Inspirations and Insights

Kendalle Cobb, MD, is a board-certified Family Physician at Cleveland Clinic with an interest in health maintenance and disease prevention and adolescent health. She is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and is currently serving as an Associate Chief of Staff with a focus on recruitment and retention of physicians and scientists, particularly those traditionally underrepresented in medicine. Growing up in San Francisco, she studied ballet and when sidelined with an injury started thinking about other career options and ultimately went to medical school after receiving a BA in history from Harvard University. In this conversation, she talks about working with medical students, mentoring and supporting their challenges on their journeys to become doctors and the courage to ask for help and building a culture of psychological safety.