AmyDeKerlegandMD

General Surgery • New Orleans, LA

LSU General Surgery

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Office
1901 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

Summary

LSU General Surgery

Education & Training

Louisiana State University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2019 - 2024
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansClass of 2019, MD
University of Louisiana at LafayetteBS, Biology, Summa cum laude, 2011 - 2015

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2024 - 2026

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Alpha Omega Alpha 2018
Medical Scholarship Lafayette Parish Medical Society Alliance, 2015
David R. Andrew Award, Outstanding Scholar of College of Sciences University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2015
Outstanding Student Scholarship University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
The Impact of a Colorectal Care Bundle for Surgical Site Infections at an Academic Disproportionate Share Hospital With a Level I Trauma Center.
Luv Hajirawala, Timothy B Legare, Simon Peter T Tiu, Amy M. DeKerlegand, Jeffrey S. Barton
The American Surgeon. 2020-07-29

Books/Book Chapters

Essentials of regional anesthesia
Chapter: Preemptive Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia, and Prevention of Chronic Postoperative Pain
Page 445 - 462Helander, E.M., Eskander, J.P., Juneau, C.L., Novitch, M.B., Prabhakar, A., DeKerlegand, A.M., Cornett, E., & Kaye, A.D.Editors: A.D. Kaye, R.D. Urman, & N. Vadivelu.Springer Publishing, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2018

Abstracts/Posters

Investigations Into Effects of Carotenoids in Mycobacterial Pathogenesis
DeKerlegand, A., Sciarillo, C., Shirreff, L., Root, K., & Ennis, D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette Honors Program Poster Presentation, Lafayette, LA, 5/2015

Professional Memberships

American College of Physicians
Member
American Medical Association
Member

External Links

LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-dekerlegand-5a94898b