Physician - Director of Thoracic Transplantation

Transplant Pulmonologist Opportunity At Ochsner Health

Ochsner Health in New Orleans is searching for an experienced Transplant Pulmonologist to join our lung transplant program. Interested candidates must be board certified/board eligible in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and must have at least five years experience in all aspects of medical management of lung transplant patients (participate in the management and selection of patients prior to transplantation, and participate in the management both peri- and post-lung transplantation). The Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center is the Gulf South's leading center, performing more transplants per year than any other facility in the region. Ochsner is the only lung transplant program in Louisiana and remains one of the nation's most active lung transplant programs. Our program has averaged 27 transplants per year over the last three years. Since it opened in 1991 it has performed more than 300 lung transplants.

Ochsner Health is Louisiana's largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system. Driven by a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate, coordinated clinical and hospital patient care is provided across the region by Ochsner's 30 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and more than 80 health centers and urgent care centers. Ochsner is the only Louisiana hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a "Best Hospital" across four specialty categories caring for patients from all 50 states and more than 60 countries worldwide each year. Ochsner employs more than 18,000 employees and over 1,200 physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties, and conducts more than 700 clinical research studies.

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.

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