Physician Leadership Grants Program

Physician Leadership Grants Program

Organization: The Physicians Foundation

Status: Active annual grant program

Geographic Scope: National (across multiple states)

Focus Areas:

Physician leadership development

Business management training

Communication skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Healthcare management

Clinical quality improvement

Team-based care

Performance improvement

Award Amount: Varies; 2013 awards totaled $1.5 million across 17 grants

Eligible Applicants: Healthcare organizations, medical society foundations, universities

Program Goals: To equip physicians with necessary leadership skills to practice medicine successfully amidst ongoing regulatory and administrative changes

Historical Awards (as of 2013): 35 leadership grants across 20+ states totaling approximately $2.75 million since 2010

Example Funded Programs:

Institute for Medical Quality: Stepping Up to Leadership Expansion

North Carolina Medical Society Foundation: Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership

The Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership (Maine)

Case Western Reserve University Mental Health Physician Administrative Leadership Program

American College of Cardiology Foundation Professional Development Program for Women in Cardiology

Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management three-day educational institute for state medical society presidents

Contact: Dr. Alan Plummer, Physicians Foundation Vice President and chairman of Grants committee