Physician - Medical Director, Adolescent Medicine

New Orleans, LA, United States

Medical Director, Adolescent Medicine page is loaded Medical Director, Adolescent Medicine Apply locations New Orleans - New Orleans Region - Louisiana time type Full time posted on Posted 7 Days Ago job requisition id REQ_00153744 We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways.

At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

We’re 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 Ochsner’s Health’s 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.

About Ochsner Hospital for Children

Ranked #1 Children’s Hospital in Louisiana for the third year in a row by U.S. News & World Report in 2023-24, Ochsner Hospital for Children was also recognized as a national leader in the new rankings in two specialties: Pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery, and Pediatric Orthopedics. Ochsner Hospital for Children continues to be a top destination for pediatric care in the Gulf South region through an unwavering commitment to always putting patients first. ”

Ochsner Hospital for Children is a rapidly expanding 125-bed children's hospital offering a full range of pediatric care from primary to quaternary care, with services offered in all subspecialties, and includes 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. There are also several multi-disciplinary teams dedicated to complex conditions. The hospital not only performed the first pediatric heart/kidney transplant in the region but is also the top congenital heart program in the state (both in volume and outcomes).

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Ochsner Health is Proud to be an Employer of Choice.

Recognized by Zippia as one of the “20 Best Companies to Work for in New Orleans, LA”

Named as a 2020 Top Workplace by Times-Picayune

Named one of the 2021 Top Workplaces in the USA by Energage

Named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2020

Named to the Becker’s Healthcare 2020 list of “100 Great Hospitals in America”

Named to the Becker’s Healthcare 2020 list of "52 Great Health Systems to Know"

Opportunities listed here represent open positions at Ochsner Health and Ochsner Health managed entities.

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