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{{Infobox person
|name=John Lockwood Ochsner, Sr.<br>
(Pioneering cardiac surgeon)
|birth_date=February 10, 1927
|birth_place=
|death_date=July 6, 2018 (aged 91)
|death_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]
|spouse=Mary Lou Ochsner<br>
Four children
}}

'''John Lockwood Ochsner, Sr.''' (February 10, 1927 &ndash; July 6, 2018), was a cardiac surgeon who pioneered in heart valve and coronary surgery, the use of artificial pacemakers, and heart, [[lung]], and [[liver]] transplants. He performed the first heart transplant in Louisiana in 1970.

Educated at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] and did his residency at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], he had retired from surgery in 2004 but continued to see patients thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/news/texas/article/John-Ochsner-renowned-cardiac-surgeon-dead-at-91-13054810.php|title=John Ochsner, renowned cardiac surgeon, dead at 91|publisher=''Laredo Morning Times''|location=[[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Texas]]|date=July 6, 2018|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref>

His father, Alton Ochsner (May 4, 1896 &ndash; September 24, 1981), a native of [[South Dakota]], was also a heart surgeon and medical researcher affiliated with Tulane University and other area hospitals. He established The Ochsner Clinic, now known as Ochsner Medical Center, which performs heart transplants. The clinic is located in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish, and there are other Ochsner facilities across South Louisiana.


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