Biographical Profile of the Chancellor

John C. McDonald, M.D. was born in Baldwyn, Mississippi on July 25, 1930. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Mississippi College in 1951 and his Doctorate of Medicine from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1955.

He interned at Confederate Memorial Medical Center, now the LSU Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1955-56 and did his general surgery residency at State University of New York at Buffalo, New York from 1958-1963.

He is a pioneer in the field of organ transplantation. Dr. McDonald is currently Chancellor of the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport and Dean of the LSUHSC-S School of Medicine in Shreveport. He served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at LSUHSC and Surgeon-in-Chief of the LSU Hospital from 1977 until 2000.

He was the founding Director of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center/Willis-Knighton Medical Center Regional Transplant Center. Dr. McDonald is past President of the United Network for Organ Sharing, the South-Eastern Organ Procurement Foundation, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, the Southern Surgical Association, the Surgical Association of Louisiana, the Halsted Society and the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency. In addition, he is a member of numerous other medical organizations. He has more than 30 years experience in the field of transplantation and is the author of over 200 contributions to the surgical literature.

Faculty Senate LSUHSC at Shreveport

RICKY BASS, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Clinical Sciences JIM BELLEW, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Allied Health MARLENE BROUSSARD, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Clinical Sciences ANPING CHEN, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology Basic Sciences ANDREW CHESSON, Jr., M.D. Professor of Neurology Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Ex-Officio PAULA CLICK FENTER, D.H.Sc. Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Faculty Representative to the Board of Supervisors JOHN CLIFFORD, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biochemistry Basic Sciences MARY DENNEY, M.Ed. Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Allied Health JANE EGGERSTEDT, M.D. Professor of Surgery Ex-Officio SCOTT KENNEDY, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Assistant Dean for Admissions (Medical School) Ex-Officio CHRIS KEVIL, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology Basic Sciences BENJAMIN LI, M.D. Professor of Surgery Clinical Sciences ANDREA LINSCOTT, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology Clinical Sciences

NANETTE MASSEY, M.O.T. Assistant Professor of Clinical Services Allied Health JOSEPH McCULLOCH, Ph.D. Professor of Physical Therapy Dean, School of Allied Health Professions Ex-Officio JOHN C. McDONALD, M.D. Chancellor and Dean Ex-Officio MARGARET L. OLMEDO, M.D. Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Clinical Sciences KEN PETERSON, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Basic Sciences MARK PLATT, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Assistant Dean for Student Affairs (Medical School) Ex-Officio SANDRA ROERIG, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience Dean, School of Graduate Studies Ex-Officio VIDULA VACHHARAJANI, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Clinical Sciences DENNIS R. WISSING, Ph.D. Professor of Cardiopulmonary Science Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Head of the Department of Clinical Sciences (Allied Health) Ex-Officio ANDREW YUROCHKO, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology Graduate School