Career Physician and the Child Health Advisory Council are firmly committed to capturing the leadership wisdom of current and emeritus pediatric chiefs and chairs and to passing it on to current and future generations. With the current shortages in leadership, many young pediatric leaders are being pressed into service early. We have seen firsthand how the Pediatric Insight positively impacts the legacies of leaders and the faculty and patients they serve.
Listen to the podcasts
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Episode 44: The Mentor Role and Responsibilities
Oct 22, 2025 • 00:32:35
In this episode, moderated by Valerie Opipari, MD, our expert panel dives into what makes mentorship effective and enduring.
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Episode 43: Who Will Be Your Boss?
Oct 6, 2025 • 00:32:22
If you're considering a new role under an interim leader, learn why interim leadership is very common.
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Episode 42 Integrating Full Time Physicians into the Department of Pediatrics
Sep 9, 2025 • 00:28:35
Pediatric departments are stretched by unprecedented clinical demand. How do you fully integrate full-time clinicians into the academic mission without losing alignment across the university, hospital and community?
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Episode 41: Engaging Underrepresented Medical Students
Aug 27, 2025 • 00:41:03
The latest Pediatric Insight episode tackles a critical question: How do we ensure the future of pediatrics reflects the diversity of the children and families we serve?
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Episode 40: Social Programming for Candidates
Aug 13, 2025 • 00:23:08
Social outings can make or break a candidate's interest in your program. Our panel, led by Dr. Bruce Rubin, shares unique ways to engage a candidate and his/her family during the recruitment process.
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Episode 39: Women in Academic Child Health Leadership: Personal Experiences, Perspectives and Predictions
Jun 19, 2025 • 00:53:59
Dr. Valerie Opipari brings together an esteemed group of female leaders to discuss solutions, experiences and predictions for the future in this special episode of Pediatric Insight.
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Episode 38: Special Edition - What We Need to Do to Have a Viable Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce
Jun 3, 2025 • 00:50:12
Dr. Frederick P, Rivara, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, explains why problematic referral patterns, funding issues, poor outcomes and pandemic aftermath are just a few of the reasons there's a strained pediatric workforce.
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Episode 37: The Leadership Challenge of Outliers
May 20, 2025 • 00:29:10
Colleagues and faculty members who are outliers can be positively disruptive because they bring innovation. On the other side of the spectrum, some outliers aren’t serving your department well, due to poor behavior or performance.
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Episode 36: Effective Transitions in Leadership: What Should a Candidate Think About When Looking for a Position When There is an Interim Chair
Apr 30, 2025 • 00:25:29
The Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) members talk about setting expectations with candidates, effectively defining the culture and broadening the interview pool to get a sense for the entire department during the recruitment process.
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Episode 35: Inspiring the Next Generation of Academic Pediatricians
Apr 14, 2025 • 00:25:03
Pediatric work force shortages are real and solutions that impact the causes and enable programmatic solutions are years in the making.
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Watch the episodes
- Mentor Role and Responsibilities (10/23/2025)
- Who Will Be Your Boss? Navigating New Roles Under Interim Leadership (10/6/2025)
- Integrating Full-time Clinicians into the Department of Medicine (9/10/2025)
- Engaging Underrepresented Medical Students (8/27/2025)
- Social Programming for Candidates (8/13/2025)
- Women in Academic Child Health Leadership (6/19/2025)
- Viable Subspecialty Workforce (6/3/2025)
- Leadership Challenge of Outliers (5/20/2025)
- How to Navigate Interim Leadership (4/30/2025)
- Inspiring the Next Generation (4/15/2025)
- Successful Communication (3/25/2025)
- Time Management (3/12/2025)
- Personal Succession Planning (2/24/2025)
- How Can Virtual Interviews Find the Top Candidates (2/12/2025)
- Social Events During Campus Visits (1/28/2025)
- Candidates who express an interest in global health (1/6/2025)
- Legacy of Leadership: Preparation and Succession Planning (9/23/2024)
- What do new faculty recruits most often want to know? (8/28/2024)
- The Joys of Leadership (8/9/2024)
- Helping Faculty Transition to New Career Paths (7/15/2024)
- The Search Process for Candidates (6/11/2024)
- The Risks of Not Checking References in Hiring (5/20/2024)
- Strategies for Building Clinical Research Infrastructure (4/14/2024)
- The Review Process (4/13/2024)
- Strategies for Building Clinical Research (3/26/2024)
- No Margin, No Mission – Fiscal Focus and Transparency (3/3/2024)
- Responsibilities of the Chair of a Search Committee (2/14/2024)
- New Leader Engagement: Part 2 (1/29/2024)
- New Leader Engagement: Part 1 (1/8/2024)
- Creating a Candidate-Centric Interview Process (11/20/2023)
- Fostering Healthy Cultures (11/6/2023)
- Partnering for Successful Fiscal Management (7/16/2023)
- Leadership Development in the Face of Scarce Resources (6/12/2023)
- Creating Successful Departmental Education Programs (5/19/2023)
- The Role of Philanthropy in Academic Child Health (5/4/2023)
- Community Involvement (4/17/2023)
- Avoiding Failed Faculty Leadership Searches (4/4/2023)
- Considerations in Building a Pediatric Outreach Program (3/16/2023)
- Candidate Sourcing Best Practices (3/7/2023)
- Faculty Retention in Pediatric Academic Medicine (2/8/2023)
- Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent: K Award Recipients (1/9/2023)
- Hiring a Department/Division Business Administrator (12/28/2022)
- Professional Treatment of Internal Candidates (5/31/2022)
- What is a Diverse Search? (5/10/2022)