Child Abuse Pediatrician

2 days ago


New Orleans LA United States Ochsner Health Full time

Ochsner Children's is seeking a board certified/board eligible Child Abuse Pediatrician to join its expanding practice in New Orleans, LA.

Opportunity Details:

  • Provide outpatient, inpatient, and emergency department consults for suspected abuse and neglect.

  • Minimal after-hours phone call coverage

  • Strong support by leadership and administration

  • Responsibilities will include in-person court testimony, depositions, and hearings.

  • Receive the time and the support needed to provide patient and family centric medical evaluations and care.

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

Our comprehensive Pediatrics Program including primary care pediatricians and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists (Ochsner Children's ) represents over 230 physicians. The group 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 congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, liver and bone marrow transplantation, a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group, and the region's only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental center.

We recently announced the building of a new, comprehensive, dedicated Children's Hospital on our main campus, with expected opening in 2027.

We currently care for patients in an expanding 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CV-ICU, and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, and full-time, region-wide in-house pediatric and neonatal transport teams.

In addition to patient care, Ochsner Children's Hospital has an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program and is 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. Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana recently announced an agreement to establish a joint allopathic College of Medicine.

About Ochsner Children's

Ranked Children's Hospital in Louisiana for the fourth year in a row and as a top children's hospital nationally for the eighth year in a row by U.S. News & World Report in 2024-25. Ochsner Children's Hospital was also recognized as a national leader in the most recent rankings in three specialties: Pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Pediatric Orthopedics, and Pediatric Gastroenterology and GI Surgery. Ochsner Children's Hospital continues to be a top destination for pediatric care in the Gulf South region through an unwavering commitment to always putting patients first.

Ochsner Children's offers a full range of pediatric care from primary to quaternary care, with services offered in all subspecialties, including Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Advanced GI and Hepatology, Advanced Orthopedic Surgery, Hematology-Oncology, Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery, as well as heart, liver, and bone marrow transplant. Ochsner Children's is a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to complex conditions. Ochsner Children's Hospital is the top congenital heart program in the state (both in volume and outcomes) and has the largest and most comprehensive pediatric liver transplant program in the Gulf South.

Ochsner also maintains 28 primary care locations across southern Louisiana and 30 subspecialty locations (Including the Shaquille O'Neal Pediatric Super Clinic in Baton Rouge); and the Boh Center for Child Development, a dedicated multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.

If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with Dr. William "Billy" Lennarz, System Chair of Pediatrics , and Dr. Ryan Himes, System Associate Chair of Pediatrics , please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at .

Interested physicians can submit an online application by visiting URL or fill out a lead form by clicking Physician & APP Interest Form Ochsner Health

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.



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