Physician - Pediatric Nephrologist
Company: Ochsner Health
Location: New Orleans
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
We're seeking a BC/BE Pediatric Nephrologist for an exciting
opportunity in the Section of Pediatric Nephrology at Ochsner
Hospital for Children in New Orleans, Louisiana. The successful
candidate will be an integral part of a comprehensive pediatric
kidney care program within Ochsner's Health's regional health
system, the largest not-for-profit academic health system in the
Gulf South.Key responsibilities of this position include:Clinical
Care
- Provide inpatient and outpatient kidney care for children with
acute, chronic and end-stage renal disease.
- Partner with medical and surgical colleagues to serve children
with complex conditions in multidisciplinary programs.Program
Development
- Opportunity for qualified candidates to develop a pediatric
kidney transplant program to complement existing pediatric liver,
heart, and bone marrow transplant programs.Teaching and Research
- Teach medical students, residents, and allied health
students.
- Clinical and translational research opportunities abound for
qualified candidates.
- Academic appointment commensurate with experience.Our
comprehensive Pediatrics Program including primary care
pediatricians and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists
(Ochsner Children's ) represents over 230 physicians. The group is
the region's leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for
newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We
offer a full range of pediatric complex specialty services
including congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation,
liver and bone marrow transplantation, a comprehensive surgical
sub-specialty group, and the region's only comprehensive
multidisciplinary developmental center. We recently announced the
building of a new separate, comprehensive, dedicated Children's
Hospital on our main campus, with expected opening in 2027. We
currently care for patients in an expanding 67-bed Level IV
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric
CV-ICU, and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, with a dedicated
pediatric emergency room, and full-time, region-wide in-house
pediatric and neonatal transport teams. In addition to patient
care, Ochsner Children's Hospital has an ACGME-accredited pediatric
residency program and is responsible for teaching pediatric
residents from the Tulane-Ochsner Pediatric Residency program as
well as medical students from both Tulane and the University of
Queensland. Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana
recently announced an agreement to establish a joint College of
Medicine.About Ochsner Children'sRanked Children's Hospital in
Louisiana for the third year in a row and as a top children's
hospital nationally for the seventh year in a row by U.S. News &
World Report in 2023-24. Ochsner Children's Hospital was also
recognized as a national leader in the most recent rankings in two
specialties: Pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery, and Pediatric
Orthopedics. Ochsner Children's Hospital continues to be a top
destination for pediatric care in the Gulf South region through an
unwavering commitment to always putting patients first.Ochsner
Children's offers a full range of pediatric care from primary to
quaternary care, with services offered in all subspecialties,
including Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Advanced GI and Hepatology,
Advanced Orthopedic Surgery, Hematology-Oncology, Cleft
Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery, as well as heart, liver, and bone
marrow transplant. Ochsner Children's is a multi-disciplinary team
dedicated to complex conditions. Ochsner Children's Hospital is the
top congenital heart program in the state (both in volume and
outcomes) and has the largest and most comprehensive pediatric
liver transplant program in the Gulf South.Ochsner also maintains
28 primary care locations across southern Louisiana and 30
subspecialty locations (Including the Shaquille O'Neal Pediatric
Super Clinic in Baton Rouge); and the Boh Center for Child
Development, a dedicated multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics
center. I f you would like more information about our program or
would like to discuss this position with Dr. William "Billy"
Lennarz, System Chair of Pediatrics, and Dr. Ryan Himes, System
Associate Chair of Pediatrics, please contact Courtney Lawhun,
Physician Recruiter, at .
Keywords: Ochsner Health, New Orleans , Physician - Pediatric Nephrologist, Healthcare , New Orleans, Louisiana
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