Denise Basow, MD

Denise Basow, MD, is Ochsner Health executive vice president and the organization’s first chief digital officer. She is responsible for growing Ochsner’s expanding suite of digital programs, innovation, data and technology. She focuses on virtual care, remote patient monitoring, making work easier and improving access through care model redesign. 
Dr. Basow joined Ochsner in 2022 after a 25-year career with global software leader Wolters Kluwer and health care-decision support leader for UpToDate, where she leveraged technology to improve quality of care by bringing evidence-based decision support into clinical workflows.
Dr. Basow earned her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. She completed a residency at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and practiced internal medicine.