By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com

Name: Paari Gopalakrishnan, MD
Title: Interim President/COO, Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI

Developing Physician Leaders

Increasing numbers of physicians are moving into health system leadership positions. What makes them ready to move into these roles…..and what specific developments do they need? Having progressed from practicing hospitalist to hospitalist leader to Chief Medical Officer and now to Interim President/COO, Dr. Gopalakrishnan has first hand experience of what he personally needed to grow as a leader and what he sees as the areas of career stretch for physician leaders to be successful. This podcast shares his insights on what physician leaders bring to leadership roles, from their clinical and academic experience, and where they need ongoing professional development.

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