Ochsner Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist who is board certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care to serve as Medical Director of Pediatric CVICU at Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans, Louisiana .
Responsibilities will include leadership, development, and oversight of the physicians in this state-of-the-art 12-bed CVICU, with teaching responsibilities for pediatric residents, medical students, and allied health students. The successful candidate will be eligible for an academic appointment commensurate with experience.
The Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) at Ochsner Hospital for Children is a state-of-the-art 12-bed inpatient unit that provides cardiac critical care to pediatric patients from birth to adulthood. In this dedicated unit, a team of pediatric cardiac intensive care physicians works closely with a specialized team to provide around-the-clock care for our patients with both congenital and acquired heart disease.
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.
About Ochsner Children’s
Ranked #1 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 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, and Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery. 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.
If 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 .
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