In this latest discussion, the Child Health Advisory Council™ breaks down how to effectively integrate community engagement as a key strategic component of your faculty leadership, and even general faculty, recruitment processes. Whether as interviewer, dinner host, group participant, the Council discusses how involving outside parties such as community pediatricians, parental advisory groups and mental health professionals, can more effectively assist you in attracting top 1% talent and providing added value in your community engagement and philanthropic missions.
When initiating a search of a departmental leadership position, how can you assure a diverse and comprehensive applicant pool. The Child Health Advisory Council shares their experiences and evolution in thinking about how to reach a sometimes limited pool of pediatric sub-specialists.
What Non-Clinical Positions Do You Need to Support Your Pediatric Department?
Leaders at every level within the academic pediatric department require strong administrative support. The Child Health Advisory Council discuss the importance of the partnership of a senior business administrator and the academic leader, as well as the qualities that they found led to a successful administrative leader.
The first years of academic appointment are often the most critical in the career of a physician-scientist. Frequently, the first external grant during this important period is the K Award from the National Institutes of Health.
In this discussion, the Child Health Advisory Council focuses on what environment and resources are required for success as an emerging researcher obtains a K Award.
Faculty are the most valuable resource for an academic department to achieve its mission. Creating a culture to retain talented colleagues is one of the most important responsibilities of leaders. It can take years for a division and department to recover after losing a valuable faculty member. The Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC), a group of seasoned pediatric leaders, discuss their experience in retaining colleagues and the costs of failing to do so.
Overview: In this Pediatric Insight Conversation, the Child Health Advisory council tackles a crucial conversation of effectively guiding Internal Candidates through the leadership search committee process. While your efforts will literally affect one faculty member, the experiences of the one will be a window for all faculty into how you value and manage the careers of emerging leaders. The resulting faculty observations and opinions will definitively impact your retention efforts, for good or bad!
Listen to what the Child Health Advisory Council™ has to say about the definition of a diverse search, preparation, selection process for best outcomes, candidate pool development, establishing purpose and metrics, executive firm expectations and more.
CareerPhysician and the Child Health Advisory Council® are firmly committed to capturing the leadership wisdom and experience of current and emeritus pediatric chiefs, chairs and health system executives and to passing it on to current and future generations. Pediatric Insight conversations, articles and webinars center around the Core Leadership Competencies and are tactical, experience-based offerings that continue to positively impact the legacies of today’s leaders and the successes of the faculty and patients they serve.
Episode 62: Managing Workloads in Small Divisions October 22, 2026 | Duration: 30:58 | Moderator: John Frohna, MD
Managing clinical workloads in small divisions requires creative solutions to ensure sustainable coverage, support faculty well-being and maintain high-quality patient care. In this Pediatric Insight episode, members of CareerPhysician’s Child Health Advisory Council share practical approaches to managing call schedules, sharing coverage, leveraging internal and external partnerships and supporting faculty recruitment and retention.
Panelists from our CHAC specialty advisors include Randy Cron, MD; Lewis First, MD; Craig Derkay, MD; Susan Apkon, MD; Jim Moore, MD, PhD, MPH; and Rich Ruddy, MD.
Episode 61: The Intersection of Workforce Shortages and Competitive Leadership Compensation
Workforce shortages are making it increasingly difficult for academic pediatric departments to recruit and retain experienced leaders, especially when traditional compensation benchmarks don’t reflect today’s competitive market.
In this Pediatric Insight conversation, CareerPhysician CEO and Chief Talent Officer, Wesley Millican, is joined by members of the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) to discuss why leaders need to understand the market and build the case for competitive compensation before a critical recruitment or retention decision arises.
Episode 60: Academic Funds Flow and Faculty Compensation
In this episode, special guest Jamie Dimond, MBA, Executive Associate Dean for Finance and Administration at Indiana University School of Medicine, joins the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) to tackle an important topic for all pediatric leaders, “Academic Funds Flow and Faculty Compensation.” Watch the conversation for practical insights on:
What leaders really need to know about finance
How faculty effort and compensation are determined
Why alignment between the medical school, hospital and faculty practice is critical
Episode 59: The Final Decision – What Are the Challenges in a Final Candidate Accepting the Position?
Every leadership search reaches a defining moment: the candidate’s final decision.
What turns an opportunity into a clear “yes” or causes a candidate to hesitate?
In this Pediatric Insight, the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) members share factors that influence the final decision and how institutions can create the trust and transparency that lead to successful recruitment.
Episode 61: The Intersection of Workforce Shortages and Competitive Leadership Compensation
Episode 60: Academic Funds Flow and Faculty Compensation
Episode 59: The Final Decision – What Are the Challenges in a Final Candidate Accepting the Position?