Leadership in Otolaryngology: What We Wish We Had Known!

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Location: 139

Disclosure(s):

William O. Collins, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Nausheen Jamal, MD, MBA:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Soham Roy, MD, MMM, FACS, FACP:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Effective leadership is critical in organized medicine, but is rarely part of any formal training curriculum in residency or fellowship training or during the early career period. Many physicians find themselves thrust into leadership positions without formal training, yet are supremely motivated to help lead their organization effectively. This panel is comprised of four academic faculty members who have recently ascended into larger leadership roles. With their recent experience, the panelists have identified reasons that they pursued these positions despite the many challenges, common mistakes that they have made, and share advice for future leaders on how to best prepare for leadership opportunities when they arise.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: To identify key reasons that physicians should seek leadership opportunities, and how to recognize potential leadership opportunities that are right for them and their skill set.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: To identify common mistakes that new leaders can make, including navigating internal vs. external successions, faculty recruitment, human resource issues, and others.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: To delineate important strategies that can help prepare a future leader for when the right opportunity arises.

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: Given the recent ascendency of each of the four panelists to a major new leadership position, we feel that this presentation might be a particularly useful time and venue to share these lessons with other future and up and coming leaders.

Comprehensive Otolaryngology Track Statement :

Moderator(s)

William O. Collins, MD

Professor and Department Chairman
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, United States

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faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Panelist(s)

Nausheen Jamal, MD, MBA

Department Chair
University of Texas Medical Branch, John Sealy School of Medicine
Galveston, TX, United States

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faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
SR

Soham Roy, MD, MMM, FACS, FACP

Ent Credit Union Endowed Chair of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Childrens Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO, United States

Disclosure(s):
faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
David M. Cognetti, MD

Herbert Kean MD Professor and Chair
Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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