295: Patient First, System Second: Rethinking Healthcare Leadership in a Complex World with Douglas Slakey, MD

295: Patient First, System Second: Rethinking Healthcare Leadership in a Complex World with Douglas Slakey, MD

May 12, 2026 · 37 min · Season 6 · Episode 295

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Dr. Pelè interviews Douglas Slakey about the need to rethink healthcare leadership for better patient outcomes.

What if healthcare systems have been optimizing the wrong thing? In this episode of The Human Side of Leadership in Healthcare, Dr. Pelè sits down with internationally recognized transplant surgeon, healthcare executive, and author Douglas Slakey to explore why great healthcare outcomes require more than clinical excellence and standardized systems. Drawing from more than 30 years in transplant surgery and healthcare leadership, Dr. Slakey explains why overly rigid processes often fail real p...

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