Economics
The Collaboration Imperative: Why Healthcare Executives Must Unite Against an Existential Threat
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon), C. Ann Jordan, JD
Healthcare organizations face billions in revenue losses from Medicare cuts, halted value-based care models, and reduced federal funding. Traditional siloed leadership cannot tackle these interconnected challenges. This white paper emphasizes the critical need for integrated CEO-CFO-physician executive collaboration, offering actionable frameworks for building collaborative leadership structures. Executive partnerships and physician leadership development drive superior outcomes, financial sustainability, and competitive advantage in a transformed healthcare landscape.
Influence
“Profiles in Success”: Certified Physician Executives Share the Value and ROI of their CPE Education
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.
Influence
Championing Physician Leadership Development: AAPL's Five-Decade Commitment Meets Healthcare's Critical Moment
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
From closing knowledge gaps in finance and AI to building emotional intelligence and peer communities, the future of healthcare demands bilingual leaders fluent in both medicine and strategy.
Team Building
Shaping Your Healthcare Team at Every Level
Kylan Steele, BS, John Gunaldo, BS, Peter DeBlieux, MD, Sandy Hyatt, PsyD, Erika Rajo, PsyD, Rachel Fiore, PhD, CCC-SLP
Effective communication is vital for healthcare teams to prevent errors, burnout, and poor outcomes. Self-awareness, connection-building, and recognition foster collaboration and resilience.
SoundPractice
Healing from the Inside Out: How Medicine Must Learn to Share Its Power with Dr. Rana Awdish
Rana Awdish, MD
Rana Awdish, MD, joins SoundPractice to share how nearly dying changed the way she sees healing, leadership, and medicine itself. She also discusses peer mentorship at Henry Ford Health and her new book, Aftershock.
Integrity
What the Doctors Said: The Qualitative Story Within Physician Leadership Development Research
Mark Hertling, DBA, Kim Smith-Jentsch, PhD
The article analyzes physician narratives from a study on leadership development, revealing themes like trust, communication, and reflection. It highlights how safe environments foster growth and reduce burnout.
Quality Improvement
Reducing Clinical Variation Through Interdisciplinary Leadership: A Field Report from a Large Academic Medical Center
Harpreet Pall, MD, MBA, CPE, Brian Walch, MS, PT, MBA, Annamarie Cutroneo, MHA, CPXP
In 2025, Jersey Shore University Medical Center implemented a clinical variation reduction (CVR) model, improving length-of-stay, discharge rates, patient experience, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration through shared accountability and data transparency.
New Book
Career Prescription Guide: A Physician's Guide for Career Transformation or Advancement
Pamela C. Sullivan, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP, FCUCM, PT
This guide empowers physicians to navigate career transitions with confidence, align decisions with values, prevent burnout, and achieve fulfillment.
Tree in Bedrock — Our Two-Physician Marriage
An Unexpected Outcome: How Leadership Development May Reduce Physician Burnout
Perceptions of Private Equity in Private Practice: Insights from Ophthalmology
Unlocking the Power of Collaborative Leadership as a Driver of Healthcare Transformation: A Qualitative Systematic Review
In Your Medical Practice, Is Your “Nice” Quotient Too High?
The Intersection of Technology and Women
Influence
The CPE Credential as a Catalyst for Healthcare Transformation: A Personal and Organizational Perspective
Claude D. Brunson, MD, MSCHS, CPE, FAAPL, FASA
The Certified Physician Executive (CPE) equips physicians with leadership skills to manage complex healthcare systems, enhancing individual and organizational performance.
Integrity
Physicians and Impostor Syndrome: Between Selflessness and Self-Mastery
Mark D. Olszyk, MD, MBA, CPE, FACEP, FACHE
Impostor syndrome affects physicians with self-doubt despite competence, driven by perfectionism and cultural norms. Balancing humility and excellence worsens it, but mentorship and psychological safety can help.
Systems Awareness
What Physician Leaders Need to Know About Change Management for AI
Lola Butcher
Physician leaders must navigate change management as AI transforms clinical care, tackling challenges without a clear playbook to guide this pivotal shift.
Integrity
A Purpose-Driven Framework for Career Sustainability Among Physician Leaders in Academic Medicine
Mohan V. Belthur, MD, MS (CTS), FRCSC, FRCS (Tr & Orth), FAAOS, Jasmine K.M. Lopez, BS, BA, Benjamin Cordy, MD, Guadalupe Federico-Martinez, PhD
This review presents a framework to help physician leaders align values, reflect, and make strategic decisions for sustainable, fulfilling academic medicine careers.
Humility
Conversations with the Past
Ronald Dwinnells, MD, MBA, CPE
The article examines 65 years of changes in medicine from one physician's viewpoint, exploring advancements in technology, training, patient care, and bureaucracy, while emphasizing the need to preserve humanistic values in healthcare.