CANDIDATE STATEMENTS | NOMINATING COMMITTEE: ACADEMIC | VOTE FOR TWO PER PRACTICE TYPE OF FOUR Cherie-Ann O. Nathan, MD
While all our Members have the desired qualities of leadership such as integrity, courage, humility, and fairness, the major prerequisite for the incoming Academy leaders will be the ability to adapt successfully to the upheavals currently occurring in healthcare.
What do you see as the priorities of the Nominating Committee in selecting the future leaders of our Academy?
What experience do you have that will aid in selecting leaders that will advance the mission of the Academy?
While all our Members have the desired qualities of leadership such as integrity, courage, humility, and fairness, the major prerequisite for the incoming Academy leaders will be the ability to adapt successfully to the upheavals currently occurring in healthcare.
There is a looming mandate to control costs. Therefore the Academy faces the herculean task of helping our membership (both general otolaryngologists and subspecialists) through collaborative leadership, Member support, clinical protocols, pay-for-performance strategies and technology.
I have been fortunate to know, up close, many of our dynamic leaders through my involvement with the Academy committees and our sister societies. My experience working with these exemplary visionaries will help me serve my fellow Members to choose those leaders best qualified to guide us through the unchartered healthcare landscape ahead.
It is imperative that these leaders are resourceful and adept at navigating these challenges that disrupt patient care and medical education, while preserving our original mission that is healing our patients.
In short, we need leaders from diverse practice settings and backgrounds who’ve seen it all, can do it all, unfazed by anything, and ready for everything! The nominating committee will find our future visionaries who will stand up for our specialty.