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Opening Plenary Session I - Physician Well-Being: Fatigue to Flourishing

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

8:45 AM - 10:30 AM ET

Location: Allegheny Ballroom

Melissa A. Barton, MD

Executive Director of Professional and Clinical Affairs
American Board of Emergency Medicine

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Kimara Ellefson, EdD, MBA

National Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine

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John S. Andrews, MD

Vice President
American Medical Association

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Health care professionals across the nation are burned out, fatigued, and leaving their professions in large numbers. From the growing nursing and pharmacist shortage to medical specialists’ professional dissatisfaction and alienation, burnout is a serious threat to the stability of our health care systems and patient care. Improving physician well-being is critical and requires cultural and systems-based practice shifts throughout the health care system. This session will explore new and successful strategies to support physician well-being, shifting from a culture of burnout to one of ‘flourishing’.