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How to Be a Physician Leader

by Renée Bacher • February 7, 2018

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Avoiding politics is also very important to being a good leader, said Dr. Megerian, who credits his health system’s CEO with being open and transparent. Avoiding politics also means not treating anyone as if they are beneath you. “You never know who is going to help you, so be nice to everybody,” Dr. Megerian added. “Treat everybody like you’d want to be treated.”

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Perhaps most important of all is being a good listener. “It’s been said you have two ears and one mouth for a reason,” said Dr. Bradford.

Having a seat at the administrative table means being able to put in place initiatives for unconscious bias training and preventatives for physician burnout, which can cost hospitals $250,000 for every physician who leaves. “Medicine is going through some changes which have real ramifications with how we do our day-to-day jobs,” said Dr. Megerian. “It puts stress on doctors and creates challenges. A leader who understands that and can empathize and is also still in practice, which I am, can generate better outcomes and a better sense of loyalty from the physician staff.

Overwhelmingly, the physician leaders interviewed agreed that the only people not cut out for leadership are those who are in it for their own personal ambition. “If you do it just for ego gratification or you want to be chairman by a certain age or president by a certain age, it’s going to backfire and you’re not going to get the results that you want,” said Dr. Megerian. “At the end of the day, we’re in this profession to help people. Other industries are important, but this is a very noble profession.”


Renée Bacher is a freelance medical writer based in Louisiana.

Key Points

  • Opportunities abound in three tracks of physician leadership: hospitals, medical societies, and medical schools.
  • An MBA is not necessarily a requirement to lead, even at the C-suite level.
  • Empowering team members is crucial for great leaders, as is treating everyone on the team with respect and honesty.

Why Otolaryngologists Make Great Hospital Leaders

Otolaryngologists are particularly well suited for medical leadership positions because they cross many boundaries that other specialties don’t in treating both children and the elderly, performing small procedure outpatient surgeries and complex inpatient surgeries (whether scheduled or in the ED), all on top of running busy outpatient practices. “Because we’re conversant in all of these issues, [we are] potentially good leaders of organizations,” said Dr. Stewart.

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Filed Under: Features, Home Slider Tagged With: career, career development, leadership, networkingIssue: February 2018

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