School of Medicine

Vascular Surgery Residency 

We appreciate your interest in the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency at LSU Health Science Center.

Our integrated program began in 2012 and currently accepts two residents each year. Our graduates are highly sought after for their technnical prowess and have accepted jobs in a combination of academic and private practice settings. The LSU residency offers a wide variety of both open and endovascular cases in several clinical settings. Trainees rotate through our University Medical Center (a level 1 tertiary care center), the Southeast Louisiana VA, Childrens Hospital, and two large private hospitals. Given our location in southeast Lousiana, our trainees experience a large variety of vascular pathology and have graduated in the top 10th percentile per case volume in all categories. 

Faculty

Malachi Sheahan III, MD. FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, LSUHSC
Director, Residency and Fellowship Program

Estela Brooke, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Amit Chawla, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Chief, Vascular Surgery, VA Medical Center
Associate Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship

London Guidry, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Vascular Surgery Residency

Taylor Gwin, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Wajeeh Irfan, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Tapash Palit, MD, FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery

Jon Schellack, MD, FACS

Claudie Sheahan, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery

Kelli Summers, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Bruce Torrance III, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Chief Academic Officer, West Jefferson Medical Center
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency