{"id":11035,"date":"2021-11-04T09:06:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:33:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:33:56","slug":"david-callecod-89-named-interim-ceo-at-ochsner-lsu-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2021\/11\/04\/david-callecod-89-named-interim-ceo-at-ochsner-lsu-health\/","title":{"rendered":"David Callecod &#8217;89 named interim CEO at Ochsner LSU Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David Callecod &#8217;89 has recently been named as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Ochsner LSU Health System \u2013 North Louisiana effective December 1, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1516318538548.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1516318538548.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11036\" width=\"193\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1516318538548.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1516318538548-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1516318538548-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Callecod brings more than 25 years\u2019 experience as a healthcare CEO, according to a news release. From 2008 to 2020, Callecod led Lafayette General Health System, which merged with Ochsner Health in October 2020. The seven-hospital system includes the only two teaching hospitals in the Acadiana region, Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center and Ochsner University Hospital &amp; Clinics, and an additional six clinical affiliate hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrating his commitment to ensure every person has access to high-quality healthcare regardless of insurance status or ability to pay, Callecod has been a consistent champion for the importance of safety-net hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDavid brings healthcare leadership experience and proven results that are directly aligned with our mission to teach, heal and discover, and we\u2019re fortunate to have someone with this type of experience,\u201d said Dr. David Lewis, Interim Chancellor of LSU Health Shreveport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Callecod received a bachelor\u2019s degree from Wabash College and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University, and he resides in Shreveport, La.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While at Wabash, Callecod majored in speech and minored in psychology. He was an independent, member of the Student Senate, and played Baseball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Callecod &#8217;89 has recently been named as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Ochsner LSU Health System \u2013 North Louisiana effective December 1, 2021. Callecod brings more than 25 years\u2019 experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/11\/1516318538548.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11037,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11035\/revisions\/11037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}