Alumni Successes                                                          

Graduates from Loyola's Biology department continue to succeed in a variety of fields, including natural resource research and management, basic research in cell and molecular biology, science education, and all aspects of medicine.  Just a few of our student successes are listed below.

To keep appraised of alumni successes and facilitate communication between past and current students, please fill out this form to update your information with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations.

2000-2009

• Blair Gremillion, '01. Currently enrolled in Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
• Melissa Kaintz, '03. Graduated with M.S. degree in Fisheries at Tennessee Technological University
• Olivia LeDee, '02. Currently enrolled in Conservation Biology PhD program at University of Minnesota
• Aurora Lopez, '02. Currently enrolled in University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry
• Thanh Nguyen, '03. Currently enrolled in Xavier University Pharmacy program
• Courtney Siems, M.D., ’01, Graduated from Tulane School of Medicine

1990-1999

• Rick Dietz, '96. Zookeeper at Audubon Zoo, New Orleans.
• Sean Powers, Ph.D., ’90, Assistant Professor and Senior Marine Scientist, Dauphin Island Marine Lab, University of South Alabama

1980-1989

• Denise Simoneaux, Ph.D., ’89, Immunology and Microbiology, Baylor School of Medicine; NIH Postdoctoral Fellow

1970-1979

• Philip Gianfortune, D.P.M., ’89, Chair, Department of Podiatric Medicine, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine

Pre-1979

• Ronald W. Busuttil, M.D., ’67, Professor and Chief, Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation Surgery; Dumont Chair in Transplantation Surgery; Director, Dumont UCLA Transplant Center
• George Crozier, Ph.D., 63', Executive Director, Dauphin Island Marine Lab, University of South Alabama
• Jean Dekernion, M.D., ’62, Urologist; Chair, Department of Urology, UCLA Medical Center
• Anna Cherrie Epps, Ph.D., ’59, Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College; Recipient of the Nickens Award
• Harold Erath, M.D., ’71, Cardiac Surgeon
• Ronald Faust, M.D., ’65, Anesthesiologist, Mayo Clinic
• Ricardo Martinez, M.D., Ph.D., '58, Chief of the Dermatology Division at East Jefferson General Hospital, Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Tulane and LSU Medical Schools, and Professor of Cell Biology/Anatomy at LSU Medical School
• Charles Murphy, ’78, Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon, Central Carolina Cardiovascular
• Rose-Marie Toussaint, M.D., ’78, Liver Transplant Surgeon; Author of Never Question the Miracle: A Surgeon’s Story