Pediatrics / Ochsner Hospital For Children

At Ochsner Hospital for Children, the only thing tougher than the problems we treat are the kids themselves. We offer a level of pediatric care unmatched in Louisiana for everything from well-child check-ups and immunizations to cancer care and heart transplants. Our capabilities are more advanced than any other children’s hospital in New Orleans. And, as part of Ochsner Health System, the leading health system in the Gulf South, we have received national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety.

Ochsner Hospital for Children Is More Than Just One Hospital

We are:

113-bed children's hospital within a hospital
- 54-bed Level III Regional NICU, the highest level available in Louisiana
- 14-bed Level I Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the highest level available
- 12 bed Pediatric CVICU, the only unit of its kind in the Gulf South
- 33 bed Pediatric Acute Care unit
Conveniently located on the Ochsner Medical Center campus on Jefferson Highway
A special Pediatric ER (Emergency Room)
14 locations throughout Louisiana providing pediatric services

We offer:

More than 120 pediatric physicians, all trained and experienced in health problems specific to children, from birth through adolescence
Advanced specialty care in 30 pediatric specialties and sub-specialties. This is the place to find specialists including: a pediatric gastroenterologist, a pediatric oncologist, a pediatric cardiologist, a pediatric pulmonologist, a pediatric urologist, a pediatric neurologist and more

Our Pediatric Firsts

First and only children’s hospital in the Gulf South to perform pediatric heart transplants and pediatric liver transplants
Fourth hospital in the country to have Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a treatment that uses a pump to circulate blood through an artificial lung before being returned to the blood stream.
First and only hospital in the Gulf South to perform in-utero surgery
First to perform valve replacement surgery

At Ochsner, we pride ourselves on getting not only the big things right, but on doing the little things well. Things like:

Scheduling multiple appointments on the same day so you miss less school or work
Getting test results to the right doctor ahead of your appointment time
Not making our patients and their families wait for appointments

We respect your time and do everything we can to make your healthcare experience go as smoothly as possible.

When you communicate with our team through MyOchsner, you can expect to get an answer back quickly -- within an hour, in most cases.

MyOchsner

When you child is an Ochsner patient, you can use MyOchsner, a secure online tool that will connect you to your child’s physicians, healthcare team, and secure medical records. Using the convenient MyOchsner website or app, you can: