Young Alumnus of the
Year 2002
Dr. D was selected out of 300,000 LSU graduates as the YOUNG ALUMNUS of year in 2002. Other graduates who have won this award include Shaquille O'Neil, Lolo Jones, and Odell Beckham Jr.
A.J. de la Houssaye, MD, received a Chancellor's Scholarship to pursue his bachelor's degree at Louisiana State University before attending Harvard University. He went on to graduate with honors from Louisiana State University Medical School. While in medical school he received the LSU Research Award. He then completed a four-year residency in ophthalmology at Ochsner, in New Orleans, serving as Chief Resident.
Known to his patients as Dr. D, de la Houssaye has published research in publications such as Life Science Journal. A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he is also affiliated with prestigious medical societies such as the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Louisiana State Medical Society.
In 2004, the United Veterans League named Dr. D the Patriotic Citizen of the Year in Houma, Louisiana, in recognition of the free eye care he provides to local veterans and their families. He was also named in Consumers' Research Council of America's ‘America's Top Ophthalmologists’ in 2005 and was chosen to be a speaker at the American Academy of Ophthalmology's International Conference in 2007.
In 2008, Dr. D was appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal to serve on the Louisiana State Medical Advisory Board. Dr. D received this honor after a rigorous vetting process culminating in the Louisiana State Legislature's approval of the appointment. Dr. D is one of only two ophthalmologists to receive this honor.