Becker’s Healthcare -- Pediatric Leadership Podcast

This episode features Dr. David Duffey, VP of the Women's and Children's Service Line at OSF HealthCare. Here, he discusses his background & what led him to OSF HealthCare, his current focus on the pediatric respiratory illness surge & women’s health services, how he is thinking about investments & growth in the next 2-3 years, and more.

This episode features Shehzad Saeed, MD, FAAP, AGAF, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Pediatric Gastroenterologist at Dayton Children's Hospital. Here, he discusses his background & career, how he & his team are tackling staffing shortages, telehealth in the pediatric space, and more.

In this episode, we are joined by Mike Farrell, President at Advocate Children's Hospital, to discuss his background & current role, challenges surrounding labor shortages & burnout, the benefits of mergers to diversify perspectives, and more.

This episode features Dr. Hossain Marandi, President at Corewell Health - Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. Here, he discusses his background and what led him into pediatrics, challenges surrounding the “tripledemic”, financial pressures children’s hospitals are facing, and more.

This episode features Vicky Tilton, ACNO & Executive Director Clinical Operations at Valley Children's Healthcare. Here, she discusses her focus on leveraging resources in day-to-day operations, the importance of connecting with frontline staff, behavioral health in pediatrics, and more.

This episode features Christine Young, Chief Nursing Officer at Akron Children’s. Here, she discusses her vast experience in nursing leadership, challenges surrounding workforce shortages & how they affect access to care, different ways to support providers & staff in order to increase retention rates, and more.

This episode features Dr. Richard Chinnock, Chief Medical Officer, Loma Linda University Children's Hospital. Here, he discusses his background & current work with Loma Linda, the current RSV surge, his focus on health equity, and more.

In this episode, we are joined by Armando Llechu, Chief Officer Hospital Operations & Women and Children's Services at Lee Memorial Health System, to discuss his focus on finding operational efficiencies to offset rising labor costs & shortages, how he is looking at investments & growth going forward, and more.

This episode features Alisa L. Starbuck, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, NEA-BC, President, Brenner Children's Hospital & Vice President, Women's and Children's Health Services. Here, she discusses her background & healthcare leadership journey, what issues she’s spending most of her time on today, how she is looking at growth and investments going forward, and more.

This episode features Dr. Stacy Reynolds, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Atrium Health. Here, she discusses her background in emergency medicine & pediatrics, capacity issues created by the tripledemic, what she’s most excited about going into the end of the year, and more.

This episode features Dr. Chad Perlyn, President, Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists (NCPS). Here, he discusses what led him into executive leadership, his focus on the growth of NCPS, partnerships he’s excited about, and more.

This episode features Dr. Lisa Warren, Chair, Department of Pediatrics & Assistant Dean at Graduate Medical Education Western University of Health Sciences. Here, she discusses her background & transition into her current role, what issues she is spending most of her time on, how she is looking at growth & investments going forward, and more.

This episode features Dr. Steven E. Lipshultz, A. Conger Goodyear Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Voluntary Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences;Pediatric Chief-of-Service, Kaleida Health; Medical Director of Pediatric Services Business Development, John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital; Consultant, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; and President/CEO UBMD Pediatrics Medical Group. Here, he speaks about his multiple professional roles, his top priorities, his focus on prevention & implementation research, and more.

This episode features Dr. Marilyn C Sandor, CEO & Founder of GoodCheckup. Here, she discusses her top priorities today, including - bringing pediatrics to the dental industry, preventative care, increasing access to care, and a lot more.

This episode features Larry Epstein, MPA, CMPE, Chief Executive Officer of Pediatric Urology Associates (PUA). Here, he discusses his top priorities today, how he is looking at workforce shortages, PUA’s growth plans, and more.

This episode features Dr. Francisco Alvarez, Pediatric Hospitalist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Associate Chief - Regional Pediatric Hospital Medicine Programs, & Clinical Professor - Pediatrics, at Stanford School of Medicine. Here, he discusses his background in pediatrics, his focus on making sure his team has a good work-life balance, and more.

This episode features Dr. Christopher Russo, Director of Pediatrics, Women and Children Services & Medical Director for Quality and Innovation at WellSpan Health. Here, he discusses his focus on supporting patients outside of the hospital, how his role is evolving, advocating for children, and more.

This episode features Paul Kempinski, President and CEO at Children's Mercy Kansas City. In this conversation, he discusses Children’s Mercy’s post-pandemic goals, new technology used in pediatric care, and more.

This episode features Michael Wells, President at OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois. Here, he discusses his transition into healthcare leadership, current trends in pediatric care, the use of VR as a surgical tool, and more.

This episode features Jim Shmerling, President and CEO at Connecticut Children's. Here, he discusses the differences in care delivery for children as compared to adults, one of his top priorities being mental & behavioral health for children, integrating public health with health systems, and more.

This episode features Dr. Stacy Nicholson, President of Children's Service Line and Chair of Pediatrics at Atrium Health. Here, he discusses his work with Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, part of Atrium Health. He also talks about the great success of their specialty health centers, and more.

This episode features Alisa Starbuck, President, Brenner Children’s Hospital at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Here, she discusses the growth of Benner’s Children’s Hospital, the importance of being the leader you’d like to work for, her focus on innovation to ease workforce shortages, and more.

This episode features Dr. Diego Hijano, Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In this conversation, he shares the lessons he’s learned throughout the pandemic, his concerns about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on children, the importance of everyone working together to get through the pandemic, and more.

This episode features Dr. Stephen Davis, President and CEO at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center. Here, he discusses Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s focus on mental health and vaccine research & development. He also shares advice for emerging leaders.

In this episode, we are joined by Patrick Smith, PharmD, President, Integrated Drug Development, Certara and Lynne Yao, MD, Director, Division of Pediatric and Maternal Health, US FDA. They give us an overview of the pediatric drug development landscape, model-informed drug development, share best practices, and more.This episode is sponsored by Certara.

This episode features Dennis Lund, Associate Dean of the Faculty & CMO at Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Here, he discusses stopping and starting surgeries throughout the pandemic, advice for navigating uncertainties, the lasting impact of COVID-19, and more.

This episode features Barbara Joers, President and CEO at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare. Here, she discusses the challenge of preventative health care efforts for children with the decline of immunizations due to lack of access during the pandemic, dealing with the workforce shortage, equity and inclusivity of pediatrics, and more.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Kristina Deeter, M.D., MBA, Specialty Medical Officer for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine with Pediatrix Medical Group and Vice Chair of Pediatrics at Renowned Children's Hospital in Reno, Nevada to discuss the pandemic's effect on pediatric care. She examines the long-term mental health effects in children and young adults, the benefits to regionalization of care and the importance of smaller PICUs remaining in communities, and actionable insights to caring for children during this pandemic. This episode is sponsored by Pediatrix.