As a teaching hospital, Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics is a top choice for quality healthcare, offering a wide range of medical services and experience. Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics is committed to providing the best care to our patients. We welcome patients in the Lafayette area who are uninsured, under-insured or those with private insurance.

Why choose Ochsner University Hospital?

Ochsner University Hospital is your choice for great care. We're building a healthier community while delivering quality care to the patients. We are a full-service academic hospital with multiple specialties and subspecialties. Our board-certified medical staff work alongside our physicians, sharing expertise and experiences to develop an individualized plan of care for our patients.

While we are training our future physicians, patients benefit in several ways:

• Teaching hospitals are well known for improving their communities' health.
• The academic setting encourages a team approach to patient care.
• Highly trained medical staff teaching future generations of healthcare providers.

As part of Ochsner Health, patients benefit from access to the system’s vast network of physicians and resources, including innovative digital medicine and telehealth tools.

Certified Medicaid Application Center: Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics is a certified Medicaid Application Center. No appointment is necessary for Medicaid applications. The application center is located in building 7 at Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics and is open Monday to Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m. For more information, call 337-261-6723 or 337-261-6721.

Hospital visiting hours: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
ICU visiting hours: 9 a.m.- 10 a.m., 1 p.m.- 2 p.m., 5 p.m.- 6 p.m.

Chapel hours: First Friday of the month at 11:30 a.m. in classroom 3E

Ash Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. in classroom 3E

Visitor guidelines: One visitor, 18 years or older, per patient is allowed to stay overnight. Children under age 12 may visit in patient rooms with adult supervision. It is asked that the adult supervisor ensure that the visiting children do not disturb other patients. No more than two visitors may occupy a patient’s room at one time.

Our Services

Since Ochsner Lafayette General took over management of Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics in June 2013, several services and clinics were added and reinstated. The hospital saw an increase in the number of operating rooms and a fully renovated emergency department. Cardiology services were enhanced through a partnership with Cardiovascular Institute of the South, and outpatient diabetes nutrition education classes are also held on a monthly basis.

Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics offer a wide variety of services and specialties to serve the Lafayette area and its surrounding communities, including:

24-Hour Emergency Department

The Emergency Room (ER) at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics is a newly remodeled and expanded facility offering state-of-the-art equipment and emergency expertise. We maintain a 20-bed, 24-hour emergency department and are able to provide the treatment necessary to stabilize patients of all ages in an emergency situation. If a higher level of care is required, we will transfer to the most appropriate facility.

Ancillary services such as laboratory, CT, X-ray, ultrasound and respiratory therapy are also available 24 hours a day. We take pride in customer service and in providing a positive healing environment. Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics received Press Ganey’s prestigious Guardian of Excellence Award in Patient Experience.

Audiology

A variety of audiology services are available to patients at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics, including Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing, hearing evaluations, middle ear analysis, vestibular testing, otoacoustic emission testing, medicaid pediatric hearing aids, in-house swim molds and cochlear fittings. An order from your physician is required for all tests. Testing is available Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Please call 337-261-6424 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Stress Lab

• EKG
  
• Holter monitoring
• Stress testing

Testing is available Monday to Friday, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 337-261-6258.

Outpatient Lab

Services are available Monday to Friday, 6 a.m.- 4 p.m. For more information, or to schedule appointment, call 337-261-6212.

Outpatient Nutrition Services

Services include individual nutrition assessments and group nutrition education classes by a team of licensed and registered dietitians for improving overall health and nutrition management of chronic diseases. A physician referral is required for services. Open Monday to Friday by appointment only. For more information, or to schedule a appointment, call 337-261-6113.

Outpatient Pharmacy

Prescription processing and medication therapy management are available. We accept most commercial plans, most Medicare plans, and all Louisiana Medicaid plans. Patient assistance is available for uninsured, qualifying patients to obtain their medications.

The pharmacy is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, call 337-261-6235.

Radiology

Our radiology department offers X-ray, MRI, nuclear medicine, ultrasound/echocardiogram, CT, interventional radiology, mammography and bone density scan. For more information, call 337-261-6767.

Respiratory Therapy

Services include pulmonary lab, electroencephalogram, sleep lab and bronchoscopy. For more information, call 337-261-6260.

Therapy

We offer pediatric occupational therapy that identifies problems and improves a child's independence and participation of daily skills. Our speech therapy program addresses speech, language, social and swallowing or feeding disorders in children and adults. A physician order is required for all services. For more information, call 337-261-6710.

Smoking Cessation

The Louisiana Tobacco Control Initiative provides free, evidence-based smoking cessation services at University Hospital & Clinics. We offer several options for patients and employees, including:

• Individual face-to-face behavioral counseling; sessions upon request
• Group behavioral counseling; classes held several times a month, call the number below to register
• Referral to the state's Quitline for free telephone or web-based counseling
• Referral to the Louisiana Smoking Cessation Trust program for free counseling and medication
• Assistance with obtaining a prescription for cessation medication from a person's primary care doctor to help them quit

To qualify for the free Louisiana Smoking Cessation Trust program, a person must have started smoking before Sept. 1, 1988 and be a Louisiana resident. Check out more information about the LA-TCI, or you may contact your TCI Cessation Specialist directly using the information below:

Email: naugus@lsuhsc.edu
Monday - Friday: 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
337-261-8541

University Hospital Clinics

Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics offers the following clinics:

• Breast Clinic
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6580
• Cardiology
  Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  Friday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
  337-261-6747
• Diabetes Education
  Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6480
  
• Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)
  (Accepts Medicaid)
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  Phone: 337-261-6415
  Fax: 337-261- 6416
• Endocrinology
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6480
• Family Medicine
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6655
• Gastroenterology
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6759
• General Surgery
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. -4 p.m.
  337-261-6580

• Infectious Disease
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6480
  
• Internal Medicine
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6100
  
• Lung Mass Clinic
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6759
  
• Neurology
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6759
  
• Oncology Clinic
  Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
  337-261-6545
  
• Oncology Infusion
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
  337-261-6545
  
• Ophthalmology (located off campus)
  Monday-Friday,7 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
  337-262-2500
  
• Orthopedics
  Sports Medicine / Concussion Clinic
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6038
  
• Pediatrics (located off campus)
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-703-3660
  
• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  May include: breast reconstruction, breast reduction, panniculectomy, hand trauma
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6580
  
• Pulmonology
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6759
  
• Renal Clinic
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6759
  
• Rheumatology
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6759
  
• Urgent Care Walk-In Clinic (accepts Medicaid)
  Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.- 9 p.m.
  Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.- 7 p.m.
  337-261-6195
  
• Urogynecology
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6584
  
• Urology
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6580
  
• Women's Health
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  Phone: 337-261-6584
  Fax: 337-261-6147
  
• Wound Care
  Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.
  337-261-6580

Training Our Future Physicians

Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics houses four hospital-based LSU Health Graduate Medical Education programs that provide primary care and acute care services to the patients of the Lafayette area. The LSU Family Medicine and LSU Internal Medicine residency programs serve the inpatient setting and outpatient clinics with highly dedicated medical staff faculty. We also have two hospital-based LSU fellowship programs that require an additional year of training: geriatrics and sports medicine.

While our Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Sports Medicine and Geriatric Fellowship programs are home to nearly 60 residents/fellows, we also have approximately 25 additional residents and fellows that rotate at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics. These residents and fellows join us from their respective LSU Health Sciences hospital-based programs and while learning from our expansive pathology and phenomenal physician teaching faculty, they become part of our medical community. They rotate from two to four months within the following areas:

• Surgery
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Otolaryngology
• Cardiology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics

We are a teaching site to a host of medical students that come to us from cities all across Louisiana, Mississippi and beyond.

Advantages of a Teaching Hospital:

• Teaching hospitals are well known for improving the health of the communities they serve.
• The academic setting encourages a team approach to patient care.
• Highly trained medical staff teaching future generations of healthcare providers for years to come.