Ochsner

Leaders from Ochsner, Xavier, and their partners gathered on September 13, 2022, in New Orleans to offer an overview of the Healthy State initiative during a session of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine®.

Ochsner Health's program was among the recipients of the 2022 ACCC Innovator Awards, given to projects that improve patient care, are cost-effective, and are replicable.

State-of-the-art simulation lab on campus allows students to learn and practice crucial clinical skills before beginning clinical rotations

New Neuroscience Center breaking ground in early 2023

Ochsner Health Board of Directors announces Warner Thomas will enter the next chapter of his career. Pete November named as Thomas's successor.

In part 2 of our interview with Anne McCall, PhD, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana, she discusses in greater detail the university’s 3-year partnership with Takeda, in particular how the directions it goes in will be influenced by the history of unequal health care delivery in the state.

Anne McCall, PhD, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana, in New Orleans, delves into the new partnership between the university and Takeda.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Enrollment for GUIDE-HF Clinical Trial Now Open

Leonardo Seoane, MD, FACP, has been named Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at LSU Health Shreveport.

Hector Ventura, MD, is awarded the 2019 Ron Haddock AHA/ASA International Impact Award.

The Ochsner Health System facilities, including 3 partner hospitals, have received an A grade from the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade.

In recognition of National Stroke Awareness Month, Ochsner Health System has provided tips on stroke prevention and treatment.

In an effort to increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prophylaxis, Ochsner Health System is offering the pill at Ochsner Health Center – Tchoupitoulas.