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Physician Wellness

Session: Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Effective Tips From Effective People: A Panel Discussion on Career Satisfaction and Longevity

Saturday, October 26, 2024
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM EDT
Location: 510BD

    Moderator(s)

  • MG

    Matthew R. Garner, MD

    UPMC Central PA

    Financial Disclosures: DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company: Research support|Globus Medical: IP royalties; Paid consultant|Orthopaedic Trauma Association: Board or committee member; Research support|Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society: Board or committee member|ROM3 Rehab: Stock or stock Options|

  • DD

    Derek J. Donegan, MD, MBA (he/him/his)

    Associate Professor
    University of Pennsylvania
    Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

    Financial Disclosures: Arthrex, Inc: Paid consultant|DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company: Paid consultant|ORTelligence: Stock or stock Options|Zimmer: Paid consultant|

    • Faculty(s)

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    L. Scott Levin, MD

    University of Pennsylvania

    Financial Disclosures: American College of Surgeons: Board or committee member
    American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery: Board or committee member
    American Society for Surgery of the Hand: Board or committee member
    BoneBridge: Research support
    CMC: Research support
    CSurgeries: Editorial or governing board
    Elsevier: Research support
    MMI: Research support
    MMI SpA: Paid consultant
    Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Hand Section: Editorial or governing board
    Vascularized Composite Allograft Transplantation Committee: Board or committee member
    World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery: Board or committee member
    Wyss Foundation: Research support

  • Ashley E. Levack, MD, MAS

    Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
    Loyola University Medical Center
    Maywood, Illinois, United States

    Financial Disclosures: AO Trauma North America: Board or committee member|Orthopaedic Research Society: Board or committee member|Orthopaedic Trauma Association: Board or committee member|

  • ML

    Milton TM Little, MD (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Financial Disclosures: DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company: Paid consultant|Globus Medical: Paid consultant|Orthopaedic Trauma Association: Board or committee member|Restor3D: Paid consultant|Western Orthopaedic Association: Board or committee member|

Brief lectures and follow-up panel discussion including a range of surgeons at varying points in their careers willing to discuss successes and failures. Each panelists will give a short lecture highlighting their personal tips for life and career success. They will then be asked questions related to career satisfaction and longevity from both moderators and from audience members. Discussion will focus on balance between career goals and life goals, career advancement/promotion, discussions with organizational leadership (i.e. how to get what you want and need), career change/transitions, starting something new (walk-in injury clinic, osteoporosis clinic, etc).

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
  • Discuss topics important to career satisfaction with surgeons at different points in their career.
  • Discuss communicating with organizational leadership: i.e. stakeholder identification, identification of common goals and interest, understanding the needs of all negotiating parties.
  • Learn from the mistakes of others who have reflected on failures and grown professionally from them.