Dr. Marshall N.

Before attending medical school, Dr. Naquin studied biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he graduated cum laude, was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, and served as President of the Pre-Professional Society. At LSU, Dr. Naquin served as President of the Emergency Medicine Interest Group and graduated with the Louisiana American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, and LSU Emergency Medicine Awards. Along the way, he earned the Dr. Louis Houston Endowed Scholarship, the Oran Robert Perry Burke Memorial Scholarship, the Edmund B. Stueben Scholarship, and an Honors Alumni Scholarship.

During his emergency medicine residency, Dr. Naquin’s scholarly project focused on building and delivering an asynchronous online ultrasound course for rotating medical students and residents. A board-certified physician by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Naquin has practiced in a range of settings, from a remote hospital in Bethel, Alaska, to a high-volume emergency department in Lafayette that served as the region's de facto trauma center, to small rural departments where he was the only physician. He served as the Emergency Department Medical Director at Franklin Foundation Hospital and as Medical Director of a state correctional facility. 

Teaching has remained a consistent part of Dr. Naquin’s career. Dr. Naquin taught medical students in Alaska, family medicine residents in Lafayette, physician assistant students in Franklin, and emergency medicine residents at LSU Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center. He also developed CodeSheet, an emergency medicine charting application designed to support critical care documentation. Earlier, as faculty at the Ochsner American Heart Training Center, he trained and certified BLS instructors. He now runs a consulting practice for licensed professionals.

Having taken an unconventional path to medical school himself, Dr. Naquin understands that there is rarely one prescribed route to becoming a physician. He was told many times in his life that he should settle for what he can get. He has never done that, and he knows that there is always a path for students who truly want to be doctors. Dr. Naquin’s strengths lie in his experience sitting on the other side of the table, reading applications and interviewing candidates, and teaching at every level from medical students through residents. He coaches the way he taught: explaining the process in order, before someone walks into it, and being straight with a student about what an application does and does not yet show.