25 Results for Rheumatology near Shreveport, LA

Dr. Quinet's Biography — Dr. Quinet earned his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and completed his internship, residency and fellowship training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Quinet holds Diplomate certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians. He is also certified in clinical densitometry. Dr. Quinet is the Director of Ochsner's Rheumatology Fellowship Program and holds Clinical Professorship at LSUHSC School of Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professorship at Tulane Medical Center both in New Orleans, LA. An active researcher, Dr. Quinet has authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters which include 40 peer reviewed publications, 5 Book Chapters and 65 abstracts.

Dr. Zakem's Biography — Dr. Zaken graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky and earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville. He completed his internship, residency and rheumatology fellowship at the University of South Florida in Tampa. A fellow of the American College of Rheumatology, Dr. Zakem is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology and has been on staff at Ochsner since the end of 2000.

Dr. Scopelitis's Biography — Dr. Eve Scopelitis, former Professor of Medicine and Director of the Rheumatology Clinics at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, joined the Department of Rheumatology at Ochsner Clinic Foundation in 2006. Dr. Scopelitis, a native of New York City, obtained her medical degree at SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, and completed an internal medicine residency at Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, New York. A fellowship in Rheumatology at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans followed. At the completion of her fellowship, she was invited to join the faculty. Over the years, she has been involved in numerous academic endeavors including research, teaching, and patient care. She has been the recipient of many grants and awards, including the prestigious National Arthritis Foundation Fellowship award. Her publications have spanned the spectrum of rheumatology and have included topics such as systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases, gout, and osteoporosis, among others. In recent years she was successful in establishing the LSU Distinguished Women in Medicine Visiting Professorship, as well as the annual LSU Women in Medicine Symposium. She has been voted among the best doctors in Louisiana yearly since 2006. Dr. Scopelitis is past-president of the Louisiana branch of the American Medical Women's Association and the Louisiana Rheumatism Society. She has been on the medical advisory board of the Louisiana Lupus Foundation and the Spondylitis Association of America. She is a Founding Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and in the subspecialty of Rheumatology, and (insert) "formerly" by the International Society of Clinical Densitometry.