The Ochsner Cancer Institute at Ochsner Clinic Foundation is part of the Ochsner Health System.with a mesothelioma paralegal

"In 1939, Dr. Alton Ochsner discovered the link between tobacco and lung cancer. He continued his legacy in 1942 when he, along with four physicians, established Ochsner, the first multi-specialty group practice in the South." The Ochsner Health System is a nonprofit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system consisting of more than 8,000 employees, including 600 physicians in 80 medical specialties and subspecialties. Ochsner also consists of seven hospitals and a sub-acute facility as well as 33 neighborhood health centers throughout the state of Louisiana. Ochsner Health System conducts 700 ongoing clinical research trials each year, and it is the only Gulf South, Medicare-approved transplant center for heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas.

Ochsner Cancer Institute at Ochsner Clinic Foundation is a world-renowned cancer center, treating more than 2,000 new cancer patients each year, and they have diagnosed just about every type of cancer - including mesothelioma. Ochsner Cancer Institute patients are from all different areas of the map ranging from Central and South America to the Gulf South and of course, to the U.S.