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RLI Summit

Three Days of Unparalleled Professional Development
September 6 - 8, 2024

Tackle Workforce Challenges at the 2024 RLI Summit

During this immersive weekend, you will learn from renowned radiology leaders and business experts in an interactive environment that will equip you with the tools, strategies and new connections you need to conquer critical business and leadership challenges head-on. The RLI Summit has something for everyone!  Summit attendees represent a variety of practice settings and experience levels and together offer a team learning experience like no other.

This year’s program will focus on issues around workforce challenges and how to best manage the continued demand for imaging from a strategic decision making, operations and leadership perspective.  

Faculty from Babson College, the #1 entrepreneurship MBA for three decades, will share insights and research in these important areas and lead interactive discussions that will provide you with key takeaways and practical strategies for you to implement in your practice. 

Radiology leaders will guide you through two case studies that will challenge your current ways of thinking and provide you with new ideas for your practice.  

There is something to learn and connections to forge at every RLI Summit.  Don't miss this chance to immerse yourself in three days of unparalleled professional development. This is the education that all physicians should have. We invite you to join us in September and encourage your colleagues to do the same.

2024 RLI Summit -- See you at the Seaport Hotel!

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Pre-Conference Workshop: Resident & Young Physician Leadership Program
September 5, 6-9pm ET

The program kicks off with the Summit Pre-Conference Resident and Young Physician Leadership Program on Thursday evening. Free to residents, and all Summit attendees, topics reflect a mix of both topical and timeless business management and leadership content designed specifically for rising leaders.

Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Radiological Society

Keynote Speaker for the 2024 RLI Awards Dinner

Dr. Basu is a pioneering business leader, entrepreneur, and physician whose professional mission has been to build a better American healthcare system and, by extension, a better America. A former Stanford University physician and White House Advisor, Pat has served as the principal leader of organizations in the public, private, and government sectors with direct responsibility for managed care or delivery of care to more than 25 million Americans. This impact encompasses leading two national healthcare providers and a Fortune 10 managed care organization; helping start a leading virtual health company and serving as a growth equity investor in the health, technology, and services sectors. Dr. Basu currently serves as a Managing Partner of Varsity Healthcare Partners where he leads investments in high growth companies and entrepreneurs improving health care. In this capacity he also oversees Varsity Operations, a team of former CEOs, CFOs and CIOs which help guide portfolio investments in their growth.

Dr. Basu was the guest on the April 2024 RLI Taking the Lead podcast. Listen now»

Three reasons to register today

  1. Learn from the experts. Over the course of a weekend, top-tier faculty from Babson College (the #1 entrepreneurship MBA for three decades) and renowned radiology leaders will share strategies to help you tackle critical business and leadership challenges. You’ll have the opportunity to reflect on these learnings through the lens of your experience as well as the perspective of a diverse range of other attendees.

  2. Access peer problem solving. You’ll put your learnings into practice during hands-on breakout sessions and a real-world case study review. Gain fresh ideas and share innovative approaches with your peers while discussing actual practice scenarios and challenges.  

  3. Build your network. The 2024 RLI Summit is an immersive weekend of collaboration with the best and brightest in the specialty. This is the conference where you’ll forge connections that will make the biggest impact on your career for decades to come.

Why should I attend the 2024 RLI Summit?

 Geoffrey Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR, and Summit Program Chair, explains why you can’t miss this educational and interactive program!

 

Free Resources

Timely Topics Are on Tap at the 2024 RLI Leadership Summit
Workforce Challenges: Tackling Long Report Turnaround Times
Going Back to School to Address the Workforce Shortage
Merger Mania: Mitigating Chaos with Tactical Empathy

Accreditation Information

2024 RLI Summit
September 6-8, 2024

Learning Objectives
1. Explore methods of increasing operational stability and efficiency to create a culture of continuous improvement.
2. Identify workforce challenges and how to navigate them to promote effective and compassionate leadership.
3. Summarize key factors in decision making and the process to utilize when making strategic decisions.

Accreditation Statement
The American College of Radiology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  
Physician Designation Statement
The American College of Radiology designates this Live activity for a maximum of 17.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Instructions to Receive Credit
In order to successfully complete the activity, participants must complete an activity evaluation and claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.

Contact Information
For information about the accreditation of this program, please contact the ACR at info@acr.org

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Thursday | Sept. 5th

Pre-Conference Workshop: Resident & Young Physician Leadership Program
September 5, 6-9pm ET

  
  

Time

Session

Faculty
5:00 – 6:00pm Networking
6:00 – 6:10pm Welcome & Thank You to Sponsor
 Ariadne DeSimone, MD, MPH
Scott F. Cameron, MD, MRS President
6:10 - 6:15pm
 Faculty Introductions
 Neil Lall, MD
6:15 - 6:40pm
 Navigating Radiology Education Amidst Workforce Shortages
 Mary H. Scanlon, MD, FACR
6:40 - 7:05pm
 Workforce Shortage Job Searching: An Embarrassment of Riches?
 Richard Duszak, Jr., MD, FACR
7:05 - 7:30pm
 How Will the Workforce Shortage Impact Radiology 5-10 Years in the Future?
 Geoffrey D Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR
7:30 - 7:40pm
 BREAK
  
7:40 - 8:40pm
 Panel Discussion: Strategies Leaders Are Using to Mitigate the Workforce Shortage

Moderator: Geoffrey D Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR
Dana H Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR
Richard Duszak, Jr., MD, FACR
David A Rosman, MD, FACR
Syed Zaidi, MD, FACR
8:40 - 9:00pm
All Faculty Q&A
 Moderator: Graham Trent, MD 
9:00pm Closing Remarks
 Mona Shahriari, MD

 







Friday | Sept. 6th

Time

Session

Faculty
7 – 8:30am Badge Pickup and Breakfast  
8:30 – 8:45am Summit Welcome Alia Crocker, Ph D
Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR
8:45am – Noon Strategic Decision Making  Dwight L. Gertz, BA, MBA
12:15 – 1:30pm Lunch  
1:30 –5pm Case Studies


Merger Mania: Mitigating Chaos with Tactical Empathy

Beginning historically as a single hospital- and practice-centered cottage industry, radiology is now big business and prime target for private equity. Consolidation is rampant, driving not only larger and larger practice sizes but increasingly the forced integration of different and disparate practice types. Scaling practices of similar cultures is itself challenging, but often chaotic when those cultures and additionally their business models clash.

In this participatory session, participants will be asked to dissect a fictitious (but real world inspired) amalgamated case of an institutional leadership-imposed “strategic partnership” of a large regional health system and a nationally recognized academic medical center, together representing four distinct radiology practices. Attendees will be challenged to view complex, interconnected, and multi-layered integration negotiations through the eyes of stakeholders other than themselves, with the goal of identifying and implementing financially and operationally sustainable solutions for their health systems, radiologists, clinical and administrative staffs, referring providers, and patients alike. Topics for discussion will include operational standardization, subspecialization, cross-coverage, compensation, quality improvement, non-clinical professional service, education, and scholarship.


OR


Impending Implosion: Retaining Radiologists in a Time of Workforce Shortages

The current shortage of health care workers in the United States is well documented. In radiology, a significant imbalance exists between the rising demand for imaging services and the capacity of the current radiologist workforce. In this fictional case, we will discuss the challenges that can ensue when a few key radiologists leave a practice, and changes are necessary to manage the remaining clinical work.

The case revolves around a relatively new leader who is faced with the sudden, unexpected departure of a few radiologists from her section. Recognizing that losing any additional physicians would have a negative impact on patient care, turnaround times, and access, she tries to stabilize the group, maintain the morale of the remaining radiologists, and still cover the sub-specialty work of the section. To optimize the efficiency of the existing radiologists, she attempts to employ workflow improvement techniques. While implementing these innovative strategies, our newly minted section head encounters resistance from one of the radiologists. Although this physician is known for his clinical skills, he is a “legacy thinker” and highly resistant to change. To maintain the status quo, the radiologist in question resorts to disruptive behavior, which threatens to undermine the authority of the section head and further destabilize the section.

This case provides a platform to discuss the complex challenges of simultaneously maintaining a positive, supportive culture and managing disruptive physician behavior when a practice is understaffed. Other teaching points include the challenges of transitioning from a peer to a leader, change management, and the importance of clear and open communication. Finally, we will briefly cover opportunities to improve workflow efficiency to help address radiologist workforce shortages.

 

 

Richard Duszak, MD, FACR

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR

 
6 – 8:30pm RLI Awards and Recognition Dinner  

Saturday | Sept. 7th

Time

Session

Faculty
7 – 8:30am Breakfast  
8:30am – Noon Optimizing Operations for Labor Scarcity and Volume Growth
Optimizing operations in radiology can be particularly challenging given the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguous nature of the workforce, exam characteristics and processes. However, there are some approaches that can be used to increase stability, efficiency and, ultimately, scale clinic operations. This session will first define operational processes. Then we will leverage lean management and performance measurement to identify areas of opportunity within the practice of radiology. We will conclude with a reflection on how to develop a culture of continuous improvement.		 Wiljeana Glover, PhD
12:15 – 1:30pm Lunch  
1:30 –5pm Case Studies


Merger Mania: Mitigating Chaos with Tactical Empathy

Beginning historically as a single hospital- and practice-centered cottage industry, radiology is now big business and prime target for private equity. Consolidation is rampant, driving not only larger and larger practice sizes but increasingly the forced integration of different and disparate practice types. Scaling practices of similar cultures is itself challenging, but often chaotic when those cultures and additionally their business models clash.

In this participatory session, participants will be asked to dissect a fictitious (but real world inspired) amalgamated case of an institutional leadership-imposed “strategic partnership” of a large regional health system and a nationally recognized academic medical center, together representing four distinct radiology practices. Attendees will be challenged to view complex, interconnected, and multi-layered integration negotiations through the eyes of stakeholders other than themselves, with the goal of identifying and implementing financially and operationally sustainable solutions for their health systems, radiologists, clinical and administrative staffs, referring providers, and patients alike. Topics for discussion will include operational standardization, subspecialization, cross-coverage, compensation, quality improvement, non-clinical professional service, education, and scholarship.


OR


Impending Implosion: Retaining Radiologists in a Time of Workforce Shortages

The current shortage of health care workers in the United States is well documented. In radiology, a significant imbalance exists between the rising demand for imaging services and the capacity of the current radiologist workforce. In this fictional case, we will discuss the challenges that can ensue when a few key radiologists leave a practice, and changes are necessary to manage the remaining clinical work.

The case revolves around a relatively new leader who is faced with the sudden, unexpected departure of a few radiologists from her section. Recognizing that losing any additional physicians would have a negative impact on patient care, turnaround times, and access, she tries to stabilize the group, maintain the morale of the remaining radiologists, and still cover the sub-specialty work of the section. To optimize the efficiency of the existing radiologists, she attempts to employ workflow improvement techniques. While implementing these innovative strategies, our newly minted section head encounters resistance from one of the radiologists. Although this physician is known for his clinical skills, he is a “legacy thinker” and highly resistant to change. To maintain the status quo, the radiologist in question resorts to disruptive behavior, which threatens to undermine the authority of the section head and further destabilize the section.

This case provides a platform to discuss the complex challenges of simultaneously maintaining a positive, supportive culture and managing disruptive physician behavior when a practice is understaffed. Other teaching points include the challenges of transitioning from a peer to a leader, change management, and the importance of clear and open communication. Finally, we will briefly cover opportunities to improve workflow efficiency to help address radiologist workforce shortages.

 

 

Richard Duszak, MD, FACR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR

 




Sunday | Sept. 8th

Time

Session

Faculty
7 – 8:30am Breakfast  
8:30am – Noon Leading Yourself and Others: Building Self Awareness, Connections & A Developmental Culture
Radiologists face challenges at multiple levels from work volume to disrespect and burnout. While many of these are systemic, at the individual level, remedies may include promoting connections, expressing appreciation, and listening to colleagues. This session will be built on the emotional intelligence framework which emphasizes self- and social awareness, empathy and social skills for effective leadership. Deep self-knowledge is necessary to lead yourself in your work and career, so we will begin by considering our own self-awareness and how we connect with others. We will explore the practice of empathy and how to extend this to leading with compassion. Finally, we will practice developmental coaching to build skills and begin to consider our role in contributing to a developmental culture.		 Wendy Murphy, BA, MS, PhD
Noon – 12:30pm Summit Wrap-Up Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR

Location

Date

Registration
Boston, MA September 6 - 8, 2024 Register

Description

Early Bird Rates
January 15 – May 15, 2024

Regular Rates
beginning May 16, 2024
ACR Member $1,350 $1,750
Non-Member $1,750 $2,250
Resident $625 $875




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2024 RLI Summit - Program Chairs

Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR

Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD, MBA, FACR

RLI Summit Program Co-Chair
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Medical Imaging
University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson

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Alia Crocker, Ph D

RLI Summit Program Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Strategy in the Management Department
Babson College
 

2024 RLI Summit – Faculty

Richard Duszak, Jr., MD, FACR

Richard Duszak, MD, FACR

Chair, ACR Commission on Leadership and Practice Development
Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology
University of Mississippi Medical Center

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Dwight L. Gertz, BA, MBA

Associate Professor of Practice
Babson College

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Wiljeana Glover, PhD

Associate Professor
Founding Faculty Director, Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Babson College

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Wendy Murphy, BA, MS, PhD

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs
Professor of Management at Babson College
Co-Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership & Influence Program

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Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR

Chair, Department of Radiology
Associate Medical Director, Medical Specialties
Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans
Chief Executive Officer, American College of Radiology (effective July 1, 2024)

Full Bio

RLI Resident & Young Physician Leadership Program

Ariadne DeSimone, MD

Ariadne DeSimone, MD, MPH

RLI Resident & Young Physician Leadership Program Planning Committee
Brigham & Women's Hospital 
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Full Bio
Neil U. Lall, MD

Neil Lall, MD

RLI Resident & Young Physician Leadership Program Planning Committee
Emory University / Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Full Bio

Mona Shahriari, MD

RLI Resident & Young Physician Leadership Program Planning Committee
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Full Bio
Trent Graham, MD

Graham Trent, MD

RLI Resident & Young Physician Leadership Program Planning Committee
Weill Cornell Medicine 
New York, NY

Full Bio

David A. Rosman, MD, FACR

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Full Bio

Mary H Scanlon, MD, FACR

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Full Bio
 
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Restaurants, parks and museums within walking distance 


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