Physicians working to improve our healthcare system give us hope. Elizabeth (Beth) Garner, MD, MPH, is one of those extraordinary physician leaders.

In this SoundPractice episode host Mike Sacopulos speaks with Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, about her chapter in the book, Lessons Learned: Stories from Women Physician Leaders, her work for a non-profit, and her work in academic medicine.

In this interview with host Mike Sacopulos, Wendy Dean, MD, discusses what constitutes a moral injury and how technology and compensation models can add to the problem for healthcare employees.

Deborah M. Shlian, MD, MBA discusses her own path as a physician leader, the main reasons keeping women from leadership roles, the statistics on women in medical school and medical training, and COVID-19 and its impact on women physicians.

A lack of constructive feedback is detrimental to your team, depriving them of mentorship and growth opportunities. Giving feedback is essential to being an effective leader. In this article, the author offers five ways to overcome your fear of givin...

There’s so much power in understanding what your values are — they can help you make decisions, guide your career, and even live a happier life. But how can you think about your values in an intentional way?

Mike Sacopulos and Brenda Denzler discuss how patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, caused by past medical treatments, choose to call themselves “treatment-traumatized” patients although healthcare professionals may categorize these patients ...

Through an analysis of more than 2,000 venture-backed startups, the authors found that women-led firms whose first round was raised exclusively from female VCs were two times less likely to raise a second round. This is because of an effect known as ...

A trained leadership coach and patient advocate, Jennifer Sweeney is interviewed by host Mike Sacopulos on strategies for healthcare administrators and physicians to have the best outcomes.

Successful leadership requires you to have an understanding of three things: people, process, and performance. Most leaders major in one style and minor in another. The major is what they naturally lead with and deem most valuable, while the minor is...

How can we better understand our grief as physicians, and how might we convert anguish to an improved receptivity and sense for opportunity and growth?

This article discusses the concept of forgiveness, how to find and give it, and how forgiveness applies to our medical practice.