Dr. Albert D. Sam II ’85 will be giving a presentation on strokes and how they can affect the human body both physically and mentally. This presentation will be on Tuesday, September 25th at the East Bank Regional Library on West Napoleon Ave. in Metairie starting at 11:00 am.
After graduating Brother Martin High School in 1985, Dr. Sam graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. Following graduation from the Duke University School of Medicine, he completed a general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). While in residency, Dr. Sam received a Master of Science degree in Surgery from the UIC graduate college where his thesis directly resulted in a new drug use patent for the treatment of sepsis.
Dr. Sam has received numerous awards including selection by the Baton Rouge Business Report as a “40 under 40” award recipient in 2006. He is a graduate of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber leadership program and serves on the board of directors for the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF) , Advance Baton Rouge and WRKF (NPR). Dr. Sam also is member of the River City Jazz coalition of the Arts Council and the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge.
