New Clinician Leadership Development Program Launched

The inaugural class of Bayhealth’s Clinician Leadership Development Program (CLDP) met with presenters Jonathan Kaufmann, DO, chief health information officer and Michael Ashton, FACHE, vice president of operations/administrator, Sussex Campus, engaging the class on topics ranging from healthcare finance and knowing yourself as a leader to Bayhealth’s organizational structure.

The CLDP is a comprehensive nine-month leadership development program designed to refine the leadership knowledge, skills and abilities of physicians and advanced practice clinicians. Facilitated by Bayhealth leaders, participants will improve their self-knowledge, learn effective strategies in working with others, and a gain an understanding of the complexities of a health system.

The program involves a small, highly interactive cohort; half-day meetings during the work week; once per month sessions for nine months from Sept. 2024 through May 2025.

“When we opened the application process in the summer, we were encouraged and impressed by the enthusiasm surrounding this program,” said Vice President, Physician Services & Clinical Integration, Lawrence Ward, MD, MPH, FACP. “The program is designed to help close the knowledge gap between the participants’ medical training and the skills needed to be a leader in a practice or within a health system. The energy of the inaugural class is contagious, and we look forward to watching the participants’ leadership knowledge and skillset expand through the course of the program.”

“Dr. Ward and I were happy to collaborate to initiate the CLDP as it’s just one of the many professional development opportunities that we’re exploring and implementing across the health system,” said Director, Leadership & Organizational Development Keisha Morris “We’re developing programs that are appropriate for team members in different stages of their careers and looking at ways to better hone their leadership skills.”

Helps us congratulate our inaugural CLDP class:

Shawn Blackburn, Physician Assistant, Bayhealth Cardiology Consultants, Dover

Dr. Lee Colaianni, Bayhealth Emergency Physicians & Emergency Medicine Teaching Faculty

Dr. Andrea DeSimone, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist & Chair, Bayhealth Department of Psychiatry

Michelle Devern, Nurse Practitioner, Bayhealth Primary Care Harrington

Adrianne Fisher, Nurse Practitioner, Bayhealth General Surgery Dover

Dr. Preeti Gupta, Family Practice Physician, Bayhealth Medical Group & ACO Medical Director for Bayhealth

Dr. Lori Hudson, OB Hospitalist, Bayhealth Women's Care

Dr. Ejaz Mahmood, Endocrinologist, Bayhealth Endocrinology, Sussex Campus

Dr. Syed Mahmood, Associate Program Director, Bayhealth Internal Medicine Residency & Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehab, Pulmonary Diagnostics and Respiratory Therapy

Dr. Laura Moylan, OB Hospitalist, Bayhealth Kent Campus

Sarah Neely-Collins, Nurse Practitioner, Bayhealth Cancer Institute

Dr. Kyla-Gale Pinnock, Bayhealth Primary Care, Dover West

Dr. Roshan Prabhu, Associate Program Director, Bayhealth Family Medicine Residency & Apogee Hospitalists

Dr. Raul Raya-Silva, Anesthesiologist, Bayhealth Department of Anesthesiology

Dr. Jonathan Sarik, Assistant Chair, Bayhealth Department of Surgery Sussex, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Dr. Jazab Sheikh, Primary Care Physician, Bayhealth Primary Care Smyrna

Dr. Abdul Muhaymin Siyal, Primary Care Physician, Bayhealth Primary Care

Dr. Neha Soares, Anesthesiologist, Bayhealth Department of Anesthesiology

If you have questions about the program, please contact the CLDP program manager Brittany_Kern@Bayhealth.org