1514 Jefferson Hwy  Jefferson, LA 70121
+1 504-842-3000

Ochsner Medical Center, historically also known as Ochsner Clinic, Ochsner Hospital, and Ochsner Foundation Hospital, is a hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana, a short distance from the city limits of New Orleans.

The hospital currently has 473 acute care beds and is completely accredited by the Joint Commission of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO).

It includes acute and sub-acute facilities; centers of excellence Ochsner Cancer Institute, Ochsner Multi-OrganTransplant Center and Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute.

In 2010, it opened a new family birthing center in Baton Rouge.

It has been consistently rated one of the US' best hospitals by US News

The Ochsner Cardiovascular Network offers heart procedures so revolutionary they aren't available anywhere else in the region.  We are the first in the area to offer more effective ways to manage heart failure, non-surgical methods of repairing heart valves and laser technology to remove implanted heart devices. By providing the finest patient care available anywhere, combined with modern and technologically-sophisticated diagnostic and treatment capabilities, we offer a complete and comprehensive approach to the management of cardiovascular disease. It’s no surprise people from all over the world come here for heart care.

Our flagship, the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute (JOHVI) is a comprehensive cardiac and vascular tertiary care center, located at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, with over 40 staff Cardiologists representing a continuum of care unmatched in the Gulf Coast region.

Through ongoing research initiatives, physician training programs and clinical trials, JOHVI continues to set the standard for diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

This quality care can be accessed at multiple locations across Ochsner Health System including locations on the West Bank, in Kenner, on the North Shore, and in the Bayou Region.