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Ochsner Transplant Institute’s kidney program achieves ELITE Status

May 16, 2025

To earn this level of recognition, programs demonstrate superior results and exceptional performance based on a range of validated, risk-adjusted metrics. Programs with this designation achieve an INTERLINK Performance Model score statistically higher than their peers.

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Ochsner Health Raises Flag and Releases Butterflies for Donate Life Month

April 14, 2025

Doctors, nurses, patients and their families came together to recognize Donate Life Month and National Blue and Green Day on April 11, which celebrates and recognizes the life-saving sacrifice of organ donation.

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Ochsner Transplant Institute among site collaborators in New England Journal of Medicine HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant study

Nov. 11, 2024

The article, Safety of Kidney Transplantation from Donors with HIV, details findings supporting HIV-to-HIV kidney transplants as safe and just as effective as those using organs from donors without HIV.

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Living Kidney Donor on 1,441-Mile Bike Ride Spends the Day in New Orleans

April 6, 2023

Mark Scotch, a living kidney donor, showcases how active and healthy a living organ donor can be and raises awareness during National Donate Life Month.

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Ochsner Baton Rouge Welcomes New Providers

Jan. 13, 2022

Ochsner Baton Rouge continues to increase the size and scope of its medical staff, welcoming six new providers across various specialties.

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