Ochsner

September 24, 2020

By taking part in a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine trial, participants can provide their personalized experience, which may help protect future generations of similar race and socioeconomic background.

September 16, 2020

2019 clinical performance improves the lives of 30,000 aging Louisianians.

September 15, 2020

At Ochsner Health, the largest nonprofit academic health care system in Louisiana, providers are leveraging the system’s Connected Maternity Online Monitoring (MOM) digital medicine program to minimize expectant mothers’ risks of contracting COVID-19.

August 21, 2020

Ochsner Health announced key findings from a COVID-19 Prevalence Study conducted in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Livingston and West Baton Rouge Parishes between July 15-31.

August 03, 2020

A new healthcare solution is available for Louisiana residents who recently lost health insurance and are currently uninsured due to COVID-19.

July 09, 2020

Ochsner Health announced Paul J. Kenny, PhD as the 2020 recipient of the annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease, which recognizes scientific research achievements that provide major insights into the biological mechanisms relating tobacco smoking and human disease.

November 26, 2019

The director of the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute (JOHVI), Christopher J. White, MD, MACC, MSCAI, FAHA, FESC, FACP has been recognized by Vascular Interventional Advances Physicians (VIVA) with the 2019 ATLAS award for his impact as a scholar and leader in the vascular field.

October 09, 2019

2018 savings improved by 12% and impacted over 24,000 people

September 14, 2019

The clinical trials network expands with a focus on minority cancer patients.

September 07, 2019

Nearly 50 years after performing the first heart transplant in the Gulf South, Ochsner Health System has successfully completed its 1000th heart transplant. With the completion of the 1000th heart transplant, Ochsner joins the ranks of 13 other prestigious health care systems across the United States to have reached this milestone–Cleveland Clinic, Duke University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania, to name a few.

August 21, 2019

For 34 years, Ochsner Health System has annually recognized scientists who have made major contributions regarding the relationship between smoking and disease along with the development of innovative treatment modalities.

August 12, 2019

OMC-Kenner is one of about 100 sites in the country to offer PRRT and is the only site in Louisiana..