Physician CEO 2022
Proud to be the first Australian graduate of the Physician CEO Program at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University… joining my 2022 colleagues hailing from Italy, Egypt, South Korea, Brazil, South Africa, India, UK and the USA.
It has been an incredible experience learning from some of the best faculty in the world -Professors Harry Kramer, Brian Uzzi, Leigh Thomson, Gina Fong, Ed Zajac, Robert E Grant – to name but a few.
To have the chance to speak with and engage with these brilliant minds who so generously gave of their time to make us better clinicians, leaders and entrepreneurs, challenging us to think about how we might be able to broaden the scope of our influence and care for our patients has been nothing short of life changing.
I was also incredibly lucky to have been part of a joint class – the Class of 2020, interrupted by COVID, who joined my cohort in 2022 – making double the exposure to some 42 incredible minds and hearts that I am so honoured to call colleagues, friends and continue to be inspired by every day. These individuals range from clinician owners of ophthalmic Hospitals to doctors setting up charities in Uganda and India, to those navigating the clinician entrepreneurship space and those answering the call to cure the global burden of refractive error, with a focus on the underserved. Thank you for the shared insights, insane laughter, voiced hardships, late late night conversations and early morning walks around the lake that only enriched the experience so much more. I have learnt so much from each of you personally.
None of this would have been possible without the foresight and vision of the force that is Guy Kezirian MD, MBA, FACS, Mary O’Keefe, Thomas Turmell, Zoe Alves and the wonderful team at the James Allen Centre for their steadfast support and making this work. This is a program designed specifically by doctors, for doctors, in order that we might do bigger and better for the patients that we serve. Thankyou Dr Guy Kezirian and Dr Arthur Cummings for encouraging me to take part in what has been a truly transformative experience.
It’s been a tough slog flying back and forth from Australia another four times this year to complete this, but absolutely worth it.
Just ….don’t ask me what day or time it is.
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