News Releases
Ochsner Names 2019 Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease Honorees
August 21, 2019The Ochsner Award is named in honor of Alton Ochsner, MD who first published the first evidence indicating that tobacco smoking was the major cause of lung cancer in 1939.
Read MoreOchsner Baptist Announces Opening of Phyllis M. and Patrick F. Taylor Auditorium
August 21, 2019The space, which has been vacant since sustaining damage in Hurricane Katrina, will be used for medical education, community events and celebrations.
Read MoreOchsner Health Network Hosts 2019 Annual Values Summit
August 15, 2019The Value Summit brings together an unparalleled level of healthcare industry decision makers to explore new ideas and share best practices for delivering high-quality care in a value-based environment across stakeholder groups.
Read MoreOchsner LSU Health Shreveport Recognized as Louisiana’s First Pediatric Trauma Program
August 14, 2019The Louisiana Emergency Response Network recognized Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport as a Pediatric Level II Trauma Program on July 1, making it the first and only program in Louisiana. The recognition reinforces the highly specialized trauma care provided at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and highlights its community education and injury prevention initiatives.
Read MoreOchsner Participating in Largest Heart Failure Clinical Trial in U.S.
August 7, 2019Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in America for adults over the age of 65 and Louisiana has the 5th highest death rate from cardiovascular disease in the country.
Read MoreOchsner Medical Center – Kenner Opens New Infusion Space for Neuroendocrine Tumor Therapy
August 7, 2019OMC-Kenner is home to the Neuroendocrine Program, which specializes in the diagnosis and management of all forms of neuroendocrine tumors.
Read MoreNIH Grant for Cardiothoracic Surgery Awarded
August 1, 2019Ochsner Health System was included in a select group of hospitals that received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for cardiothoracic surgery research.
Read MoreOchsner Ranked #1 Hospital in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report
July 31, 2019For the 2019-20 rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions.
Read MoreOchsner Health Center – Lake Terrace Now Open
July 30, 2019OHC – Lake Terrace was designed to meet the various healthcare needs of residents in Lake Terrace and Gentilly and the surrounding neighborhoods of Lakeview, Lake Vista and the UNO-Lakefront.
Read MoreBenson Cancer Center Earns National Re-Accreditation with Commendation from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons
July 25, 2019Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation is only awarded to a facility that exceeds standard requirements at the time of its triennial survey. Benson Cancer Center has been continuously CoC-accredited since 1986.
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