Physician Leadership – Flipping the Leadership Paradigm

Guest: Dr. Wiley “Chip” Souba

We would like listeners to walk away with a clearer understanding of the role leadership plays in the practice and administration of medicine. This show will provide recommendations about what can physicians can do to prepare for the changes in the medical ecosystem and become a more effective leaders? Topics include the following discussions: 1. You’ve served as Chief of Surgical Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Chair of Surgery at Penn State, and then VP for Health Affairs and Dean of Medicine first at OSU and then most recently at Dartmouth. Now you spend most of your time studying, writing about and teaching leadership. You’re especially interested in the idea of leading yourself. Tell us about it. 2. You’ve been saying for several years that we need to change the way we think about leadership in health care and you give a talk titled “Flipping the leadership paradigm.” Tell us about that.