Embracing change to grow as a person and a leader with John Inadomi, MD

BySameer K. Berry, MD, MBA

ByWilliam D. Chey, MD, AGAF, FACG

ByJohn Inadomi, MD

In this podcast episode, John Inadomi, MD, chair of the department of internal medicine at University of Utah Health, discusses the value of mentorship, qualities a leader should possess and more.

Intro :59
Welcome to this episode of Gut Talk 1:23
The interview/about Inadomi 1:30
Tell us about your family and where you grew up. 2:59
Inadomi on the impact World War II had on his family. 3:47
Chey and Inadomi on the ways immigrants approached being American post-World War II. 4:33
How did you end up in medicine after receiving a mechanical engineering degree from MIT?6:32
How did you go from bionics to polyps/GI? 8:00
What did you learn from your experiences playing water polo in college? 10:31
How did you end up at the University of New Mexico? 13:00
What did Amnon Sonnenberg, MD, MSc, teach you? 16:04
How do you view and embrace change? 18:27
When did you catch the bug of wanting to lead faculty? […] Did you have mentorship specifically on health system leadership? 24:30
How have you learned these leadership characteristics and skills that are not an inherent part of physician training? Do you think there is going to be a change in leadership development moving forward? 29:59
For people thinking about advancement opportunities in leadership, what is the mindset you have to develop as a successful division chief or a successful department chair? 33:55
What do you think are the biggest challenges facing academic gastroenterology or academic internal medicine? […] How can we physicians be aware of and mitigate these challenges? 38:36
How are academic medical centers going to survive? 41:39
Do you see the loss of physician autonomy and burnout getting better? 43:29
What has been your favorite golf course that you have played on? 46:36
Thank you, John 47:48
Thanks for listening 48:14

John M. Inadomi, MD, is the Jon M. Huntsman presidential endowed chair, and the chair of the department of internal medicine at University of Utah Health.

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Disclosures: Berry and Chey report no relevant financial disclosures. Inadomi reports grant support from Exact Sciences.

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