Public Relations Contacts
New Orleans - Bayou Regions:
Stafford Scott Maestri: stmaestri@ochsner.org, 504-842-9143
Giselle Hecker: ghecker@ochsner.org, 504-842-9219
Baton Rouge - North Shore Region:
Shelly Dupre, Impact Management Group: shelly@impactmanagement.com, 225-819-1540
Media Inquiries
In compliance with Federal HIPAA regulations, and out of respect for patients and their families, Ochsner Health System cannot comment on current or previous patients.
Subscribe to the Ochsner Health System News RSS Feed
Ochsner Supports New Orleans Elderly Population with PACE Program
Program Focus is All-inclusive Care for the Elderly
NEW ORLEANS - Ochsner is committed to keeping PACE with the elderly community in New Orleans. On Tuesday, September 4, the site of the former St. Cecilia Church in the Bywater district opened as a revolutionary day care center for the elderly. Ochsner Health System has committed to serving as the program's healthcare partner providing specialty medical services and hospitalization at Ochsner Medical Center on Jefferson Highway. New Orleans' Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE, is unique to Louisiana. This program is…
Ochsner Baptist Donates Computers to New Orleans Charter School
Ochsner and Junior League of New Orleans Supply 18 Computers to S.J. Green Charter Elementary School
NEW ORLEANS - As Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, 2700 Napoleon Ave., continues to revitalize its uptown campus, it's reaching out to the community it serves. Ochsner Baptist has joined with the Junior League of New Orleans (JLNO) to donate 18 refurbished computers from its Katrina-damaged facility to Samuel J. Green Charter Elementary School in Uptown New Orleans. Ochsner supplied the computer hardware and JLNO donated the software for all 18 computers, allowing the project to come full circle. The first of the DELL computers will…
Ochsner Baptist Finalizes Phase II of Campus Vision
Hospital Opens Critical Care Unit and Imaging Suite
NEW ORLEANS - On Wednesday, September 5, 2007, Ochsner Baptist Medical Center took another large step forward in achieving its two-year vision to revitalize the uptown New Orleans campus by adding more in-patient beds and opening both a Critical Care Unit and an Imaging Suite. "At this time, Ochsner Baptist offers a full range of medical services, and with the completion of our Critical Care Unit the facility is now capable of handling virtually all medical and surgical cases, with the exception of trauma, open…
Ochsner to Provide Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Baton Rouge, LA - In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge will offer free prostate cancer screenings on September 12, 2007 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Participants should report to the hospital cafeteria. Appointments are required to participate and can be made by calling 1-866-OCHSNER. According to the Prostate Cancer Education Council, every three minutes a man finds out he has prostate cancer --- the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men. More than 218,890 cases are…
Ochsner Cardiologists Show Impact of Cardiac Rehab and Exercise Training on Depression, Mortality
NEW ORLEANS - Coronary heart disease may be the world's leading cause of death, but much of the damage is done by a silent killer we don't often consider: depression. Depression has been shown to have detrimental effects on millions of heart disease survivors every year, and is associated with a high mortality rate. In a study published in the September 2007 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, two Ochsner cardiologists, Drs. Richard V. Milani and Chip Lavie, show just how significant the benefits…
Ochsner Awarded Research Grant for Lymphoma Treatment
NEW ORLEANS - Ochsner Health System has received a research grant from the National Institutes of Health awarded to Dr. Yong Sung Choi, MD, for research in B Cell Lymphoma Therapy for cancer patients. The grant will be for $1.6 million over the next five years. Dr. Choi's research is designed to gain a better perceptive on this new therapy. "B-cells, a type of lymphocyte, defend the body against bacterial infection and other illness, explains Dr. Choi. "These cells can become malignant and, in this…
Ochsner Unveils Vision for Baptist Campus
Plans Include Additional Hospital Beds, Expanded Surgical Capabilities, Imaging Center, Women's Radiology Services
NEW ORLEANS - Following 10 months of planning and assessing the extensive damage at Baptist Medical Center, Ochsner has unveiled a phased, two-year plan for the continued re-opening and service expansion of its uptown New Orleans hospital at 2700 Napoleon Avenue. Immediate changes planned for the campus include additional hospital beds and a new imaging suite, a critical unit. Since September 25, 2006, Ochsner Baptist Medical Center has been operating a 10-bed surgical hospital. "The Ochsner Baptist campus will continue as it did historically to…
Ochsner Physicians Highlighted As “Top Doctors” in New Orleans Magazine
NEW ORLEANS Ochsner Health System physicians have claimed 100 of the 350 spots in New Orleans Magazines Top Doctors list for 2007, which hit the newsstands today. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Top Doctors issue, which is obtained from an independent company, Best Doctors of America, who survey physicians nationwide by asking "who would they use or recommend to a family member if they needed a doctor in a particular specialty." Ochsner physicians featured in the August 2007 issue by specialty include:…
Ochsner Blood Bank Appeals for Blood Donations From Metro Area Communities
Donations are slowest in summer months
NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Ochsner Blood Bank is asking all eligible blood donors to respond to an urgent need for blood donations. All blood types are needed to meet the growing blood needs of our expanding health system, especially during these summer months when people are less likely to donate. Community support through blood donation is critical as there is less than a one day supply of several crucial blood types for our patients. If you meet the following criteria you may be eligible…
Ochsner Named 2007 Most Wired Hospital
Most Wired Hospitals Lead the Industry in Consumer-Directed Health Care
NEW ORLEANS Ochsner Health System has been named one of the nations Most Wired, according to the results of the 2007 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released today in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, which has named the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems since 1999. Ochsner has been listed for the last four years. Hospitals & Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association, released its annual list of the "100 most wired hospitals and health systems"…
