Note: We'll be at AAMC 2025 in San Antonio, represented by Kimberly Smith, Michael Anderson, MD, and Valerie Weber, MD. Stop by booth #407 to say hello!

Empowering Physicians, Driving Impact: Alexa Kimball, MD, of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians

The desire to make a defined, direct impact allows Dr. Kimball to unite 2,400 physicians across a complex, evolving organization.

Why It Matters: “Taking care of doctors so they can take care of people” builds community and culture in organizations with distinct parts and diverse histories.

Navigating the Rapids of Internal CEO Succession: Tips for Boards, CEOs, and Candidates

Internal CEO succession involves much more than tagging a successor; here's how to navigate it, for all parties involved including the designated successor.

Why It Matters: An internal CEO promotion is challenging and emotional for everyone involved, making it imperative to approach it proactively.

Revitalizing Medical Education Leadership

Institutions are, among other things, underestimating GME and UME leadership roles and taking the next generation of leaders for granted.

Why It Matters: As AMCs navigate grow and face new financial pressures, they must reconsider long-held assumptions about educational leadership.

Decoding the COO Role

Our latest signature report draws insights from original surveys and direct discussions with leading operations executives.

Why It Matters: The COO role is the least defined in the C-Suite, meaning it has potential for outsized impact if positioned right.

Also from WittKieffer

Podcasts

• Putting Humility Above Hierarchy: William Wertheim, MD, of Stony Brook University
• Julie Ann Sosa, MD, Surgery Chair, UCSF: Marrying the Personal and Professional
• Leadership Resilience Requires Leaning on Others: Julian Kim, MD, Prisma Health Cancer Institute
• Academic Medicine Dean Insights: Allison Brashear, M.D., M.B.A.

Articles

• Reimagining Research Funding
• The Evolving Medical School Dean
• The Nursing Dean Dilemma
• CEO Transition: Overcoming Common Pitfalls
• Beyond the Bedside: Operational Excellence as a Core Competency for Physician Leadership
• Unleashing Interim & On-Demand Expertise

Featured Placements

• Rishi Singh, MD, Appointed Chair of Ophthalmology at Mass General Brigham 
• Tarek N. Hanna Named Chair of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine at University of Maryland School of Medicine
• David E. Cohen Appointed Chair of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai
• Christina Mintner Named SVP and Associate COO for Ambulatory Care at UC Davis Health
• Joi Torrence-Hill Named Chief Administrator at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute
• Christine Nickerson Appointed Senior Associate General Counsel at Yale New Haven Health
• Mark Conway Named Chief Technology Officer of UK Biobank
• Meggan Murray Appointed CFO at Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency

Best wishes for the rest of your summer! 

The WittKieffer Academic Medicine Team 

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 healthcare, science, and education — the Quality of Life Ecosystem — and provide essential knowledge, analysis, and perspectives that produce effective leaders and inclusive cultures. Through our executive search, interim leadership, and leadership advisory solutions, we strengthen organizations that make the world better. WittKieffer is proud to be 100 percent employee-owned.