The Journey to Better
Dr. Bill Lombardi has been one of the highest-volume complex PCI and chronic total occlusion (CTO) operators in the world for over a decade. He's always striving to improve his skills and methods to perform safer and more efficient procedures. It's a journey to better that extends beyond technical and into mental and emotional health. Bill will discuss topics, ideas, and examples with special guests and live audience questions to navigate his journey to better.
The Journey to Better
Dr. Sarah Samaan - Boundaries
Sarah Samaan Sarah, MD, FACC, FACP, FASE, a retired cardiologist turned physician coach and art educator, explores how visual thinking strategies and leadership coaching can transform healthcare culture and combat physician burnout.
• Completed Harvard's visual thinking strategies program using art to develop communication, collaboration, and comfort with ambiguity in healthcare
• Visual thinking involves group art observation with two key questions: "What's going on in this picture?" and "What do you see that makes you say that?"
• Art-based approaches help physicians develop emotional intelligence and openness to multiple perspectives
• Many physicians struggle with time management, EHR burdens, and leadership issues that contribute to burnout
• Leadership in medicine often lacks proper training, with many promoted for technical skills rather than leadership abilities
• Facing dilemmas (choices with no perfect solution) requires different skills than solving problems with clear answers
• Competition, volume metrics, and ego-driven incentives are destroying medicine's culture
• Setting boundaries is crucial - integrating personal values with professional values prevents saying yes to work while saying no to family
• Create a personal mission statement to guide decision-making aligned with your true priorities
• Free values workbook available at mindfulphysiciancoaching.com
