The School of Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans has named three of its graduates 2012 Medical Alumni of the Year. Drs. Mario Calonje (59), Lester Wayne Johnson (71) and Fred Rodriguez (75) will be honored during the LSUHSC Medical Alumni' annual scientific session June 8 at the New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel.

Calonje is a retired radiologist in New Orleans who served as Chairman of Radiology Departments at East Jefferson Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital and Touro Infirmary. He is a former President of the New Orleans Radiology Group and is a Past President of the LSU Medical Alumni Board.

Johnson is still actively practicing surgery and currently serves as Chief of Surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center Monroe. Dr. Johnson has served as a passionate advocate for the LSU medical education programs in Louisiana and has worked selflessly to support the states medical institutions.

Rodriguez is a New Orleans pathologist who has been a member of the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine faculty since 1977. He currently serves as the Emma Moss Professor of Pathology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. He is a former National Director of Pathology and Laboratory Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Rodriguez is the President-Elect of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science.

The criteria for selection of the LSUHSC Medical Alumnus/Alumna of the Year include recognition in three areas: bettering the LSUHSC New Orleans School of Medicine, improving the profession, and participating in other important civic activities.

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LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans announces its Medical Alumni of the Year