Dr. Peter DeBlieux

Peter M. C. DeBlieux, MD, FACEP, is an emergency medicine and pulmonary/critical care physician and medical educator. He serves as Assistant Dean of Advanced Learning and Simulation at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, leading training initiatives within the Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation, and is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans and Clinical Professor of Surgery at Tulane University School of Medicine. Clinically, he practices as an attending physician in the Emergency Department and Medical Intensive Care Unit at University Medical Center New Orleans. His clinical focus centers on emergency and trauma care, critical care resuscitation and emergency interventions, and simulation-driven clinical skills development. His research interests include high-fidelity simulation and standardized patient education, difficult and challenging communication in healthcare, and clinician well-being with an emphasis on reducing burnout and restoring joy in practice. Dr. DeBlieux is a multi-award-winning educator, including recognition with the LSU Copping Award for teaching excellence, ACEP Judith E. Tintinalli Award for Outstanding Contribution in Education, Schwartz Center National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year Award, and the Spirit of Charity Award. He has held major leadership roles in hospital quality, safety, and experience as former Chief Medical Officer, Director of Quality and Patient Safety, and the inaugural Chief Experience Officer at University Medical Center New Orleans. He has also served as Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director and as Director of Emergency Medical Services during New Orleans’ post-Katrina hospital recovery. He provides event and sports medicine leadership as a lead emergency physician for NFL visiting teams and Venue Medical Director for the College Football Playoffs Sugar Bowl. He is a past Executive Director of the Spirit of Charity Foundation for fifteen years and Medical Director of Homeless Healthcare for Harry Tompson Health Services. He practices both Emergency Medicine and Critical Care for over thirty-five at Charity Hospital and now the replacement facility University Medical Center at New Orleans. He earned his MD at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, completed an internal medicine internship at LSUHSC, an emergency medicine residency at LSUHSC Charity Hospital (Chief Resident), and a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at LSU Health at Charity Hospital.