Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 5:00 PM Update

In response to COVID-19, Ochsner Hospital for Children is rescheduling non-urgent visits, and we will be offering virtual visits instead. For patients with scheduled appointments in the next couple of months, a member of our team will be reaching out to you to see if your appointment qualifies for a virtual visit. During a virtual visit, you and your provider will meet using video on a phone, iPad, tablet or laptop. Your provider can answer any questions you have, address your healthcare needs and may be able to adjust your medications, if needed. If your provider determines that you need to be seen in person and that your visit cannot safely wait until after the COVID-19 events, our team will help you arrange an in-person visit. To learn more about how to complete a virtual visit please visit: ochsner.org/MyChart-virtual-visit. For more information on COVID-19, visit our resource page here.

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.

Why Ochsner for Pediatric Care?

For the third year in a row, Ochsner Hospital for Children has been ranked among the Top 50 Children’s Hospitals in the country for pediatric gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery and pediatric cardiology and heart surgery specialties by U.S. News and World Report. Ochsner Hospital for Children is Louisiana's only ranked children's hospital.

And, as part of Ochsner Health, 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:

• 125-bed children's hospital within a hospital
  • 54-bed Level IV 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
  • ​45-bed Pediatric Acute Care unit
• Conveniently located on the Ochsner Medical Center campus on Jefferson Highway
• A special Pediatric ER (Emergency Room)
• Boh Center: The Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with developmental disorders
  
• 14 locations throughout Louisiana providing pediatric services
  • New Orleans
  • Destrehan
  • River Ridge
  • Covington
  • Slidell
  • Monroe
  • Houma
  • Marrero
  • Raceland
  • Alexandria
  • Opelousas
  • Lafayette
  • McComb, MS
  • Jackson, MS

We offer:

• More than 120 pediatric physicians, all trained and experienced in health problems specific to children, from birth through adolescence. Find a pediatrician.
• 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.
• Quality care with elite level outcomes: Our Congenital Heart Disease program had a 100% survival rate in 2018. Learn more about our patients' high survival rates.