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University, and Stamford Hospital. Ten UQ-OCS
grads are returning to Ochsner for residencies in
internal medicine, orthopedic surgery, pediatrics,
and radiology.
The class of 2013 UQ-OCS students graduated
inDecember 2013 andwill begin their residencies
in July 2014. This second graduating class of UQ-
OCS students completed two years of study at The
University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia,
followed by two years of clinical study at Ochsner.
This innovative medical education program that
spans two continents was established in 2009.
The UQ-OCS program continues to grow. Cur-
rently, 237 students are enrolled in the first two
years of the program in Australia, and there are 67
students in their third year and 31 in their fourth
year here in NewOrleans.
225 Affiliated With LSUHSC
Named Best Doctors
Two hundred and twenty-five physicians affili-
atedwith LSUHealth Sciences Center NewOrleans
appear on the Best Doctors in America® List for
2014, according toofficials fromLSUHSC. Only five
percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious
honor, decided by impartial peer review.
The Best Doctors in America List, assembled by
Best Doctors, Inc., results fromexhaustive polling
of over 45,000 physicians in theUnitedStates. Doc-
tors in over 40 specialties and 400 subspecialties
of medicine appear on this year’s List. In a confi-
dential review, current physician listees answer
the question, “If you or a loved one needed a doc-
tor in your specialty, to whom would you refer?”
Best Doctors, Inc. evaluates the review results and
verifies all additional information tomeet detailed
inclusion criteria.
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LSUHSC’s Molina
to Lead APS
Patricia E. Molina, MD, PhD, the Richard Ashman
Professor andHead of Physiology, andDirector of
the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center at LSU Health
Sciences Center NewOrleans’ School of Medicine,
has been elected president-elect of the American
Physiological Society (APS). She will be the first
Hispanic female to lead the oldest U.S. society in
the biomedical sciences.
Dr. Molina took office on April 30, 2014, at the
Experimental Biology Meeting. She will serve a
one-year termas president-elect before assuming
the presidency of the 11,000-member society dedi-
cated to fostering education, scientific research,
and the dissemination of information in the physi-
ological sciences.
Mental Health Care Model
Reduced Symptoms
A model of care developed by the Department
of Psychiatry at LSU Health Sciences Center New
Orleans School of Medicine to provide mental
health services after the Deepwater Horizon Gulf
Oil Spill reduced both mental health and general
medical symptoms. The novel approach embed-
ded psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers,
and telemedicine resources intoprimary care clin-
ics in themost affected areas. This newmodel can
be used in communities at risk for disasters and
rural communities with limited mental health
resources. The initiative is featured in the March
2014 issue of the journal,
Psychiatric Services
, now
available online.
Ochsner Clinical School
Graduates Meet Their Match
Along with all other medical school graduates
across the United States, the members of the
second University of Queensland-Ochsner Clini-
cal School (UQ-OCS) graduating class received
their residency match results on Friday, March
21. Twenty-two of the 24 students who entered
thematch received residency spots andwill soon
be at hospitals across the country, includingMayo
Clinic, University of Tennessee, Cook County
Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth
Plaquemines, and St. Bernard parishes. MHSD
serves as the single-point of entry for residents
seeking general and crisis-related services in
those areas. In addition, the agency provides
both funding to community partners who pro-
vide outpatient and residential services as well as
limited direct services such as medication man-
agement through its own clinics.
Gates Named Partner
at Westside
Dr. L’Issa L. Gates, a local pediatrician at Westside
Clinics, AMC inMarrero, has been promoted to the
rank of Partner.
Dr. Gates is a graduate of Benjamin FranklinHigh
School and holds a Bachelor of Science degree
Magna Cum Laude in Biology from Xavier Univer-
sity of Louisiana and Doctor of Medicine degree
from the LSU School of Medicine. She completed
her pediatric training at Children’s Hospital of
New Orleans with the Louisiana State University
Health Sciences Center. Dr. Gates is board certi-
fied in Pediatrics.
L’lssa L. Gates, MD
Patricia E. Molina, MD, PhD