Physician - Pediatric Rheumatologist

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Ochsner Children's Hospital is seeking a full-time Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatric Rheumatologist to join their interdisciplinary team in New Orleans, LA. The candidate for this position must have completed a Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship from an ACGME accredited program.

• Provide primarily outpatient consultative care to infants, children, and adolescents with known or suspected rheumatologic conditions.
• Opportunities to partner with medical and surgical colleagues to serve children with complex conditions in multidisciplinary programs.

• Teach medical students, residents, and allied health students.
• Clinical and translational research opportunities abound for qualified candidates.
• Academic appointment commensurate with experience.

• More than 85 primary care pediatricians and 290+ subspecialists across 27 locations in Louisiana and Mississippi.
• The region’s leader in complex pediatric care, with advanced programs in:
  • Congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation
  • Liver and bone marrow transplantation
  • Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology
  • Advanced GI and Hepatology
  • A comprehensive surgical subspecialty group, including craniofacial and advanced spine surgery
  • The Gulf South’s only comprehensive developmental pediatrics center

• 67-bed Level IV NICU
• 14-bed PICU and 12-bed CVICU
• 4-bed NAEC-accredited Level IV Pediatric EMU
• 44-bed Pediatric Acute Care Unit with a dedicated Pediatric ED
• 24/7 neonatal and pediatric transport team with ground, rotary, and fixed-wing aircraft support
• Future growth: construction underway for a new 5-story Children’s Hospital
  , opening in late 2027/early 2028 and planned expansion of neonatal services

• ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program, plus the Ochsner Pediatric Residency Program
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• Teaching opportunities with medical students from Tulane University and the University of Queensland
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• Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (currently in LCME accreditation).
• Faculty who publishes hundreds of research papers annually and lead multi-center studies and clinical trials
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• Consistently ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s Top 50 Children’s Hospitals for Cardiology and Heart Surgery for multiple consecutive years over the last decade.
• Proud to be recognized as the #1 Children’s Hospital in Louisiana.

Ochsner is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected class, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.