About Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine

Xavier University of Louisiana has partnered with Ochsner Health to establish the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM), creating the only historically Black college and university (HBCU) medical school in the Gulf South. XOCOM will create a strong physician workforce to improve the health of our communities by building the healthcare workforce of the future. The new medical school affirms Xavier’s long legacy of advancing healthcare excellence and education.  

When it opens, XOCOM will be the fifth allopathic HBCU medical school in the United States, bringing new opportunities to communities in Louisiana and the nation and offering stellar medical education for generations to come. The medical school will create economic opportunity for Louisiana when it opens in Benson Tower within the growing downtown New Orleans BioDistrict. 

"In the 1920s, Saint Katharine Drexel sent her Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament to visit leading medical schools to learn how to best prepare Xavier scholars for the next phase of medical education. XOCOM continues the work envisioned by our founder." 

- Dr. Reynold Verret, President of Xavier University of Louisiana