EPISODE · Jun 22, 2021 · 36 MIN
#8 - Susie Distefano - Medical Profession CEO / Board Chair / Focus on "Get it right, not being right"
from Wish I Knew . . . · host Gary Nowak
I've got a super enjoyable one for you today Susie Distefano, her personality lit up this podcast Some career highlights for Susie:Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital a 340-bed care quaternary children’s hospitalThe Pediatric Heart Institute was founded under Distefano’s leadershipSenior vice president of patient care services and Chief Nursing Officer at Texas Children’s Hospital. Board chair for DePelchin Children’s Services, and is a board member of the Children’s Hospital Association, and the March of Dimes Houston Chapter Susie's DNACommitted to improving health for children and womenAddressing the physical, psychological and emotional needs of these special populations Some highlights: Command and control didn't work at age 12 and it didn't work later in her career eitherMoving from being right to getting it rightLife flight nurse in her 20'sSetting up Covid command centersGreat advice early on about intimidationHaving the confidence to turn down a promotionSusies definition of privlidge Being the social pariahKale salad, ughWant to be a guest? Email me at [email protected]!
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I've got a super enjoyable one for you today Susie Distefano, her personality lit up this podcast Some career highlights for Susie: Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital a 340-bed care quaternary children’s hospitalThe Pediatric Heart Institute was founded under Distefano’s leadershipSenior vice president of patient care services and Chief Nursing Officer at Texas Children’s Hospital. Board chair for DePelchin Children’s Services...
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#8 - Susie Distefano - Medical Profession CEO / Board Chair / Focus on "Get it right, not being right"
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