Physician - Medical Director, Adolescent Medicine

Details of the offer

Were seeking a Board-Certified Adolescent Medicine Physician for an exciting opportunity to serve as Medical Director, Adolescent Medicine at 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: Leadership and Education: Play an integral role in residency and medical student training and oversight for our pediatric residency, potentially including a position as Associate Program Director
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
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 behaviors Reproductive health Transition typically developing and medically complex patients from pediatric to adult medicine 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 to adolescents.
Our comprehensive Pediatrics Program including primary care pediatricians and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists (Ochsner Childrens) represents over 230 physicians.
The group is the regions 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 regions only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental center.
We recently announced the building of a new separate, comprehensive, dedicated Childrens Hospital on our main campus, with expected opening in 2027. We currently care for patients in an expanding 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CV-ICU, and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, and full-time, region-wide in-house pediatric and neonatal transport teams.
In addition to patient care, Ochsner Childrens Hospital has an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program and is 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 College of Medicine.
About Ochsner Childrens Ranked #1 Childrens Hospital in Louisiana for the fourth year in a row and as a top childrens hospital nationally for the eighth year in a row by U.S. News & World Report in 2024-25.
Ochsner Childrens Hospital was also recognized as a national leader in the most recent rankings in three specialties: Pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Pediatric Orthopedics, and Pediatric Gastroenterology and GI Surgery. Ochsner Childrens 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 Childrens 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, Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery, as well as heart, liver, and bone marrow transplant.
Ochsner Childrens is a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to complex conditions.
Ochsner Childrens 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.
Ochsner also maintains 28 primary care locations across southern Louisiana and 30 subspecialty locations (Including the Shaquille ONeal Pediatric Super Clinic in Baton Rouge); and the Boh Center for Child Development, a dedicated multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.
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 ******. Required Preferred Job IndustriesOther


Nominal Salary: To be agreed

Job Function:

Requirements

Dispensary Manager – Preller – Bloemfontein Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited

Dispensary Manager – Preller – BloemfonteinDis-Chem Pharmacies LimitedBloemfontein, Free StatePermanentClosing Date 10 November 2024 Job Details Division: JK...


Info Desk - South Africa

Published a month ago

Bilingual (French/ English) Virtual Medical Receptionist For An Optometry Practice (Fully Remot[...]

We are looking for a Bilingual Virtual Medical Receptionist for an eyecare practice. Eyecare industry experience is required and the qualified candidate must...


Unbottleneck™ - South Africa

Published a month ago

Medical Assistant-King George Urgent Care-Full Time Varied Shifts

Medical Assistant-King George Urgent Care-Full Time Varied Shifts Start the day excited to make a difference…end the day knowing you did. Come join our team....


Mary Washington Healthcare - South Africa

Published a month ago

Trainee Dental Nurse

Trainee Dental Nurse Muirhead Dental Practice, Liverpool Monday-Friday 8.45 am - 5.15 pm If you are a dentist who has qualified from overseas, please do not ...


Rodericks Dental - South Africa

Published a month ago

Built at: 2024-11-21T01:06:25.234Z