Medical Director- Transplant Nephrology Physician

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Ochsner Health in New Orleans is currently searching for a BC/BE Nephrologist, with fellowship training or practice experience in Transplant Nephrology for a Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation. The starting salary will be commensurate based upon training and experience.

The Department of Nephrology has excellent fellowship programs, many active research projects, one of the largest kidney transplant programs in the country. The Department of Nephrology has an excellent regional referral base.

The successful applicant will be leading a cohesive and experienced team of 3 Nephrologists and 8 surgeons who are supported by Nephrology fellows, Surgical fellows and Advanced Practice Providers.

Ochsner has been one of the top programs in the Nation for Kidney transplants. Ochsner remains one of the nation's most active transplant programs conducting 219 Kidney transplants in 2019. Our center has an established record in Donation after cardiac death (DCD) transplants and has an active living donor program in adults. For more information on our transplant program, please visit http://www.ochsner.org/programs/Kidneytransplant/.

Ochsner Health is southeast Louisiana's largest non-profit, academic, multi¬ specialty, healthcare delivery system. Driven by a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate, coordinated clinical and hospital patient care is provided across the region by Ochsner's 41 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and specialty hospitals and more than 115 health centers. Ochsner employs more than 26,000 employees, over 1,500 physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties and conducts over 765 clinical research studies. Please visit us at www.ochsner.org .

Ochsner Health and The University of Queensland Medical School in Brisbane, Australia began a unique, joint partnership in 2009 by opening the University of Queensland School of Medicine Clinical School at Ochsner, providing U.S. medical students with an unprecedented educational experience.

New Orleans is a cosmopolitan, historic city with unique architecture, multiple medical schools and academic centers, professional sports teams, world-class dining, sporting, and cultural interests, and world-renowned live entertainment and music.
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