Ochsner Welcomes International Patients
Why Travel to Ochsner for Your Care?
International Health Services is the central point of contact for patients traveling to New Orleans to access care at Ochsner Health.
Ochsner Health is innovating healthcare by investing in new technologies and research to make world-class care more accessible, affordable, convenient and effective. Ochsner Health is a national leader, named both the top hospital and the top children’s hospital in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report, as well an international leader in innovation, patient experience and holistic care from a multidisciplinary team of physicians and advanced practice providers.
Our experienced multidisciplinary team provides the most sophisticated procedures and therapies around, including less invasive surgical and nonsurgical treatments and new therapies not offered anywhere else in the region. Additionally, our concierge and convenience services mean you’ll have access to everything you need for a successful healing journey. Our team works to coordinate every aspect of your visit and provide services tailored to the unique needs of our patients. We make a continued effort to better understand our patients’ lifestyles, cultures and health needs, which allows us to deliver care that promotes complete healing and continued wellness.
Since 1942, patients from across the United States and around the world have trusted Ochsner Health for our innovative and holistic approach to medical care. Here, you’ll find more than 1,000 physicians practicing more than 90 specialties and subspecialties in state-of-the-art facilities ranked among the best in the world. That’s why more than 4,000 international patients visit us every year.
When you care about your patients, both near and far, it shows. We look forward to becoming a part of your journey to wellness.

"I am so grateful and full of appreciation to Ochsner Medical Center and their staff. As a health care provider myself, I was really impressed and amazed by the professional and experienced practice and standards this facility holds. I will keep in touch with them through the distance."
- Hagit F., Israel
Ochsner Heart Transplant patient
"Dr. Kelso is a phenomenal doctor. She is an integral doctor that reviews our medical condition with enormous detail. Then my wife and I are guided by her team, Joely and nurse Lillian who are dedicated and thorough, always with care and a smile. They get all the appointments within our time restrictions with all the specialists needed, labs, scans, insurance approval and everything else required to get all the health treatments needed by the best doctors."
- Gustavo D.
Ochsner Health International patient