System Chair, Gastroenterology

Ochsner Health is the leading not-for-profit healthcare provider in the Gulf South, delivering expert care at its 46 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers. For 13 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has recognized Ochsner as the No. 1 hospital in Louisiana. Additionally, Ochsner Children’s has been recognized as the No. 1 hospital for kids in Louisiana for three consecutive years. Ochsner inspires healthier lives and stronger communities through a combination of standard-setting expertise, quality and connection not found anywhere else in the region. In 2023, Ochsner Health cared for more than 1.5 million people from every state in the nation and 65 countries. Ochsner’s workforce includes more than 38,000 dedicated team members and over 4,700 employed and affiliated physicians. View more in the Ochsner Health 2023 Annual Report available  here.

Gastroenterology at Ochsner Health involves physicians employed by Ochsner, academic physicians, and community physicians that work in both Ochsner and partner facilities. Regardless of the location or partnership construct, all are on the same instance of EPIC.  As an energetic and innovative leader, the Chair will lead a highly engaged and academically productive group of more than 70 providers   across more than 30 sites in Louisiana and Mississippi.

The Gastroenterology Service Line will be the latest system-wide service line to develop, joining a group of 15 other specialties in service line function. Gastroenterology and Endoscopy are strategic foci for Ochsner Health and a place of significant patient demand.  As a system department, the GI team delivers comprehensive care across Louisiana and Mississippi, with three academic medical centers and a quaternary referral center in New Orleans. Further engagement and leadership across two medical schools, internal medicine residency programs, and Gastroenterology fellowship programs are critical to our workforce strategies.

The System Chair, Gastroenterology serves in a strategic leadership role. The System Chair will collaborate with senior leadership at a system and campus level to lead Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers to deliver quality care in a patient focused environment. Like all physician leadership positions at Ochsner, the role has an administrative dyad partner.

There has been much growth in this department over the last five years system wide. A successful leader in this role of Chair will have a growth mindset and a passion and deep knowledge of clinical and academic gastroenterology. The leader should be dynamic and work well within a complex organizational matrix.

Position Qualifications

• National reputation for excellence and academic accomplishment within Gastroenterology along with at least 3 years of leadership at the Section or Department level.
• M.D. or D.O. degree with active Board Certification in Gastroenterology.
• Current license, or eligible for medical license, in the state of Louisiana.
• Proven leader with integrated approach to patient care and program growth.
• Strong orientation toward patient-focused care, quality improvement, and team building.
• Proven ability to actively participate in creating an environment that promotes initiative, innovation, and continual learning.
• Experience as a System Chair or Vice Chair at a large academic health system preferred.

Application

Interested candidates should submit their resume / CV to :

Page Ettle

Senior Associate

Grant Cooper / Diversified Search

page@grantcooper.com

314-449-1574