Ten students specializing in internal medicine, three specializing in general surgery and six for the psychiatry program will continue their medical training at Willis Knighton Health beginning July 1. The medical students received the news Friday during Match Day, an annual rite of passage for the medical students as they learn where they have been accepted for training for the next three to seven years.

As future medical practitioners, individuals gain invaluable knowledge and experience during their residencies. This pivotal period helps transform medical students into board-certified professionals. If falls upon the responsible organizations to equip them with knowledge, skills and abilities required for a successful career.  

“We are thrilled all our residency positions have been successfully filled through this year’s Match,” said Luke B. Nelson, director of Graduate Medical Education at Willis Knighton Health. “Securing these positions affirms our standing as the favored choice for these medical students, who have chosen to advance their medical education at Willis Knighton. We anticipate their arrival and eagerly look forward to their collaboration with our present residents and faculty.”

Internal medicine residents will train for three years under the supervision of experienced physicians to improve their skills in the full spectrum of internal medicine, including outpatient medicine, inpatient medicine, critical care, and rotations in all the major subspecialities of internal medicine. They will practice primarily at Willis Knighton Medical Center North but will rotate at other Willis Knighton locations.

Surgical residents will train for five years and complete rotations primarily at Willis-Knighton Medical Center North and Willis Knighton Bossier but will also rotate at other Willis Knighton hospitals. The general surgery specialty, as well as subspecialty surgery, will include an enhanced focus on robotic and minimally invasive surgery.

Psychiatry residents will train at Willis Knighton Health and Brentwood Hospital for four years, completing rotations in psychiatry, psychiatry subspecialties, internal medicine, neurology, and elective experiences. Graduates of the program will possess sound clinical judgment, requisite skills, and a high order of knowledge about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of all psychiatric disorders, together with other common medical and neurological disorders that relate to the practice of psychiatry.