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The surgical center at Ochsner Medical Complex - The Grove just received an expansion. The upgrade doubled the number of operating rooms, increasing capacity, broadening the range of procedures, and allowing more patients to have surgery locally.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Yahoo NewsOchsner said the institute is the only neuroscience facility of its kind between Houston and Atlanta and will serve as the largest location for the health system’s neuroscience program.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON MSNPatin is now CEO of Ochsner South Shore Community Hospitals and Bayou Region in New Orleans. He’ll be over eight hospitals stretching from St. Mary Parish to St. Bernard Parish as Ochsner will split its South Shore Region — its largest in the state — into two regions to better serve the area.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON The Times PicayuneMenopause care involves far more than managing hot flashes. Elizabeth Lapeyre, MD explains how physicians can expand their clinical impact by addressing a wide spectrum of midlife health concerns—including sleep, mood, cardiovascular, and bone health—through early conversations, personalized treatment options and multidisciplinary collaboration.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON American Medical AssociationIf one word defined how hospital and health system CEOs talked about their organizations in 2026, it was efficiency. Pete November, president and CEO of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, framed efficiency as the balance point between growth and stability.
VIEW THIS ARTICLE ON Becker's Hospital ReviewBenjamin Peeler, MD, has spent decades saving children's hearts. And he's not done yet. As chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and co-director of the Congenital Heart Center at Ochsner Children's Hospital, Dr. Peeler has witnessed one of medicine's most remarkable transformations. In the 1950s, a child born with a congenital heart defect had a 25% chance of surviving one year. Today, that number is about 95%.
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