Leonardo Seoane, MD, FACP

Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Ochsner Health

Associate Vice-Chancellor of Academics, LSU Health Shreveport

Interim Chief Executive Officer, Ochsner LSU Health System - North Louisiana

Professor of Medicine, University of Queensland

Leonardo Seoane, MD, FACP is the Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Ochsner Health. In this position, he leads Ochsner’s continuum of education including undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education programs as well as all research initiatives. Additionally, Dr. Seoane oversees Ochsner’s continued partnership with the University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School, Xavier University of Louisiana and Loyola University of New Orleans.

He is also currently serving as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Ochsner LSU Health System - North Louisiana, overseeing the healthcare delivery system in its hospitals, primary care centers, urgent cares, as well as its ambulatory surgery and diagnostic centers in North Louisiana.

Dr. Seoane is also the executive champion for Healthy State by 2030, Ochsner’s ongoing commitment to building a healthier Louisiana for all people. His work plays a vital role in supporting the priorities outlined to address the state’s top 20 drivers of poor health outcomes and is instrumental in leveraging academic partnerships with other educational institutions to spearhead workforce development initiatives within Ochsner. This vision and efforts to create health equity for the diverse communities Ochsner serves are professionally and personally meaningful for Dr. Seoane, who is a proud Cuban American.

Dr. Seoane graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University in New Orleans, with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, graduating with Alpha Omega Alpha honors, an elite designation recognizing excellence in scholarship and the highest ideals in the profession of medicine. After medical school, he completed an internship at the University of Alabama Birmingham Medical Center and residency in Internal Medicine at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans. He continued his education by completing a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine through a combined LSUHSC and Ochsner Medical Center program.

Since joining Ochsner in 2001, Dr. Seoane has served in numerous leadership roles, including head of University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School and medical director of the Ochsner Medical Center Lung Transplant Program. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, pulmonary, critical care and palliative medicine.