The New Orleans campus was established in 1931 with the founding of the School of Medicine in New Orleans at 1542 Tulane Avenue. Over the years the school has grown dramatically and a number of new buildings have been erected. These schools and their facilities provide education, research, patient care services, and community outreach. The Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, headed by Dr. R. Ranney Mize, has 26 full-time faculty. The Graduate Program has trained over 25 graduate students since 1992.
Areas of concentration are cell biology, developmental biology, and neurobiology.
The department contributes significantly to the Interdisciplinary Training Program in Neuroscience. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center is located in the heart of downtown New Orleans, one of the most unusual and fascinating cities in America. This eclectic French-Spanish Carribbean appendage t the Southern United States is as much an east coast port city as it is a quaint Southern town. The city is flush with tropical foliage and magnificent 19th century architecture.