Pulmonologists

Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. Additional board eligibility/board certification in Critical Care Medicine is preferred but not required. Salary offered will commensurate with experience and training.

Opportunity Details:

• 32 bed ICU managed by the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
• Practice settings include busy inpatient critical care and pulmonary services, along with a thriving referral clinic.
• Candidates will be actively involved as clinical educators who teach medical students, residents, and fellows.
• In addition to teaching responsibilities, there is the opportunity to develop subspecialty referral practices in asthma, interventional pulmonary, thoracic oncology, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, and other end stage lung diseases.
• Section members regularly collaborate with the pulmonary departments at both local medical schools in clinical research, including NIH-funded activities in ARDS and IPF. Faculty appointments are possible for qualified candidates.
• The position offers flexibility and balance among clinical practice, graduate education, and scholarly activity for applicants based upon individual experience levels.

Ochsner is proud to be recognized among the top hospitals in the nation. Ochsner is the only hospital in Louisiana recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Hospital” in four specialty categories and received high performing ratings in 6 procedures and/or conditions. Additionally, CareChex®, a division of Comparison®, named four Ochsner campuses among the top 10% of hospitals in the nation in 13 specialties. Ochsner was also recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare.