University Hospital, New Orleans

Interim LSU Hospital (Closed)
LCMC Health
Interim LSU Hospital, New Orleans
Geography
Location	2021 Perdido St., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Organization
Funding	Public/Private
Affiliated university	Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine
Services
Beds	386
History
Founded	1859
Closed	2015

University Hospital, most recently called Interim LSU Hospital (ILH), was a teaching hospital located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It closed on August 1, 2015 when all patients were moved to University Medical Center New Orleans. University Hospital was previously known as Hôtel-Dieu.

University Hospital was one of several teaching hospitals in the state of Louisiana administered by the Louisiana State University System.

In December 2012, it was announced that LSU Health Systems would transfer the management of ILH to Louisiana Children’s Medical Center, a non-profit corporation that manages Children’s Hospital and Touro Infirmary. The plan also called for LCMC Health to acquire University Medical Center Management Corporation (UMCMC), a non profit corporation originally established to manage and operate the University Medical Center, a $1.1 billion facility that opened on August 1, 2015.

ILH’s transition from public to private management took place in June 2013.

The hospital is located in the New Orleans Hospital District. It is adjacent to the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. The address is 2021 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-1352.

University Hospital opened as Hôtel-Dieu (French for House of God) in 1859 and was operated by the Daughters of Charity. In 1913, it was the first hospital in the United States to have air-condition in its surgical suites, and it was the site of milestone medical research that developed sulfonamide drug treatment for meningitis in the 1940s. The hospital developed a relationship with LSU Health Sciences Center in the 1970s and 1980s. It was purchased by the Louisiana State University System in 1991, and converted into a teaching hospital for the adjacent medical school, which it also oversaw.