Testimonials
Mamta Patel

“It has been an extraordinary experience. I feel like we’re cultivating a new generation of leaders by going through this academy.”
Mamta Patel, MD
Ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon
Puja Aggarwal, MD

“The FMA Leadership Academy makes you a more effective leader. Whatever setting you’re in, you can use these tools to become an effective leader, to become a better physician, and to have a great doctor-patient relationship.”
Puja Aggarwal, MD
Neurologist
Watson Ducatel, DO

“For me, there’s just something compelling about physicians helping physicians. Every day, we are helping people change their lives and improve their lives. Being able to do that for one of my colleagues or having them be able to do that for me — it’s exciting. It’s wonderful.”
Watson Ducatel, DO
Internal Medicine
Lauren Loftis, MD

“There are so many things I’ve learned at the Leadership Academy that I’ve been able to bring back to my work every single day in my practice that have really positively impacted what I do.”
Lauren Loftis, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Daniel Thimann, MD

“These are the skills that are not really taught to us in medical school. We’re not really taught how to communicate with other people, how to build practices, how to build relationships, how to enact change, and how to enact that change effectively.”
Daniel Thimann, MD
Pediatric Internal Medicine