Welcome to the latest edition of the Physician Leadership Institute quarterly newsletter. WittKieffer's PLI offers tailored executive development led by our team of experienced physician leaders and leadership coaches, customized to the specific needs of hospitals and health systems. Once a quarter, our newsletter provides thought leadership, podcasts, and the latest insights on physician leader development – for physician leaders and their executive peers.
Physician Leadership Insights
Today's most successful physician leaders are those who can think and act strategically and with vision. They must accept the fact that "the only constant is change." Here's how.
ICYMI from our past newsletters:
Beyond the Bedside: Operational Excellence as a Core Competency for Physician Leadership
An Essential Leadership Vehicle: Your Relational Lens
Empathy in Physician Leadership: Current Insights and Strategies
Grace, Space, and Pace: The New Physician Leadership Mindset
Recent Podcasts from Our Accelerating Physician Leader Impact Series
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, Editor-in-Chief, JAMA
Vicki Johnson, PhD, MSc, CEO, ProFellow
Conor Delaney, MD, President, Cleveland Clinic Florida Market
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, Chair of Surgery, UCSF Health
Julian Kim, MD, President, Prisma Health Cancer Institute
Other Podcasts with Physician Leaders
Michael Collins, MD, Chancellor, UMass Chan Medical School
Lawrence Chin, MD, Dean, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Alexa Kimball, MD, President, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians
Kate Goodrich, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Humana
Richard Freeman, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, WellStar
Bill Wertheim, MD, EVP for Health Sciences, Stony Brook Medicine
Sanjeeb Khauta, MD, Chief Physician Executive, Endeavor Health
Out and About
Our PLI team was honored to join recent gatherings of the Texas Hospital Association, Weill Cornell Medical College, the Women in Medicine Summit, the National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives (NALHE) Summit, the ABQAURP Annual Conference, and the AAMC Annual Meeting. We look forward to seeing you in 2026!
About Physician Leadership Institute
WittKieffer's Physician Leadership Institute helps participating physician leaders deepen their self-awareness and provides them with the tools to meaningfully advance as leaders. Our offerings include:
Physician Accelerator: Beginning with a comprehensive leadership assessment, this solution pairs a physician leader with dyad coaching from an experienced physician mentor and an executive leadership coach.
Physician Mini-LAB: Ideal for 3-7 leaders, this approach builds on the Physician Accelerator with regular small group (Leadership Circle) meetings for peer support and facilitated discussion, with an optional skill-building workshop (forums).
Leadership LAB: The most comprehensive offering, this program integrates workshops (forums) with Leadership Circles and Dyad coaching, making it ideal for 8-20 leaders. Physicians experience Learning Agility Breakthroughs (LABs) through an experiential approach that allows them to experiment, receive feedback, collect data, and refine skills in a supportive environment that emphasizes discovery. The LAB experience equips clinicians with the tools and confidence to lead effectively, manage teams, and improve patient care outcomes.
The Physician Leadership Institute equips physicians with the skills and insights needed to excel in leadership roles, ultimately driving positive change and growth to build sustainable healthcare organizations.
The Physician Leadership Institute team includes:
Leadership Coaches
Raj Ramachandran, Ed.D., Senior Partner and Co-Executive Director, Physician Leadership Institute
Christy Pearson, Ph.D., Senior Consultant
Alok Sawhney, Psy.D., Principal
Susan M. Snyder, Executive Partner
Healthcare Mentors
Michael R. Anderson, M.D., M.B.A., Principal and Co-Executive Director, Physician Leadership Institute
Richard Nesto, M.D., Physician Executive Consultant
Valerie Weber, M.D., FACP, Principal
About WittKieffer
WittKieffer is the premier executive search and leadership advisory firm developing impactful leadership teams for organizations that improve quality of life. We work exclusively with organizations in not-for-profit and for-profit healthcare, life sciences, and education – the “Quality of Life Ecosystem.” Leveraging our unwavering focus on this complex ecosystem, we help clients solve challenging problems through executive search, interim leadership and leadership advisory services. We strengthen organizations that make the world better. Visit wittkieffer.com to learn more.
