The Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, a joint venture between the state’s largest healthcare provider and New Orleans’ historically Black Catholic university, has the green light to begin recruiting its first class of future doctors as the medical school prepares to open next year.
On Wednesday, the fledgling school was granted preliminary accreditation, a key milestone in the yearslong effort to establish a New Orleans institution to tackle the physician shortage and diversify the medical field. The sign off from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, an accrediting body for medical schools, will allow it to begin recruiting an inaugural class of about 50 students for the college’s planned launch in August 2027…