Ochsner Medical Center: Investing in a healthier Baton Rouge

(From left) Stephen Pepitone, CFO/COO; Amy Rabalais, MD, Vice President, Medical Affairs; Charles D. Daigle, CEO Baton Rouge and Lake Charles Region; and Scott Mabry, COO

In 1942, Alton Ochsner led a group of five New Orleans physicians in forming Ochsner Clinic. More than 80 years later, Ochsner Health is the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in the Gulf South with more than 4,900 employed and affiliated physicians at 46 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers.

AT A GLANCE

Top executives: Chuck Daigle, CEO; Tim Riddell, MD, Chief Medical Officer; Scott Mabry, COO; Stephen Pepitone, COO

Phone: 225.752.2470

Address: 17000 Medical Center Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70816

Website: ochsner.org

Its Baton Rouge-area footprint covers 30 locations, anchored by Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge on O’Neal Lane near Interstate 12. In addition to urgent care and health clinics throughout East Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston and Iberville parishes, Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove near the Mall of Louisiana is also home to the Shaquille O’Neal Pediatric Super Clinic—a partnership finalized with the basketball legend in late 2023.

After a robust expansion in the Baton Rouge area over the past 15 years, Regional CEO Chuck Daigle is leading his team on the next round of growth. He describes it as a strategic plan crafted specifically to meet the population’s needs in the coming years.

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