Elizabeth Lapeyre, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist at Ochsner Health and medical director for the Menopause and Women’s Wellness Center at Ochsner Baptist and focuses on caring for women throughout their lifespan. She understands the medical concerns and changes that women undergo in perimenopause and menopause and enjoys helping women through these life stages. Dr. Lapeyre’s practice also involves caring for cancer survivors from active treatment to survivorship, and she serves as the system medical director for Integrative Oncology at The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center.

After completing her undergraduate education at the University of Virginia, Dr. Lapeyre obtained her medical degree at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Ochsner Health in 2003. She completed the Duke Leadership Program in Health and Well-Being and is board-certified in integrative medicine. Dr. Lapeyre has been on the faculty at Ochsner since 2003 and served as both the associate program director and the program director for the OB/GYN residency training program.

She is an active member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and has served in leadership roles at the local, district and national levels including the  ACOG Board of Directors. She has also served as an oral board examiner. She is a certified menopause practitioner and a member of the Menopause, as well as the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health and the Integrative Oncology Working Group. She speaks locally, nationally and internationally on women’s health, menopause and cancer survivorship.