I am a current senior resident at LSUHSC - Shreveport. Our program was taken off of probation this year and we are currently a fully accredited orthopaedic surgery program. We are accredited to take 3 residents per year and our next site visit is in 2015. Since being on probation plenty has changed in our institution as well as our residency program: 1)New Chancellor 2)New Chairman/Program Director 3)2 new Trauma staff 4)Tumor staff 5)A new Total Joint Staff will begin in the next 6 months Program at a glance: Location: Shreveport -Low cost of living...most residents own a house -Easy commute to work...>15min drive is rare -lots of festivals -Great outdoors...lots of residents like to fish, hunt -Weather is great Residency: -Level 1 trauma center -Lots of autonomy -Never more than two residents scrubbed...most time just one -Charity Hospital Rotations: Trauma, Sports, Hand, Foot and ankle, Tumor, Spine -Rotations at the private hospital: Hand, Sports, Joints -VA: Hand, Sports, Joints, General -Shriners: Pediatrics (recently hired an additional staff) -Residents are a tight knit group -Staff is very approachable -State of the art bio skills lab -At least 2 courses a year paid for -Resident get their top choices for fellowships Plenty has changed for the better over the past few years here and our program continues to improve.