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Liver Transplant Care: One Patient’s Story
Why Liver Transplant Patients Choose Ochsner
Quality and Experience
Shorter Wait Times
Liver transplant patients at Ochsner have significantly shorter wait times than the national median.
Easy Access
Direct flights are available to New Orleans from many areas across the country.
Ochsner’s own fleet of medically equipped helicopters, airplanes and ground vehicles can provide critical care while transporting transplant patients from bedside to bedside.
Critical Care Assistance
Accommodations
Out-of-town transplant patients and family members have a home away from home at the full-service Brent House hotel on the Ochsner campus. Longer-term fully furnished accommodations are available at the Levee Run apartment complex, within walking distance of the hospital.
Medicare-Approved
Ochsner is a Medicare-approved liver transplant program, accepts most insurance carriers for transplant coverage, and is a Center of Excellence for more than a half-dozen insurers.
Patient Services
Collaborative patient services include medical, psychological, social and financial counseling for transplant patients and their families before and after transplants.
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Better Survival Rates
Ochsner's liver transplant survival rates exceed the national average.
Leading Clinical Research
Ochsner’s clinical research includes treating viral hepatitis in a way that allows many patients to avoid liver transplants.
LIVER TRANSPLANTS
237
Ochsner performed a total of 237 liver transplants in 2015 — more than any other center in the nation.
NO. 1
Ochsner has been ranked the best in the country for liver transplant surgery by CareChex for four straight years.
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Jarrius Robertson
Winner of the 2017 Jimmy V Perseverance Award