Conference Sessions
Explore the 2026 AAPL Annual Leadership Conference schedule. Sessions are grouped by day and start time, so you can see what runs against what and plan your days around the choices that matter to you.
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Wednesday, October 21
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Thursday, October 22
6:00 - 8:00 am
Registration Open
7:00 - 8:00 am
2 sessions at this time
1st Timers Breakfast
Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 am
Welcome & Opening Keynote
9:30 - 9:45 am
Networking Break
9:45 - 10:45 am
9 sessions at this time
Beyond AI Adoption: From Physician Stewardship to Trusteeship
Beyond the Check: What Physician Leaders Need to Know About Payment Risk, Fraud, and Financial Security
Bridging Care and Revenue Through Physician Leadership
Crisis Leadership Reimagined: Decisions That Define Performance
Discharging the Undischargeable: Managing Complex Barriers
Yvette Castellanoes RN, Leah Low MD, MBA, Loretta Manjarrez LMSW ACM, Mark White BSN, ACM-RN
Identity Alert: How to integrate physician and leader identities
Leading Beyond the Job Description: Filling Gaps with Curiosity and Service
Managing Expectation in the Age of AI: Bridging Promise and Reality
Smita Agarkar MD, CPE, FAAPL, Bryan Neil Becker MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, FNKF, FAAPL
Physician Leaders in AI Governance- A collaborative engagement
10:45 - 11:00 am
Networking Break
11:00 - 12:00 am
The Human Arts of Leadership
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
7 sessions at this time
Building Engagement and Culture through Physician Leadership Training
Leading AI Adoption That Actually Works
Leading Without Losing Yourself: Sustaining Purpose in Physician Leadership
Next: Flourishing Beyond Your Traditional Career
Off the Rails: Finding Purpose After a Major Career Setback
Opening the Black Box: A Framework for Physician Compensation Transparency
ROI of Enterprise sponsored Physician & APP Leadership Programs
12:00 - 1:15 pm
2 sessions at this time
Lunch
The Evolving Role of the Physician Executive
Tom Rossi, Michael Lalor MD, MBA, CPE, FACHE, HMDC, FAAHPM, FAAPL, Kristin Mascotti MD, MS-HQSM, CPE
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Learning & Development Community of Practice
1:15 - 2:15 pm
10 sessions at this time
Aligning Systems for Performance: Closing the Leadership Gap
Building Bridges: Creating a Physician-Advanced Practice Leadership Program
Timothy Lineberry MD, MHA, CPE, Rhonda Hoyer MS, RN, APNP, ANP-C
Credibility Before Title: Landing Your First Medical Director Role
Financial Blind Spots: What Physicians Are Missing in Taxes, Disability & Retirement - My Financial Coach
William L. MacDonald, John Polk JD, LLM, Jenna Petrizzo, Don Curristan
Leading Yourself and Your Team Through the Age of AI
Edgar G. Chedrawy MD, MS, FRCSC, FACS, MHA, CPE, FAAPL, MCPDC, Eve Minkoff MS, ACC
Leveraging Scorecards to Drive Mortality and Readmission Outcomes
Nothing About Us Without Us: AI Co-Design for Physician Leaders
Owning the Cost Curve: Physician Leadership Across the Risk Spectrum
Praveen Jayakumar MD, MS, FACP, CPE, FAAPL, Tanya Sibrava DO, MBA, FACHE
The Founder's Path: Leading Change as a Physician Entrepreneur
Robert Sanders MD, MHA, CPE, Archana Shrestha MD, MS, Eva Balint MD, MS, Sudhen Desai MD, FSIR
Thought Leader Session
2:15 - 2:45 pm
Networking Break
2:45 - 5:00 pm
General Session Search Insights followed by AAPL Convocation: Celebration & Recognition
Mamata Majmundar MD, FAAFP, CHCQM, CPE, Tom Rossi, Sree Koka DDS, MS, PhD, MBA, MAS, FACD, Devjit Roy MD, MAS, MSPC
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall
Friday, October 23
6:30 - 8:30 am
Registration Open
7:00 - 8:00 am
3 sessions at this time
Breakfast
Entrepreneur Community of Practice
Interprofessional Community of Practice
8:00 - 8:45 am
The Future of Healthcare Quality and Leadership
Claude D. Brunson MD, MSCHS, CPE, FAAPL, FASA, Stephanie Mercado
8:00 - 11:15 am
2 sessions at this time
HALM Prep
Daniel A. Handel, MD, MBA, MPH MD, MBA, MPH, Maggie DiConstanzo JD, Brian P. McDonough MD, FAAPL, FAAFP, CPE, Jennifer L. Wiler MD, MBA
Vanguard (Invitation Only)
8:45 - 9:00 am
Networking Break
9:00 - 10:00 am
Driving Innovative Change: A Physicians-Led On-Call Compensation Model
9:00 - 11:15 am
4 sessions at this time
Across the Divide: A Practical Workshop in Civil Discourse
SOARing towards your future - a Coaching Framework
Systems Thinking for Physician Leaders: Leading Teams in Complex Systems
Umbereen Nehal MD, MPH, Matt Mazurek MD, MHA, MBA, CPE, FAAPL, FACHE, FASA, FAAPL
Team for your Type: Adaptive communication and conflict management
10:15 - 11:15 am
Leading Effective Hand Hygiene: The Physician’s Role in Moving Beyond Compliance Metrics
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
2 sessions at this time
Lunch
Navigating the Policy Maze
Bryan Neil Becker MD, MMM, FACP, CPE, FAAPL, Manuel Bonilla, Rebecca Colon DO, MBA, Stephanie Mercado, Michael Tutty PhD, MHA, FACMPE
12:15 - 1:15 pm
2 sessions at this time
Bending the Cost Curve with Scalable Lifestyle Medicine
Physical AI Meets Infection Prevention: What Robot-Collected Disinfection Data Is Revealing About Hospital Risk
12:15 - 2:30 pm
6 sessions at this time
Communicating DFII--Design for Implementation & Improvement
HALM Prep
Daniel A. Handel, MD, MBA, MPH MD, MBA, MPH, Maggie DiConstanzo JD, Brian P. McDonough MD, FAAPL, FAAFP, CPE, Jennifer L. Wiler MD, MBA
Leadership and Teamwork Simulation: Climbing Everest
Rahul Anand MD, MBA, MSCI, Joel J. Reich MD, MMM, CPE, FACEP, Brooklynn Weber
Medical Practice Management for Physician Leaders - Teaser
The Physician Athlete: What Elite Sport Can Teach Elite Leaders
Vanguard (Invitation Only)
1:30 - 2:30 pm
When Targeting Patients Misses Most Infections, Why Are We Still Targeting?
3:00 - 3:45 pm
Sound Bath
3:00 - 6:00 pm
2 sessions at this time
Golf
Pickleball
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Sponsor Dinner: Invitation Only
Saturday, October 24
6:30 - 8:30 am
Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 am
2 sessions at this time
Breakfast
Women in Leadership Community of Practice
8:30 - 9:30 am
Moving Healthcare Forward: Insights From Women Leading the Way
Sophia McIntyre MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP, CPE, FAAPL, Renia R. Dotson MD, FACS, MPH, MBA, Patricia Gabow MD, Mary Dale Peterson, Crystal Wright MD, FASA
9:30 - 9:45 am
Break
9:45 - 10:45 am
7 sessions at this time
Beyond the Seat at the Table: Women Redesigning Power in Healthcare
Gwendolyn Williams MD, Archana Shrestha MD, MS, Farzana Hoque MD, MSHA, MRCP, FACP, FRCP, Dami Babaniji DO, DipABLM, Lisa Rubiano DO, DipABLM
ED Boarding Isn't an ED Problem - It's a Surgical Scheduling Problem
Equity in Administrative Costs: a lofty goal?
From Call Center to Command Center: A Strategic Transformation
Leadership from Failures, Adversities, Mistakes and Enemies
Leading Through Complexity:Strengthening Judgment & Trust in Transformation
Operationalizing Trust: Successful AI Clinical Adoption & Patient Outcomes
9:45 am - 12:00 pm
2 sessions at this time
Difficult Dilemmas for Chief Medical Officers' Panel
Christopher B. Chisholm MD, MBA, MS, FAAEM, Reka Danko MD, Sarah Garber MD, MBA, Rex Hoffman MD, MBA, Doug Koekkoek MD
The Magic Is in the Mix: Leveraging Generational Differences For A Stronger Culture
10:45 - 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
6 sessions at this time
Beyond the Hype: Measuring What AI Actually Delivers Over Time
Challenge Point Framework: Shared Responsibility for Accelerated Learning
Dr. Michael Gardner MD, MPH, MMM, CPE, FAAPL, Dr. Mark Guadagnoli PhD
Neurodivergent Leadership: Unlocking Strengths and Leading Differently
Physician Advocacy: Shaping Healthcare through Legislation
Physician Voice and Influence Accelerator
The Cure for Pilotitis: Making Clinical AI Actually Scale
12:00 - 1:00 pm
2 sessions at this time
Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice
Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 pm
AI Is Here. Are Physician Leaders Ready?
Edgar G. Chedrawy MD, MS, FRCSC, FACS, MHA, CPE, FAAPL, MCPDC, Jennifer Bryan MD, FAAFP, Alex Ding MD, MS, MBA, FACR, Jesse Ehrenfeld MD, MPH, Margaret Lozovatsky MD, FAMIA
1:45 - 2:00 pm
Break
2:00 - 3:00 pm
9 sessions at this time
A Governance Framework for Agentic AI in Healthcare
Archetypes of Burned Out Physicians and How to (Actually) Help Them
Beyond Titles: A Physician Leader’s Journey to Purpose, Resilience & Impact
CMO Community of Practice
From Clinician to CMO: Building a Sustainable Physician Leadership Pipeline
Pranav Mehta MD, MBA, FACHE, CPE, Meghan Schneider MS Industrial and Organizational Psychology
How Physician Leaders Build Aspirational Goals That Transforms Team.
Leading Gen Z to Boomers: The Real Playbook
Leading Through Chaos: What It Takes to Transform a Broken Clinical System
The Value of Friendships for Physician Women Leaders
Ellen Piernot, Anne VanGarsse MD, FAAP, CPE, FAAPL, Mireya Samaniego MD
2:00 - 4:15 pm
Scaling Physician Leadership with AI Systems
3:00 - 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 - 4:15 pm
5 sessions at this time
If it can happen in Iowa....Lassa Fever and a Level 2 Special Pathogen Unit
Incentive-Driven Leadership: A New Model for Healthcare Systems
State Medical Board Essentials: What Leaders Need to Know
The Executive Physician: The secret sauce for Docs leading organizations
Michael Bakerman MD, FACC, FACPE, MMM, Lee Scheinbart MD, CPE, FAAPL
The Ultimate Physician Alignment Strategy: Monetizing Quality
4:15 - 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Leading Healthcare Into the Next Era
Saju Joy MD, MBA, MS, CPE, FAAPL, Peter WT Pisters MD, MHCM, CPE, FACS, FACHE, FAAPL, Delvecchio S. Finley FACHE
5:30 - 7:00 pm
