Ochsner Health
Nonprofit health system and academic medical center founded in 1942, operating 47 hospitals and 370+ care centers in the Gulf South with 40,000+ team members, 4,900 physicians, digital medicine and clinical research programmes.
Ochsner Health is Louisiana's largest nonprofit health system and academic medical center. Founded in 1942 by Dr. Alton Ochsner and four colleagues, it now employs more than 40,000 team members and 4,900 physicians (2024) across 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers in the Gulf South, with its roots in New Orleans. The system cares for 1.6 million patients, drawn from every state in the nation and 63 countries.
The organisation combines multi-specialty clinical practice with academic medicine and research. Its work spans digital medicine, health technology, clinical trials and medical education; it has conducted over 700 clinical trials. Ochsner Digital Medicine, a technology-enabled programme, uses technology to build customised health plans for patients.
Ochsner Health's stated mission is to serve, heal, lead, educate and innovate. Its founding principles emphasise personalised and complete treatment at the highest quality of medical care, and the system favours collaboration among specialists over working in isolation. Careers span hospitals, health and urgent care centres, research and academic medicine across Louisiana and the Gulf South.