Physician - Pediatric Urologist - Full Time Academic and Community

Ochsner Health•Shreveport, LA

125d•Onsite

About The Position

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport are seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatric Urologist to expand its full-time clinical faculty. Must be BE/BC in Pediatric Urology and eligible for LA license. The position will include patient care and resident and medical student education. Clinical duties and responsibilities rotate among our tertiary Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Academic Medical Center and 2 affiliated teaching institutions. Several da Vinci surgical systems (including a dual-console unit) are available for patient care and resident training. The successful applicant will join several full-time faculty members in a fully accredited Urology Residency Training Program (two residents per level). Highlights of the Position: Our health sciences center is home to the School of Medicine, School of Graduate Studies and School of Allied Health Professions and a robust research enterprise. More than 800 students are enrolled in the degree programs at any one time. Additionally, over 600 residents and fellows are trained each year. Home to the only Level I Trauma center in the surrounding region, and one of only two in the state, as well as the only Pediatric Level II Trauma Center in the state. Collegial and multidisciplinary team of physicians and nurses to collaborate on a customized plan of care for each patient. Physician leadership and input at all levels of administration. This position: Emphasizes teaching and provides vitally important leadership and guidance to medical students and residents Allows the opportunity to do either lab or clinical research. The Ochsner LSU Health System of North Louisiana provides healthcare to more than 140,000 patients across North Louisiana with 600,000 clinic visits annually. There are more than 20 locations, including North Louisiana’s only Level I Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center at its acute care hospital, a newly renovated hospital with women's and children's services in Shreveport, La. and an acute care hospital in Monroe, La. designated as a Level III Trauma Center. Ochsner LSU Health has more than 4,200 employees that work alongside the Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Physician Group of 950 physicians and residents in more than 65 specialties and subspecialties.

Requirements

Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatric Urologist
BE/BC in Pediatric Urology
Eligible for LA license

Responsibilities

Patient care
Resident and medical student education
Clinical duties and responsibilities rotate among our tertiary Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Academic Medical Center and 2 affiliated teaching institutions
Teaching and provides vitally important leadership and guidance to medical students and residents
Opportunity to do either lab or clinical research