More LSU Grads Choosing to Stay in Louisiana

Almost one-half of Louisiana State University's fourth-year medical students chose to stay in-state for residencies this year, according to the LSU Health Sciences Center's Match Day results.

LSUHSC also filled 93 per cent of its own residencies, up from 87 per cent in the last year before Hurricane Katrina.

LSUHSC and state officials are pleased with the outcome, since physicians tend to stay and practice in the state where they conducted their residency.

Source: "FEMA Funding RSD's Temporary Classrooms," by Stephen Maloney. New Orleans CityBusiness, March 26, 2007.