Ochsner Health System is a non-profit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare system. Our commitment to patient care, education and research, and our unique coordinated neighborhood-based system that provides healthcare with peace of mind by putting the needs of all patients first.
Ochsner continuously meets the ever-changing needs of our patients and community through electronically-linked hospitals and health centers. Our patient's electronic medical records are available from any Ochsner location allowing for the most consistent patient care, both for routine health needs and more complex medical conditions.
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- Only Gulf South, Medicare-approved transplant center for heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas
- Internationally recognized leader in cardiac care
- Leading research in gastrointestinal diseases, diabetes and hypertension
- Nationally recognized, technology driven ED
- One of six training centers for Robotic Surgery in the world
- One of the largest, non-university based physician training centers in the U.S.
- Over 375 medical residents in 2006
- Over 600 medical student months in 2006
- Over 400 allied health students
- Named in U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals
- Named to the American Hospital Association's "Most Wired" list (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- Named "Best Place to Work" by New Orleans CityBusiness (2005 and 2006)
- AARP's Best Place to Work in 2005, 2006, 2007
Ochsner Health System has grown to become the largest healthcare system in the region with over 8,000 employees, including 600 physicians in 80 medical specialties and subspecialties. Ochsner conducts 700 ongoing clinical research trials annually, and was ranked "The Best Place to Work in New Orleans" in 2005 and 2006.
Ochsner's holdings include seven hospitals total as well as a sub-acute facility and 33 neighborhood health centers throughout South Louisiana; medical centers in Kenner, the West Bank, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Raceland, LA; and its Elmwood Fitness Center, a 20,000-member, state-of-the-art gym/wellness facility.
- Ochsner Medical Center is located near uptown New Orleans and includes acute and sub-acute facilities; centers of excellence Ochsner Cancer Institute, Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center and Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute.
- Ochsner Medical Center for Children, our inpatient facility, and Ochsner Children's Health Center, our ambulatory facility offer comprehensive care for our youngest patients.
- The 158-room Brent House Hotel is located on our campus for the convenience of patient families.
At Ochsner, close collaboration between clinicians and scientists brings medical discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside. Ochsner is a national leader in medical research with 700 ongoing research trials, and 200 annual publications in medical literature. It is one of the largest non-university based physician training centers in the nation with over 375 medical residents, over 600 medical student months, and 400 allied health students in 2006.
In 1939, Dr. Alton Ochsner discovered the link between tobacco and lung cancer. He continued his legacy in 1942 when he, along with four physicians, established Ochsner, the first multi-specialty group practice in the South. |
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