In this lecture, Dr. Lexa will explore why it’s important for radiologists to take on leadership projects and roles, and how radiologists at any career stage can begin to lead, even without a formal title. He’ll share practical strategies to help radiologists prepare for their first leadership role and how to avoid common pitfalls faced by new leaders.
This lecture will also address unique challenges encountered by leaders in STEM fields. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to step into a leadership role, this talk will offer tools to help you lead with confidence.
Transcript:
"Well, hi, my name is Frank Lexa. I'm a Neuroradiologist, and I've done most of my career in Academic Neuroradiology, and I've had a dual career where I've also been a business school professor, including, working at the Wharton School and then working with some other business schools on several other continents.
I'm currently the Chief Medical Officer for the Radiology Leadership Institute at the American College of Radiology, and that's where my interest in leadership really comes for this talk.
Well, on September 11th, I'm going to be teaming up with Medality to bring you a Noon Conference on "Getting Started in Leadership" and subtitled "How to Lead When You Aren't in Charge" and the core things we're going to be covering in that are:
- Understanding how almost anyone in radiology can learn to be a leader if she or he wants to.
- How do you get started in leadership if you haven't had training or experience, say, getting an MBA or working in the military or some other kind of leadership training, you can still get started
- We'll talk about how you get started and more importantly
- How you succeed in your first leadership experiences
Why should you attend this? Well, we think that radiology needs you.
We want to have more leaders and better leaders, and we want to get the right leaders. It's also going to be a challenging time in US radiology and so leadership will matter and you'll help us all have a good experience and a great profession for the next several decades. And finally, if you do this, you will be happier and you'll feel that you are making a difference, both personally and for the larger house of radiology. So I hope you'll be joining us on September 11th. I'm looking forward to doing this with Medality."
About Dr. Frank Lexa
Frank J. Lexa, MD, MBA, FACR is an academic neuroradiologist and the author of the book: “Leadership Lessons for Success in Health Care.” He has been a professor at Wharton working on five continents. Currently he is the CMO of the Radiology Leadership Institute. Long bio: Frank J. Lexa, MD, MBA, FACR is an academic neuroradiologist from Pennsylvania. He recently retired from Pitt where he was a Professor, the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and also worked in several capacities for UPMC International. Previously, he served as a Professor, Associate Chief and Vice Chair of Strategy and Leadership in the Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Arizona. He began his career in France with a visiting position at the Université de Bordeaux and has been a Clinical Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a Professor of Radiology at the Drexel University College of Medicine where he was also the Vice Chair. He has been honored with several major scientific research awards including the Cornelius G. Dyke Memorial award of the American Society of Neuroradiology. He also works outside of academic medicine and was a member of the adjunct faculty of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the marketing department for seventeen years where he taught both graduate and executive MBA students in the Global Consulting Practicum. That took him to five continents. In the GCP, he served in multiple leadership roles including: the Spain, United Arab Emirates, and Israel Country Manager positions as well as the East Asia Regional manager for mainland China and Taiwan. Currently, he also lectures in the Cornell Executive MBA program and at the Katz School of Business.He served as an ASNR International Outreach professor first in Lviv, Ukraine in 2017 and more recently in Tanzania in 2023. For several years he also held an appointment as a Professor of Business Development in the Life Sciences at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, at the time the top business school in Europe. There he twice won the prestigious “Prize of Excellence” for outstanding teaching. He has also done international medical and educational work in multiple nations including Uganda, Thailand, China, and Russia with plans to go to India, Kazakhstan, Ghana and Nigeria in 2025. Dr. Lexa lectures, consults, and writes extensively on issues at the interface of health care and business. He has authored over 175 peer reviewed papers as well as numerous articles in the general medical press and in alternative media and has also contributed multiple book and encyclopedia chapters. He has given over 2,000 academic, invited, educational, business and Grand Rounds lectures as well as chaired and directed numerous educational meetings for academic, professional and business organizations. His book “Leadership Lessons for Success in Health Care” takes a systematic approach to developing medical leadership skills. He has chaired, co-chaired and served on several key national committees and task forces for major organizations in US radiology. He is the Chief Medical Officer of the Radiology Leadership Institute of the ACR as well as the Chair of the RLI Board. He served as the 2022-2023 Vice President of the American College of Radiology and in that role also served on the Board of the Canadian Association of Radiologists. He co-led the ACR’s Five Year Strategic Planning process cycle which was completed in 2022. He is also the current chair of the ACR International Economics Committee and a member of the ACR International Commission. He served on the Board of Chancellors of the ACR for two terms as the Chair of the Commission on Leadership and Practice Development. He also served for six years as a founding co-chair of the Future Trends Committee for the ACR and was also on the Budget and Finance Committee. In 2022, he began a three-year term as the chair of the Intersociety Committee which brings together all of the key organizations in US radiology- that was renewed for a second term through 2027. He has also worked with the International Society of Radiology and that has led to leadership programs in Lusaka, Zambia and in the Philippines. Previously he directed health care investments for the British Technology Group International and worked as a strategic consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in their healthcare practice. He is the founder and CEO of a boutique health care strategy group: LSG Ventures. For several years, he was a partner at Philadelphia Ventures-a venture capital firm focusing on high tech medical and information technology early-stage investments and he continues to work with start-up companies and venture firms in the healthcare sector. He was educated and did his medical training in Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, and in Philadelphia. He is a licensed general aviation airplane pilot and an avid skier and SCUBA diver. He has raised money for several charities in multiple ways including a 100 mile bike ride for MS research. In his spare time, he cycles and chases after his Portuguese water dog Gabby and his pot belly pig, Pyper.
