Physician - Section Head of Pediatric Neurology

Ochsner Children's Hospital Seeking Child Neurologist

Ochsner Children's Hospital is seeking a board-certified child neurologist to serve as section head in New Orleans, LA. The successful candidate will possess proven leadership, team building, program development, and managerial experience. Areas of administrative responsibility will include practice growth and new program development, patient experience, physician recruiting, budgetary performance, productivity, quality, and medical staff management.

The section of neurology currently comprises four physicians and two NPs with a fifth neurologist and a third NP starting summer 2025. The section includes faculty who are fellowship-trained in epilepsy, neuromuscular medicine, and headache. The team collaborates closely with three pediatric neurosurgeons, two of whom are specifically trained in epilepsy surgery and one who is trained in complex spasticity surgery to provide comprehensive care including surgical epilepsy management and neurostimulation devices. Faculty lead or support multidisciplinary programs for headache, movement disorders, neuromuscular disorders (including gene therapy), spasticity, craniofacial conditions, neonatal neurology, functional neurological disorders, and epilepsy (including ketogenic diet).

Ochsner Children's includes:

• More than 85 primary care pediatricians and 290+ subspecialists across 27 locations in Louisiana and Mississippi.
• The region's leader in complex pediatric care, with advanced programs in:
• Congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation
• Liver and bone marrow transplantation
• Hematology-oncology and AYA oncology
• Advanced GI and hepatology
• A comprehensive surgical subspecialty group, including craniofacial and advanced spine surgery
• The Gulf South's only comprehensive developmental pediatrics center
• Facilities & growth:
• 67-bed Level IV NICU
• 14-bed PICU and 12-bed CVICU
• 4-bed NAEC-accredited Level IV Pediatric EMU
• 44-bed pediatric acute care unit with a dedicated pediatric ED
• 24/7 neonatal and pediatric transport team with ground, rotary, and fixed-wing aircraft support
• Future growth: construction underway for a new 5-story children's hospital, opening in late 2027/early 2028 and planned expansion of neonatal services
• Education & research:
• ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program, plus the Ochsner Pediatric Residency Program.
• Teaching opportunities with medical students from Tulane University and the University of Queensland.
• Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (currently in LCME accreditation).
• Faculty who publish hundreds of research papers annually and lead multi-center studies and clinical trials.
• Recognition:
• Consistently ranked in U.S. News & World Report's Top 50 Children's Hospitals for Cardiology and Heart Surgery for multiple consecutive years over the last decade.
• Proud to be recognized as the #1 children's hospital in Louisiana.