Timothy Riddell, MD, was named executive vice president and COO of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, the system said Jan. 13.
In this role, Dr. Riddell will oversee clinical operations across Ochsner’s 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers.
A Louisiana native, Dr. Riddell has spent his entire 28-year career at Ochsner, beginning as a family medicine resident in 1997. He most recently served as chief medical officer for several Ochsner regions and led the health system’s Northshore and Mississippi Gulf Coast region as CEO from 2022 to 2024.
During his tenure as regional CEO, he added new service lines and helped establish Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center at St. Tammany Cancer Center, according to the health system.
