OCHSNER HEALTH
Healthcare Communication
Ragusa is a communications consultant for Ochsner Health, an integrated healthcare system serving the Gulf South. It leads nationally in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, liver and heart transplants, and pediatrics, among other areas. Ochsner is consistently named both the top hospital and top children’s hospital in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report.
Ochsner Health pioneers new treatments, deploys emerging technologies and performs groundbreaking research, including over 700 clinical studies. It has more than 36,000 employees and over 4,600 employed and affiliated physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties. It operates 40 hospitals and more than 300 health and urgent care centers across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Gulf South; and its cutting-edge Connected Health digital medicine program is caring for patients beyond its walls. In 2021, Ochsner Health treated more than 1 million people from every state and 75 countries. As Louisiana’s top healthcare educator, Ochsner Health and its partners educate thousands of healthcare professionals annually.
Ragusa assists Ochsner with messaging strategy, media relations, and added capacity, especially throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and during natural disasters.