Catherine Oliver , the systems director for clinical pharmacy services at Ochsner Health System, has a doctor of pharmacy from the University of Louisiana Monroe.

As a Eunice native, Oliver feels passionate about giving back to Louisiana and making sure she is here to provide for those in need in the state — both in the city and in rural areas like her hometown.

Oliver finished her pharmacy residency in acute care at Cone Health in Greensboro, North Carolina. She worked in Lafayette for four years before moving to New Orleans with Ochsner Health, where she has stayed for 10 years.

What drew you into pharmacy?

I always had an interest in health care but more the science of it and not so much bedside care.

I have a chemistry background. I have an undergraduate degree in chemistry. I

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