Infectious Diseases in New Orleans, LA - New Orleans, LA, USA

Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans is searching for a strong infectious disease physician to join the Department of Infectious Diseases.  Applicants must be board certified in Infectious Diseases. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical skills, academic accomplishment, and professional behavior. The salary offered will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and training. Candidates must have academic credentials to be qualified for a faculty appointment at the University of Queensland School of Medicine, Brisbane, Australia.

The department includes twelve physician members, six advanced practice providers, robust inpatient, and outpatient infectious diseases practices (including Travel, NTM, and Transplant specialty clinics), an ambulatory infusion suite (with associated OPAT Program), 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 fulltime 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 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.