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Tulane Medical Center

Tulane Hospital is owned by HCA, and in a partnership with the Tulane Medical School and Tulane University, provides full service coverage ranging from indigent health care to referral-based care to the highest level of technologic services. The average admissions per night is 14, and admissions cover all subspecialty areas. There are no subspecialty services and no patients managed by private physicians, so all admissions go to the general medical ward team. 

Quick Facts:

  • Founded: 1834
  • Current location built: 1976
  • Number of Inpatient Beds: 235
  • EHR: Meditech

Special Features:

  • Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
  • Hepatobiliary Transplant Program (Kidney, Liver, Pancreas)
  • Comprehensive Stroke Center (only two in Louisiana)
  • Cystic Fibrosis Center

Resident Favorites:

  • Swankiest call rooms
  • Best parking
  • Best coffee shop
  • Food trucks!
  • Proximity to medical school resources

Website: www.tulanehealthcare.com
Address: 1415 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-988-5800

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University Medical Center

Charity Hospital was founded in 1737: fifty years before our country. It is the longest continually running public hospital in the country. It will be there long after we have all come and gone. Tulane’s involvement with staffing the Charity wards dates back to 1834. Almost since it’s inception, Charity and Tulane have been partners in delivering healthcare to the underserved.

Quick Facts:

  • Founded: 1736. See our page Charity Hospital 
  • Current location built: 2015
  • Number of beds: 446
  • EHR: Epic

Special Features:

  • Region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center
  • Burn Unit
  • Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit
  • Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center
  • Homeless Patient Liaison Service
  • Emeritus Service for patients awaiting placement
  • Shared with LSU

Resident Favorites:

  • Most computers per capita
  • Most money for food (meal cards!)
  • Best resident lounge area with unlimited coffee, soda, water
  • Fro-yo on site, best cafeteria with rotating menu
  • Beautiful artwork: 1% of the $1.1 billion budget was allocated to commission local New Orleans Artists.

Website: www.umcno.org
Address: 2000 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-702-3000

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Veterans' Affairs Hospital 

The VA Hospital is a new hospital facility located within blocks of Tulane. It serves as the referral location for all VA admissions in the area, ranging from Western to Mississippi to Eastern Texas. It provides full service coverage ranging from general medicine to subspecialty care. The average admissions per night is eight, and admissions cover all subspecialty areas. There are no subspecialty services and no patients managed by private physicians; all admissions go to the general medical ward team.

Quick Facts:

  • Founded: 1946
  • Current location built: 2016
  • Number of inpatient beds: 200
  • EHR: CPRS

Special Features:

  • Created with veteran input
  • On site Skilled Nursing Facility (CLC)
  • ADL houses on site
  • Hospital at Home Program (unique to this region)
  • Video programming at the bedside

Resident Favorites:

  • Best employee gym
  • Best stocked snack room
  • Phenomenal resources and social workers
  • Best work room

Website: www.neworleans.va.gov
Address: 119 S Galvez St., New Orleans, LA 70119

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