Leadership and Faculty
Leonardo Seoane, MD, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Associate Vice-Chancellor of Academics, LSU
Health Shreveport
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Ochsner LSU Health System – North
Louisiana
Professor of Medicine, University of Queensland
504-842-2526
lseoane@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
Medical Director, Ochsner Xavier Institute for Health Equity and Research (OXIHER)
Professor,
Ochsner Clinical School - University of Queensland
eboni.pricehaywood@ochsner.org
VACANT
Director, Human Subject Research Protection Program
Research Finance Operations
Amanda McNeil
Manager - Accounting, Research Finance Operations
504-842-8486
amanda.mcneil@ochsner.org
Clinical Research
VACANT
Director, Clinical Research
- 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
504.703.4721
nicole.villemarettepittman@ochsner.org
- Cardiology
- Medical 3D Lab (m3D)
- Neurosciences
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Psychiatry
Melyssa Bratton, PhD
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
Maria Latsis
Manager, Multi-Specialty Clinical Research
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Infectious Disease, Sports Medicine, Urology
504-842-3115
mlatsis@ochsner.org
Elise-Marie Curry, RN, BSN, OCN
Clinical Research Nurse Supervisor, Oncology
504-897-8084
elisemarie.curry@ochsner.org
Rafael Velasquez Valle, MD
Supervisor, Clinical Research, Biorepository and Core Research Lab
504-842-8170
rafael.velasquezvalle@ochsner.org
VACANT
Supervisor, Ochsner Cancer Institute Precision Cancer Therapies Program
