Anthony Blalock, MD

BATON ROUGE – The just-concluded Annual Meeting of the Louisiana State Medical Society’s House of Delegates included discussion of issues and policies for the upcoming year, and it also marked the official start to the presidency of Anthony P. Blalock, MD.

Dr. Blalock, 37, was elected at last year’s meeting and is now the youngest physician to serve as president of the Society in its 134-year history. He is the third physician from Lafayette Parish Medical Society, following in the footsteps of Dr. James Vildibill (1987-88) and Dr. Edward Harrell (1971-72).

“In the last decade, we have seen the changes in the practice of medicine evolve like never before. It is in leadership opportunities like this that I have been engaged to make a significant impact on physicians and our ability to provide high quality care for our patients,” said Dr. Blalock.

Dr. Blalock is Chief Medical Officer at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, and is a partner with Acadiana Renal Physicians. He served as director of Renal Transplant Nephrology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center—Lafayette from 2008-10; and as clinical assistant professor of medicine, Louisiana State University Health Science Center from 2006-10.

Dr. Blalock has been active with the Society and Lafayette Parish Medical Society (LPMS) since 2000, beginning as a resident and participating in various committees and councils in positions of leadership. He served as president of the LPMS in 2005-06. Most recently, he served as vice president on the LSMS Board of Governors and as chair of the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society, the organization’s peer reviewed, scientific publication for physicians. Dr. Blalock was also instrumental in the establishment of the Louisiana Emergency Medical Units (LEMU), which were implemented after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. LEMU is model emergency response system capable of providing rapid assistance to supplement existing medical services in the immediate aftermath of disasters throughout the state.

Blalock graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine (New Orleans) in 1998. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Louisiana State University School of Medicine at University Medical Center-Lafayette, Louisiana, in 2000; and a fellowship in nephrology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center- New Orleans in 2003.

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