Physician - Gastroenterologist - ESOPHAGEAL / FOREGUT SPECIALIST

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GASTROENTEROLOGIST - ESOPHAGEAL / FOREGUT SPECIALIST

Ochsner Health - DEPARTMENT OF GASTROENTEROLOGY - NEW ORLEANS

Ochsner Health is seeking a Board Certified / Board Eligible GASTROENTEROLOGIST to lead our esophageal disease program. Ochsner Health is an integrated healthcare system with more than 36,000 employees and over 4,600 employed and affiliated physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties. It operates 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Gulf South.

Position Highlights :

• Focus on esophageal disease - no general GI clinics, unless desired
• Opportunity to lead the GI aspect of an existing, regional, multidisciplinary esophageal swallowing disorders program that includes specialists from foregut surgery, thoracic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, and speech and swallow pathology
• Oversee an exisiting esophageal motility lab that offers leading edge diagnostics - includes high-resolution esophageal manometry with impedance, EndoFlip®, BRAVO® pH testing, and pH impedance testing
• Departmental support to practice / develop / lead related programs in Barrett's esophagus and endobariatrics, if desired.
• Join a collegial, 23-physician, GI group comprised general GIs, hepatologists, IBD subspecialists, and advanced endoscopists
• Excellent call schedule - shared among large GI group - currently 5 weeks / year
• Opportunity to teach - Institution supports a strong GI fellowship (3 trainees / year) and Internal Medicine residency programs
• GI-dedicated clinical research infrastructure available

Compensation and Benefits :

Why Choose Ochsner Health :

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