Physician - Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

Ochsner Health; New Orleans (LA); Sur place; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading health provider in Louisiana is seeking a board certified/eligible Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist to join the expanding team in New Orleans. The role involves managing complex cardiac cases and participating in a growing pediatric residency program. Candidates must have advanced training in Cardiac Critical Care or significant experience in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care. Join us and make a difference!

Qualifications

• Board certified Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist
• Experience with complex cardiac cases
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team

Responsabilités

• Manage patients in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Oversee cardiac surgical cases and contribute to program expansion
• Participate in teaching and training of pediatric residents

Connaissances

Board certified/eligible in Critical Care Medicine or Cardiology

Advanced training in Cardiac Critical Care

Significant experience in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Formation

Medical degree with residency in Pediatrics

Description du poste

We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, andinnovate.Webelieve that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways.

At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

Ochsner Children’s Hospital is seeking a board certified/eligible Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist trained in Critical Care Medicine or Cardiology with advanced training in Cardiac Critical Care or significant experience in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care to join the expanding team in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Opportunity Details:

• Approximately 200 cardiac surgical cases performed each year and growing!

• Only heart transplant and ventricular assist device program in the state

• Complex Cardiac Congenital Cath program

• Clinical team is supported with 4 APPs, with goals to expand to 24/7 coverage.

Our comprehensive Ochsner Children’s program includes 88 primary care pediatricians in 27 locations in Louisiana and Mississippi - and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists (Ochsner Children’s) totaling over 270 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, advanced GI and Hepatology, advanced spine surgery, Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology, Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery and the region’s only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.

Ochsner Children’s currently cares for patients in a 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CV-ICU, a NAEC-accredited level IV 4 bed Pediatric EMU and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, supported by a 24-7 dedicated pediatric and neonatal transport team utilizing rotary and fixed wing as well as ground transport. And we recently began construction on the building of a new, comprehensive, dedicated 5-story Children’s Hospital on our main campus in New Orleans, with expected opening at the start of 2028.

In addition to direct patient care, Ochsner Children’s Hospital has an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program and is also 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, Australia. Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana recently announced an agreement to establish a joint allopathic College of Medicine, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine which is in the LCME accreditation process currently. Our faculty publishes hundreds of research papers annually and Ochsner participate in numerous multi-center studies and trials.

Ochsner Children’s is proud to have ranked in multiple subspecialties in US News and World Report’s top 50 Children’s Hospitals in the US for 8 years in a row. #1 Ranked Children’s Hospital in Louisiana!

If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with Dr. Lutifat Kashimawo, System Associate Chair of Pediatrics, and Dr. Joyce Varghese, Medical Director of Pediatric Critical Care, please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at [e-mail] .

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