Lea Mascarenas, MD, MS
Tulane Pediatric Residency
PGY-1
School of Medicine
Department
Pediatrics
Education & Affiliations
MD, LSU - New Orleans
University of Colorado at Boulder, Neuroscience B.A.
Biography
HOMETOWN: Thornton, Colorado
WHY TULANE?
The commitment to the community of New Orleans as providers and as individuals. You could see the real effort to serve the most vulnerable populations from a place of cultural competency. You can also tell the faculty and residents love being a part of New Orleans and why they made it their home!
WHAT EXCITES YOU ABOUT NOLA & RESIDENCY?
I’m really trying to join a krewe before the end of residency so hopefully you’ll see me in a Mardi Gras parade or two!
CAREER INTEREST / GOALS:
Adolescent medicine! Gimme all the angsty teens!
FUN FACT:
I once saw Owen Wilson at an exotic animal race
