Ms. Walker was named CEO of Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, effective Sept. 23, according to a system news release shared with Becker’s.
She began her career at Ochsner Medical Center in 2002 and later became COO of ambulatory clinics in 2013. Ms. Walker is the hospital’s first woman CEO, the release said.
Ochsner Health is a 46-hospital system with more than 370 health and urgent care centers.
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