Facts
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Ochsner is the only fully integrated multi-specialty group practice in Baton Rouge to include a hospital facility
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Largest area certified nurse midwife program
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Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge received the Gold Level Hospital Quality Award from the Louisiana Health Care Review (LHCR) in 2008 and 2009
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First to post ER wait times online in the Baton Rouge region
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First in the Baton Rouge region to offer gynecological robotic-assisted surgery with the da Vinci® Surgical System
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One of only 23 GYN Epicenter sites in the nation for robotic-assisted surgery
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Now offering general surgery options such as GERD treatment and colon cancer removal with the da Vinci®
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Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge received the Golden GIFT Breastfeeding Award in recognition of its GIFT certification. The Louisiana Maternal and Child Health Coalition and the Louisiana Office of Public Health-Maternal and Child Health Program awards GIFT certification to those birthing centers which demonstrate a commitment to breastfeeding through hospital-wide policies that support, promote and protect breastfeeding as the preferred and normal method of infant feeding.
