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Title: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/ ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/ PROFESSOR - CLINICAL, PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY

Employee Type: Faculty

Department: Pediatrics

Campus Location: PEDIATRICS/FACULTY/NEW ORLEANS

Job Summary/Basic Functions

The Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans is seeking an academic Pediatric Rheumatologist specialist to join our faculty group. Academic appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (non-tenure, clinical track) depending on prior experience.

The successful candidate will participate in a broad range of activities. Primary clinical responsibilities of the position include patient care in a variety of settings including inpatient consultations at Manning Family Children’s and other local hospitals as well as outpatient rheumatology clinics. Educational responsibilities include supervision and instruction of medical students, residents, and other learners from the multi-disciplinary community. Faculty members are expected to contribute to the advancement of scholarly or educational activities within the Department. There are abundant opportunities for educational, clinical, translational, and quality and outcomes research initiatives across the health sciences center.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education: MD or equivalent

Certifications or Licenses Required: Board certified/board eligible (or equivalent) in Pediatric Rheumatology; licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana and credentialed with all required entities before hire date.

Additional Information About Our School/Department

The Department of Pediatrics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans is dedicated to excellence in patient care, mastery in teaching and continuous learning. The Department boasts approximately eighty faculty members representing all pediatric sub-specialties. Training programs include an annual medical school class of two hundred and approximately one hundred post-graduate trainees in categorical pediatrics, medicine-pediatrics, child neurology, combined pediatrics and emergency medicine and most pediatric sub-specialty fellowship areas. The Department of Pediatrics is located predominantly at Manning Family Children’s in New Orleans. Manning Family Children’s is Louisiana’s largest free-standing children’s hospital. The 247-bed tertiary care teaching and clinical care complex is located in the heart of New Orleans.

Comprehensive benefits are available to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; generous annual and sick leave; 14 paid holidays per year; and an employee health primary care clinic. See following link for more details on our benefits offerings: LSUHSC, New Orleans - Benefits

Other employee benefits include a full-service credit union, wellness benefits featuring complimentary fitness center membership for employees and their spouses, employee assistance program, campus assistance program, and pet insurance option. More information about these benefits can be found on this webpage:  Additional Benefits