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Ochsner Children’s Hospital in New Orleans in seeking a BC/BE Pediatric CV Surgeon to join our growing Congenital Heart Center. The successful candidate will join a busy clinical practice and be expected to equally divide the caseload with the long-standing senior surgeon. The candidate will also have the opportunity to assume leadership of the program within a 5-year framework. Construction of a new Children’s hospital tower is underway with occupancy expected in late 2027/2028

The congenital heart program at Ochsner Children’s is the only full-service program in the state, performing all levels of complex surgeries as well as housing the only transplant and mechanical assist program in Louisiana. The program is perpetually ranked in the USNWR top children’s cardiology and cardiac surgery programs and is the only program in the state to ever achieve such ranking. General results of the surgical program can be viewed at: https://publicreporting.sts.org/congenital/50041. Further detail is certainly available. Additionally, there is a busy adult congenital program accredited by the Adult Congenital Heart Association. The new surgeon will be joining a long-standing existing team and will benefit from a well-developed support structure for surgical outcomes. Pursuant to this, the candidate will be expected to be able to function well in a team setting.

Ochsner’s Congenital Heart Program has experienced steady growth over the last 9 years in both volume and quality. Our Congenital Heart Center includes a full-service pediatric cardiology practice with busy outreach locations throughout the state of Louisiana and outside the state in the gulf coast region. A very busy pediatric cardiac catheterization program provides cutting edge treatments and supports the surgery program. Our growing practice is supported by a dedicated pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Our growth is mirrored by Ochsner Health’s growing dominance in the region which will help serve as an additional catalyst for future growth.

Ochsner Children’s, comprised of 88 primary care pediatricians and 270 pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists in 27 locations across Louisiana and Mississippi is the region’s leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We offer a full range of complex specialty services including congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, liver and bone marrow transplantation, advanced GI and Hepatology, Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology, and a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group including Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery, advanced spine surgery and the Gulf South’s only comprehensive, multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.

Ochsner Children’s Hospital includes a 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CVICU, a NAEC-accredited level IV, 4 bed Pediatric EMU and a 44-bed Pediatric Acute Care unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, supported by a 24-7 pediatric and neonatal transport team utilizing rotary and fixed wing aircraft, as well as ground transport.

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.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 lead numerous multi-center studies and trials.

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!

If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with Dr. Benjamin Peeler, Chief of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery, and Dr. Vincent “Butch” Adolph, Chief Medical Officer, please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at courtney.lawhun@ochsner.org.

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