Physician Executive Career Workshop

Friday, February 6, 2009
University of Texas at Dallas
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Make plans now to join us for a half-day workshop on physician executive careers.

Physician executives are practicing physicians who have stepped up into a position of administrative leadership in their hospital, health system or medical organization.

Hosted by three leading physician executive recruiters and a panel of nationally recognized physician leaders, you’ll learn:

• What roles do physician executives play? What are their responsibilities?
• What different career paths are available to physician executives?
• How large is the market for physician executives? How fast is it growing?
• How do you get started as a physician executive? How do you advance?
• What compensation and contract terms do physician executives typically receive?
• What credentials do you need to advance as a physician executive?
• How do you deal with physician executive recruiters? What are they looking for?
• What’s the difference between a CV and a resume?

What are the pluses and minuses of a physician executive career? You’ll hear presentations and have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with three of the nation’s foremost physician executive recruiters:

• Jennifer Grebenschikoff, Vice President, Physician Executive Management Center
• Lois Dister, Vice President and Practice Leader, Cejka Search
• Bonnie Siegel, Vice President, Cejka Search

You’ll also hear from a panel of distinguished physician executive leaders:

• David Teegarden MD, MS, President and Chief Medical Officer, Trinity Mother Frances Health System
• David Winter, MD, MS, President, MedProvider and Chairman, Baylor Health Texas Provider Network
• William Rayburn, MD, MBA, Chief of Staff and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
  

This event qualifies for 4 hours of Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award.

Cost of the workshop is only $50, but seating is limited.

Register today by going to: http://amme.utdallas.edu and click on: Physician Executive Careers

Careers in IT panel session at TEPR conference

Careers in IT panel session at TEPR conference in Palm Springs, CA- February 4, 2009

Cejka Search is proud to announce our participation in a 90-minute panel discussion on Careers in IT at the TEPR conference.

Presenting the panel is Bonnie Siegel, FHIMSS, Vice President at Cejka Search, along with three co-presenters:

- Gerard Burns, MD, CMIO at Medstar Health in Columbia, MD
- Pamela Griffith, RN, Director of Applications, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA
- Robert Bahr, MD, CMO, Cerner Corp, Overland Park, KS


The Panel discussion is entitled "Viewpoints on Career Success in Clinical IT" and it takes place Wednesday, February 4, 2009 from 10:30 am to 12 noon in the Santa Rosa Room.

Abstract:
Clinician IT leaders are in strong demand and will continue to be for many years as more EMRs are adopted. Our panel will examine the current clinical IT job market, skill sets needed to succeed and career resources to use.

Three clinical IT leaders - a CMIO at a large multi-site health system, a CMO of Pediatrics at a major clinical IT software vendor, and a Director of Applications, an RN, at a university health system will discuss their unique stories of moving from direct patient care to clinical IT leadership positions.

Our discussion will include recommendations for career success and indicate any potential pitfalls for clinicians moving into IT leadership roles.