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LSU Rural Family Medicine Residency Program

Preparing Future Family Physicians

Our Lady of the Angels Hospital operates one of 55 rurally located residency programs in the nation—the only one of its kind in Louisiana. We graduate seven highly trained rural physicians each year. Our unique program is dedicated to preparing family physicians to support the healthcare needs of vulnerable populations in specifically rural contexts.

Our LSU Rural Family Medicine Residency Program is institutionally sponsored and fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education with 18 resident positions. Since 2014, we have recruited seven of our graduate medical education program’s graduates to our Northshore team of staff physicians.

  • Our Faculty

    Emilio Russo, MD, FAAFP
    Department Chair, Associate Professor of Family Medicine

    Frederick Stone, MD, MPH
    Program Director, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

    David Mohr, MD
    Associate Program Director, Associate Professor of Family Medicine

    Madeleine Maras, MD
    Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

    Tucker Madden, MD
    Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

    Steven Ogden, MD
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

    Daud Noaz, MD
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

  • Our Year 1 Residents

    Devendra Bhandari

    Sophie Palopoli

    Harmanpreet Singh

    Weilai Chen

    Janamarie Uy

    Marissa Jenkins

    Breanna Zehnder

  • Our Year 2 Residents

    Hannah Adams Schilling

    Benjamin Bienvenue

    Amr Fawzy

    Gloria Ogunlade

    Man Paudyal

    Luke Poche’

    Kiratpal Singh

  • Our Year 3 Residents

    Josiah Cole

    Blessing Ebong

    Katy Gaspard

    Rachel Johnson

    Brennen Murphy

    Ally Noyes

    Mallory Knight Varnado

On Straight from the Source, FMOL Health Vice President of Rural Strategy Dave Estorge and Emilio Russo, MD, FAAP, department chair and associate professor of family medicine with LSU Health, talk candidly about rural health, the challenges communities face, the hope that drives the work and why relationships are at the center of every strategy.