Chief of Staff Boot Camp™
DESIGNED FOR
For almost 25 years, the Chief of Staff Boot Camp™ has combined real-world case studies, expert faculty, and peer collaboration to prepare physician and healthcare leaders for the complex realities of medical staff leadership. Participants gain immediately applicable tools to lead more effectively within their organizations.
PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY
Strong Leaders Transform Organizations. Strong Organizations Create Better Healthcare.
LEADERSHIP PROFICIENCY
Lead with Confidence, Clarity, and Impact
Cultivate the leadership judgement, operational insight, and interpersonal skills to address the realities of medical staff leadership and contribute to stronger organizational performance. Develop multidisciplinary fluency across clinical metrics, financial data, governance, and healthcare operations.
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FACULTY
Learn from Experts in Healthcare Leadership
Gain executive-level insights from renowned industry experts on the critical issues facing physician leadership, including generational dynamics, key motivators, preventing burnout, and disruptive behavior.
THE EVOLVING HEALTHCARE LANDSCAPE
Anticipate the Forces Shaping Healthcare
Examine the emerging trends transforming modern healthcare, from the growing use of artificial intelligence and evolving regulatory requirements to pertinent legal issues, credentialing, privileging, peer review, and accreditation standards.
PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Expand Your Leadership Capacity
Strengthen your ability to influence strategic direction and decisions, build high-performing teams, and apply decisive leadership in an environment of constant change and competing priorities.
PHYSICIAN & EXECUTIVE COACHING
Receive Personalized Leadership Guidance
Gain valuable support through specialized expertise in coaching disruptive physicians and conducting objective 360-degree assessments, and strengthening behavioral effectiveness and working relationships.
STRATEGIC ADVISORY SERVICES
Solve Complex Leadership Challenges
Collaborate with consultants on high-impact initiatives and leadership challenges, including strategic planning, organizational transformation, board retreats and summits, and conflict resolution.
Advancing Medical Leadership Nationwide
800+
Hospitals
37
Medical Societies
43
Boot Camps
25+
Years
The Institute’s Leadership: Susan Reynolds, MD, PhD
President and CEO
The Institute for Medical Leadership
Program Director
Chief of Staff Boot Camp™
A former emergency physician who also served as CEO of an emergency medical center, White House health care advisor, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Reynolds founded The Institute for Medical Leadership in 2001 and developed the highly acclaimed Chief of Staff Boot Camp™ in 2003. The Institute and its programs have trained thousands of physician leaders and healthcare executives.
Prescription for Lasting Success
Leadership Strategies to Diagnose Problems and Transform Your Organization
Dr. Reynolds’ 4-P assessment model includes an examination of Purpose, Passion, Planning, and People. It can be applied to individuals as well as organizational transformation.
Expert Witness Services
Healthcare Expertise for Litigation, Testimony, and Case Review
Dr. Susan Reynolds offers independent consulting and expert witness services for attorneys and healthcare organizations in cases involving medical staff leadership, governance, regulatory matters, physician conduct, peer review, credentialing, and related matters. She provides consultation, case review and analysis, affidavits, rebuttal reports, as well as deposition and trial testimony.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEP 10, 2026
Medical Staff Grand Rounds
El Paso Children’s Hospital
OCT 09, 2026
Quarterly Medical Staff Leadership Program
El Paso Children’s Hospital
FEB 04, 2027
Full Day Future Leaders Academy
Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging: SNMMI
MAY 19-21, 2027
Medical Staff Leadership Challenges as Seen by a Healthcare Attorney, Chief of Staff, and Chief Medical Officer
CAMMS Fall Festival
Monterey, California
NOV 13, 2027
Leadership Fundamentals: Understanding the Rolls of the Chief of Staff and the Chief Medical Officer
CAMMS Fall Festival
Virtual Presentation
FEB 26-28, 2027
Chief of Staff Boot Camp™
Jonathan Club
Los Angeles, California