL, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

JOHN D. ENGLAND, MD
Department Head for Neurology

JAMES B. FALTERMAN, MD
Associate Dean for Lafayette Affairs

HAMILTON FARRIS, PhD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs & Records

CATHI FONTENOT, MD
Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs & Development

CATHERINE HEBERT, MD
Director, Clinical Science Curriculum (ex-officio)

DEBORAH C. HILTON, MD
Interim Department Head of Dermatology                                                                                                        

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

ERIC D. LAZARTIGUES, PhD
Director, Cardiovascular Center of Excellence 

FRED LOPEZ, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs & Records

GORDON LOVE, MD
Department Head for Pathology                                                                                                                                                       

ROBERT MAUPIN, MD
Associate Dean for Diversity and Community Engagement                                                                                                                                                  

ANGELA MCLEAN, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions                                                                                                                                                     

LUCIO, MIELE, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Research                                                                                                                                    
Department Head for Genetics

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

DEDRICK MOULTON, MD
Department Head for Pediatrics                                                                                                                                 

VALENTINE NFONSAM, MD
Department Head for Surgery    

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

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

REBECCA ODINET, PHD                                   
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education 

LISA PEACOCK, MD,                                   
Department Head for Obstetrics and Gynecology                                                                                                                 

RICHARD PINO, MD, PHD
Department Head for Anesthesiology

DALE PRINCE, PHD
Director, Library Services, (ex-officio)

ALISTAIR RAMSAY, PHD
Department Head for Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology

KEVIN REED, MD
Associate Dean for Baton Rouge Affairs

EMILIO A. RUSSO, MD, FAAFP
Department Head for Family Medicine

FRANK SMART, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Innovation and Investigation

BRADLEY SPIELER, MD
Assistant Dean for Admissions

SHOU-CHING TANG, MD, PHD
Associate Dean for Translational Research

FERN TSIEN, PhD                                                                                                                                                           
Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research

KURT VARNER, PhD
Department Head for Pharmacology

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

PETER WINSAUER, PhD
Interim Department Head for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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

ALLISON AUGUSTUS-WALLACE, PHD
Basic Science Faculty Assembly Representative

LAURA PALEAZ MD
Clinical Science Faculty Assembly Representative