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.
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
Devendra Bhandari
Sophie Palopoli
Harmanpreet Singh
Weilai Chen
Janamarie Uy
Marissa Jenkins
Breanna Zehnder
Hannah Adams Schilling
Benjamin Bienvenue
Amr Fawzy
Gloria Ogunlade
Man Paudyal
Luke Poche’
Kiratpal Singh
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.