Leonardo Seoane, MD, has been named Head of School for the University of Queensland (UQ) – Ochsner Clinical School. Dr. Seoane has previously served as Interim Head of School and was named Associate Professor in 2009.
Dr. Seoane graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University in New Orleans with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. After medical school, he completed an internship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center and residency in Internal Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans. He continued his education by completing a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine through a combined Ochsner Health System and LSUHSC program. He also completed a research and clinical fellowship in Lung Transplant at Ochsner Medical Center – Jefferson Highway, where he has been a staff physician since 2002.
The UQ – Ochsner Clinical School is in its eighth year of providing medical education through a unique training, academic and clinical experience across two continents. Over the course of the four-year program, students complete the first two years of the medical school curriculum in Brisbane, Australia, and the last two years in the curriculum clinical phase of core rotations across the Ochsner Health System.
Five classes have graduated from the UQ – Ochsner Clinical School, boasting a 94% Match Rate in the National Residency Match Program (NRMP). Over 850 student interviews have been scheduled for students for the upcoming Match in 2017. Some graduates also choose to participate in the Ochsner Post Graduate Research Fellowship Program which provides an opportunity for them to remain engaged in clinical and health services research.