Dr. Baumgarten currently serves at Ochsners Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention for Ochsner Health since 2008, during which time she been involved in preventing transmissible diseases in the Ochsner System and our community. Over the past two years, she has been key in managing Ochsner Heaths response to Covid-19. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, practices related to vaccination, prevention, mitigation, diagnosis and testing and treatment of Covid-19. Her efforts have reached not only patients at Ochsner Health but also members of the larger community; Dr. Baumgarten has provided expertise to businesses and schools throughout the region. She has appeared in many interviews and presented to many intramural and extramural audiences. Dr. Baumgarten 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 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.

Medical Education

Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Field of Study: Infectious Disease

Residency

University of California,S.F. Scl of Med
Field of Study: Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Ochsner Clinic Foundation - GME Office
Field of Study: Infectious Disease