NEW ORLEANS — LSU Health faculty and residents will perform health screenings (BP, glucose, brief heart/lung exam) and sports physicals at the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale Tools for School and Health Fair Back to School Drive. LSU Health medical students will be supporting the effort by helping with intake forms, health screenings, etc.
The event is slated for July 22 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Tremé Recreational Center, 900 N. Villere Street in New Orleans.
The medical student group CORE (Community Outreach Rebuilding Education) participated in this event before the pandemic and is pleased to resume this community service.
WHO: Pediatric faculty, residents and students at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine
WHAT: LSU Health faculty and residents will perform health screenings (BP, glucose, brief heart/lung exam) and sports physicals at the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale Tools for School and Health Fair Back to School Drive. LSU Health medical students will be supporting the effort including intake forms, health screenings, etc.
WHEN: Saturday, July 22, 2023, from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
WHERE: The Tremé Recreational Center, 900 N. Villere Street, New Orleans 70116
WHY: Giving back is a proud tradition at LSU Health New Orleans that starts when students are admitted. The medical student group CORE (Community Outreach Rebuilding Education), participated in this event before the pandemic and is pleased to resume this community service.
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans educates Louisiana’s health care professionals. The state’s flagship health sciences university, LSU Health New Orleans includes a School of Medicine with campuses in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, the state’s only School of Dentistry, Louisiana’s only public School of Public Health, and Schools of Allied Health Professions, Nursing, and Graduate Studies. LSU Health New Orleans faculty take care of patients in public and private hospitals and clinics throughout the region. In the vanguard of biosciences research in a number of areas in a worldwide arena, the LSU Health New Orleans research enterprise generates jobs and enormous economic impact. LSU Health New Orleans faculty have made lifesaving discoveries and continue to work to prevent, advance treatment, or cure disease. To learn more, visit http://www.lsuhsc.edu, http://www.twitter.com/LSUHealthNO, or http://www.facebook.com/LSUHSC.
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