Surgical Mentorship and Leadership: Building for Success in Academic Surgery

This text serves as a comprehensive, state-of-the art definitive reference on surgical mentorship and leadership. This book is a practical, useful guide that reviews select topics on leadership and mentorship, as well as provides key information on how to launch a successful “young” surgical career. This volume focuses on key points on how to identify mentors, highlight mentor-mentee “pearls”, as well as define key leadership traits in being successful as an academic surgeon. Chapters are written by national and international leaders in their fields and have boxes that highlight key lessons learned and leadership pearls for easy reference. Surgical Mentorship and Leadership is as a very useful resource for young surgical faculty, as well as fellows and residents in a broad array of surgical training programs. .

Part One: Mentorship. - Brief History Of Mentorship -- Characteristics of the Ideal Mentor -- Mentorship Styles -- An Overall Mentorship Strategy for Entry-level Faculty -- Responsibilities of the Mentor -- Responsibilities of the Mentee -- Mentorship for Clinical Success -- Mentorship for Research Success -- Mentorship/Sponsorship and Leadership in Academic Surgery: Similarities and Differences -- Mentorship for mid-career decisions: aspirations for personal organizational leadership opportunities -- Mentorship for Mid-Career Decisions: Aspirations for Multi-Disciplinary -- Programmatic Leadership Opportunities -- Mentorship for those for whom the operating room is no longer their theater -- Mentorship for Life Balance Success -- Establishing departmental mentorship programs -- Part Two: Leadership. - Qualities of a Good Leader -- Resources to Grow Your Leadership Skills -- Choosing the “Right” Leadership Style for You -- Building a Successful Clinical Program in the Academic Medical Center -- Being a Leader: Organizing a Basic Science Research Program -- Being a Leader: Organizing a Health Services Research Program -- Being a Leader: Cultivating Surgical Education -- Physicians in the Boardroom -- The Business of Surgery: How to Lead as Financial Manager -- Leading the “Critical Conversation”: Surgeon Leadership in HR -- BEING A NATIONAL LEADER IN SURGERY: ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- The Role of Leaders, Supervisors and Individual Surgeons In Reducing Burnout and Promoting Physician Wellness.