Obstetrics Physician

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- Shreveport are currently seeking a Palliative Medicine Physician to join our team. This position will serve in the Department of Medicine under the direction of the Chair, Steven Bailey, MD. Must be BC/BE and be eligible for a Louisiana license.

Practicing and teaching the fundamental skills of palliative care, such as:

• Enhancing the quality of life for patients and their families when confronting serious or life changing illness,
• Addressing complex symptom management,
• Minimizing other domains of human suffering by providing psychosocial, existential and spiritual support to patients and their families,
• Assisting with communication, advanced care planning and end-of-life decision making that addresses the values and goals of the patient,
• Ensuring a continuum of care across various clinical settings during the trajectory ...