This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Joy & Wholeness Summit in Asheville, North Carolina.

Kristen Gradney, MHA, RDN, LDN, is the Chief Wellness Officer and Vice President of Total Rewards for LCMC Health in New Orleans, LA, with over a decade of experience leading healthcare teams and transforming care through innovative, community-based strategies. A graduate of Louisiana State University with degrees in Sociology and Nutritional Science, she completed her dietetic internship at the Medical University of South Carolina and earned a Master of Health Administration from Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. Kristen has held senior leadership roles in both acute and ambulatory care, developed worksite well-being programs, and served as a care transformation consultant. She serves on the Southeast Region American Heart Association Board and other healthcare and academic boards and is a nationally recognized wellness expert featured in major media outlets. Kristen also speaks nationally on healthcare leadership, nutrition, and wellness and has held leadership positions with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and multiple nonprofit organizations.

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This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Joy & Wholeness Summit in Asheville, North Carolina.

Dhaval Desai was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and completed his undergraduate studies at Emory University. He completed medical school at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in St. Maarten, performed his clinical years of medical school in New York City, and had the opportunity to rotate through various different community hospitals. He completed his residency at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio in combined internal medicine & pediatrics and became board certified in internal medicine & pediatrics in 2012. After briefly working in Ohio, he joined Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in 2012 as a hospitalist and serves currently as the director of hospital medicine. Desai also works at CHOA several times per year as a pediatric hospitalist. Over the past several years, he has developed a passion for the patient and human experience in medicine, focusing on patient-centered care.

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This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Joy & Wholeness Summit in Asheville, North Carolina.

Dr. Xi (Sisi) Hu is a Co-Founder and the Chief Wellbeing Economist of Atalan Tech, a mission-oriented startup focused on using machine learning to predict and prevent clinician burnout and turnover. She is also a Fellow of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School and Research Economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research, with a research focus on labor issues. She specializes in modeling disruption and risks in labor markets, and is passionate about protecting the wellbeing of workers in the healthcare industry. Dr. Hu received a National Science Foundation grant to study COVID’s impact on healthcare workers. Her expertise is in risk science where her work has received media attention from around the world including the World Economic Forum, Sky News, the UN, among others.

Dr. Heather Schmidt is a family medicine physician in Fond du Lac, WI, who trained at Midwestern University and completed her residency at Exempla/St.Joseph’s Hospital. She became the Medical Director of Health and Wellness at Agnesian HealthCare in 2013 and transitioned to the System Medical Director of Healthy Work and Well-being for SSM Health in 2020. Dr. Schmidt has collaborated with various partners to integrate well-being into initiatives such as leadership development and employee safety and has been instrumental in implementing the SSM Health Care for Caregivers peer support system and Schwartz Rounds. She continues her medical practice with a focus on weight management and mental health and enjoys spending time with her husband and daughters, skiing and boating in Wisconsin.

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With a background in law, conflict resolution, health advocacy, and stress education, Pennie Sempell, JD, is well-equipped to address the critical issues surrounding burnout prevention in healthcare. As the CEO of StressPal, Pennie is at the forefront of innovation, developing ACCME and ANCC accredited programs that provide participants with a solid foundation of concise intervention strategies to excel in high-pressure situations and interactions. Pennie's educational background includes studies at UC College of Law in San Francisco, where she honed her legal acumen, and UC Berkeley, where she earned the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa distinction. Her diverse experiences and commitment to well-being in the healthcare industry make her a respected and knowledgeable expert in her field, poised to make a meaningful impact with her research.

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Britney Broyhill, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP, is the Senior Director of Advanced Practice for Atrium Health.

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Advocating for yourself is a crucial skill for well-being, professional identity formation, and career advancement as women in medicine. In this episode, our guest speakers touch on their RAFFT (Resident and Faculty Females Together) program, where participants learn tangible skills for building their own self-promotion toolkit. The program involves skill breakout groups that include hands-on guidance on crafting your elevator pitch, the art of negotiation,and tangible ways to advocate for yourself and each other professionally. The RAFFT program is a nationally recognized longitudinal professional development and well-being program for women in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University.

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Arpita Gupta DePalma, MD founded Thought Work, MD to help physicians and professional women learn how to identify, manage, and then let go of what is not serving them through transformational mindset coaching. She helps powerful women learn how to stay ahead of their anger so that they show up calm, collected and in control, ready to lead and execute with poise. In her one to one and group coaching programs, she provides clients the unique tools they need to optimize how they show up each day in order to accomplish more, while being happier doing so. Arpita specializes in helping clients with anger management, time management, perfectionism and self-worth issues, parenting and cultural disparities, business development, and any other area they want to up-level in their lives. As women, we work hard. We juggle multiple hats. We are tired, yet we delay our own self-care and celebrations in the interest of others, ultimately at our own expense. It’s time for a change. Let me help you empower yourself... to become exceptional.

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Jenny Michel is the Director of Advanced Practice at Akron Children’s and works clinically as a nurse practitioner in the emergency department. She is currently the co-chair of the provider resilience committee, the Well-Being index APP champion, and an advocate for recognizing the importance of provider wellness and improving the health and wellness of APPs. In 2022, she participated in the Intelligence for Quality Improvement program and completed a project with a focus on increasing APP interactions with the well-being index tool. She has previously presented on the topic of APP wellness both regionally and nationally and recently was recognized for her work to support APP wellness by the Ohio Organization of Nursing leaders as the recipient of the 2023 Workforce Wellness award.

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Amber Orman, MD, DipABLM is a double board-certified radiation oncologist and lifestyle medicine specialist focusing on focusing on breast cancer treatment and prevention, providing holistic care that encompasses mind and body. She is the first ever Chief Wellness Office (CWO) of AdventHealth Medical Group, working to improve the well-being of her colleagues. She is also the co-founder of the HEAL (Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle) program at AdventHealth in Orlando, Florida. HEAL is an 8-week lifestyle medicine program designed to educate and inspire cancer patients to make positive changes to decrease cancer recurrence and improve overall healthspan. She collaborates with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine as a member of the Health Systems Council and also serves as the Chair of the Cancer Member Interest Group. She is the Medical Director of AdventHealth Lifestyle Ventures as well as an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine.

She is a mother to 3 teenagers and 2 poodles, wife to a witty nephrologist, yogi, and ultrarunner who spends her free time trail running and summiting Colorado’s peaks. She is also well versed in the plant-based kitchen.

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This is Part II of a special two-part series on the Coalition for Physician Well-Being.

Note: This episode was recorded in September 2024, prior to the landfall of Hurricane Helene in the continental United States. The Coalition is dedicated to supporting the residents of western North Carolina and will produce the 2025 Joy & Wholeness Summit responsibly.

Robert M. Rodgers, MD, is a dedicated family medicine specialist based in Altamonte Springs, FL, with over 33 years of experience in the medical field. He completed his medical education at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1990 and subsequently pursued a residency in Family Medicine at AdventHealth Florida (East Orlando) from 1990 to 1993. Currently, Dr. Rodgers is affiliated with AdventHealth Orlando and Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Florida. He holds a Florida State Medical License valid through 2025 and is board-certified in Family Medicine. Dr. Rodgers serves as the Chief Medical Officer of the Primary Care Network at AdventHealth and Chairman of the Coalition for Physician Well-Being.

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This is Part I of a special two-part series on the Coalition for Physician Well-Being.

Correction: (9:07) This takes place at AdventHealth Hendersonville in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The original recording erroneously states AdventHealth Shawnee Mission.

About the Speaker
Michael Cacciatore, MD, is Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for AdventHealth. In this role, he provides leadership and direction for safety and quality programs and the clinical performance of the company. He served as the Chief Clinical officer for West Florida Division from February 2022 - 2024. Previously he served as the Chief Medical Officer for AH Medical Group (AHMG) in Central Florida. He was the cornerstone of calm leadership throughout the pandemic. Under his leadership, Dr. Cacciatore helped create the first AHMG Wellness Committee and appointed the first-ever Chief Wellness Officer. In his 17-year tenure with our organization, Dr. Cacciatore served as Medical Director of the obstetrics hospitalists team in Central Florida and was a clinical faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the AH Family Practice Residency Program. He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of South Florida. He also completed his medical residency at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Cacciatore, who goes by the nickname “Catch,” has a wife, son, and daughter. He was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, and his mother, brother, and sister are still part of the Tampa Bay Community.

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Dr. Liz Chamberlain is a Licensed Psychologist in clinical practice for 20 years, holds a clinical appointment as Assistant Professor and a leadership position as Faculty Wellness Officer in the Department of Psychiatry, and has been with the CU Anschutz Health and Wellness Center since 2016. Dr. Chamberlain has worked in private practice, university counseling centers, community mental health/family therapy settings, has presented at national conferences and has authored a book chapter on custodial grandparenting. She has focused her clinical work in mindfulness-based interventions (MBSR, MBCT, MSC) and has integrated these evidence-supported therapies and tools to help individuals, couples, and workshop participants learn new ways to see blind spots, navigate change, and construct new narratives. Dr. Chamberlain has developed and facilitated evidence-supported mindfulness-based wellness programs and workshops at the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center for several departments across CU SOM, CU Denver, CHCO, SOM Alumni, and for the general public.

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Dr. Sue Padernacht, EdD, PCC is the CEO and Founder of Ncline Leadership Strategies. She brings a 30+ year track record working with executives, teams and organizations to pivot, innovate or transform to meet the disruptive, volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous (VUCA) changes taking place in organizations. She uses leading-edge change agility and people development tools to drive business results, strengthen leadership capabilities, re-build cultures and teams, and re-engage employees working from home or in the field. She has worked with hundreds of organizations and thousands of leaders and employees domestically and internationally, in-person and virtually.
About Dr. Sue Padernacht Ncline Leadership Strategies

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About Pink Coat, MD

Pink Coat, MD was created by two Ivy-League friends, Dr. Tammie Chang and Dr. Luisa Duran, who first met as Freshmen at Brown University nearly 25 years ago. Both first generation Americans and born into immigrant families, Drs. Tammie and Luisa are incredibly compassionate souls who felt called to serve others as physicians from a young age. They dedicated their lives to becoming the very best physicians only to discover they would suffer silently from physician burnout and isolation, and consider leaving medicine far too soon. Determined not to give up on their childhood dreams, they discovered a path toward empowerment and wellness through evidence-based resources like personal growth, leadership development, and most importantly, community. After learning that countless other women physicians were struggling in silence and leaving the medical profession, they created Pink Coat, MD to help women physicians thrive – and ensure the same for all future generations of young women in medicine.

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Tyra Fainstad, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado where she is a primary care doctor and as teaching attending for Internal Medicine residents. She has a scholarship interest in learner-centered feedback, assessment bias, and psychologically safe educational environments. She is also a certified professional life coach and has created and co-directs an online group coaching program for physicians and trainees called Better Together Physician Coaching. Her purpose now is to create space for change through helping learners access inner validation rather than relying on external praise. She believes that teaching physicians to process emotions with vulnerability and unconditional love will be what saves our profession from burnout.

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This episode features a special guest appearance by Omayra Mansfield, MD.

Dr. Mike Rucker is an organizational psychologist, behavioral scientist, and charter member of the International Positive Psychology Association. He has been academically published in publications like the International Journal of Workplace Health Management. His ideas about fun and health have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fast Company, Psychology Today, Forbes, Vox, Thrive Global, Mindful, mindbodygreen, and more. He currently serves as a senior leader at Active Wellness and is the author of the best-selling book The Fun Habit, which is out now.

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Mallory Salentine, MD is a pediatrician and the Medical Director for Provider Well-Being for the Primary Care Group at Children's Wisconsin. She is also the Associate Medical Director for Provider Well-Being for the System of Children's Wisconsin, as well as a leadership coach and consultant.

Connect or inquire about coaching on Linkedin: Mallory Salentine

Website: www.salentinecoachingandconsulting.com

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Dr. Sisi Hu is a labor economist with a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford and postdoctoral training at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy and the National Bureau of Economic Research. She specializes in modeling disruption and risks in labor markets, and is passionate about protecting the welfare of workers in the healthcare industry.  In her spare time, Sisi loves traveling, painting and salsa dancing.
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Tiffany Chan, MA managed an engineering and applied sciences research center at Harvard University for years prior to attending Yale University for graduate studies in policy. She has additional experience consulting with the World Bank and Microsoft. She hopes to move the needle on this urgent issue of clinician well-being and retention through innovation-led policy changes. In her spare time, Tiffany loves training for triathlons and cooking for her family and friends.
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• National Bureau of Economic Research paper “Beyond Burnout: from Measuring to Forecasting" co-authored with Harvard Prof. Richard B Freeman that’s referenced in the show: https://www.nber.org/papers/w30895 
• Learn more about Atalan Tech on LinkedIn or visit www.atalantech.com.

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Dr. Omayra Mansfield serves as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for AdventHealth Apopka, and she is also the Chief Medical Officer for the Physician Experience of the Central Florida Division of AdventHealth. She is Board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a Fellow with the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Mansfield completed her medical degree and Masters in Healthcare Administration at the University of Florida and her emergency medicine residency at Carolinas Medical Center in North Carolina.

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In this episode, Michael Brown, MD, long-running host of The Well-Being Connector, sits down with Roy Reid, APR, for a candid and insightful conversation about the past, present, and future of the podcast. Brown and Reid shared their respective backgrounds that brought them to well-being and the roles they've shared in the work they do everyday. Brown and Reid share their experiences with podcasting and its feasibility as a tool for conversations on well-being in the workplace, while highlighting the potential for diverse connections and powerful conversations as the healthcare industry moves forward.

The Coalition for Physician Well-Being is eternally grateful for the contributions of Dr. Brown to our newsletter and podcast, and wish him nothing but the best in his years to come. Please join us in sending off Dr. Brown and welcoming Roy to The Well-Being Connector!

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Arlen Moller is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Cornell University (2000), and master’s degree and Ph.D. degree in social and personality psychology from the University of Rochester (2004 and 2007, respectively). His primary research interest involves promoting healthy lifestyle changes that last across multiple health behaviors. This work frequently involves using and developing theories of human motivation and emotion (self-determination theory; social identity theories) and digital technologies (e.g., wearables, virtual reality, video games). Because this research is often cross-disciplinary (involving collaborations with scholars in design, engineering, computer sciences, humanities, and medicine), Moller is committed to learning more about how to do team science well. He is an active member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and serves on the editorial board of the Center for Self-Determination Theory.

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Sharee is a registered Psychologist, Executive Coach, Author and Meditation Teacher. She is the founder of Coaching for Doctors, Australia's first coaching practice dedicated solely to doctor development and in 2021 published her international best selling book The Thriving Doctor - How to be more balanced and fulfilled, working as a doctor.

Sharee spends her days deep in coaching conversations with individual doctors and groups of doctors seeking to understand their goals, aspirations and challenges. She believes that healthcare systems can be much more effective for patients when caregivers are well. And that caregivers can have more longevity and joy in their work when they have well developed inter and intrapersonal skills. She is wholeheartedly invested in healthcare that values and prioritises human partnerships.

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Lara Hochman, MD is a Family Medicine physician and advocate for fellow physicians’ well-being amidst rising burnout and dissatisfaction. Her own experiences led her to discover the ways physicians lost autonomy, and how to reclaim their focus on helping patients. She founded Happy Day Health, a boutique physician matchmaking agency to match doctors with well run, physician-owned private practices where they can avoid burnout and enjoy practicing medicine again.

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Dr. Joan McArthur-Blair, Co-President of Cockell McArthur-Blair Consulting is an inspirational writer, speaker and facilitator. She believes positive leadership matters in the world and all of her work is around enabling and fostering that generative possibility. Joan specializes in the use of appreciative inquiry and appreciative resilience to foster leadership development, strategic planning and innovative strategies for organizational and team development.

Dr. Jeanie Cockell is a dynamic facilitator who is known for her creativity, sense of humor, sensitivity, and ability to get diverse groups to work collaboratively together. She is a leader in Appreciative Inquiry as an organizational and community development process, a research methodology and foundation for fostering collaboration in groups. Through her research and writing she has contributed to the development of new Appreciative Inquiry theory and practice. She is a certified Appreciative inquiry Facilitator trainer for the Center for Appreciative Inquiry and a member of the Council of Practitioners for the David Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry.

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Dr. Kevin Hopkins has been a Staff Physician in the Department of Family Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic since 2005.  Dr. Hopkins also serves as Primary Care Medical Director for Cleveland Clinic Community Care, the Cleveland Clinic’s primary care, population health institute.  Over the past several years he has become a recognized leader and national speaker in the field of Caregiver burnout and ambulatory practice re-design and transformation.  Dr. Hopkins has led the transition of his primary care group to a model of Value-Based Care and is continuing to leverage an advanced team-based care practice model as a vehicle to achieve the goals of population management.  He holds an academic appointment with Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, teaches within the Cleveland Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program, and is also a faculty instructor for the Cleveland Clinic Global Leadership and Learning Institute.  Dr. Hopkins is a Senior Physician Advisor with the Professional Satisfaction and Practice Sustainability Initiative for the American Medical Association (AMA) and has previously served as a physician advisor for Google Health.

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