Kathy Rive is a nurse practitioner specializing in pediatric otolaryngology at Ochsner Health. She is a native of New Orleans and received her Bachelors degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in December 1999. She later completed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program and received her Masters degree from the University of South Alabama in December 2010. She completed her clinical training at Ochsner Health. Kathy is a board certified pediatric nurse practitioner. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she worked as a registered nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Ochsner for over 10 years. Kathy joined the Pediatric ENT team at Ochsner in January 2014.