Podcast #26: The Rising Tide: Physician Women in Leadership

Expert Panel

• Dr. Anna Bortnick, Associate Professor Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx New York
• Dr. Aaysha Cader, Assistant Professor & Associate Consultant; Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Dr. Kevin Loughlin, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Medical School
• Dr. Nandita Scott, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Co-Director Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program; Director Cardiovascular Medicine Section, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Dr. Kamala Tamirisa, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist & Cardiac MRI specialist with Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute. She’s the only woman on a team of 25 EP physicians. Also, author, service line director, former board member, national member of ACC WIC Council, and Chair of national HRS EDI Council

In this discussion, our expert panel kicks-off with a big-picture, data-driven view of why women physician leadership matters and what has minimized it in the past. From there, panelists’ subtopics include how selfless leadership maximizes team effectiveness. This brings up the larger issue of systemic practices, behaviors and policies that may contribute to (or detract from) women leaders’ career growth. Institutional support, “be”ing the change; imposter syndrome, navigating a predominantly male workforce, understanding cultural expectations about women in the workplace, and the need for advocacy and male allyship are all topics of discussion.

The panel wraps up with specific, concrete tips that individuals (of any gender) can implement to maximize one’s full workforce to inspire great patient care and staff satisfaction while increasing the success of women physician leaders in the future.