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 49: Recruitment and Career Development of Physician Scientists
Jan 7, 2026 • 00:21:54
Moderated by Drs. Arnold Strauss and Kathryn Edwards, this episode discusses how leaders can initiate and foster the careers of clinical and laboratory investigators.
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Episode 48: Faculty Wellness Issues Facing Current Leaders - Part 2
Dec 17, 2025 • 00:22:05
Drawing on real-world leadership experience and advisory insight from the Child Health Advisory Council’s pediatric specialty experts, this candid discussion offers practical perspective for leaders navigating change across generations.
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Episode 47: Faculty Wellness Issues Facing Current Leaders
Dec 11, 2025 • 00:22:25
In the latest Pediatric Insight episode, pediatric leaders from around the country get real about what wellness looks like today and how to spot the line between busy, stressed and burnout.
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Episode 46: The Role of the Master Connector
Nov 20, 2025 • 00:23:45
As we close out our Pediatric Insight Conversations series on mentorship, the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) turns to a topic that may be the most influential and the least discussed driver of career satisfaction in academic pediatrics: the master connector.
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Episode 45: Measuring Mentorship Success
Nov 6, 2025 • 00:26:12
In part two of our Pediatric Insight mentorship series, we continue the conversation addressing how to measure mentorship success.
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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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Watch the episodes
- Recruitment and Career Development of Physician Scientists (1/8/2026)
- Faculty Wellness Issues Facing Current Leaders (12/11/2025)
- The Role of the Master Connector (11/20/2025)
- Measuring Mentorship Success (11/6/2025)
- 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)