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A Story of Survival and Renewal

N. Kevin Krane, MD; Richard P. DiCarlo, MD; Marc J. Kahn, MD

JAMA. 2007;298(9):1052-1055.

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The most costly national disaster in US history occurred on August 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf coasts, and the ensuing breaches in the New Orleans levee system resulted in flooding of approximately 80% of the city.¹ The survival of Tulane University School of Medicine and Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans (LSU), both located in downtown New Orleans, was severely jeopardized as every major educational and teaching facility flooded following the storm, closing both undergraduate and graduate medical training programs. However, both schools quickly moved their educational programs to new locations and reestablished training for students and residents 1 month later. Tulane and LSU have now returned their educational programs to New Orleans despite faculty losses, closure of some traditional training hospitals,² and a diminished population of greater New . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana (Drs Krane and Kahn); Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans (Dr DiCarlo).

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