Physician - Child Abuse Pediatrician

Ochsner Children’s is seeking a board certified/board eligible Child Abuse Pediatrician to help lead its expanding system of care across New Orleans, LA and the entire Gulf South

Opportunity Details:

• Oversight of program development to provide outpatient, inpatient, and emergency department consults for suspected abuse and neglect in collaboration with a new Parish (county)-funded child advocacy center.

• The development of this service line is coordinated with a brand-new trauma program - and opening of a brand new comprehensive peds ED (within the all new Ochsner Children’s Hospital) in early 2028

• Receive the time and the support needed to provide patient and family centric medical evaluations and care with strong support form Children’s Hospital leadership and administration

• The position offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience with full benefits, paid relocation, and a signing bonus.

Ochsner Children’s, comprising more than 100 primary care pediatricians who are part of our group of over 290 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, cardiac and liver transplantation, stem cell therapies, advanced GI, 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 CV-ICU, 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. Last year we broke ground on a new 5-story Children’s Hospital on our main campus in New Orleans, with expected opening in quarter 1 of 2028.

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. The Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine has just been LCME accredited as a brand new allopathic medical school with plans to enter their first class in 2027. Our faculty publishes hundreds of research papers annually and lead numerous multi-center studies and trials.

Ochsner Children’s is a leader in healthcare innovation. Physician inbox messages are “co-piloted” with AI responses that reduce physician time responding to patient messages and Ochsner Children’s has pioneered “Deep Scribe” ambient listening technology in our clinics, where the physician note is written in real time by AI during the patient encounter.

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 9 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. William “Billy” Lennarz, System Medical Director of Pediatrics, and Dr. Ryan Himes, System Associate Chair of Pediatrics, please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at [Register to View] .