Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate.
Educational Experience - Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program
There is weekly protected conference time for didactics and wet labs, and trainees have a structured curriculum to follow provided by the Society of Thoracic Surgery. Fellows actively participate in monthly patient safety conferences in which the outcomes, performance and case volumes are reviewed with the attendance and participation of all faculty. Other conferences are elective and rotation specific, including a combined monthly cardiology/cardiac surgery, a bi-weekly Upper GI, weekly heart and lung selection, thoracic oncology, and adult and pediatric cath conferences, and a thoracic surgery case conference. There is a quarterly Journal club attended by the staff from around the region.
Academic experience is augmented with the pursuit of clinical projects and it is expected that each resident will have the opportunity to present their work at local and national meetings as well as publish in peer-reviewed journals.
Why Choose Ochsner?
Ochsner Health is the leading nonprofit healthcare system in the Gulf South, serving patients across Louisiana, Mississippi, and surrounding regions.
- 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers
- Over 40,000 team members
- Approximately 4,900 employed and affiliated physicians
- Care for 1.6 million patients annually from all 50 states and dozens of countries