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Willis Knighton Health

Physician

Willis Knighton Health, Shreveport, Louisiana, us, 71150


Peds - Gastroenterology Opening in Shreveport, LouisianaFull-Time & Permanent Position.

The Willis Knighton Health System Children's Health Services has an opening for a full-time pediatric gastroenterology position in a busy practice. The recruited physician will be up and running from day one. The physician will work in a long, well-established pediatric gastroenterology practice with full capability of providing both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. The physician will work in partnership with an accomplished pediatric gastroenterologist in the practice as well as with other gastroenterologists within the community to provide the highest standard of patient care. The pediatric GI service boasts of comprehensive staffing including a dedicated office manager, a nurse practitioner, long-term experienced GI medical assistants and front staff allowing physicians sole focus on patient care.

Important facts about the Children's Health and Pediatric GI Service:Health system known for regional superiority in patient care, innovative patient management, extensive clinical research and prioritizes medical education.Primary outpatient GI service with ER, NICU, PICU and inpatient consultation only.Serves patients in Northern Louisiana, through South Arkansas and East Texas.Manages all general gastrointestinal,hepatobiliary, pancreatic and nutritional diseases.Full endoscopy services including traditional and advanced endoscopy including ERCP, EUS and EMR.Large well-staffed outpatient infusion center.Well-established collegial working relationship with all pediatric subspecialties including pediatric surgery, endocrinology, cardiology, allergy-immunology, pulmonology, infectious disease, orthopedics, PICU, NICU, ER and hospitalist.Strong collaborative pediatric surgery and radiology teams including interventional procedures.GI service supported by available child life, child sedation, dietary/nutrition and social services.Large patient referral base from the largest physician network in the region comprising of general pediatrician groups and multiple sub-specialists.GI hospital admissions by pediatric hospitalists and intensivists service.Teaching rotating medical students and residents.Clinical research and academic affiliation opportunities.GI on-call schedule with nurse practitioner as 1st call.Well-trained answering service for all after-hour patient calls.Emergency foreign bodies and G-tubes by the pediatric surgery team.Recruitment requirement

Full-time and permanent position.Board certified/board eligible pediatric gastroenterology.Established GI physicians or recent graduates.Spectrum of general GI expertise includes liver disease, IBD, eosinophilic disease, pancreaticobiliary disease, feeding disorders and nutritional disorders.Additional experience or skill set in GI motility encouraged but not needed.Team player and collegial personality with strong work ethics.Interest in teaching rotating residents and medical students.Interest in clinical and pharmaceutical research.Light shared call.

Please contact Marian Dehan, Physician Recruitment and Development, at 318-455-1098 or mdehan@wkhs.com