The announcement of the Xavier-Ochsner College of Medicine, set to increase physician diversity and drive excellence in medicine.
Ochsner’s extension of a partnership with The University of Queensland to continue to train medical students within the UQ-Ochsner Doctor of Medicine Program.
The establishment of the St. Tammany Health System/Ochsner Family Medicine Residency Program.
Continuation of the Ochsner Scholar program for aspiring nurses and physicians, which is accepting 100 nurses and 10 physicians in the next cohort.
The launch of Discovery Schools’ statewide hybrid virtual program for 5th to 8th grade students – Discovery Fusian Health Sciences Academy.

Ochsner Education Outreach celebrated 23 Kenner Discovery students in a culmination ceremony for completing their 10-week internships at Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner. Eighteen of the students completed their Medical Assistant certification, and four of them were hired as Medical Assistants at OMC-Kenner.
Through the Ready Set Read program at Discovery Schools, Ochsner volunteers helped realize a 97% success rate in students reading at or above grade level in one year.
The second annual The Big Health Event, a health expo held by The Urban League of Louisiana and sponsored by Ochsner, in Baton Rouge. The event featured STEM classes for families, healthy cooking demonstrations, free public health screenings and more.
Louisiana legislation mandating comprehensive smoking cessation coverage including individual and group counseling and pharmacotherapy by all payors, as well as a smoking cessation program that helped nearly 100,000 community members quit.


About Ochsner Health
Ochsner Health is an integrated healthcare system with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate. Celebrating more than 80 years of service, it leads nationally in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, liver and kidney transplants and pediatrics, among other areas. Ochsner is consistently named both the top hospital and top children’s hospital in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report. The not-for-profit organization is inspiring healthier lives and stronger communities through its Healthy State initiative, a bold and collaborative plan to realize a healthier Louisiana. Its focus is on preventing diseases and providing patient-centered care that is accessible, affordable, convenient and effective. Ochsner Health pioneers new treatments, deploys emerging technologies and performs groundbreaking research, including 4,000 patients enrolled in 685 clinical studies in 2022. It has more than 37,000 employees and over 4,700 employed and affiliated physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties. It operates 46 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Gulf South; and its cutting-edge Connected Health digital medicine program is caring for patients beyond its walls. In 2022, Ochsner Health treated more than 1.4 million people from every state and 62 countries. As Louisiana’s top healthcare educator of physicians, Ochsner Health and its partners educate thousands of healthcare professionals annually.

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