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Recognizing Excellence at Our Lady of the Lake Health

Clinical Excellence and Innovation

Our Lady of the Lake Health stands as a beacon of innovation and care in the Greater Baton Rouge area, consistently recognized for its leadership in medical education and clinical excellence.

Recent Honors

Comprehensive Stroke Center as recognized by the Joint Commission

As the first and only hospital in the Baton Rouge region with a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the world-class team of experts at Our Lady of the Lake Heart & Vascular Institute leads in providing comprehensive stroke prevention, complex treatment and recovery care.

Accredited by the American College of Surgeons & Commission on Cancer

Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute announced today that it has received reaccreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program. Our Lady of the Lake first received accreditation in 1990.

One of only eight St. Jude affiliate clinics in the nation

Our Lady of the Lake Children's Health is a proven leader in providing for the specialty needs of children throughout Louisiana. Our network of more than 300 providers offers greater access to advanced healthcare so your child can receive the care they need close to home.

More Awards and Accolades

Cardiac
- American College of Cardiology’s Chest Pain Center Accreditation
- Get with the Guidelines – Gold Plus – Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Aortic Center of Excellence
- TVT Valve Certification
- First ECMO Program in the Region
- First to have PFA system for Afib
- Market leader for high-level heart and vascular care
- First facility in Louisiana to receive the American College of Cardiology’s Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Accreditation
- Performed region’s first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) in 2013
- Heart Failure Accreditation
- Home to one of the largest structural heart programs in the region
- First facility in the state to offer the Pascal Precision System
Neurology/Stroke
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Checkmark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers
- Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus
- Best Neurological Hospitals by Newsweek 2024
Oncology
- Best Cancer Hospital by Newsweek 2024
- Commission on Cancer Reaccreditation
- World-class Hematologic Malignancy Cell Therapy Program implemented in October 2024
- QOPI Recertification in 2023
- 1000th Ion Procedure performed in Summer 2024; 1 of only 10 in the country
- Premier Treatment Center for Broncoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR) Procedures
- Only provider of stem cell transplants in the Baton Rouge region
Women's & Children's
- Only pediatric emergency room in Louisiana staffed 24/7 by physicians certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Level III NICU and Level II PICU
- Area’s only pediatric trauma center, Level II, One of only three in the state
- State’s largest team of pediatric specialists
Other Honors
- Livingston, First freestanding ER in Louisiana
- Area’s only Level I Trauma Center
- Spring 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade “A”
- Largest fleet of surgical robots in Louisiana
- Most advanced robotic surgery program in the state
- First in the country to offer Intellisep, the world’s first rapid sepsis test
- US News & World Report 2021-2023 Best Hospitals Ranking
- Greater Baton Rouge Business Report’s Top 100 Private Companies and Nonprofit Organizations 2024

Recent News

cancer clinical excellence & innovation awards & recognition Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute Awarded Designation as Center of Excellence in Lung Cancer Care

December 12, 2024

awards & recognition clinical excellence & innovation Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Our Lady of the Lake Ascension Health Earn An ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group

December 11, 2024

awards & recognition Our Lady of the Lake Ascension Wound Care Center Earns Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Award

December 04, 2024

awards & recognition leadership Dr. Christopher Trevino Promoted to Colonel in the Louisiana National Guard

December 03, 2024