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Eight new endowed professorships, designed to enhance medical education at the LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, became a reality in October when the Louisiana Board of Regents presented $320,000 in state matching funds for the professorships. Sally Clausen, Louisiana commissioner of higher education, presented the check. Each endowed professorship requires $100,000 in funding, with $40,000 from Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund that was constitutionally established in 1986. The $60,000 institutional match is from private donations.
Sally Clausen, Louisiana commissioner of higher education, visited Centenary College to present a ceremonial check for the endowed professorships approved earlier this year.
The check was the state’s portion of matching funds for $1,040,000 to fund 26 new endowed professorships, which allows higher education institutions to recruit highly sought after scholars and research faculty, both locally and from across the country.
Central Aire Heating & A/C, Inc. welcomes Lynn Smith to the Central Aire family. Smith brings to Central Aire seven years of residential HVAC experience and a specialty in providing the greatest efficiency and comfort through various HVAC and indoor air quality products. Contact Smith at 318.747.4965 or lsmith@centralaire.org.
Dr. Rowena A. DeSouza, joins Willis-Knighton/University Urology Affiliates. DeSouza sees patients at both of the practice's locations, Suite 800 at Willis-Knighton Pierremont Health Center, and Suite 106 at the Physicians Center at Willis-Knighton South. DeSouza joins Dr. Donald Elmajian, Dr. Alexander Gomelsky, Dr. John Mata and Dr. Dennis Venable in the urology practice. DeSouza comes to Willis-Knighton/University Urology Affiliates after completing a urology residency at the University of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center.
Kasey DeLucia launches DeLucia Marketing & Consulting, LLC, a firm specializing in assisting architects, engineers, contractors and developers with marketing strategies, acquiring new projects and maintaining and strengthening existing client relationships. Services include business development, marketing plans and proposals, training and corporate communications. DeLucia spent 11 years as the marketing manager for an engineering company in Portland, Ore., and most recently served as the business development manager for a mechanical contracting firm in Shreveport. For additional company information, visit www.deluciamarketing.com.
Dr. Elizabeth Harrel has joined Dr. W. Stewart Bundrick at Ark-La-Tex Urology and Prostate Cancer Institute. The office is at Suite 280 of the Willis-Knighton Medical Pavilion, 2449 Hospital Drive, Bossier City. Harrell is a graduate of LSU in Shreveport and earned her medical degree from LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. She completed an internship and urology residency at the same school.
Todd Blanchard has been appointed chief executive officer of Promise Hospital of Louisiana, the largest long-term acute care (LTAC) hospital in northwest Louisiana. In his new position, Blanchard will manage and direct all management, operations and patient care services for the long-term acute care hospital's two freestanding hospital campuses, with responsibilities including the development of current and long-term objectives, plans and policies and supervision of overall implementation.
Virginia Lewis, of InterTech Science Park, has been elected president of the Shreveport-Bossier City Chapter of Executive Women International for 2008-2009. Other elected offices include Kathleen Stoddard, vice president/president elect (Red River Motor Company);
Kim Johnson, secretary (Shriners Hospitals for Children in Shreveport); Judy Conway, treasurer (J&P Sales); Tanita Baker, sergeant-at-arms (NTB Associates, Inc.); Connie Delaney, membership director (Capital One Bank); Shannon Dixon, program director (Sam's Town in Shreveport); Jennifer Thomas, ways and means director (Wesley Thomas, Inc.); Deborah Seazer, publication director (United Way of Northwest Louisiana); and Sue Doughty, director-at-large/advisor (InterTech Science Park).
Bella Fresca has changed hands. It is now owned by hospitality industry veterans Zoran and Sanela Tomic and acclaimed chef Weston McElwee. Guests can depend on the same exceptional service and an improved dinner menu that still offers a variety of dishes Bella Fresca's regulars learned to love through the years, as well as a few original culinary delicacies. Bella Fresca is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, and 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday. For reservations, call 318.865.6307.
Dr. Phillip Rozeman, president of Cardiovascular Consultants, has been elected to the 2008-2009 executive committee of Blueprint Louisiana. Blueprint Louisiana is a statewide grassroots organization of community and business leaders dedicated to developing and implementing fundamental reform in the key areas of ethics, education, workforce development, healthcare, transportation infrastructure and coastal restoration.
Dr. Joyce E. Feagin, of Hematology/Oncology Associates, a part of the Willis-Knighton Physician Network, has received a three-year appointment as cancer liaison physician for the Willis-Knighton Cancer Center. Cancer liaison physicians are an integral part of cancer programs accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC). Feagin is among a national network of more than 1,600 volunteer physicians, responsible for providing leadership and direction to establish, maintain and support at their respective cancer facilities.
The American Orthopedic Association (AOA) accepts Dr. David D. Waddell as an active member of the organization during its 121st annual meeting. Membership in The American Orthopedic Association signifies honor and accomplishment in the field, as well as the beginning of a commitment to active leadership in the specialty. AOA members work to expand contributions to the orthopedic community. Waddell is a clinical associate professor in the department of orthopedics at LSU Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine and at Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana. Waddell has garnered professional honors such as the International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences, Clinical Orthopedic Society, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, LSU Medical and Surgical Honor Society and the Hughston Society. He has several U.S. patents and has designed total knee instruments and implants.
Dr. Ajay Jawahar, director of medical research at the Spine Institute of Louisiana in Shreveport, is one of two U.S. physicians selected to be on the board of directors of the Indian Head & Spine Injury Foundation, or IHIF. Jawahar, along with Dr. Jamshed Gajer at Mt. Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine in New York, will coordinate efforts to establish quality rehabilitation care and services in India. The goal of the foundation is to provide people with severe brain and spinal cord injuries a high level of rehabilitation care not available to common people in India under the current federal health care system. Jawahar and Gajer will act as liaisons, linking U.S. physicians with physicians in India.
Blake May, of Shreveport, was named the chief resident of the radiology department at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. for 2009. May graduated from Caddo Magnet High School in 1997 and LSU in 2001. He also is a 2005 graduate of the School of Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.
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