Physician - Director of Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Cardiology

Sky Lakes Medical Center; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ochsner Children's Hospital is seeking a Director of Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant physician, responsible for overseeing patient care in a cutting-edge facility. The program includes extensive support staff and ranks among the top in survival rates for complex conditions in Louisiana. This leadership role offers the opportunity to impact pediatric cardiology and train future healthcare professionals.

Benefits

Opportunities for academic appointments

Participation in research and multi-center trials

Health benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience required in pediatric cardiology.
• Must be BC/BE in pediatric cardiology.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients with cardiomyopathies, heart failure, and congenital heart disease.
• Oversee transplant team operations including PA, coordinators, and social workers.

Skills

Patient care

Cardiology

Leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Board Certified/Board Eligible in Pediatric Cardiology

Completed advanced fellowship in pediatric heart failure/heart transplant

Job description

We've made significant progress since opening in 1942, but our commitment remains the same: to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe every award earned, record broken, and patient helped is due to our dedicated employees.

At Ochsner, whether you work directly with patients or support those who do, you are making a difference. Join us at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

Ochsner Children's Hospital is seeking a Director of Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant physician, along with a second Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant physician. We are the only pediatric heart transplant center in Louisiana.

This position involves caring for patients with cardiomyopathies, heart failure, transplants, congenital heart disease, and ventricular assist devices. The transplant team is supported by a dedicated physician assistant, two transplant coordinators, a transplant psychologist, a transplant social worker, and a transplant pharmacist. Ochsner participates in PHTS and ACTION. Interested applicants should be BC/BE in pediatric cardiology and have completed an advanced fellowship in pediatric heart failure/heart transplant or have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field.

Ochsner Children's offers services across all pediatric cardiac subspecialties, including heart failure/transplant, electrophysiology, ACHD, interventional cardiology, imaging (echocardiography, cardiac MRI, CT), fetal cardiology, a comprehensive single ventricle program, and neurodevelopmental clinics. The heart center includes 21 cardiologists, 3 congenital heart surgeons, 6 cardiac intensivists in a dedicated pediatric 12-bed cardiac ICU, and 3 pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists. We perform approximately 250 cardiac surgeries, 400 cardiac catheterizations (75% interventional), and 19,000 ambulatory visits annually across Louisiana and Mississippi. Our program has been ranked by US News & World Report for six consecutive years and is the only ranked program in Louisiana, with survival rates in the top 10% for complex patients.

Our comprehensive pediatric program is the region's leading multispecialty provider, offering services including liver and bone marrow transplants, advanced GI and hepatology, spine surgery, hematology-oncology, AYA oncology, cleft palate/craniofacial surgery, and the region's only multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.

Ochsner Children's cares for patients in a 67-bed Level IV Neonatal ICU, a 14-bed Pediatric ICU, a 12-bed pediatric CV-ICU, a 4-bed Pediatric Emergency Medicine Unit, and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, supported by a 24/7 pediatric and neonatal transport team. We are constructing a new 5-story Children's Hospital, expected to open in early 2028.

Besides direct patient care, Ochsner Children's Hospital hosts an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program, teaches pediatric residents from the Tulane-Ochsner program, and medical students from Tulane and the University of Queensland. We have an agreement with Xavier University of Louisiana to establish a joint College of Medicine, currently in LCME accreditation. Our faculty have opportunities for academic appointments, participate in research and multi-center trials, and publish extensively.

If you want more information or wish to discuss this position with Dr. Thomas Young, Section Head of Pediatric Cardiology & ICU, please contact Courtney Lawhun at [e-mail].

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply today!

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