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Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Institute Celebrates 7000th Transplant
December 14, 2018Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Institute reached an exciting milestone by performing its 7,000th transplant.
Read MoreOchsner Multi-Organ Transplant Institute Performs 5000th Transplant
May 6, 2014NEW ORLEANS -- On May 5, 2014, Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Institute reached an exciting milestone by performing its 5,000th transplant – a living kidney transplant between two family members.
Read MoreOchsner Multi-Organ Transplant Institute Selected for National Pilot Program
December 19, 2016Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Institute is one of 19 transplant hospitals in the United States to participate in the initial pilot phase of the Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (COIIN), a three-year project by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) intended to increase kidneys used for transplantation.
Read MoreBaton Rouge Builder Secures $50,000 Donation for Ochsner Transplant and Oncology Programs
May 18, 2016In a show of gratitude for his care, Flores, a Baton Rouge builder and the developer of Lexington Estates Subdivision, worked to secure a $50,000 donation to Ochsner-Baton Rouge through the Capital Region Builders Foundation (CRBF), the philanthropic arm of the Capital Region Builders Association (CRBA).
Read MoreOchsner Health System Addresses Five Common Organ Donation Myths
April 3, 2019According to Donate Life America and the Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, more than 114,000 men, women and children are currently waiting for lifesaving organ transplants and in Louisiana, more than 2,000 people are on the waiting list.
Read MoreOchsner Patient Story: Brothers in Blue
May 1, 2017Jason Triche, a St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Deputy, was badly wounded when he came under fire in the line of duty. His future was uncertain until he met Robert.
Read MoreMulti-Organ Transplant Institute Ranked 1st Nationally in 2012 Liver & Kidney-Pancreas Transplants
April 1, 2013NEW ORLEANS – The Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Institute performed the most liver transplants and tied for the most kidney/pancreas transplants of any medical center in the United States in 2012, ac
Read More1000th Heart Transplant Completed at Ochsner Health System
September 5, 2019With 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 Multi-Organ Transplant Institute Named No. 1 in the Nation for Liver Transplants
January 27, 2013NEW ORLEANS – CareChex, a division of The Delta Group specializing in rating the quality of hospital and physician care, has named the Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Institute number one in the countr
Read MoreAfter 3-Year Wait, Peds Transplant Patient Receives New Heart & Celebrates Surprise Birthday Party
September 8, 2014On Friday, September 5, the Pediatrics and Child Life departments at Ochsner Hospital for Children hosted a surprise 13th birthday party to celebrate Seth Turner, a congenital heart patient who recently received a heart transplant after a three year wait.
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