Facts

  • Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit carries a Level III regional designation – the highest level awarded by the state of Louisiana.
  • Our nationally-recognized physicians in Ochsner’s Maternal Fetal Medicine Section offer management of pregnancies complicated by various maternal and fetal problems.
  • The Division of Gynecologic Oncology provides patients with access to innovative treatments for advanced and recurrent uterine cancer, endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer.
  • Our Urogynecology Department provides both vaginal and laparoscopic treatment for pelvic prolapse and incontinence.
  • The Ochsner Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is dedicated to clinical research to improve treatments for various obstetrical and gynecologic problems.
  • Publications of our clinical research can be found in many of the top national journals.
  • More than half of the hysterectomies performed by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology are performed laparoscopically.
  • Robotic Surgery at Ochsner represents a significant advancement in gynecological care and treatment for these patients allowing Ochsner surgeons the ability to offer the benefits of minimally-invasive surgery to a broader range of patients.
  • Ochsner’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program is responsible for educating and training many of the OB/GYN’s across the country. 
  • Several of our nurses in the Labor and Delivery Section and the Women’s Wing have had the prestigious honor of being named “Great 100 Nurses.”
  • Ochsner’s Lactation Department offers new mothers guidance and direction in breast feeding their new born infant. They provide this service immediately after delivery and even when patients have gone home after delivery.