Tarun Jolly, M.D.

Our founder, Tarun Jolly, M.D., is an entrepreneur and physician who believes an investment in healthcare is an investment in the community. He is an active investor and philanthropist in Greater New Orleans, and he created the first comprehensive Pain Management Center for Ochsner Clinic Foundation in 2006. Dr. Jolly incorporated his advanced fellowship training at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to develop his clinic. He also founded Louisiana Pain Specialists, LLC in 2010 where he continues to serve as Managing Director. Dr. Jolly’s business ventures range from medical startups, hospitality, and more traditional enterprises, such as real estate investment and innovative stock market strategies.

Dr. Jolly’s true passion remains in the medical industry, where he has been a key leader in developing ancillary diagnostic services for hospitals and independent laboratories. He earned his Doctorate of Medicine from Louisiana State University Health Sciences and completed his residency at Tulane University Medical Center. Currently, he is working with Louisiana’s leading treatment providers in pain management and addiction to create and fund new treatment options in response to the national opioid epidemic. As an active member of the community, he serves on the Board of Directors of Newman School, Dean’s Advisory Board for Tulane School of Public Health, and the Advisory Board for New Orleans Bioinnovation Center.

Tarun Jolly, M.D. hopes that Emerging Healthcare Collaborative will support medical innovators and investors to positively impact the community and encourage fellow entrepreneurs to invest in the future of New Orleans healthcare. `