Inspirations and Insights

Susan J. Rehm is Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Vice Chair of Infectious Disease, Executive Director of Physician Health, Associate Chief of Staff, and was an elected member of the Board of Governors at Cleveland Clinic. She is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) where she has se

Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Professor of Dermatology at Cleveland Clinic for over 18 years, Allison Vidimos, MD, joins Hadley Wood, MD (subbing for our regular hosts) for a conversation about her career and leadership as she she prepares for retirement at the end of 2023. With her signature candor, humor and humility, Allison talks of her competitive family of golfer

Dr. Michelle Medina is currently the Associate Chief of Clinical Operations within Cleveland Clinic Community Health, overseeing practice operations and professional staff affairs across 3 primary care departments, Hospital Medicine, Medical Care at Home, Wellness, Functional Medicine and Center for Personalized Genomics. She has served in various leadership positions at Cleveland

Dr. Zeina Nahleh is a breast oncologist and the Chair of the Department of Hematology-Oncology and Director of the Cleveland Clinic Florida Maroone Cancer Center. She has received numerous awards and distinctions and has authored over 50 articles and book chapters in the field of cancer and breast cancer research. Dr. Nahleh has a double board certified in Hematology and Medical On

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,

Lisa Yerian, MD is a trained pathologist and serves as Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Improvement Officer, where she directs, coordinates and evaluates improvement strategies, methods and implementation across the Cleveland Clinic enterprise. Since 2010, she and her team have been building a “culture of improvement” where every caregiver is capable and empowered to make improvement

Dr. Sumita Khatri is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Vice Chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Respiratory Institute, Director of the Asthma Center and a practicing Adult Pulmonary and ICU physician. She serves on the national board of the American Lung Association and is founder of FLEX, a leadership development program for women faculty of the

Now retired, Kandice Kottke Marchant, MD, PhD, served as Chair of the Institute of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and is Professor of Pathology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. She talks candidly about her experience with grief, the isolation of being a leader and the unprecedented way she stepped down from leadership…which has allowed her to pursue her passion

Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS is the Vice-Chair of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic, Professor of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and a founding member of Women in Neurosugery (WINS). She is widely published on many topics, most pertinent to this conversation, is her 2008 white paper, “The future of neurosurgery: a white paper on the recruitment a

Cynthia Kubu, PhD, is Professor of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, a practicing is a neuropsychologist in the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic and serves as Vice Dean of Faculty Development at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Kubu discusses her field of neuropsychology and shares tips for achieving success