Becker's Healthcare April 29, 2024
Leonardo Seoane, MD, Ochsner Health executive vice president and chief academic officer, will serve as the founding dean of New Orleans-based Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine.
The college is a partnership between Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana, both based in New Orleans. The partnership aims to build a physician pipeline and improve health and educational equity; Xavier University of Louisiana is a historically Black university.
Dr. Seoane’s appointment follows February votes from Xavier University of Louisiana board of trustees and the Ochsner Health board of directors to form the medical school, according to an April news release from Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine.
The new medical school’s founding board of directors was also named April 29...
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