American Association for Physician Leadership

10/14/2026

🎙️ New SoundPractice Podcast Episode

Considering selling your practice to a private equity firm? Do you know what you should negotiate before signing?

As private equity continues to reshape healthcare, physicians need to understand not just the financial offer, but also what a deal could mean for their autonomy, future earnings, and practice operations.

In the latest episode of SoundPractice, host Mike Sacopulos sits down with Greg Schaefer to explore what physicians should know before entering a private equity deal, including:

✔️ Understanding deal structures, from upfront cash and equity to holdbacks and earnouts
✔️ Protecting physician autonomy and understanding consent rights after a sale
✔️ Evaluating malpractice coverage and knowing what questions to ask before signing

Whether you're considering selling your practice or simply preparing for the evolving healthcare landscape, this conversation offers valuable insights to help you make informed decisions.

🎧 Listen to the latest episode: https://hubs.la/Q04B7dNw0

10/07/2026

You didn't get into medicine to lead alone.

AAPL membership puts you in a community of physician leaders working through the same things you are: staffing, strategy, board decisions med school never covered. That includes the online community through Helix Portal, AAPL's space for connecting with peers year-round. Add member pricing on courses and the Annual Leadership Conference, full access to the Physician Leadership Journal, and a clear path toward the CPE credential, and membership starts looking less like a subscription and more like infrastructure for the rest of your career.

Explore what's included: https://hubs.la/Q04y4wg-0

09/30/2026

What does it really take to make sound financial decisions in a world full of investment noise?

In the latest episode of the SoundPractice Podcast, Ed Coburn joins us for a conversation on investing without the hype and what physicians need to know about money, discipline, and staying focused on the long term.

For physicians, financial decision-making can come with plenty of competing opinions, market headlines, and pressure to act. This conversation takes a closer look at the value of cutting through the noise and approaching investing with greater clarity and discipline.

🎧 Listen to the latest episode: Investing Without Hype: What Physicians Need to Know About Money, Noise, and Discipline with Ed Coburn
https://hubs.la/Q04yP2JH0

09/23/2026

Nobody teaches you how to lead your former peers.

You were the best clinician on the floor, so they gave you the title. Now the people who covered your shifts are waiting on your decisions — and you're figuring out how to hold both the relationship and the responsibility.

Nothing about that is intuitive. All of it is learnable.

What was the hardest part of your first year leading?

09/16/2026

You don’t need a leadership title to make a difference.

In the latest episode of SoundPractice, Dr. Kardie Tobb shares how clinicians at every career stage can identify opportunities for change, build support, and lead meaningful initiatives, even without formal authority.

From joining committees with purpose to bringing solutions alongside problems, Dr. Tobb offers practical insights for clinicians ready to step forward and create impact.

🎙️ Listen to Leading Without a Title: How Clinicians Can Drive Change at Every Career Stage with Dr. Kardie Tobb.

Listen Now: https://hubs.la/Q04xHz5r0

09/09/2026

The decisions that shape patient care aren't all made at the bedside.

They're made in budget meetings, staffing models, and workflow redesigns, sometimes by people who never have to explain the outcome to a family.

Physician leaders close that distance. If you've ever left a meeting like that knowing you'd have called it differently, that instinct is where leadership starts.

Leadership is learned, and AAPL has been teaching physicians to lead since 1975. Don't wait for the title. Start building toward it.

https://hubs.la/Q04vL9_s0

09/07/2026

Only a few hours left to save! Advanced Registration for the 2026 Annual Leadership Conference closes today.

After tonight, rates move to Standard and the same seat costs up to $350 more.

October 22-24 | Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, AZ

Register now: https://hubs.la/Q04vKZzY0

09/07/2026

This Labor Day, we recognize the physicians, healthcare leaders, and care teams whose work continues through weekends and holidays. Thank you for all you do.

Watch a short message from our CEO celebrating your commitment and sharing what’s ahead at AAPL.

▶️ Watch https://hubs.la/Q04wQ1rw0

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09/02/2026

Leadership isn't always a straight path.

In the latest episode of SoundPractice, Vidhya Prakash, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAMWA, joins Mike Sacopulos for a candid conversation about imposter phenomenon, adaptive leadership, reframing failure, and what it means to grow into leadership.

Drawing from her own journey as a physician and executive leader, Dr. Prakash shares valuable insights for healthcare leaders at every stage of their careers, especially those who may have found themselves becoming "accidental leaders."

Listen now to explore:
• Imposter phenomenon and how to move beyond self-doubt
• The difference between adaptive and technical challenges
• Lessons from balancing clinical and executive responsibilities
• Why leadership is both an art and a practice

🎧 Tune in to “The Leadership Learning Curve” today:

Vidhya Prakash, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAMWA, Chief Medical Officer and Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Population Health at Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine, joins host Mike Sacopulos for a candid conversation about her AAPL-published book, The Leadership Learning Curve: A Wom...

08/19/2026

What would it take to rethink healthcare reform in the U.S.?

In the latest episode of SoundPractice, healthcare journalist Ken Terry joins host Mike Sacopulos to explore a different approach to one of the most persistent challenges in healthcare: affordability.

Terry discusses his new book, Beyond Medicare for All: Cracking the Code of the Healthcare Affordability Crisis, and shares his perspective on how a more primary-care-led system could reshape the way healthcare is delivered and paid for.

The conversation explores:
• Why primary care physicians could play a greater role in leading basic care

• How empowering primary care groups could help address the decline of primary care

• What Maryland’s all-payer hospital model can teach us about healthcare reform

• The challenges of caring for an aging population

• And how a “consumer council” could help guide difficult healthcare coverage decisions

Listen to the full conversation to hear Terry’s perspective on what healthcare reform could look like beyond the traditional Medicare for All debate.

🎧 Listen here:

In this episode of SoundPractice, host Mike Sacopulos talks with veteran healthcare journalist Ken Terry about his new book, Beyond Medicare for All: Cracking the Code of the Healthcare Affordability Crisis, published by the American Association for Physician Leadership. Terry, a...