JobsUSAPhysician - Section Head of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Company : Ochsner Health
Location : New Orleans, LA
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Details
We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways.
At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!
Ochsner Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced physician leader with vision and passion to serve as Section Head, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in New Orleans, Louisiana. The successful candidate will join three faculty, APP's and supporting psychologists and social workers to lead and grow this program to increase the number of children being cared for at Ochsner. Additional training and experience in bone marrow transplant and/or stem cell transplant is desirable. The successful candidate will possess proven leadership, team-building, and managerial experience - and a demonstrated track record of driving successful program growth. Areas of administrative responsibility include physician recruiting, quality of care, financial performance, patient experience goals and medical staff management.
Ochsner Children's, comprised of more than 85 primary care pediatricians who are part of our group of over 290 pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists in 27 locations across Louisiana and Mississippi is the region's leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We offer a full range of complex specialty services including congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, liver and bone marrow transplantation, advanced GI and Hepatology, Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology, and a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group including Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery, advanced spine surgery and the Gulf South's only comprehensive, multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.
Ochsner Children's Hospital includes a 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CV-ICU, a NAEC-accredited level IV, 4 bed Pediatric EMU and a 44-bed Pediatric Acute Care unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, supported by a 24-7 pediatric and neonatal transport team utilizing rotary and fixed wing aircraft, as well as ground transport. We recently began construction on a new 5-story Children's Hospital on our main campus in New Orleans, with expected opening at the start of 2028.
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. 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 publishes hundreds of research papers annually and lead numerous multi-center studies and trials.
Ochsner Children's is a leader in healthcare innovation. Physician inbox messages are "co-piloted" with AI responses that reduce physician time responding to patient messages and Ochsner Children's is introducing "Deep Scribe" ambient listening technology in our clinics, where the physician note is written in real time by AI during the patient encounter.
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!
If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with Dr. William "Billy" Lennarz, System Medical Director of Pediatrics , and Dr. Ryan Himes, System Associate Chair of Pediatrics , please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at .
Are you ready to make a difference? Apply Today!
Ochsner Health does not consider an individual an applicant until they have formally applied to the open position on this careers website.
Individuals who reside in and will work from the following areas are not eligible for remote work position : Colorado, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.
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Ochsner is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected class, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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