Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician

Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician

Ochsner LSU Health System-Monroe Medical Center and LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport seeks a Pulmonary/Critical Care physician to join a thriving faculty. This position is for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care in the Department of Medicine, working under the direction of Dr. Robert Walter, Chief, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, LSU Health Shreveport.

Job Description

• Duties will include providing/supervising Pulmonary/Critical Care services to patients with in-house call to be determined by the Department Chairman along with involvement in other outside institutional endeavors. Also included is teaching/educational obligations throughout your employment.
• Novel support of Virtual ICU physicians and critical care nurses
• IM and EM receive first round of call
• Advanced practice provider support in ICU and clinic sites
• Diverse pathology within critical care, hospital consults, pulmonary procedures, and outpatient pulmonary medicine
• Mix of pulmonary clinic, pulmonary consults, and ICU shifts
• 12-bed adult medical ICU

Requirements

• MD and/or DO
• Board certified/eligible in Pulmonary/Critical Care
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Louisiana
• A distinguished record in Pulmonary/Critical Care services
• Outstanding commensurate clinical activities
• Candidates must have a firm commitment to the education of residents and medical students

Community Overview

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Monroe Medical Center is a 244-bed hospital with a 24-hour Emergency Department. Our campus also has an easily accessible urgent care clinic that is open throughout the week if you need nonemergency care, as well as a family medicine clinic. We also offer inpatient nephrology and 24/7 dialysis services. New telehealth programs allow for highly specialized intensive care physicians to join the patient care team, bedside. Virtual visits are also available for patients to see their physician from the comfort and convenience of home.