Infectious Diseases Clinician-Educator

Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans is searching for a CLINICIAN-EDUCATOR to join the DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Applicants must be Board Certified in Infectious Diseases. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical skills and academic accomplishment and the salary offered will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and training.

The department includes nine physician members, three advanced practice providers, a robust inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases practice, an ambulatory infusion unit, an ACGME accredited infectious diseases fellowship training program, and a clinical research program with full-time study coordinators. Ochsner Medical Center is one of our nation’s leading organ transplant centers and the inpatient infectious diseases consultative services support both solid organ transplant and hematopoietic stem-cell transplant programs. All services, including antimicrobial stewardship, are supported by two full-time clinical infectious disease pharmacists.

Teaching opportunities include involvement with 3rd- and 4th-year medical students of the Ochsner Clinical School of the University of Queensland, resident teaching for a large training program in Internal Medicine, as well as the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program.

Ochsner Health System is southeast Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, multispecialty, healthcare delivery system. Coordinated clinical and hospital patient care is provided across the region by Ochsner’s 28 owned, managed, and affiliated hospitals and more than 60 health centers. Ochsner is the only Louisiana hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Hospital” across six specialty categories caring for patients from all 50 states and more than 99 countries worldwide each year. Our medical school, the Ochsner Clinical School, in partnership with the University of Queensland in Australia, enrolls 130 medical students each year. We also have the largest graduate medical educational (GME) program in the state. Ochsner employs more than 1,000 physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties and conducts over 900 clinical research studies. For more information, please visit our website at: www.ochsner.org.

Please e-mail CV to: profrecruiting@ochsner.org for review by Christopher Blais, MD, Chairman of the Department of Infectious Diseases, or call: 800-488-2240 for more information. Reference# CEID-2.

Sorry, no opportunities for J-1 applications.

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.