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Ochsner Health
Gretna, Louisiana

Physician - General Surgery

SurgeryNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways.

At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

Ochsner Health is actively recruiting a BC/BE General Surgeon to join our group at our West Bank campus.

Clinic-based position with dedicated surgery days da Vinci Xi robots

Ancillary Services

  • Collegial, multidisciplinary team of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, Radiologists, Pathologists, Dieticians, Medical and Radiation Oncologists and nurse navigators collaborate on a customized plan of care for each patient
  • Integrated practice model with strong, internal referral network
  • Support available from specialists and sub-specialists throughout Ochsner Health System
  • EPIC medical record platform utilized throughout the Ochsner Health System

Tort Reform State

Ochsner Health is an integrated healthcare system with a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate. Celebrating more than 80 years of service, it leads nationally in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, liver and kidney transplants and pediatrics, among other areas. Ochsner is consistently named both the top hospital and top children’s hospital in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report.

The not-for-profit organization is inspiring healthier lives and stronger communities through its Healthy State by 2030 initiative, a bold and collaborative plan to realize a healthier Louisiana.

Its focus is on preventing diseases and providing patient-centered care that is accessible, affordable, convenient and effective. Ochsner Health pioneers new treatments, deploys emerging technologies and performs groundbreaking research, including 4,000 patients enrolled in 685 clinical studies in 2022.

It has more than 37,000 employees and over 4,700 employed and affiliated physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties. It operates 46 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Gulf South; and its cutting-edge Connected Health digital medicine program is caring for patients beyond its walls.

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply Today!

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Key Responsibilities

The General Surgeon will provide clinical care at the West Bank campus as part of a multidisciplinary team. They will collaborate with various specialists to develop and implement customized patient care plans.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible (BC/BE) in General Surgery. The role requires the ability to work within an integrated healthcare system and utilize the EPIC medical record platform.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Da Vinci Xi RoboticsMultidisciplinary CollaborationClinical ResearchSurgical ProceduresElectronic Medical Records

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician - General Surgery at Ochsner Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 1,116 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 44 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 95% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Surgeon Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution37 jobs · 13 employers

18
$300k
10
$350k-650k
9
$650k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs · 13 employers

401k / retirement match
65%
Sign-on bonus
35%
Relocation assistance
24%
CME allowance
6%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.7this job 6.6
Better work-life than 70% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,116 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • On-site

Living in Gretna

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$231k
Typical market rent
$1,569/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.6
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.