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Ochsner’s administrative research leaders facilitate project design, implementation, and staffing. Identify yours by specialty area or region (see below). Or contact any of the leaders listed below.

Leaders by Specialty Area and Region

Nicole Villemarette-Pittman, PhD

Director of Clinical Research

  • Cardiology
  • Biodesign Lab
  • Neurosciences
    • Neurology
    • Neurosurgery
    • Psychiatry

Nick Duesbery, PhD

Director of Clinical Research
504-842-3316

  • Oncology
  • Transplant/Hepatology
  • Ochsner Center for Outcomes Research
  • Precision Cancer Therapies Program (PCTP)
  • Biorepository
  • Core Research Lab

Johanna Veal

Director of Clinical Research
225-761-5607

  • Regional areas

Ansley Hammons, MBA, CCRP

Surgical Multispecialty, including Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

  • Medicine Multispecialty
  • Surgical Multispecialty
  • Women’s Health

Courtney Parke, PhD

Manager, Associate Administrator, Institute of Translational Research
504-842-8259

  • Institute of Translational Research (Cancer, Infectious Disease, Kidney, Neuroscience, Rheumatology, Transplant)