Bio
While growing up in the Lafayette area, I played basketball (poorly), and developed
a love for biology, anthropology, and history. I attended Emory University, where
I pursued a degree in neuroscience and behavioral biology while attempting to pursue
minors in history and anthropology. I then moved to New Orleans and began medical
school at LSUHSC in July of 2005, just in time for Hurricane Katrina. Being a part
of this city and medical community during the aftermath and recovery from Katrina
reaffirmed my desire to pursue a career in academic medicine in New Orleans. After
completing my residency in Internal Medicine as part of the Hospitalist Track, I
joined the faculty at LSUHSC-NO in 2012 in the section of hospital medicine.
My practice is based as part of the LSU Hospital Medicine group at Ochsner Kenner
Medical Center, but I also try to rotate at our other hospitals every chance that
I get. I am deeply interested in cardiology, critical care, and hospital-based system
improvement. I also have a passion for bioethics and palliative care, and currently
serve as the bioethics chair of OKMC. I also serve as the director of the stroke
program at OKMC, where we are working to expand the integration of telemedicine to
deliver stroke expertise to outlying facilities at a system level. Finally, I have
an obsession with history of all kinds, including medical history, and I apologize
in advance for any esoteric references that I may make.
Education
Undergraduate:
2001-2005 - B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Medical:
2005-2009 - M.D.
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Internship:
2009-2010 - Internal Medicine
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Residency:
2010-2012 - Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine Focus Track
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Affiliated Hospitals & Clinics
- Ochsner Kenner Medical Center
- University Medical Center
- Touro Infirmary
Publications
1. McCarron RE and Engel LS. “Bowel perforation secondary to Kaposi’s sarcoma.” J Invest Med. 59(2): 435, 2011.
2. Beck S, Arguello S. Engel LS, McCarron R and Figueroa J. “Listeria bacteremia: A hidden reason to avoid the deli” J Invest
Med. 64 (2): 710, 201.6.
3. Kukreja K, Hudson C, Nimkevych O, Engel LS, McCarron R and Kamboj S. “An unusual case of acute renal failure as the initial presentation
of Lupus” J Invest Med. 64 (2): 630, 2016.
4. Beck S, Struthers S, Engel LS and McCarron R. “Fulminant Coxsackie myocarditis” J Invest Med. 64 (2): 565, 2016.
5. Hudson C, Coleman M, Decuir J, McCarron R, Kamboj S, Engel LS and N’Dandu Z. “Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in the Setting of
Weightlifting” J Invest Med. 64 (2): 525, 2016.
6. Kamat R, Ford B, Sowell E, Engel LS, and McCarron R. “Untreated hypothyroidism resulting in myxedema coma and heart failure” J Invest
Med. 65 (2): 442, 2017.
7. Chang C, Lee C, Gimenez J, Engel LS, and McCarron R. Pheochromocytoma of the Organ of Zuckerland. J Invest Med. 65 (2): 440, 2017.
8. Ellard K, Boudreaux BL, Bravo M, Engel LS, and McCarron R. “A case of lupus nephritis” J Invest Med. 67(2): 382, 2019.
9. Washco V, McCarron R, Engel LS, Kamboj S, and Lopez FA. A 63 year old woman with rash and proximal muscle
weakness. J La State Med Society. 166(6): 268-271, 2014.
10. Washco V, McCarron R, Engel L, Smith D. Distended Bladder Presenting with Altered Mental Status and Venous
Obstruction Ochsner J. Spring 15(1): 70-73.
