Physician, Medical Doctor, Pediatrician

Ochsner Children’s Hospital – Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

Ochsner Children’s Hospital is seeking a board certified/eligible Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist trained in Critical Care Medicine or Cardiology with advanced training in Cardiac Critical Care or significant experience in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care to join the expanding team in New Orleans, Louisiana.

About our pediatric CVICU and Congenital Heart Center:

• Over 200 cardiac surgical cases performed each year
• 12-bed CVICU, with over 300 CVICU admissions each year
• CVICU clinical team supported by 3 APPs, with the goal to expand to 24/7 coverage
• Only heart transplant and ventricular assist device program in the state of Louisiana
• Complex Congenital Cardiac Catheterization program, with over 400 cases each year
• Additional cardiac subspecialists available including electrophysiology, ACHD, and advanced imaging

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 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!

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

If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with Dr. Lutifat Kashimawo, System Associate Chair of Pediatrics, and Dr. Joyce Varghese, Medical Director of Pediatric Critical Care, please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, hun.