Ms. Deynoodt serves as CEO of Ochsner Baptist, a campus of Ochsner Medical Center, where she drives the operational, financial and strategic performance of the 124-bed hospital and manages more than 1,000 physicians and more than 1,200 employees. She assumed the role in fall 2024 after nearly 25 years leading teams across several healthcare organizations, and has been a longstanding champion for the physical and psychological safety of her teams and for efforts to curb workplace violence in healthcare settings. Under her leadership, Ochsner Baptist installed RefleXion, one of a small number of PET-CT guided linear accelerators available in the U.S., and began offering enhanced radiology diagnostic screening for breast cancer patients. The campus’s obstetrics and gynecology service line was ranked No. 13 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-2026, and Ochsner Baptist was named to Newsweek‘s 2025 and 2026 lists of “America’s Best Maternity Hospitals.” In her previous role as CEO of Ochsner Medical Center-West Bank in Gretna, La., Ms. Deynoodt oversaw improvements in inpatient and outpatient quality and added service lines including vascular surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics and gastroenterology, and led that campus to join Ochsner Medical Center–New Orleans as the U.S. News & World Report No. 1 hospital in the state. She was named “Ochsner Management Leader of the Year” in 2008 and a New Orleans CityBusiness “Woman of the Year” honoree in 2023. Ms. Deynoodt is a member of Elevate Louisiana and has served on the boards of 504 HealthNet and Our Community Health.
