School of Medicine

The Pulse

Welcome Newcomers!

We extend a warm welcome to the following faculty and staff members who have joined the School of Medicine family between the dates of February 1 – April 30, 2025!

Baton Rouge Regional Campus
     Psychiatry
     Sydney Smith Melancon, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical

Cardiovascular Center of Excellence 
Friederike Klempin, PhD - Assistant Professor – Research

Dean's Office
Lisa Grundmann - Standardized Patient Educator

Interdisciplinary Oncology
Trayambak Pathak, PhD - Assistant Professor
Arunava Roy, PhD - Assistant Professor

Medicine
     Cardiology
     Yvonne Gilliland, MD - Clinical Associate Professor

Neuroscience Center of Excellence
Dajah Saul – Editor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Elizabeth Buchert, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor
Andrew Jones, MD - Assistant Professor - Clinical

Office of Student Affairs
Brittany Monroe - Student Affairs Research Coordinator

Pediatrics
Devante Williams – Data Manager

Pharmacology
Mary Bordelon - Research Associate 2

Physiology
Amanda Pahng, PhD – Assistant Professor - Research

Psychiatry
Kaitlyn Catanzarite, Psy.D. - Assistant Professor – Clinical
Mandolin Barberito - Research Associate 2

Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center of Excellence
Amirsalar Mansouri, PhD - Staff Scientist
Srabani Kar - Research Associate 3
Sarah Millican - Clinical Trials Coordinator 1
Kendria Davis - Clinical Trials Coordinator 2

Surgery
Rae Chauvin - Residency Program Administrator 2
Harvey Chim, MD – Chief, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Prasanth Patcha, MD - Assistant Professor – Clinical
Hailee Pellegrin - Residency Program Administrator 1
Yash Singh, MPH - Bioinformatics Analyst