Ochsner Health
Ochsner Childrens Hospital is seeking a physician who is Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pediatric Infectious Disease to join the expanding practice in New Orleans, Louisiana.
An interest in Antimicrobial Stewardship is desirable. The Infectious Disease Practice at Ochsner Childrens Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient evaluation and management of children with suspected or proven infectious diseases.
Ochsner Childrens, comprised of more than 85 primary care pediatricians who are part of our group of over 290 pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists in 27 locations across Louisiana and Mississippi is the regions leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We offer a full range of complex specialty services including congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, liver and bone marrow transplantation, advanced GI and Hepatology, Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology, and a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group including Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery, advanced spine surgery and the Gulf Souths only comprehensive, multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.
Ochsner Childrens Hospital includes 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 Care unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, supported by a 24-7 pediatric and neonatal transport team utilizing rotary and fixed wing aircraft, as well as ground transport.
We recently began construction on a new 5-story Childrens Hospital on our main campus in New Orleans, with expected opening at the start of 2028.
Ochsner Childrens 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.
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 lead numerous multi-center studies and trials.
Ochsner Childrens is a leader in healthcare innovation.
Physician inbox messages are co-piloted with AI responses that reduce physician time responding to patient messages and Ochsner Childrens is introducing Deep Scribe ambient listening technology in our clinics, where the physician note is written in real time by AI during the patient encounter.
Ochsner Childrens is proud to have ranked in multiple subspecialties in US News and World Reports top 50 Childrens Hospitals in the US for 8 years in a row. #1 Ranked Childrens Hospital in Louisiana!
If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with
Dr. William Billy Lennarz, System Medical Director of Pediatrics , and
Dr. Ryan Himes, System Associate Chair of Pediatrics , please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at
courtney.lawhun@ochsner.org
.
An interest in Antimicrobial Stewardship is desirable. The Infectious Disease Practice at Ochsner Childrens Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient evaluation and management of children with suspected or proven infectious diseases.
Ochsner Childrens, comprised of more than 85 primary care pediatricians who are part of our group of over 290 pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists in 27 locations across Louisiana and Mississippi is the regions leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We offer a full range of complex specialty services including congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, liver and bone marrow transplantation, advanced GI and Hepatology, Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology, and a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group including Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery, advanced spine surgery and the Gulf Souths only comprehensive, multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.
Ochsner Childrens Hospital includes 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 Care unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, supported by a 24-7 pediatric and neonatal transport team utilizing rotary and fixed wing aircraft, as well as ground transport.
We recently began construction on a new 5-story Childrens Hospital on our main campus in New Orleans, with expected opening at the start of 2028.
Ochsner Childrens 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.
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 lead numerous multi-center studies and trials.
Ochsner Childrens is a leader in healthcare innovation.
Physician inbox messages are co-piloted with AI responses that reduce physician time responding to patient messages and Ochsner Childrens is introducing Deep Scribe ambient listening technology in our clinics, where the physician note is written in real time by AI during the patient encounter.
Ochsner Childrens is proud to have ranked in multiple subspecialties in US News and World Reports top 50 Childrens Hospitals in the US for 8 years in a row. #1 Ranked Childrens Hospital in Louisiana!
If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with
Dr. William Billy Lennarz, System Medical Director of Pediatrics , and
Dr. Ryan Himes, System Associate Chair of Pediatrics , please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at
courtney.lawhun@ochsner.org
.