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The Louisiana State Loan Repayment Program currently has funds available to assist primary care service providers recruit primary care practitioners to difficult to fill health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). For more information, contact Jeanne Haupt at (225) 342-3506 or jhaupt@dhh.la.gov.
Other Available Resources
- Med Job Louisiana – an on-line medical resource job directory serving medical professionals, health care facilities and communities. Visit this website at www.medjoblouisiana.com.
- National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program – a federal program that assists clinicians who provide primary health care services to populations located in health professional shortage areas in the repayment of qualifying educational loans.
- J-1 Visa Waiver Program – a federal program that places foreign medical school graduates in difficult to fill health professional shortage areas.
- Louisiana State Tax Credit – a state tax incentive that provides a state income tax credit for doctors affiliated with small town community hospitals.
- Free Recruiting Video – a video that details health care opportunities and the health care environment in Louisiana.
For more information about these resources and/or the Bureau of Primary Care and Rural Health, visit our website at www.pcrh.dhh.louisiana.gov.
Ready Responder Program
Please contact CDR Albert Perrine. Please note, at this time the Ready Responder Program is NOT recruiting commissioned officers nor accepting applications for this program.
CDR Perrine's contact information is below:
CDR Albert Perrine
Program Manager, Ready Responder Program
Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8A-08
Rockville, Maryland 20857
EMail: APerrine@HRSA.GOV
Telephone: 301-443-4543
NHSC Story Spotlights
Judith Allen (Loan Repayor): "Over-the-Rhine" is not the type of place that most dentists aspire to plant their practices. The neighborhood—adjacent to downtown Cincinnati, Ohio—was once a comfortable, middle-class part of town, but has steadily deteriorated since the 1960s. Read more...
Yvette Brown (Scholar): NHSC alumnus Dr. Yvette Brown has this advice for medical students who are considering the National Health Service Corps: "Don’t be scared of the placement process. You’re not just put anywhere. You go out and sell yourself, and if you interview well, you can wind up in a place that is suitable for you." Read more...
Richard Ervin (SEARCH): Richard Ervin knew he wasn't going home anytime soon as he stared into the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska. It was the last day of an incredible one-week SEARCH rotation for the nurse practitioner (NP) student in the village of Akutan, located far from the mainland on the remote Aleutian Island chain. Read more...
Scott Trapp (Ready Responders): For National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Ready Responder and U.S. Public Health Service commissioned officer, Lieutenant Commander Scott Trapp, providing critically needed dental care to the underserved is "all about the hugs." Read more...
Other NHSC News Sources
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E-news
- NHSC Update!—monthly source of up-to-date information on practice opportunities, policy changes, recruitment data, answers to frequently asked questions, and other NHSC information. To subscribe, send an e-mail to NHSCupdate@hrsa.gov.
Subscribe Site Link—delivers monthly news and information about NHSC opportunities, policies, program issues, and upcoming events to NHSC sites. To subscribe, send an e-mail to NHSCupdate@hrsa.gov.
- Subscribe E-Connection—provides NHSC news updates, clinician success stories, timely healthcare information, and valuable resources. To subscribe, send an e-mail to NHSCupdate@hrsa.gov.
- ALERT—Ambassador Leadership Education Resources & Training.
- NHSCurrent—helps keep Scholars up to date and assists them through their NHSC journey.
- NHSCurrent Upstream—keeps residents connected with the NHSC.
- Frontlines—find out what's happening around the NHSC through our regular digest of stories from the field.
- NHSC In Touch—NHSC's quarterly newsletter
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