Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Welcome to the virtual campus of the LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport (LSUHSC Shreveport). With services that span north Louisiana, our campus family includes Schools of Medicine, Allied Health Professions and Graduate Studies, and three acute care hospitals. Anchoring our network of hospitals and clinics is Louisiana’s major university referral center – commonly referred to as the LSU Medical Center or University Hospital in Shreveport. Our other hospitals include the E.A. Conway Medical Center in Monroe and the Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville.

LSUHSC Shreveport is home to state-designated Centers of Excellence including the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center and a Center of Excellence in Arthritis and Rheumatology. On our main campus you will also find an accredited Children’s Hospital, a regional Burn Center and a Level One Trauma Center serving communities across Northwest Louisiana, East Texas and Southwest Arkansas. Our medical center is one of only six hospitals in the nation affiliated with the world-famous St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The LSU Hospital dates back to 1876.  It was originally established as the Charity Hospital at Pierre Avenue and Ford Street. Thirteen years later, it moved to a new expanded facility on the corner of Texas Avenue and Murphy Street in downtown Shreveport. Charity Hospital remained there until 1953 when it was moved to its present location at Kings Highway and Linwood Avenue and renamed the Confederate Memorial Medical Center.

In 1976, the State Legislature authorized the transfer of Confederate Memorial Medical Center from the State Charity Hospital System to the LSU System. The LSU School of Medicine at Shreveport became the first such state school to operate its own teaching hospital in Louisiana. The transfer of administration has been a terrific success and made it possible to utilize the hospital more effectively as a teaching institution dedicated to patient care, education, research and public service. In 1978, the name of the hospital was changed to the LSU Hospital to reflect its new status, and the entire institution, both hospital and academic campus, became known as the Louisiana State University Medical Center at Shreveport. In 1999, the institutional name was changed again to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport.

Courses Offered

• Undergraduate programs
• Graduate Programs

Schools

• School of Nursing
• School of Dentistry
• School of Medicine
• School of Allied Health Professions
• School of Public Health
• School of Graduate Studies

Contact Details
School of Allied Health Professions
LSU Health Sciences Center
P.O. Box 33932
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
Official Website: http://www.lsuhsc.edu/