Dr. Baumgarten serves at Ochsner’s Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention. She earned her medical degree from LSU and completed her internship and residency at the University of California in Fresno. She completed her infectious diseases fellowship at Ochsner and has been on staff at Ochsner since the summer of 2000. She is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. Dr. Baumgarten is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Her professional interests include preventing infections in hospitalized patients.

School

Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans

Internship

University of California at Fresno

Residency

University of California at Fresno

Fellowship

Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation