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I’ve never been fascinated by titles.

I’ve been fascinated by what happens after people receive them.

Throughout my career, I found myself asking the same question:

What changes once someone becomes “the leader”?

Eventually, I realized I had been asking the wrong question.

The better question was this:

Who are the people already leading without a title?

This carousel is the visual companion to the first issue in The Untitled Leader, a series exploring human leadership, moral courage, and the responsibility we carry for one another.

Who has been an untitled leader in your life?

📖 Full article: Link in comments

#TheUntitledLeader #Leadership #HumanLeadership #MoralCourage #LeadershipDevelopment by @gwenthedoctor

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4 months ago

I didn’t go to #SHMConverge26 to talk about burnout.
I went to talk about power.

Burnout is not the problem. It’s the signal.

A signal that our systems are misaligned with our values.
And the answer isn’t to become more resilient it’s to have the courage to change what’s broken.

We have to stop asking: “How do we survive this system?”

And start asking: “How do we redesign it?”

Because the future of healthcare won’t be determined by how much we can endure but by what we are willing to change.

#HealthcareLeadership #howwehospitalist #impact #shmhamptonroads

@societyhospmed @gwen1228 @vcuhealth @smhinnovations @drlornabreenheroesfoundation taken in Music City Center by @gwenthedoctor

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6 months ago

One of the best parts of @wimedicineorg?

The women ❤️

So grateful for the incredible women I met, reconnected with, learned from, laughed with, hugged, and celebrated with at the Summit last week.

Some I’ve known for years. Some I knew only through their work. And some walked into my life for the very first time in Chicago.

And that’s one of my favorite things about gatherings like this, the unexpected conversations and connections that stay with you long after everyone goes home.

These are just some of the women who made the weekend so special.

We are women on a mission.

Until next time ❤️🙌🏾💯💯❤️

#WomenInMedicine #WIMSummit #WomenPhysicians #WomenSupportingWomen taken in The Drake Hotel by @gwenthedoctor

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13 days ago

Capacity before consent. Full 🛑 by @gwenthedoctor

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14 days ago

Some experiences stay with you long after you leave the room. ❤️

I came to the Women in Medicine Summit ready to learn, contribute, connect, and take the stage.

I left thinking about something bigger.

About what happens when women find one another.

We challenge each other.
We celebrate each other.
We make each other think bigger.

And sometimes, we expand what another woman believes is possible for herself.

That is the kind of community I want more of in medicine and in society.

To @wimedicineorg, thank you for creating a space where women physicians can bring their ideas, their ambition, their questions, their joyc, and their whole selves into the room.

And to the incredible women I learned from, laughed with, hugged, reconnected with, and met for the very first time: you made this an unforgettable and inspiring weekend ❤️

The women before us opened doors.

May the women behind us inherit a different room.

We belong.
We build.
We change what’s possible.

#WomenInMedicine #WIMSummit #WomenPhysicians #WomenInLeadership taken in Chicago, Illinois by @gwenthedoctor

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16 days ago

Rape prevention has always been taught to the wrong people. by @gwenthedoctor

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16 days ago

Crisis does not create leadership capacity on demand. It reveals what we have practiced.

This weekend, I had the privilege of taking the stage at the @wimedicineorg Summit to present Crisis Leadership, Reimagined: Leading with Power, Compassion, and Moral Courage.

I built this talk around a question that has followed me through some of the most difficult moments of leadership:

What must a leader be able to access when the stakes are highest?

That is why crisis leadership cannot begin with strategy.

It begins with regulation.

I introduced S.T.E.A.D.Y.™, a framework for navigating those moments:

We cannot rehearse every crisis.

But we can rehearse who we intend to be when it arrives.

I’m deeply grateful to Women in Medicine and @shikhajainmd for creating a space where women physicians can learn from one another, challenge one another, celebrate one another, and lift one another as we rise ❤️

Stay human. See clearly. Act wisely.

Be the leader the moment can trust.

#WomenInMedicine #WIMSummit #CrisisLeadership #PhysicianLeadership MoralCourage taken in Chicago, Illinois by @gwenthedoctor

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18 days ago

Speaking on Crisis Leadership, Reimagined @wimedicineorg summit @thedrake was a phenomenal experience. taken in The Drake Hotel by @gwenthedoctor

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19 days ago

If you are at the @wimedicineorg summit in Chicago today, join me in the grand ballroom at 2 PM as I discuss a universal framework for crisis leadership. by @gwenthedoctor

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19 days ago

Chicago. @womeninmedicine summit 2026, here we go!! by @gwenthedoctor

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22 days ago

✨Meet the amazing presenters and panelists at our Seasoned Women’s Health Summit!

Katelyn Schifano, MS, CHES is the Community Engagement Research Manager at Massey Cancer Center. She’ll be presenting on advocacy using the TALK method.

Have you signed up for the summit yet? Friday September 25 from 9am-2pm. Register here https://tinyurl.com/5xyk284

Dr. Stacy Ranson, MD is a colorectal surgeon at VCU Health and will be presenting on colorectal health.

Health Cities Panelist (How Bone, Brain, Heart, and Pelvic Health check after menopause)

Dr. Tamara Cadet, PhD, LICSW, MPH, is the the Associate Director, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation.

Health Cities Panelist: Dr. Elizabeth Clement, MD is the Medical Director, Helen O. Dickens Center for Women’s Health.

Health Cities Panelist: Dr. Ramy Sedhom, MD is the Clinical Director, Penn Medicine Princeton Health.

Health Cities Panelist: Jacqueline Cappadocia, MS, LCGC is a Genetic Counseling Clinical Manager, UPenn Health System.

Health Cities Panelist: Dr. Uduak Andy, MD is the Chief of Gynecology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

Dr. Arnita Roberts-Christie, DHA, RN is our Summit Moderator at Moderator of the Diagnosis Detectives activity.

Finding Our Voices Panelists: Dominique McLaughlin, MA, LPC, CEAP is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Project Nana Board Member.

Finding Our Voices Panelists: Dr. Christina Mutch, DO is a family medicine physician.

Finding Our Voices Panelists: Dr. Anna Jo Smith, MD, MPH is a gynecologic oncologist at UPenn and the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.

Dr. Gwendolyn Williams, MD, FACP, FHM is a hospital medicine physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine and a Project Nana Board Member. Dr. Williams will be moderating this panel. by @gwenthedoctor

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22 days ago

Send this to a woman you care about. ❤️

Women spend years caring for everyone else. This Friday, we’re creating a space for women to ask questions about their own health.

The 2026 @projectnanainc 5th Annual Seasoned Women’s Health Summit is FREE and VIRTUAL—and you can join us from anywhere.

And I am specifically talking to all my sisters, cousins, moms, aunties, and grans- this summit is for you!

🧠 Brain health
❤️ Heart health
🌿 Pelvic health
🦴 Bone health
🧬 Genetics & hereditary cancer risk
🎗️ Cancer prevention & survivorship
💬 Being heard and advocating for your health

You’ll hear from physicians, researchers and health experts—and from survivors, caregivers and community voices whose lived experiences matter just as much.

I'll be moderating the afternoon session: Finding Our Voice: Being Heard, Being Believed, and Becoming the Advocate,

We’ll also honor Sheryl Lee Ralph with the 2026 Gwen Ifill Seasoned Women’s Champion Award.

📅 Friday, September 25
⏰ 9 AM–2 PM ET
💻 Virtual
🎟️ FREE https://www.projectnana.org/seasoned-womens-health-summit-2026

Don’t just register for yourself. Invite another woman to join you.

Every woman deserves to be informed.
Every woman deserves to be heard.

#Month13 #SeasonedWomen #WomensHealth #Menopause #HealthyAging by @gwenthedoctor

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