Ochsner Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist to serve as Medical Director of of Pediatric CVICU in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Responsibilities will include leadership, development, and oversight of the physicians in a state-of-the-art 12-bed CVICU with teaching responsibilities for pediatric residents, medical students, and allied health students. The CVICU provides cardiac critical care to cardiac patients from birth to adulthood. In this dedicated unit, a team of pediatric cardiac intensive care physicians work closely with a specialized team to provide around the clock care for our patients with both congenital and acquired heart disease.
Ochsner Children’s provides services for all pediatric cardiac sub-specialties including heart failure/transplant, EP, ACHD, interventional cardiology, imaging including echocardiography and cardiac MRI and CT, and fetal cardiology, comprehensive single ventricle program, and neurodevelopmental clinic. The heart center includes 21 cardiologists, 3 congenital heart surgeons, 6 cardiac intensivists and 3 pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists. The program performs approximately 250 cardiac surgeries, 400 cardiac catheterizations (75% interventional) and 19,000 ambulatory visits at 15 locations across Louisiana and Mississippi per year. Our heart center has been ranked by US New and World Report for the last 6 years and is the only ranked program in Louisiana; survival after cardiac surgery for our most complex patients (STS STAT 4 and 5 categories) is in the top 10% of programs reporting to STS.
Our comprehensive Ochsner Children’s program is the region’s leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We offer a full range of pediatric complex specialty services including, liver and bone marrow transplantation, a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group, advanced GI and Hepatology, advanced spine surgery, Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology, Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery and the region’s only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.
Ochsner Children’s currently cares for patients in a 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a NAEC-accredited level IV 4 bed Pediatric EMU and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, supported by a 24-7 dedicated pediatric and neonatal transport team utilizing rotary and fixed wing as well as ground transport. And we recently began construction on the building of a new, comprehensive, dedicated 5-story Children’s Hospital on our main campus in New Orleans, with expected opening at the start of 2028.
In addition to direct patient care, 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, Australia. Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana recently announced an agreement to establish a joint allopathic College of Medicine, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine which is in the LCME accreditation process currently. Our faculty have an opportunity for academic appointment at the University of Queensland and Xavier, participate in numerous research studies and multi-center trials, and publish hundreds of research papers annually.
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 8 years in a row. #1 Ranked Children’s Hospital in Louisiana!
Interested physicians can submit an online application by visiting https://ochsner.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OchsnerPhysician/job/New-Orleans---New-Orleans-Region---Louisiana/Pediatric-Cardiac-Intensivist_REQ_00153787 or fill out a lead form by clicking Physician & APP Interest Form | Ochsner Health
If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with Dr. Lutifat Kashimawo, System Associate Chair of Pediatrics, and Dr. Joyce Varghese, Medical Director of Pediatric Critical Care, please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at courtney.lawhun@ochsner.org.