Pediatric Urologist in New Orleans, LA

Opportunity Criteria

SpecialtyPediatrics : Urology
Candidate TypeMD, DO
Visa AcceptedJ-1 or H-1B
Salary RangeNot Specified
Loan RepaymentNot Specified
Employment TypeFull Time
Bonuses OfferedNone

Opportunity Details

Ochsner Health, the largest not-for-profit academic health system in the Gulf South is seeking a fourth Fellowship-Trained Pediatric Urologist to join our expanding team at Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans. In addition to fellowship training, candidates should have, or be eligible for, the ABU certificate of added qualification in Pediatric Urology.

Program Highlights Include:

  • Clinically active division performing a full range of pediatric urology with a focus on minimally invasive surgery and complex genitourinary reconstruction.
  • Robust regional network of pediatric care serving children throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast.
  • Close collaboration with Ochsner’s adult urologists

Academic position that involves:

  • Teaching of medical students and urology residents
  • Opportunities for translational and clinical research
  • Academic appointment commensurate with experience
  • Experienced physicians and those directly from fellowship are welcomed to apply.

Department of Urology Highlights

The successful candidate will join 3 pediatric urologists and an APP and benefit from collaboration with 29 adult urologists and 10 APPs, system-wide. The department also has a growing multidisciplinary myelodysplasia clinic which meets monthly and includes a general pediatrician, pediatric urology, pediatric orthopedics, pediatric neurosurgery, and social work support. Ochsner’s state-of-the-art operating theaters include 3 Davinci robotic suites as well as a newly opened pediatric surgery OR and ASC.

Ochsner Hospital for Children is the only children’s hospital in Louisiana or Mississippi ranked by US News and World Reports. Located on the campus of Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, our 113-bed children’s hospital has a 46-bed pediatric unit, 54-bed Level III-C NICU, 26-bed Level-1PICU/CVICU and 4 bed EMU.

For more than 75 years, Ochsner has offered a level of pediatric care unmatched in Louisiana with more advanced capabilities than any other children’s hospital in the region. Ochsner’s rapidly growing Department of Pediatrics is comprised of more than 140 physicians. The group is the Gulf South region’s leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. The hospital offers a full range of pediatric care from primary to quaternary care, with services offered in all subspecialties including advanced gastroenterology/hepatology, orthopedic surgery, oncology, and heart, liver and bone marrow transplantation. Ochsner pediatric physicians collaborate with nationally recognized adult partners to provide young adult transitional care in a variety of specialties.

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Ochsner is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Ochsner Children's Hospital

Our comprehensive Ochsner Children’s program includes 88 primary care pediatricians in 27 locations in Louisiana and Mississippi - and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists (Ochsner Children’s™) totaling over 270 physicians. The group is the region’s 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, advanced GI and Hepatology, advanced spine surgery, Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology, Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery and the region’s only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.

Ochsner Children’s currently cares for patients in a 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CV-ICU, a NAEC-accredited level IV 4 bed Pediatric EMU and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, supported by a 24-7 dedicated pediatric and neonatal transport team utilizing rotary and fixed wing as well as ground transport.  And we recently began construction on the building of a new, comprehensive, dedicated 5-story Children’s Hospital on our main campus in New Orleans, with expected opening at the start of 2028.

In addition to direct patient care, Ochsner Children’s Hospital has an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program and is also 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, Australia.  Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana recently announced an agreement to establish a joint allopathic College of Medicine, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine which is in the LCME accreditation process currently.  Our faculty publishes hundreds of research papers annually and Ochsner participate in numerous multi-center studies and trials.

Ochsner Children’s is a leader in healthcare innovation- Physician imboxes responses are “co-piloted” with AI responses that reduces physician time responding to patient messages and Ochsner Children’s is currently introducing “Deep Scribe “ambient listening technology in our clinics, where the physician note is written in real time by AI while the history and physical are being done.

 

About Ochsner Health

Ochsner Health is a system that delivers health to the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf South with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate. Ochsner Health is a not-for-profit committed to giving back to the communities it serves through preventative screenings, health and wellness resources and partnerships with innovative organizations that share our vision. Ochsner Health healed more than 876,000 people from across the globe in 2019, providing the latest medical breakthroughs and therapies, including digital medicine for chronic conditions and telehealth specialty services. Ochsner Health is a national leader, named the top hospital in Louisiana and a top children’s hospital by U.S. News & World Report. As Louisiana’s leading healthcare educator, Ochsner Health and its partners educate thousands of healthcare professionals annually. Ochsner Health is innovating healthcare by investing in new technologies and research to make world-class care more accessible, affordable, convenient and effective. Ochsner's team of more than 26,000 employees and 4,500 providers are working to reinvent the future of health and wellness in the region. To learn more about Ochsner Health, please visit www.ochsner.org. To transform your health, please visit www.ochsner.org/healthyyou

About the Community

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About Ochsner Children's

Ochsner Children’s is a leader in healthcare innovation- Physician imboxes responses are “co-piloted” with AI responses that reduces physician time responding to patient messages and Ochsner Children’s is currently introducing “Deep Scribe “ambient listening technology in our clinics, where the physician note is written in real time by AI while the history and physical are being done.

Ochsner Children’s is proud to have ranked in multiple subspecialties in US News and World Report’s top 50 Children’s Hospitals in the US for 8 years in a row. #1 Ranked Children’s Hospital in Louisiana!

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  • Ochsner Children's Hospital - New Orleans
  • 1514 Jefferson Hwy New Orleans LA 70121

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