Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
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Read MoreOchsner's nursing staff has a history of acknowledgments by the Great 100 Nurses of Louisiana Foundation for their commitment to patient care. Approximately 570 Ochsner nurses have been recognized since the program launched more than 30 years ago.
Read MoreGovernor John Bel Edwards joined leaders from Ochsner Health System and LSU to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and its accomplishments, along with a groundbreaking for the Center for Medical Education at LSU Health Shreveport.
Read MoreThe new Clinical Trials Network will provide cancer care and access to clinical trials for more than 50 percent of newly diagnosed cancer patients in the region.
Read MoreWith the completion of the 1,000th 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.
Read MoreOchsner Health hospital, facilities and affiliated hospitals accounted for more than 35% of the list, representing more than 50 specialties.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 Health System was included in a select group of hospitals that received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for cardiothoracic surgery research.
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