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Director of ECMO
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Established 12-physician intensivist group seeking a Director of ECMO to lead and advance a growing extracorporeal life support program within a high-acuity academic medical center.

This physician leader will provide strategic and clinical oversight of the ECMO program, ensuring full compliance with ELSO guidelines and national best practices. Responsibilities include direct oversight of ECMO patient care, development of standardized protocols, ongoing training and education of hospital personnel, collaboration with regional referral partners, and community outreach to strengthen program awareness and access.

This is an opportunity to shape and expand a destination ECMO program within one of the nations largest and most respected hospitals.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is one of the 25 largest hospitals in the country and one of only three Level I trauma centers in Louisiana, the only in the Capital Region. The trauma center verification given by the American College of Surgeons highlights the robust, multi-disciplinary care model that Our Lady of the Lake has provided for nearly 100 years and our commitment to bringing the highest quality of care to our patients. Recognized for excellence in the areas of heart and vascular, trauma and emergency, stroke, cancer, minimally invasive procedures and more, we are positioned to serve all corners of our community, attract top medical talent to the area and grow the strength of our medical education, training and research.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients.

When choosing our Regional Medical Center, you have access to:

• A more-than 900 licensed bed hospital
• The areas only Level I Trauma Center
• Coordination with our Children's Hospital across the street
• A more than 650-provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
• A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
• Outpatient imaging, physical therapy, rehabilitation and surgery centers

A part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading edge technology and innovation.