Episode 66 Dr. David Guzick - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Dr. David Guzick, Chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

0:35 1. On January 9th of this year you became the new chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport. You are a renowned clinician, medical scientist and health economist and this community is very fortunate to have you.

 

Even though I grew up here, it has only recently become clear to me how lucky Shreveport-Bossier is to have a health science center like LSU Health Shreveport. I believe it is only one of 155 medical schools in the nation accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).

 

I read that, “Two out of every three physicians in Louisiana are LSU alumni. For every new doctor who joins the workforce in Louisiana, there is an additional $2 million in economic impact on the state.”

 

My first question is can you talk to me about the “virtuous circle”?

 

6:05 2. Clarify a little bit, if you could, your position in the entire system and how you work with the Ochsner piece and how it is configured and set up?

 

8:03 3. What are some of the current research strengths at LSU Health Shreveport?

 

10:15 4. Can you talk about some of your current priorities and initiatives?

 

16:49 5. Can you talk about some of the things that will take place in the new Center for Medical Education and Emerging Viral Threats due to open later this year?

 

19:35 6. You were born in New York City and grew up in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

 

New people moving to a community are invaluable for so many reasons. Chief among those, in my opinion, is the fresh set of eyes they bring. It is hard to define oneself or even one’s community, you are too close to the subject. But the newly arrived, because they are viewing things from the outside, can often see more clearly.

 

So with all of that, what do you see when you look at Shreveport-Bossier? Or in other words, how do you describe this community to your friends and family who have never been here before?