02-05-2025
LSU Health Shreveport honors supporters during inaugural Rasberry Lectureship
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – LSU Health Shreveport hosted its inaugural Rasberry Lectureship on Thursday, May 1, 2025, while also honoring longtime supporters W. Clinton 'Bubba' Rasberry and former Louisiana State Senator Greg Tarver.
The Rasberry family donated $2.6 million to the LSU Health Shreveport Center for Medical Education, located at 1365 Jennings Street, to establish the Rasberry Family Endowed Lecture Series. This lecture series will bring leading experts to campus each year to share the latest advancements in medicine, science, and technology.
Michael Curran, PhD, Professor of Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center presented the inaugural lecture titled, 'Cancer Immunotherapy: Today's Breakthroughs, Tomorrow's Possibilities.' LSU Health Shreveport leaders say this lecture series is one of many enhancements which help attract and maintain talent in Louisiana.
'One of the most important things that LSU Shreveport does is, we produce the future physicians and health care providers for north Louisiana,' said Kevin Flood, President and CEO of LSU Health Shreveport Foundation. '70% of the physicians that practice here in north Louisiana were either educated or trained here at this institution.'
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Flood said it is important to recognize those whose support has been instrumental in the success of the hospital and that is why the Foundation honored former State Senator Tarver.
'For over 42 years, as his public service, he did anything and everything to make sure that north Louisiana had access to the best healthcare and that is through supporting the medical school and our hospital,' said Flood. 'We just want to thank him for his continued support of what we try to achieve everyday here at LSU Health Shreveport.'
Mr. Tarver said public service was instilled in him as a child.
'My mother taught me, and I tell young people, I tell my kids 'you've got to give back.' The best thing in the world is giving back to people,' said Tarver. 'We all need to work together to give back to the needy people. We need to work together for the benefit not only of the city or the state but of this country.'
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