Administration

Administration

RICHARD DICARLO, MD
Dean

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

WAYNE BACKES, PhD
Associate Dean for Research   

AMY CREEL, MD
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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
Associate 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

CATHERINE HEBERT, MD
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education

CATHY J. LAZARUS, MD, MACP
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Records

FRED LOPEZ, MD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Records

ROBERT MAUPIN, MD
Associate Dean for Community Engagement & Health Equity Programs

ANGELA MCLEAN, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

PATRICIA MOLINA, MD, PhD.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Senior Associate Dean for Research 

MICHELLE MOORE, PsyD
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs

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

KEVIN REED, MD
Associate Dean for Baton Rouge Affairs

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

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
Dean; Chairman

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

STEVE NELSON, MD
Chancellor (ex-officio)

DEMETRIUS PORCHE, DNS, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (ex-officio)

JAIME ALLEYN, MD
Interim Department Head for Obstetrics and Gynecology

WAYNE BACKES, PhD
Associate Dean for Research

RAHN K. BAILEY, MD
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

ERICH CONRAD, MD
Interim Department Head for Psychiatry

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 Finance and Administration   

 LEE ENGEL, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

JOHN D. ENGLAND, MD
Department Head for Neurology

ROBIN ENGLISH, MD
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

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

NICHOLAS GILPIN, PhD
Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center 

CATHERINE HEBERT, MD
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education

DEBORAH C. HILTON, MD
Department Head of Dermatology                                                                                                        

CATHY J. LAZARUS, MD
Assistant 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 Community Engagement  and Health Programs                                                                                                                                                

ANGELA MCLEAN, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
 

PATRICIA MOLINA, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Department Head for Physiology   

DEDRICK MOULTON, MD
Department Head for Pediatrics                                                                                                                                 

DANIEL W. NUSS, MD
Department Head for Otorhinolaryngology 

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

REBECCA ODINET, PHD                                   
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education                                                                                                           

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

CHRISTOPHER ROTH, MD
Department Head for Urology

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

MALACHI SHEAHAN, MD
Department Head for Surgery

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
Interim Department Head for Genetics    

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                                                                                                                       

ROBERT ZURA, MD
Department Head for Orthopaedics

ALLISON AUGUSTUS-WALLACE, PHD
Basic Science Faculty Assembly Representative

LAURA PALEAZ MD
Clinical Science Faculty Assembly Representative