Pathologist

Ochsner Health System in New Orleans is seeking a BC/BE Pathologist. Applicants should be board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, with 5 years’ experience preferred doing cytology or FNA’s, and experience in diagnostic surgical pathology. The available position is based within the Ochsner health System in the greater New Orleans, LA region. 

Currently, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine consists of 38 pathologist and two PhD's.  The Community group is made up of 11 pathologists who currently staff 4 hospitals within the greater New Orleans Area. 

Additionally, there are 12 pathologists who practice primarily anatomic pathology at the Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans campus and provide expertise with subspecialty training and interest in dermatopathology, transplant pathology, GU and GI pathology as well as cytopathology.  There are additional clinical pathologists with expertise in blood banking, hematology, microbiology and clinical chemistry.

This current advertised position is for our New Orleans Ochsner Main Campus Hospital location as part of our Anatomic Pathologist Group. 

The Ochsner health system currently processes approximately 95,000 surgical cases and 50,000 cytology cases annually.  There is a vast spectrum of cases, with a wide range of complexity.  The department supports a solid organ transplantation program and comprehensive oncology services, including a state of the art breast cancer center and a bone marrow transplant program. As Ochsner Medical Center is an academic institution, the Department supports the academic initiatives of the organization, and serves as an affiliate training site for 2 local accredited pathology training programs as well as rotating medical students.

Please email CV to:

Rebecca A. F. Phillips, MD, System Chair for Anatomic Pathology, Ochsner Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, rebecca.phillips@ochsner.org and Irma Oliva, M.D. Senior Physician, Ochsner Department of Pathology, ioliva@ochsner.org