Medical Director - Patient Flow Center, Flight Care, St. Charles EMS, Emergency Medicine Telehealth
Ochsner Health
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Dr. Jeffrey Kuo is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and has been on staff at Ochsner Health since 2008. He received his medical degree in 2004 from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 2008.
In 2016, Dr. Kuo was appointed to the Louisiana EMS Certification Commission by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. He also serves as a member of the Louisiana Emergency Response Network Region 3 Commission. At Ochsner, he leads telehealth expansion for the Emergency Medicine service line, is the Medical Director of multiple departments including Patient Flow Center, Regional Referral Center, Flight Care, St. Charles Parish EMS, Corporate Wellness, and is a founder and the inaugural president of the Asian American Innovation Movement Ochsner Resource Group.
Since 2009, Dr. Kuo has been the on-field Airway Management Physician for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. He is also the Medical Director of multiple music festivals including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. He served as the Medical Director of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Louisiana in 2015 and has previously held leadership roles in Emergency Medicine as Director of Quality Assurance, Director of Performance Improvement and Director of the Medical Scribe Program.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.