KEY FACULTY
John W. King, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
Director, Viral Therapeutics Clinic
Chairman, Department of Medicine Promotion and Tenure Committee
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, Bowman Gray School of Medicine (1977)
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, Ochsner Foundation Hospital (1976)
Residency-Internal Medicine, Ochsner Foundation Hospital (1975)
Medical School-LSU Medical School in New Orleans (1972)
Robert L. Penn, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Section of Infectious Diseases
Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (1979)
Residency-Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina (1976)
Medical School-State University of New York at Buffalo (1973)
Undergraduate-State University of New York at Buffalo (1969)
John R. Todd, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (1987)
Residency-Internal Medicine, University of Louisville (1985)
Medical School-Emory University School of Medicine (1974)
Undergraduate-Stanford University (1970)
Ronald G. Washburn, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
Chief, VA Infectious Diseases Service
Associate Chief of Staff for Research
Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport.
Education/Training:
Fellowship-National Institutes of Health-Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1987)
Residency-Internal Medicine, Duke University (1983)
Medical School-Duke University (1979)
Undergraduate-Brown University (1976)
Ulysses S. Wu, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Fellowship Director, Section of Infectious Diseases
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine
Medical Director, HIV Program and Viral Diseases Clinic
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, Rush University Medical Center (2007)
Chief Medical Resident-Internal Medicine, Mercy Hospital and Health System (2005)
Residency-Internal Medicine, Christiana Care Health System / Medical Center of Delaware (2004)
Medical School-Jefferson Medical College (2001)
Post-Baccalaureate-Bryn Mawr College (1997)
Undergraduate-Carnegie Mellon University (1993)
Mohammed J. Alam, M.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (1994)
Fellowship-Critical Care Medicine, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (1993)
Residency-Internal Medicine, Deaconess Hospital (1989)
Residency-Surgery, Mitford Hospital, Bangladesh (1981)
Guillermo Orlando Padilla Pineda, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gratis
Section of Infectious Diseases
Willis Knighton Health System
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (2009)
Residency-Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center at New York (2007)
Medical School-Universidad de El Salvador (2002)
ADDITIONAL FACULTY AND STAFF
John A. Vanchiere, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine (2002)
Residency-Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine (1999)
Graduate,Ph.D.-Neurosciences, Emory University (1996)
Medical School-Emory University (1996)
Undergraduate-Tulane University (1988)
Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr. M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics
Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics
Director, Clinical Virology Laboratory
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University
Residency-Pediatrics, University of Connecticut
Medical School-Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Undergraduate-Saint Peter's College
Lisa Smith-Hodges, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (2004)
Residency-Medicine-Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (2002)
Medical School-LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (1998)
Undergraduate-Wake Forest University (1993)
Edward L. Chan, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Microbiology
Professor of Pathology
Education / Training:
Fellowship- Medical and Public Health Microbiology, Mount Sinai @ Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1984)
Graduate, Ph.D.- Medical College of Virginia (1982)
Graduate, MS – University of Montana (1977)
Undergraduate – University of Washington (1975)
Janice M. Matthews-Greer, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Pathology
Director, Diagnostic Virology Laboratory
Director, HPV Diagnostics Lab
Associate Professor of Research, Pediatrics
Education/Training:
Graduate, Ph.D.-Microbiology & Immunology, LSUMC-Shreveport (1987)
Undergraduate-Westbrook College (1978)
John W. Sixbey, M.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
Education/Training:
Fellowship-Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1983)
Residency-Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Hospital (1980)
Medical School-University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences (1977)
Undergraduate-University of Maryland at College Park (1966)
Steven A. Dauenhauer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Director of Clinical Microbiology, Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Medical Center in Shreveport.
Education/Training:
Graduate, Ph.D.-Microbiology, University of Southern Mississippi
Medical School-University of Southern Mississippi
Undergraduate-Louisiana State University
Dana Favrot, R.N.
Hepatitis Study Coordinator
Viral Hepatitis Clinic
Education/Training:
School of Nursing, Northwestern State University (1986)
Amanda Calloway, P.A.-C
Instructor In Medicine
Viral Hepatitis Clinic
Education/Training:
School of Allied Health, Louisiana State University (1999)
Undergraduate, B.S.-Biology, Northeast Louisiana University (1997)
Pre-Nursing Curriculum, Louisiana Tech University (1994)
Delores Brown
Administrative Assistant
Section of Infectious Diseases
