Affiliated Hospitals and Other Teaching Facilities

The primary teaching hospital in New Orleans is the University Medical Center of New Orleans. The University Medical Center of New Orleans is in close proximity to the LSU Health Sciences Center Campus. The UMCNO is a privately managed acute care hospital for both public and private patients.

Some residents also rotate to several other hospitals in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette. The affiliated hospitals in the New Orleans area include Children's Hospital, Ochsner Foundation Hospital, West Jefferson Medical Center, Ochsner-Kenner Regional Medical Center, Touro Infirmary, and Veterans Administration Medical Center Clinic. Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center and Women's Hospital are located in Baton Rouge and offer a great variety of rotations and experiences for some LSU programs. Leonard Chabert Medical Center in Houma, University Hospital and Clinics and Lafayette General in Lafayette are also training sites where several New Orleans programs rotate.