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Ochsner Health System

Company Overview

Ochsner Health System is a non-profit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system dedicated to patient care, research and education. The system includes seven hospitals and over 35 health centers located throughout Southeast Louisiana. Ochsner employs more than 750 physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties and more than 300 clinical research trials annually. Ochsner was ranked one of the "Best Places to Work" by New Orleans CityBusiness in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and received the Consumer Choice for Healthcare in New Orleans for 12 consecutive years. Ochsner was ranked as "Best" Hospital by U.S. News and World Report in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) in 2007 and as one of the 50 "Best Hospitals in America" in Heart & Heart Surgery, Urology and ENT in 2009. Ochsner has more than 11,000 employees system-wide.
At Ochsner, close collaboration between clinicians and scientists brings medical discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside.

Ochsner is a national leader in medical research with more than 300 ongoing research trials and 200 annual publications in medical literature. It is one of the largest non-university based physician training centers in the nation with over 375 medical residents, over 600 medical student months, and 400 allied health students annually.

Company History

n 1939, Dr. Alton Ochsner discovered the link between tobacco and lung cancer. He continued his legacy in 1942 when he, along with four physicians - Guy Caldwell, Edgar Burns, Francis LeJeune and Curtis Tyrone, established Ochsner, the first multi-specialty group practice in the South. Today, Ochsner has grown to be the largest private healthcare system in the region, with 7 hospitals and more than 35 neighborhood health centers throughout southeast Louisiana.

With medical centers in Kenner, the West Bank, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Raceland along with 4 Elmwood Fitness Centers - our state-of-the-art gyms and wellness facilities - Ochsner is dedicated to serving its community.

Notable Accomplishments / Recognition

  • The only New Orleans-area hospital honored as one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News and World Report, singled out from more than 5,000 U.S. hospitals for our exceptional medical care.
  • We were listed as one of the nation's 50 best in the ear, nose and throat category.
  • Recognized as one of the nation's "Most Wired" in Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, an honor Ochsner earned each of the past four years.
  • Named as a "Consumer Choice Award" winner in the National Research Corporation's Healthcare Market Guide.
  • New Orleans residents have chosen Ochsner for this honor for 12 consecutive years.
  • Selected as one of AARP's "Best Employers for Workers Over 50" for the third straight year. Ochsner is now ranked by AARP as No. 37 in the nation.
  • Named one of the "Best Places to Work" in New Orleans by CityBusiness newspaper for the third consecutive year.
  • Honored with important industry recognition for our two top executives. Ochsner Chief Executive Officer Dr. Patrick Quinlan was named the No. 1 most-powerful physician executive in the nation by Modern Physician magazine.
  • Chief Operating Officer and President Warner Thomas was included for the second time by Modern Healthcare magazine's "Up and Comer" yearbook edition for his leadership during Hurricane Katrina.

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