LSU could replace its medical school leaders

By: Piper Hutchinson

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 323

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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The doctors in charge of LSU’s two medical schools could be replaced following faculty complaints that university leaders acted hastily in appointing them to their jobs.

LSU Chancellor Jim Dalton said last week he plans on conducting searches for the top posts at the medical schools in Shreveport and New Orleans. The process will begin only after LSU hires a provost for its Baton Rouge campus and a director at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, …

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