News Releases

The gift of life: A living liver donation story

April 7, 2026

This Donate Life Month, Ochsner honors Erin D, a remarkable living donor whose generosity has given two people a second chance at life.

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Fais Do Donate raises funds for transplant care

April 6, 2026

On Saturday, March 28, 2026, The Lipsey Family Foundation hosted Fais Do Donate, a community fundraiser for the Ochsner Transplant Institute, at the Live Oak Arabian Arena in Baton Rouge.

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Ochsner observes National Donate Life Month with bold innovations

April 1, 2026

As April marks National Donate Life Month, the Ochsner Transplant Institute celebrates more than four decades of transforming lives through organ transplantation while showcasing recent innovations that are redefining what's possible in transplant care.

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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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