School of Medicine Graduates 196
Leslie Capo, Director of Information Services
Students from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ six professional health schools
graduated during its 149th Commencement on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 10 am at the
University of New Orleans Lakefront Arena. Graduates include students from LSU Health
New Orleans’ schools of Allied Health Professions, Nursing, Public Health, Graduate
Studies, Dentistry, and Medicine.
In the 2022-23 academic year, 196 students graduated with a medical degree from the LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans.
Dr. Steve Nelson, LSU Health New Orleans Interim Chancellor, presided over the ceremony. Mr. Jimmie M. Woods, of the LSU Board of Supervisors, conferred degrees. The Honorable John Bel Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, delivered the Commencement Address.
“As the state’s most comprehensive health university, LSU Health New Orleans educates
Louisiana’s health care providers, research scientists, educators and other health
professionals,” notes Dr. Nelson. “As our graduates enter the health care workforce,
they will immeasurably improve the quality of life throughout Louisiana.”
The commencement brings the total number of degrees and certificates awarded by LSU Health New Orleans since its founding to 44,515.