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Ochsner Health in New Orleans is seeking an experienced board-certified PEDIATRIC CLINICAL GENETICIST to join our Section of Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics. The successful candidate will work closely with our geneticists, 4 genetic counselors with more in recruitment, and an experienced group of nurses. Expertise in the evaluation, diagnosis, and ongoing care of patients with a variety of genetic disorders, including congenital anomalies, congenital heart disease, chromosomal disorders, autism, mitochondrial disease, and cancer, is desired. The section also offers prenatal genetic counseling as well as newborn screening.   Key responsibilities of this position include:

Clinical Care

• Provide inpatient and outpatient consultative care for children with known or suspected genetic conditions.
• Partner with medical and surgical colleagues to serve children with complex conditions in multidisciplinary programs including members of our statewide MFM network, our level IV regional referral NICU team and our multi-disciplinary Boh Center for Child Development.

Teaching and Research

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

Leadership and Program Development

• Collaborate with institutional stakeholders to drive Pediatric Precision Medicine initiatives, as part of Ochsner’s commitment to being the regional leader in genomics and precision medicine.

The Department of Pediatrics and our pediatric subspecialists (collectively, Ochsner for Children™) represent over 200 pediatric physicians.  The group is the region’s leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.  We offer a full range of pediatric services including bone marrow transplantation, solid organ transplantation, pediatric cardiovascular surgery as well as the region’s only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental center. We utilize a 54-bed Level III-C Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CVICU, a 35-bed pediatric acute unit, as well as dedicated, full-time, region-wide in-house pediatric and neonatal transport teams and are actively planning expansions.

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).

Interested physicians should apply to: https://ochsner.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OchsnerPhysician/job/New-Orleans---New-Orleans-Region---Louisiana/Clinical-Geneticist--Pediatrics-_REQ_00175605

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.