Physician – Director of Pediatric Heart Failure​/Heart Transplant Cardiology

Physician – Director of Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Cardiology

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Ochsner Children’s Hospital is seeking a Director of Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant physician along with a second Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant physician in the only pediatric heart transplant center in Louisiana.

This position includes care of patients with cardiomyopathies, heart failure, transplant, congenital heart disease, and ventricular assist devices. The transplant team is supported by a dedicated physician assistant, two transplant coordinators, transplant psychologist, transplant social worker and a transplant pharmacist. Ochsner is an active participant in PHTS and ACTION.

Interested applicants should be BC/BE in pediatric cardiology and have completed an advanced fellowship in pediatric heart failure/heart transplant or have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field.

Ochsner Children’s provides services for all pediatric cardiac sub‑specialties, including heart failure/transplant, EP, ACHD, interventional cardiology, imaging (echocardiography, cardiac MRI and CT), fetal cardiology, comprehensive single ventricle program, and neurodevelopmental clinic. The heart center includes 21 cardiologists, 3 congenital heart surgeons, 6 cardiac intensivists in a dedicated pediatric 12‑bed cardiac intensive care unit, and 3 pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists. The program performs approximately 250 cardiac surgeries, 400 cardiac catheterizations (75% interventional) and 19,000 ambulatory visits at 15 locations across Louisiana and Mississippi per year.

Our heart center has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report for the last 6 years and is the only ranked program in Louisiana; survival after cardiac surgery for our most complex patients (STS STAT 4 and 5 categories) is in the top 10% of programs reporting to STS.

Ochsner Children’s is a region’s leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with Dr. Thomas Young, Section Head of Pediatric Cardiology & ICU, please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, hun.

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