LSU Health Shreveport SAHP Physician Assistant Program Alumni

Shreveport LAPA Dinner Meeting this November!
Register at www.ourlapa.org 😀

Only 2 more days to cash in on the LAPA $5 in February membership!!!

LAPA membership Check out this Video designed by Monique Ochoa.

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5 reasons to join LAPA for $5 this month!

Time to PArty! Please join us for some ax-throwing, great food, and catching up with other alumni and current students! There will be a cash bar and feel free to bring a +1 on us. This is on a Saturday, so we hope some of our out-of-town alumni can join us. :)

***Please RSVP so we can be prepared to feed everyone who shows up: [email protected]

She’s baaaaaaaack!!! Hayley Arceneaux

🤩 PAs doing REALLY BIG things!

Fellow PAs, we are still pushing for a great cause on behalf of a great PA!

Donate to St Jude's on behalf of this outstanding achievement!

Link: https://stjude.org/inspiration4

We are excited for you!

We invite you to join us at the 2021 LSU Health Shreveport Allied Health Alumni Reunion, Saturday, August 14th, in Shreveport, Louisiana. The event will take place at the Shreveport Convention Center, 400 Caddo Street, with events from 9am to 2:30pm. Below are details to explore. All events are optional, so feel free to join in on the activities that excite you!

Date: Saturday, August 14th, 2021
Time: 9am to 2:30pm
Place: Shreveport Convention Center | 400 Caddo Street, Shreveport, Louisiana

Schedule of Events:
9am to 9:50am: Alumni & Faculty Breakfast Mingle | Room 205 | No cost to Alumni, $10 for non-Alumni guests

10am to 11:30am: Commencement Ceremony | Captain Shreve Ballroom | No cost, guests welcome

12pm to 2:30pm: Alumni Reunion | Red River Board Room | Lunch & Open Beer/Wine Bar | $25 per person

Accommodations: Hilton Downtown Shreveport; the newly remodeled Hilton Downtown Shreveport is the official reunion hotel. Special rates are reserved for alumni at $109 (+tax) per night. Space is limited so book soon!

Last year we were unable to host an in-person commencement ceremony due to COVID-19, so we are thrilled to invite any alumni that wish to walk across the stage and share in that memorable experience. If you choose to walk, you have the option of ordering regalia through the LSUHS Bookstore. Please contact Melissa Johnson at [email protected] for more details. The deadline to order regalia will be July 16th. Regalia is not required to participate and will be at additional cost if you elect to order.

Registration Link: https://www.lsuhsfoundation.org/sahpalumnireunion/

Last but not least, as we reflect back on the past year, we want you to know how incredibly grateful we are to you. As a healthcare team member, you have played an invaluable part in helping navigate and overcome the trials we have all endured through the pandemic. We look forward to this opportunity to reminisce about the past and celebrate the future!

Please feel free to share this information with your classmates, as we might be missing some emails in our alumni database.

LSU Health Shreveport School of Allied Health Alumni Reunion - LSU Health Sciences Foundation School of allied health alumni Reunion Registration   We are excited to welcome back our Alumni and their families! You can find a list of events listed below. For a more detailed schedule of events, click here. For questions please contact Valorie Lurry, Director of Student Life and Alumni Affairs...

Keep calling and writing! Your letters and messages are making a difference. :) We are asking everyone to take just a second to send an email describing what your typical day as a PA looks like. (Just a few sentences; no need to give an hour-by-hour accounting, lol.) We want legislators to realize what we do day-in and day-out, that we make decisions about patient care, that we often have our own patient rosters, and that we practice with a large amount of autonomy already. Ask your reps to support HB 442 today. Thank you all!!!
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Modernize Louisiana's PA Practice Laws

***CALL TO ACTION*** As promised, here is the next link to click to support the bill. Yes, we need you to do it again! The bill has at LEAST 4 major stops, and we are only past the 1st one. We need vocal support and numbers the ENTIRE way through. It is a long process, but with your support, it will be worth it. This link includes an email option, but also a phone-to-action. PLEASE call your legislators. You will get in touch with an admin assistant and can either simply read back some of the talking points to her or craft your own message. The link will automatically connect you with your representatives - you don't need to look up any numbers or emails!!! It took me less than 5 minutes and picking up the phone to call gets a lot more attention than an email (although you can do both :) ). Please advocate for your profession today. Feel free to share with friends, family, and your patients.
https://p2a.co/oeFIxeh

Modernize Louisiana's PA Practice Laws

Hi everyone! HB 442 is out of committee and heading to the House floor - WOOHOO!!! As exciting as this is, we still have a LONG way to go to get this bill passed. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AN EMAIL FROM LAPA. You will be receiving additional requests from LAPA to contact your representatives...again. Yes, we know you have already done this once, but it needs to happen again as the bill goes to the floor. Once again, it will be a one-click process and you're done. The H&W committee and various reps have received over 5,000 emails of support for this bill - let's keep this going! As you may expect, there is a lot of opposition to this bill as well, so we need to keep up our numbers and keep pushing. PLEASE continue to spread the word with friends and family as well as fellow PAs and please re-send your letter when LAPA requests it. Thank you all for helping to move our profession forward. Let's get this done!

PA Advocacy in Action: Speak up for YOUR profession today! :)

Support Louisiana PAs - YourPACan LET’S INCREASE AND STRENGTHEN HEALTHCARE IN OUR STATE The people of Louisiana need access to healthcare, especially those in medically underserved and rural communities. In fact, Louisiana is currently facing a major provider shortage, as 81% of the state does not have enough medical providers to ...