Ochsner Health partnering with MD Anderson to create cancer center in Louisiana

Ochsner Health and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are partnering together to create the Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center in South Louisiana. Ochsner Health is now just one of seven MD Anderson partners in the country and will be the only one in the state of Louisiana. Ochsner MD Anderson patients in Louisiana will receive care based on the same protocols and practice standards that are provided at MD Anderson in Houston. As a part of the partnership, Ochsner is co-branding its seven cancer centers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge as Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Centers.

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Mike Hulefeld, president and COO of Ochsner Health, said in the news release, “As the state’s leader in cancer care, we’re proud to partner with one of the global leaders in cancer care to provide a full continuum of services close to home for our patients. Beyond MD Anderson’s accolades and top national rankings, its clinicians and researchers advance innovative therapies through clinical trials several years before they become standard practice. Now, our patients will benefit from this expanded breadth of experience and therapies in Louisiana.”

There are seven facilities that are incorporated within the Ochsner MD Anderson partnership span throughout New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Covington area. They include The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center at Ochsner Medical Center, Ochsner Baptist in New Orleans, Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner and the West Bank, Ochsner Cancer Center in Baton Rouge, Ochsner Medical Complex, The Grove in Baton Rouge and St. Tammany Cancer Center, a campus of Ochsner Medical Center.

Future plans include establishing additional facilities throughout Louisiana.