Ciji Boutian, NP, practices hepatology at Ochsner Health. Ciji attended Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, where she received her a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2013. She then worked throughout the New Orleans area as a registered nurse in areas including pediatrics, gastroenterology, and hepatology before attending Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, where she received a Master's of Science in Nursing degree in 2023. Ciji Boutian is board certified as a family nurse practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Chronic Liver Disease Foundation.