LSU Health Sciences Center/University Hospital and Clinics (Lafayette)
Internal Medicine residency · Lafayette, LA · Program website
- 13
- Faculty
- 32
- Trainees
- 22
- Papers
- 16%
- Trainees published
- 14%
- First author
Roster may be incomplete: most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. 10 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.
Papers
By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 22 in all. Updated 2026-11-06.
- 26-CCC-19172-ACC LEFT VENTRICULAR RECOVERY AFTER ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT CLOSURE IN A 74 YEAR OLD WITH LONGSTANDING REMODELINGSathwik Billa et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026
- 26-CCC-19230-ACC PERCUTANEOUS COVERED STENT EXCLUSION OF A LARGE SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT PSEUDOANEURYSM IN A HIGH-RISK SURGICAL PATIENTMatt Jude Landry et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026
- 26-CCC-12097-ACC NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN A GIANT ECTATIC RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY WITH EXTENSIVE THROMBUS MANAGED WITHOUT STENTINGSathwik Billa et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026
- Transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention compared to optimal medical therapy: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsCarolina Hoyos et al. · Cardiovascular revascularization medicine · 2025 · PubMed
- Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) associated with glioblastoma risk and prognosisHarun Mazumder et al. · Cancer Gene Therapy · 2025 · PubMed · cited 6
- Association of Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry and Mortality Outcomes Compared With Normal Spirometry: A Meta-AnalysisViraj S. Panchal et al. · Respiratory Care · 2025 · PubMed · cited 4
- Exploring the Somatic Mutation Landscape of T4N0: A Comparative Perspective on Late Stage II and Stage III Colon CancerDavid Adeiza Otohinoyi et al. · Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 2025 · PubMed
- PRE-HYPERTENSION AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN APPARENTLY HEALTHY MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATESUday Kiran Kanike et al. · Atherosclerosis · 2024
- 8471 A Rare Case of Graves' Disease in a Three-Year-OldArcha Rajesh et al. · Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2024 · cited 1
- ASSOCIATION OF PRESERVED RATIO IMPAIRED SPIROMETRY AND MORTALITY (PRISM) OUTCOMES COMPARED WITH NORMAL SPIROMETRY: A META-ANALYSISViraj S. Panchal et al. · CHEST Journal · 2024
How trainees publishauthor positions, faculty co-authorship, ranks
Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 6 of 32 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.
Not ranked against other programs yet: most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. It's queued for another look.
16%
of trainees have published
0.3
papers per trainee-year
14%
of authorships as 1st author
0%
of trainee papers with program faculty
13
papers with a trainee author
1st author
2 · 14%
2nd author
3 · 21%
3rd author
3 · 21%
Middle
4 · 29%
Last author
2 · 14%
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person
Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.
1 / 13
faculty matched
0 (0–0)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
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median FWCI (before 2025)
| Name | Research topics | h (lifetime) | Works | 1st | Last | Median FWCI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwin Narayana, M.D., MPH (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Cassie Clark, M.D. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Christopher Wexler, M.D. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Daniel Stout, M.D. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Farha Khan, M.D. | Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Gregory Ardoin, M.D. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Jay Jaikishen, M.D., FACP (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Karen Curry, M.D. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Melanie Bienvenu, M.D., MPH (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Melisa Harrington, M.D. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| S. Patrick Walker, D.O. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Shantell Ford, M.D. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tina Benoit-Clark, M.D. (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
32 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.
About Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveportinstitution-wide internal medicine research
Internal Medicine publications from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport + University Hospital and Clinics and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-06; refreshed daily.
157
works per year
85th of 129 internal medicine residency programs
-6.2%
2-year growth
116th of 129 internal medicine residency programs
11.0%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
106th of 120 internal medicine residency programs
24.8%
cited above world average
107th of 120 internal medicine residency programs
Works per year · * 2026 so far
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · 178Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · 148Oncology · 105Infectious Diseases · 56Hematology · 46
Internal Medicine research topics at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes 26
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments 22
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms 20
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies 18
- Acute Kidney Injury Research 16
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management 14
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research 14
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research 14
Most cited at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport since 2024
All internal medicine papers there on OpenAlex
- The genomic and evolutionary landscapes of anaplastic thyroid carcinomaPeter YF. Zeng et al. · Cell Reports · 2024 · PubMed · cited 90
- World Allergy Organization (WAO) Diagnosis and Rationale for Action against Cow's Milk Allergy (DRACMA) guideline update – XII – Recommendations on milk formula supplements with and without probiotics for infants and toddlers with CMAAntonio Bognanni et al. · World Allergy Organization Journal · 2024 · PubMed · cited 58
- Influence of therapeutic plasma exchange treatment on short-term mortality of critically ill adult patients with sepsis-induced organ dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysisVladimir N Kuklin et al. · Critical Care · 2024 · PubMed · cited 53
- The Evolving Role of Calcium Channel Blockers in Hypertension Management: Pharmacological and Clinical ConsiderationsKamryn E. Jones et al. · Current Issues in Molecular Biology · 2024 · PubMed · cited 51
- Polymyxin B haemoadsorption in endotoxic septic shock (Tigris): a multicentre, open-label, Bayesian, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trialJavier A. Neyra et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine · 2026 · PubMed · cited 40
- Prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 S2-only antigen provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 challengeChing‐Lin Hsieh et al. · Nature Communications · 2024 · PubMed · cited 40
- World Allergy Organization (WAO) Diagnosis and Rationale for Action against Cow's Milk Allergy (DRACMA) guidelines update – XVI - Nutritional management of cow's milk allergyCarina Venter et al. · World Allergy Organization Journal · 2024 · PubMed · cited 33
- Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal to Avoid Invasive Ventilation During Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: VENT-AVOID Trial – A Randomized Clinical TrialAbhijit Duggal et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2024 · PubMed · cited 32
- EHBP1 suppresses liver fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitisFanglin Ma et al. · Cell Metabolism · 2025 · PubMed · cited 29
- Liquid biopsy for diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of melanomaNicholas J Slusher et al. · Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · 2024 · PubMed · cited 28