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Dr. Lindsey A. Criswell, is the director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Prior to joining NIAMS, Dr. Criswell was vice chancellor of research at the University of California, San Francisco. She has a bachelor’s degree in genetics and a master’s degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.D. from UCSF. As the NIAMS director, Dr. Criswell oversees the Institute’s annual budget of nearly $625 million, which supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases. Between 1994 and the time she became NIAMS director, Criswell was a principal investigator on multiple NIH grants and published more than 250 peer-reviewed journal papers. In this episode, we discuss her journey as a leader in medicine and science. Welcome to Leading the Rounds. Questions We Asked: Quotes and Ideas:

Dan Dworkis, MD PhD FACEP is the Chief Medical Officer at the Mission Critical Team Institute, a board-certified emergency physician, and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC where he works at LAC+USC. He performed his emergency medicine residency with Harvard Medical School at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham Health, and holds an MD and PhD in molecular medicine from the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Dworkis is the founder of The Emergency Mind Podcast , and the author of The Emergency Mind: Wiring Your Brain for Performance Under Pressure. Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: Book Suggestions: Thinking Fast and Slow Sources of PowerGhosts of the Fireground

Intro: Dr. Thomas Varghese Jr. is the Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer and Chief Value Officer at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and Chief of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of Utah. Dr. Varghese is a national leader in minimally invasive applications for general thoracic surgery, recognized by Castle Connolly as one of America’s “Top Docs”, and is ranked in the top 10% of the nation by Press Ganey for patient satisfaction scores. His research interests bridge the world of Educational Research and Health Services Research, specifically in the arena of optimizing performance at the patient, surgeon and system levels. He created the Strong for Surgery program, which is now a formal Quality Improvement program of the American College of Surgeons, and active at 331 clinical sites across the nation and 3 state surgical collaboratives. Dr. Varghese holds national leadership positions in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association, American College of Surgeons, and the Society of University Surgeons. Dr. Varghese is active on social media and is the Deputy Editor of Digital Media and Digital Scholarship for the Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: Books Suggestions: The 4 Disciplines of ExecutionStart With Why

COL (Dr.) Cristin Mount is an Army Critical Care Medicine physician currently stationed at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Scranton and completed medical school at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland in 2003. She did an Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at Madigan and moved to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., for Critical Care Medicine fellowship. After fellowship, she returned to Madigan as the Director, Critical Care Services and promptly deployed with the 28th Combat Support Hospital to Baghdad, Iraq where she served as the sole Intensivist and the theater consultant for Critical Care and Internal Medicine. She is the only woman to serve as Chief, Department of Medicine and the Deputy Commander of Medical Services. Currently she serves as the Critical Care Medicine Consultant to the Army Surgeon General. She is a Master of the American College of Physicians, and past Governor of the Army Chapter of the ACP. She is married to COL George Mount, an Army Rheumatologist, and they have three small boys under the age of 7. Any views expressed during this interview reflect those of Dr. Mount and do not represent official views of the Army Medical Department, Department of the Army or Defense Health Agency. We hope you enjoy this episode where we discuss her journey through medicine and leadership as well as leadership in the ICU. Welcome to Leading the Rounds. Questions We Asked: Ten Leadership Principles from the Military Applied to Critical Care Quotes & Ideas: Ten Leadership Principles from the Military Applied to Critical Care Book Suggestions: ComplicationsWe Were Soldiers Once and YoungThe Liberation Trilogy

Intro: In this episode we interview Dr. Karla Williams and Dr. KeAndrea Titer. They are assistant professors of Internal Medicine at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. They are passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion and both work to design initiatives and curriculum focused on recruitment, education, and building community. This includes the AIRR initiative, which we discuss in the episode. In this episode, we discuss creating a welcoming culture in medicine and working to drive cultural change through seeking to understand others. Welcome to Leading the Rounds. Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: Books: The Bible7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Today we have the privilege of having a panel of three guests for this episode. Today’s guests are the Chief Residents in Internal Medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. They include John Blickle, Melanie Wiseman, and Rainey Johnson. All three of them have dedicated time to the study and practice of medical leadership and we look forward to following them as they continue to grow as leaders. In this episode we discuss the transition from trainee to leader, how to make leadership training a priority, and lessons from their time as chief residents. Welcome to leading the rounds. Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: Books: The Culture CodeIt’s Your ShipCall Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

James (Jim) Wright obtained his MD from the University of Alberta in 1968, his FRCP(C) in Internal Medicine in 1975 and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from McGill University in 1976. He is a practicing specialist in Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology. He is also Co-Managing Director of the Therapeutics Initiative, Editor-in-Chief of the Therapeutics Letter and Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Hypertension Review Group. He sits on the Editorial Boards of PLoS One and the Cochrane Library. Questions We Asked: •How did you become involved with pharmacology and drug prescription? •How would you define appropriate use? •Does financial implications to the patient play into appropriate use? •What do most physicians not know when they prescribe medications? •How does overprescribing play into medical waste? •Why is there a disconnect between systematic reviews and clinical guidelines? •How does bias play into drug testing? •How can we successfully collaborate with pharmaceutical companies without including bias into research? •How do everyday clinicians decide how to treat patients based on guidelines vs systematic reviews? •What makes a good systematic review? •What advice do you have for trainees who want to do good for their patients? •Book Suggestions? Quotes and Ideas: •Appropriate use of medications means that the benefits outweigh the harms of the medication •Every time a patient takes a medication, they are reminded of their medical condition that needs treatment. •Many psychiatric medications get onto market only due to short term medical trials, but many are prescribed for long term conditions. •Leaders should push for non-industry funded trials that evaluate the long term effectiveness of medications. •ALLHAT trial as an effectively run drug testing study •We don’t want a situation where marketing is the driving force and not research •Choosing Wisely Campaign Book Suggestions: •Sickening by John Abramson •Our Daily Meds by Melody Petersen •Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitakers

Dr. Paul Thomas is a board-certified family medicine physician practicing in Detroit, Michigan. His practice is Plum Health DPC, a Direct Primary Care service that is the first of its kind in Detroit. His mission is to deliver affordable, accessible health care services in Detroit and beyond. He has been featured on WDIV-TV Channel 4, WXYZ Channel 7, Crain's Detroit Business and CBS Radio. He has been a speaker at TEDxDetroit. He is a graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine and now a Clinical Assistant Professor. Finally, he is an author of three books: Direct Primary Care: The Cure for Our Broken Healthcare System, Startup DPC: How to Start and Grow Your Direct Primary Care Practice, and Dressing for Medicine: what to wear for your medical school interviews and how to dress professionally throughout your career in medicine. We hope you enjoy this episode with Dr. Paul Thomas about how to dress and present yourself as a leader. Questions We Asked: Quotes and Ideas: Book Suggestions: Dressing for Medicine: what to wear for your medical school interviews and how to dress professionally throughout your career in medicine Atomic Habits

Dr. Peter Pronovost is a world-renowned patient safety champion, innovator, critical care physician, researcher, and entrepreneur. His scientific work leveraging checklists to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections has saved thousands of lives and earned him high-profile accolades, including being named one of TIme’s 100 most influential people and receiving a coveted MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” in 2008. As Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation Officer at University Hospitals, Dr. Pronovost is charged with fostering ideation and implementation for new protocols to eliminate defects in value and thereby enhance quality of care. Previously, Dr. Pronovost served as the Senior Vice President for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine as well as the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. Dr. Pronovost was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2011, elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and has received multiple honorary degrees. Dr. Pronovost is an advisor to the World Health Organizations’ World Alliance for Patient Safety and regularly addresses the U.S. Congress on patient safety issues. In response to a White House executive order, Dr. Pronovost co-chaired the Healthcare Quality Summit to modernize the Department of Health and Human Services quality measurement s Questions We Asked: •How do you like the nickname Mr. Checklist? •How do you inspire those on your team to believe in themselves? •How do trainees fit into the safety paradigm? •How do we make quality something that everyone wants to be a part of? •What advice do you have for young leaders in healthcare? •Book Suggestions? Quotes & Ideas: •“Stories are the most potent force for change in the world.” •Steps that go before checklists: believing and belonging •Everyone is a part of the healthcare team and involved in patient care •“The secret of great care is love” •“If you have to drive change you have to believe in people and you have to love people.” •Stop believing that you’re just a _____ and start believing that you can make a difference •Teams that make good decisions are diverse and have independent input •Healthcare teams play “shorthanded” because we marginalize members of the care team •Experiential wisdom or time with the patient is often inversely correlated to medical wisdom •In 90% of sentinel events, someone knew something was wrong before the event happened •Three ways we change behavior: Regulate it, use economic incentives, and use the network effect •“Change progresses at the speed of trust, and trust grows when we do things with rather than to people.” •As an executive, your job is to illustrate why we are doing something, and then inspire others to figure out how to do it. •“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead •Be scientifically sound and ruthfully practical •Change is almost always transdisciplinary so it pays to be curious and learn about other fields •Be humble, curious and compassionate •Large scale change is half evangelism and half science. It pays to communicate and write well. Book Suggestions: •Love 2.0 by Barbara Fredrickson •The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni •Multipliers by Greg McKeown and Liz Wiseman •Everybody Matters by Bob Chapman and Rajendra Sisodia

We wanted to start by saying thank you to all our listeners for their feedback and the comments over the past two years and everyone who has played a role in helping us launch and produce this podcast. This marks our 50th episode of Leading the Rounds and we couldn’t have asked for a better guest! Today we have the Vice President of Performance Science at WHOOP, Kristen Holmes. Kristen drives thought leadership by engaging with industry leading researchers and partners to better understand performance data across high stakes verticals. Before joining WHOOP in 2016, Kristen was a 3x All American, 2 x Big 10 Athlete of the year at the University of Iowa competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball and recently inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2021 and was a 7-year member of the U.S. National Field Hockey Team.Kristen was then Head Field Hockey Coach at Princeton University where she was one of the most successful coaches in Ivy League history, having won 12 league titles in 13 seasons and a National Championship. Kristen blends her academic and applied background in athletics, coaching, performance technology, psychology, and exercise physiology to drive research, partnership, and product development initiatives to strengthen WHOOP as a leader in Human Performance. Please enjoy this wonderful discussion about health optimization, WHOOP’s work with front line healthcare workers and insights into maximizing human performance. Welcome to Leading the rRounds! Questions We Asked: Quotes and Ideas: Book Suggestions: AwarenessWaking UpMaking SenseTools of TitansThinking Fast and Slow

Douglas Johnston, MD, is Vice Chairman, Program Director, and staff cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. He attended Dartmouth College where he was a Presidential Scholar, earning his degree in Anthropology and Classical studies with Honor and Distinction. In the process he performed field research in tuberculosis among refugee communities in India. Dr. Johnston then went on to complete his medical education at Harvard Medical School, where he was a Harvard National Scholar. Dr. Johnston completed his clinical training in general surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was awarded the Edward D. Churchill Fellowship, the American College of Surgeons Resident Research Scholarship, and an NIH National Research Service Award for his research in the immunology of heart and lung transplantation. Dr. Johnston then completed his training in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, including a focused fellowship in endovascular surgery and additional training in advanced 3-dimensional imaging techniques. He joined the cardiac surgery staff in 2008. Dr. Johnston is the author of numerous articles and abstracts published in leading scientific journals. His research interests include high risk aortic valve surgery and interventions, hybrid approaches to complex cardiac disease, and transcatheter interventions for valvular heart disease. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, and the Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography. An avid outdoorsman, Dr. Johnston enjoys hiking and sailing with his family during his time away from the hospital. Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: Book Suggestions: Turn This Ship AroundThe No Asshole Rule

John Abramson served as a family physician for 22 years. And was voted “best doctor” numerous times. He is a Harvard Medical School faculty member, where he currently teaches health care policy. He transitioned to litigation as a consultant to the FBI and Department of Justice and served in many trials against big pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Abramson has appeared on more than 65 national television shows and podcasts, including the Today Show, the Joe Rogan Experience, Dr. Oz Show, Lex Friedman and now LTR. His writing has been published in places like the New York Times, LA Times and he is the author of the national best-selling book Overdo$ed America. Recently he published his second book Sickening and we are so grateful to have him here today to talk about how lack of transparency in pharmaceutical trials is impacting the healthcare system and what you as a future leader need to know about it. Questions We Asked: SickeningQuotes & Ideas: Book Suggestions: Overdo$ed America Sickening How Markets FailPhishing for PhoolsBetrayal of Trust

Dr. Cam Patterson is a renowned cardiologist and healthcare administrator who currently serves as chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Patterson previously held numerous academic and clinical appointments at the University of North Carolina, including as physician-in-chief at the UNC Center for Heart and Vascular Care and executive director of the UNC McAllister Heart Institute.He was previously senior vice president and chief operating officer of New York-Presbyterian in New York. Over the course of his career, Patterson has received more than $60 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles His residency, including a year as chief resident, was conducted at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. He was a research fellow at the Cardiovascular Biology Laboratory in the Harvard School of Public Health and a clinical fellow in cardiology at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, where he joined the institution’s faculty in 1998. His wife, Kristine Patterson, M.D., is an infectious disease specialist who is an expert in treating menopausal women with HIV. They have three children Celia, Anna and Graham. We hope you enjoy this episode where we discuss starting a new role as a leader, leading a medical system, and establishing an organizational vision. Welcome to Leading the Rounds! Questions We Asked: How did you come to be the chancellor of University of Arkansas Medical? Was there something that surprised you about becoming chief resident? How were you able to create a culture in your organizations? How do you go from planning to implementation as a leader? How are you able to see problems as opportunities? How do you keep a pulse on your entire organization and know when to step in? What do you use to guide decision making with limited information? As a leader, how do you decide what challenges to take on first? When do you work to create buy-in first vs making unwavering decisions? What advice would you give someone interested in leadership? Quotes & Ideas: “You can create an environment where everyone complains to you, or one where everyone is understanding and happy.” “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” “Our goal is to help UAMS make Arkansas the healthiest state in the region.” “As a leader, there should be moments where you have nothing to do, otherwise you’re doing someone else's job.” “If you make a bad decision, move on fast and start making some good decisions.” “Sometimes you have to trust your gut, and your gut works best when you have a strong moral compass.” “Leadership is a job that should not have a reverse gear… The reason why you make a change is because there was a problem in the first place.” “If life and work isn’t fun then is it even worth it.” “You will be infinitely more happy finding and promoting the careers of people around you, than promoting your own career.” Book Suggestion: Music is History by Questlove

Dr. Benjamin M. Scirica is a cardiovascular medicine specialist and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He is the director of quality initiatives at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s (BWH) Cardiovascular Division and a senior investigator at the Thrombolysis and Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Study Group, where he is director of the Electrocardiography Core Laboratory. Dr. Scirica received his medical degree from HMS. He completed an internal medicine residency and a cardiovascular disease fellowship at BWH. He also completed a research fellowship in cardiovascular disease with the TIMI Study Group at BWH and received a master’s degree in public health from Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Scirica is board certified in cardiovascular disease. His clinical and research interests include assessing novel therapeutic agents and developing electrocardiography and cardiac biomarkers. As director of quality initiatives at the Cardiovascular Division at BWH, he leads projects to improve delivery of care and inter-disciplinary communications. At the TIMI Study Group, Dr. Scirica’s research focuses on improving risk stratification and cardiovascular disease treatment. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications. We hope you enjoy this episode where we discuss disruptive innovations, change implementation, and teambuilding. Welcome to leading the rounds. Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: Book Suggestions:

Brian Ferguson has spent his career working in high-performance organizations, as well as learning from leaders and decision-makers in US national security, the military, and technology. He has used those experiences to build Arena Labs , healthcares first performance platform. Brian is also a Partner + Co-Founder of the Liminal Collective, a unique company human performance focused company “enabling humanity’s boldest endeavors.” Liminal is currently working in civilian space travel, deep sea exploration, and the digital future of cyberspace. Before founding Arena Labs & Liminal Collective, Brian served in the military as a Navy SEAL Officer. Prior to joining the military, he was a Presidential Appointee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and worked in the White House managing Intergovernmental Relations Brian serves on the Boards of GenNext, Seatrec, and The Honor Foundation. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee and is most proud of being a great father to his daughter. We hope you enjoy this episode where we discuss leadership as a Navy Seal, wearable devices, and high performance medicine. Welcome to leading the rounds! Questions We Asked: Quotes and Ideas: Non-Sleep Deep Rest Protocols Book Suggestions: TribeAtomic Habits

Joel Bervell is a third year Ghanaian-American medical student at Washington State University. Joel graduated from Yale University, where he served as an elected member of Yale student government, and director of a longitudinal mentorship program based in low-income neighborhoods. He completed a Masters in Medical Science at Boston University and spent a year working as a clinical research assistant at Providence Hospital. At Washington State University, Joel served as Medical Student Council President and the co-founder and president of a chapter of the Student National Medical Association. He is also the founder and director of the Coug Health Academic Mentoring Program, a mentoring program dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented students interested in medicine. He has been invited to speak to national organizations such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Clinton Foundation, Network of the National Library of Medicine. He has also spoken on well-known media outlets including Good Morning America, NPR, YahooNews and WebMd. He currently is working with the World Health Organization’s Digital Communications Team with a collection of health professionals combating the spread of misinformation on social media about COVID-19, and on a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion project with the VA Hospital systems. Joel is committed to fighting health disparities in medicine through education and regularly shares topics about racial disparities/ biases in healthcare and other industries on his TikTok and Instagram (@joelbervell). Joel has been named by TikTok as the top 2021 “Voice for Change,” was featured by TikTok as one of 10 “Changemakers” on their inaugural Discover List, named as one of ten recipients of the 50K MACRO x TikTok Black Creatives Grant, and was a nominee for the AdColor Awards. He is the recipient of the National Medical Association’s Emerging Scholar Award. Joel has served in an advisory role on the boards of multiple organizations including the National Student Response Network, Hope in A Box, and the Ron Brown Leaders Network Council. Welcome to Leading the Rounds! Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: Book Suggestions: Between the World and MeThe Color of LawShoe DogHow to be an Anti-Racist

Intro: Dr. Lauren Weber graduated from the University of Florida in 2003 and was commissioned into the U.S. Navy prior to attending medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. She graduated medical school and departed to attend the Aeromedical Officer course. There she completed flight and aeromedical training in order to earn her wings and become a Navy Flight Surgeon. She received the Boeing Rescue Award for the first long range MEDEVAC in an Osprey. After returning from deployment, Dr. Weber finished her training, was Chief Resident, then completed Cardiovascular Fellowship Program and stayed on to served as the Associate Program Director for the Cardiovascular fellowship program, Director of Echocardiography and Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging. Dr. Weber has been a student of leadership and followership, and was awarded the Lieutenant General Claire L. Chennault Award as the physician who most closely emulates the General's prominent personality traits: Innovation, Fairness, Teaching Effectiveness, and Leadership. She has given over half a dozen lectures and workshops on topics related to followership. Dr. Weber is now practicing as a non-invasive Cardiologist for Confluence Health in Washington. In this episode we discuss her time as a flight surgeon and how followership can lead to successful leadership. Welcome to Leading the Rounds. Questions We Asked: Quotes and Ideas: In praise the FollowersBook Suggestions: Think AgainThe Courageous FollowerEmbracing FollowershipAthena Rising

James L. Madara, MD, serves as the CEO and executive vice president of the American Medical Association and adjunct professor of pathology at Northwestern University. Dr. Madara has helped sculpt the organization’s long-term strategic plan. He also serves as chairman of Health2047 Inc., the wholly-owned innovation subsidiary of the AMA, created to overcome systemic dysfunction in U.S. health care. Prior to the AMA, Dr. Madara spent the first 22 years of his career at Harvard Medical School, receiving both clinical and research training, serving as a tenured professor, and as director of the NIH-sponsored Harvard Digestive Diseases Center. Following five years as chair of pathology and laboratory medicine at Emory University, Dr. Madara served as dean of both biology and medicine, and then as CEO of the University of Chicago Medical Center, unifying the university’s biomedical research, teaching and clinical activities. Dr. Madara then served as senior advisor with Leavitt Partners, a health care consulting and private-equity firm founded by former Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt. Throughout his career, he has published over 200 original papers and chapters and has served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Pathology and as president of the American Board of Pathology. Dr. Madara is consistently named one of the nation’s 50 most influential physician executives and on the nation’s 100 most influential people in health care. Some of his notable awards include the MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Davenport Award for lifetime achievement in gastrointestinal disease from the American Physiological Society, and the Mentoring Award for lifetime achievement from the American Gastroenterological Society. Welcome to Leading the Rounds! Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: AMA launches Silicon Valley integrated innovation company, Health2047AMA announces new online education hub to support lifelong learningAccelerating Change in Medical EducationBook Suggestions: Nudge Thinking Fast and Slow

Intro: Scott Tillema is an FBI trained hostage negotiator and active law enforcement officer. Scott teaches organizations how to use the power of life saving negotiation principles to enhance their work. He has developed a powerful model for safely resolving crisis situations, which is now being recognized and adapted by the private sector for use in sales, communication, influence, and leadership. He was invited to the most famous speaking stage in the world, TED, to share his approach to negotiation. His talk, "The Secrets of Hostage Negotiators" has amassed over one million views. We hope you enjoy this episode where we talk about stress inoculation, reading people, and effective communication. Welcome to Leading the Rounds! Questions We Asked: How did you become involved in hostage negotiation? What are the biggest challenges in being a hostage negotiator? What are things that helped you go from training to practice? How do you effectively communicate with someone very different than yourself? How do you judge if a conversation is moving in the right direction?What is your strategy when a negotiation is not working? What is the longest negotiation you have been a part of? What tips do you have for reading body language and voice inflection? What would you tell yourself if you could go back to the beginning of your career?Quotes and Ideas: The people that are effective communicators are curious about those they are communicating with, and work to find a common bond. Hostage Negotiation Framework: Understanding: Try to understand the situation Timing: Actively listen before making requests Delivery: How you speak is just as important as what you say Respect: Mutual respect drives good negotiation “We make our decisions based on emotion, not because we are using reasoning and logic.” When a negotiation moves from a monologue to a dialogue, it is moving in the right direction. FBI Behavioral Change Stairway Model Paul Ekman Resources on Micro Expressions Logotherapy: a therapeutic approach that helps people find personal meaning in life. “We feel empowered when we have a purpose, vision, and mission.” Scott’s Mission, “To inspire people of all backgrounds to be great negotiators.” Advice to younger self, “Don’t be afraid.”Book Suggestions: Hostage at the Table: How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance by George Kohlrieser Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as you Negotiate by Roger Fisher

Dr. Ely is the Grant W. Liddle Chair in Medicine, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine and co-director of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is also a practicing intensivist with a focus on Geriatric ICU Care. Dr. Ely’s research has focused on improving the care and outcomes of critically ill patients with ICU-acquired brain disease His team developed the primary tool by which delirium is measured in ICU-based trials and clinically at the bedside in ICUs worldwide. Dr. Ely has over 400 peer-reviewed publications and recently published a highly acclaimed book titled Every Deep Drawn Breath. All net proceeds from his book are going to patients and their families. Despite his many accomplishments he will be the first to say that his most amazing accomplishments are his three daughters, Taylor, and twins, Blair and Brooke. We hope you enjoy this episode with @weselymd where we discuss clinical research, creating change, and humanism in medicine. Questions We Asked: Quotes & Ideas: Tipping PointCada Persona Es Un Mundo,East of Eden Book Suggestions: My Own CountryThe Tennis PartnerCrossing to SafetyArrowsmithI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings