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Leonardo Seoane, MD, FACP

Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Ochsner Health

Professor of Medicine
University of Queensland School of Medicine

W. Mark Roberts, MD, MMM

Dean of Research
504-842-3314
william.roberts@ochsner.org

Randy Langford, CPA

Chief Financial Officer of Academics
504-842-2812
rlangford@ochsner.org

Alex Griffith

Director - Controller
504-842-0293
alex.griffith@ochsner.org

Nick Duesbery, PhD

Assistant Vice President of Research
504-842-3316
nicholas.duesbery@ochsner.org

  • Ochsner Center for Outcomes Research
  • Biorepository

Mark B. Effron, MD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP

Executive Chair for Ochsner Institutional Review Board
504-842-2421
mark.effron@ochsner.org

Eboni G. Price-Haywood, MD, MPH, FACP

System Medical Director, Healthy State
Medical Director, Ochsner Xavier Institute for Health Equity and Research
Professor, Ochsner Clinical School - University of Queensland

eboni.pricehaywood@ochsner.org

Daniela Radu, LL.B, MA, MS

Director, Human Research Protection Program
504-842-3536
daniela.radu@ochsner.org

Beth Kettenring

Director, Research Finance Operations
504-842-4685
osp@ochsner.org

Amanda McNeil

Manager - Accounting, Research Finance Operations
504-842-8486
amanda.mcneil@ochsner.org

Stephanie B. Morgan

Manager - Accounting
504-842-1056
stephanie.morgan@ochsner.org

Wendy Chriss, MBA-HCM

Director, Clinical Research
wendy.chriss@ochsner.org

  • Oncology
  • Transplant/Hepatology
  • Precision Cancer Therapies Program (PCTP)
  • Core Research Lab
Ansley Hammons

Director, Clinical Research
504-842-6526
ahammons@ochsner.org

  • Medicine Multispecialty
  • Surgical Multispecialty
  • Women’s Health
Johanna Veal, BS, BSN-RN, CCRP

Director, Clinical Research
225-761-5607
jveal@ochsner.org

  • Regional Areas
Nicole R. Villemarette-Pittman, PhD

Director, Clinical Research
Director, Clinical Research Internship
Associate Professor (Hon), UQ Medical School

504-703-4721
nicole.villemarettepittman@ochsner.org

  • Cardiology
  • Ochsner BioDesign Lab
  • Neurosciences
    • Neurology
    • Neurosurgery
    • Psychiatry
Ken Bode

Manager, Central Regulatory
504-842-1936
ken.bode@ochsner.org

Melyssa Bratton, PhD, QBRS

Manager, Biorepository and Core Research Lab
504-842-8197
melyssa.bratton@ochsner.org

Maria Gloth

Manager, Clinical Trials Unit and Multispecialty
GI, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology, Radiology

504-842-2417
mgloth@ochsner.org

Elsa Levenes, RN

Manager, Neuroscience Center of Excellence
504-842-5793
elsa.levenes@ochsner.org

Maria Latsis

Manager, Multi-Specialty Clinical Research
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Infectious Disease, Sports Medicine, Urology

504-842-3115
mlatsis@ochsner.org

Narquis Barak, MS

Supervisor, Clinical Research
Infectious Disease &Vaccine Studies

narquis.barak@ochsner.org

DeAnna Broussard

Supervisor, Education
Supervisor, Clinical Research Internship

deanna.broussard@ochsner.org

Sharrell Brown

Supervisor, Data Coordinator
504-842-4472
sharrell.brown@ochsner.org

Sarah Geiger

Supervisor, Regulatory
504-894-2861
sarah.geiger@ochsner.org

Nadrine Hayden, BS

Supervisor, Clinical Trials Unit
504-897-5811
nadrine.hayden@ochsner.org

Angela R. Smith, MBA

Supervisor, Transplant
504-703-2061
anglsmith@ochsner.org

Laura Raymond

Supervisor, Regulatory
504-842-6726
laraymond@ochsner.org

Shannon Williams

Supervisor, Cardiology Center of Excellence
504-842-6487
slwilliams@ochsner.org

Amanda Woolery RN, BSN

Supervisor, Ochsner Cancer Institute Precision Cancer Therapies Program
504-842-0275
amanda.woolery@ochsner.org

Paul Thevenot, PhD

Associate Professor, Supervisor, Transplant
504-842-9980
paul.thevenot@ochsner.org

Li Li, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Supervisor, Oncology
504-842-2428
lli@ochsner.org

Deborah Ashcraft

Laboratory Supervisor - Infectious Disease
504-897-5223
dashcraft@ochsner.org

Xin Zhang, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Rheumatology
504-842-2834
xzhang@ochsner.org

Kelley Nunez, PhD

Assistant Professor, Transplant
504-842-3790
Kelley.nunez@ochsner.org