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South Texas, Louisiana Medical Schools Awarded for Exceptional Service

Skip breadcrumb navigation WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 17, 2006) – The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has awarded national recognition to the four medical school members of the Alliance of South Texas Academic Health Centers and to the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Medicine in Shreveport for the assistance they provided to the academic medicine community following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.

The "Award of Exceptional Service to Academic Medicine" honors Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and University of Texas Medical School at Houston for outstanding leadership in providing facilities, resources, and personnel to support displaced Tulane University medical students, residents, and faculty.

The AAMC has also awarded the same recognition to LSU-Shreveport for the assistance it provided to the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and to the academic medical community following Hurricane Katrina.
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