
Inspirations and Insights
In celebration of Cleveland Clinic’s centennial, hosts Dr. Cara King and Dr. Mary Rensel share conversations with women doctors at Cleveland Clinic, exploring the highlights and challenges of being a woman in medicine.
Inspirations and Insights
Rita M. Pappas, MD
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Cleveland Clinic Women’s Professional Staff Association
Rita M. Pappas, MD, FAAP, FHM is the Medical Director of Hospital Operations at Cleveland Clinic and a staff physician in the Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. In 2020, she was appointed Chief Medical Officer of Hope Hospital, Cleveland Clinic’s COVID-19 surge facility. In this podcast, Cara King speaks with Dr. Pappas about her journey from a nursing career to medical school and into the operations side of medicine as well as the uncertainties and challenges of managing her family as a single mom during the early months of the pandemic while she and her teams put a 1000 bed surge hospital together in less than 30 days.