Ochsner Health System is a not-for-profit health care

Health care

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 provider based in south-East Louisiana

Louisiana

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. Its flagship hospital

Hospital

A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

 is Ochsner Medical Center

Ochsner Medical Center

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. As the flagship of the Ochsner Health System, it was founded by Dr. Alton Ochsner,...

, located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans. The seat of parish government is Gretna....

 a short distance from the New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

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 city limits. Ochsner Health System also has various other clinics and medical centers in Greater New Orleans, Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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, and other locations across South Louisiana.

Ochsner was founded by Dr. Alton Ochsner

Alton Ochsner

Alton Ochsner was a surgeon and medical researcher who worked at Tulane University and other New Orleans hospitals before he established his own world-renowned The Ochsner Clinic, now known as Ochsner Foundation Hospital...

.

In July 2006, Ochsner announced it would be purchasing Memorial Medical Center

Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans

Ochsner Baptist Medical Center is a hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. The complex of hospital buildings is located on Napoleon Avenue in Uptown New Orleans.- History :...

, Meadowcrest Hospital

Meadowcrest Hospital

Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank is a hospital in Gretna, Louisiana.The 107 bed hospital opened in 1984 as Meadowcrest Hospital, and was run by Tenet Healthcare. Following Ochsner Health System's acquisition in 2006, the hospital changed to its current name....

, and Kenner Regional Medical Center from Tenet Healthcare Corporation.

The Ochsner Health System maintains the following hospitals

• Ochsner Baptist Medical Center (formerly Memorial Medical Center)
• Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner
  Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner
  Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner is a hospital in Kenner, Louisiana.The 170-bed hospital opened in 1985 as St. Jude Hospital and then later renamed Kenner Regional Medical Center, and was run by Tenet Healthcare. Following Ochsner Health System's acquisition in 2006, the hospital changed to its...
  
   (formerly Kenner Regional Medical Center)
• Ochsner Hospital - Elmwood
• Ochsner Medical Center - Westbank (formerly Meadowcrest Hospital)
• Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge (formerly Summit Hospital)
• Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital
• Ochsner Medical Center
  Ochsner Medical Center
  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. As the flagship of the Ochsner Health System, it was founded by Dr. Alton Ochsner,...
  
  
• Ochsner Medical Center-Northshore