An overhead panoramic perspective of the large Ochsner Medical Center complex featuring multiple interconnected buildings, parking garages, and a nearby river with a bridge in the background.

Take the next step in your medical career at Ochsner Medical Center, the Gulf South's premier academic medical center and the top-ranked hospital in Louisiana for 15 consecutive years. Here, you will train alongside nationally recognized experts across eight centers of excellence, gaining hands-on experience managing complex, high-acuity cases in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. Whether you're driving breakthrough clinical research or delivering compassionate, patient-centered care backed by Magnet-recognized nursing excellence, Ochsner provides the ideal setting to hone your skills, expand your clinical expertise, and shape the future of medicine.

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Daytime street-level perspective of the Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center with tall vertical windows and stone pillars, framed by trees with a full parking lot in the foreground.

Build your clinical confidence and hands-on competence at Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma, Louisiana. Established as a dedicated graduate medical teaching facility, Chabert serves as a vital regional anchor providing essential safety-net care across the Bayou region. While training here, you will gain robust, frontline experience across a wide spectrum of acute and specialty services; including a 24/7 emergency department, dedicated surgical clinics, and comprehensive subspecialty care. Menawhile, you will be working within a collaborative public-private partnership managed by Ochsner Health that prioritizes both community impact and rigorous academic training.

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Why Choose Ochsner?

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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