Were seeking a Board-Certified Adolescent Medicine Physician for an exciting opportunity to join Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The successful candidate will develop an adolescent medicine program within Ochsners Healths regional health system, the largest not-for-profit academic health system in the Gulf South.
This position will include work with: Gender Medicine Care: Integrate into a multidisciplinary pediatric gender medicine team within a larger gender medicine clinic serving children, adolescents and adults and provide consultation and follow-up care to adolescents.
Consultation: Provide consultation to general pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and family medicine physicians to help in the management of adolescents.
Those consults will include, but are not limited to:
High-risk teens: High-risk sexual behavior, drug use, gang/juvenile justice, mental health, and chronic medical conditions with poor adherence
Complex medical conditions: Conditions that have combined medical/psychosocial etiologies (e.g., chronic fatigue, autonomic disorders, somatization)
Solid-organ transplants Oncology Congenital heart disease Transgender/gender-expansive youth Reproductive health: Contraceptive care, menstrual concerns, sexually transmitted infections/prevention, provision of PrEP
Substance use and treatment Transition from pediatric to adult-based medicine Leadership and Education: Training and education for medical students and pediatric residents
Provide consultation and teaching for outpatient and inpatient pediatrics teams regarding the care of adolescents and conditions that present frequently in adolescence
Provide leadership for and education in adolescent health locally and throughout 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 ******. Are you ready to make a difference?
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