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Forward2025 UPMC Physician Well-being Symposium
Learning Objectives
- Educate physicians about the definition of physician burnout and the causes of physician burnout nationally.
- Educate physicians about the national initiatives, to address physician burnout and promote physician well-being.
- Teach the attendees about ongoing local initiatives to improve physician professional fulfillment and reduce physician burnout. These include education about strategies to integrate well-being into their work and workshops with strategies to improve their professional fulfillment.
12:30-12:55: Welcome Remarks – Jennifer Berliner, MD, Director of Physician Well-being, Co-Chair - Physician THRIVE, UPMC
Donald M. Yealy, MD, Senior Vice President, and Chief Medical Officer, UPMC
Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD, John and Gertrude Petersen Dean, School of Medicine and Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC
1:00-2:00: Executive Panel – Physician Q&A
Featuring:
• Eileen Simmons, Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Health Services Division, UPMC
• Donald M. Yealy, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, UPMC,
Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medicine, and Clinical and Translational Sciences, UPMC Endowed Chair of Emergency Medicine
• Timothy R. Billiar, MD, Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, UPMC, George Vance Foster Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
• Robert Bart MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMC
Moderated by:
• Sansea Jacobson, MD, Co-Chair, UPMC GMEC WELL Subcommittee, UPMC
• Jennifer Berliner, MD, Director of Physician Well-being, Co-Chair - Physician THRIVE, UPMC
2:10-3:10 Workshops
In-Person Workshops
• East Meets West! A Prescription for Wellness for Busy Physicians…From surviving to thriving!
Dr. Rowena Pingul-Ravano
• Make EpicCare Work for You: Hands on Workshop for Customization and Personalization
Dr. Gary Fischer, Dr. Jose Abad & Dr. Jon Arnold
• Putting Care into Practice: Building Resiliency and Wellbeing through Trauma Informed Care
Dr. Elizabeth Hale, Alison Popivchak
• Promoting a Culture of Well-Being for Women in Medicine and Science
Dr. Sylvia Choi, Dr. Erika Friehling, Dr. Maren Lunoe, Dr. Noel Spears
• Words For Well-being: Fostering Empathy Through Narrative Medicine
Dr. Jose Abad, Dr. Chelsea Dahl, and Dr. Tara Sunder
Virtual Workshops
• Using Conversational Artificial Intelligence to Generate Clinical Notes--UPMC's Experience
Dr. Michael Curren, Kaitlyn Ahrensfield
• Harassment and Incivility: Tools to Improve Communication and Workplace Culture
Dr. Kristin Ondecko Ligda and Dr. Denise Hall-Burton
• Make EpicCare Work for You: Hands on Workshop for Customization and Personalization
Dr. Gary Fischer, Dr. Jose Abad & Dr. Jon Arnold
3:25-4:25: Keynote: Dr. Carrie Cunningham, MD, Section Head, Endocrine Surgery Program
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Attending Surgeon, Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center (Danvers)
4:25-4:30: Closing Remarks – Joe Losee, MD, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Co-Chair - Physician THRIVE, UPMC
4:30-5:30: Networking Reception
Faculty Disclosure:
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated
Jonathan Arnold has grant/research support with Amgen & Pfizer.
Carrie Cunningham is a consultant with EM.
Anantha Shekhar is a publicly held stockholder with Karuna Therapeutics & Aardwolf Therapeutics. Co-Founder: Anagin, Inc.; Gate Neurosciences; MindX Sciences; Vasulonics, LLC; Monument Therapeutics.
Jennifer Berliner is a consultant with Viz.ai, Marvin Health, & AMH Health.
Dhaliwal Deepinder has grant/research support with Kala, Epion, Bausch and Lomb. Consultant with Johnson and Johnson, Bausch and Lomb, Staar Surgical, Thea, Scope Opthalmics.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 3.50 Attendance