Dr. John H. Stewart

Dr. Stewart is a nationally recognized surgeon scientist who is currently a professor of surgery at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health New Orleans School of Medicine and the founding director of the LSU-Louisiana Children’s Medical Center (LCMC) Health Cancer Center, where he is responsible for the overall mission, vision, and direction for multidisciplinary cancer care and cancer clinical research programs for LSU Health New Orleans and LCMC Health. “It has been one of my greatest professional honors to serve as the inaugural director of the LSU-LCMC Health Cancer Center,” Dr. Stewart said. “We made tremendous progress in addressing cancer incidence and outcomes in Louisiana during my tenure. I wish the Cancer Center continued success.” Dr. Stewart continued, “I look forward to the new challenges as the chair of surgery and associate dean for oncology programs at Morehouse School of Medicine. MSM has a storied history of service to the greater Atlanta community and now is a pivotal time in the school’s trajectory as emerging partnerships will launch an era of unprecedented growth in surgery and oncology. I am truly honored to lead these efforts.”