Becker's Healthcare December 16, 2025
As healthcare’s complexities and demands intensify, physician leadership remains a critical aspect of ensuring high-quality patient care and advancing and implementing clinical innovations.
According to a 2024 survey by Jackson Physician Search and the Medical Group Management Association, 67% of physicians expressed interest in pursuing leadership roles. Despite interest, only 18% of physicians receive any executive or business training during medical school, and just 21% of healthcare organizations offer formal leadership development programs for physicians.
“All physicians are leaders, but if you’re going to move to the next level, it’s learned,” Samuel Bauer, MD, chief medical officer of Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., told Becker’s. He said that physician leaders need to “continue to...







