Deloitte's Physician Leadership Academy

A leadership program to match the times

Health care leaders face rising costs, higher-quality expectations, expanding AI capabilities, and rapidly shifting patient preferences—amid ongoing regulatory changes and industry shifts. The Physician Leadership Academy can equip you to take on broader responsibility, lead through complexity, and deliver results across the enterprise.

Created by Deloitte Consulting LLP, the Physician Leadership Academy is a first-of-its-kind program designed to identify and accelerate high-potential physician leaders into future enterprise and C-suite roles within their organizations. Now in its ninth year with 125+ graduating physician leaders, PLA prepares participants to shape the marketplace and lead confidently across a constantly evolving health care ecosystem.

Who should attend

PLA is for high-potential, advanced physician leaders who are ready to:

• Transform how you lead using modern, enterprise-grade approaches.
• Succeed in expanding roles with increasing organizational responsibility.
• Step into enterprise, C-suite leadership.

Participation requirement: We ask that you commit to attending all modules in-person, arriving Sunday evening and departing the evening the program concludes.

Program overview 

PLA is a longitudinal curated leadership experience built around insight, practice, application, and impact. You’ll start with leadership evaluations that surface your patterns and opportunities for growth in professional settings, then build capabilities and confidence through one-on-one coaching, interactive modules led by world-class faculty and Deloitte leaders, and real-world applications through a self-selected leadership challenge.

• Module 1: September 28–30, 2026 | In-person at Deloitte University, Westlake, TX
• Module 2: January 25 - 26, 2027 | In-person, surprise location
• Module 3: April 13–15, 2027 | In-person at Deloitte University, Westlake, TX

Virtual inter-module connections

• 2–3 hours in October and November 2026 and March 2027 (Dates/topics to be confirmed)

You will leave PLA able to:

• Define and communicate your purpose as an enterprise and marketplace leader;
• Set a clear vision and drive strategy execution in dynamic environments;
• Build innovation capability to anticipate, influence, and respond to policy and industry change;
• Lead teams through change with versatile, practical approaches;
• Build and deploy social capital while strengthening stakeholder relationships; and
• Operate with an enterprise mindset—integrating strategy, influence, collaboration, and system-level thinking.

Physician Leadership Academy: Shaping the future of health

Participant testimonials

Daphne Adele Haas-Kogan, MD

Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center; Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School

“I’m a new chair and new to the Harvard system. It was very clear to me that I had a lot of room for growth and learning. I chose this course as it seemed like a very well-thought-out program that would move me significantly along the path of learning and improving my leadership skills on all levels.

In my role, I need to make sure world-class clinical care is being provided to our patients, that our staff feels supported and empowered, and that they are practicing at the top of their licenses. I am responsible for ensuring that the clinical, educational, quality improvement, research, and academic missions are moved forward, and that all members of our faculty—medical, physics, and biology—feel supported in their academic careers. I also help ensure that we’re aligned with the hospital and enterprise missions, and that we support the No. 1 radiation oncology training program in the country.”

The Physician Leadership Academy has helped in every aspect of my job. It has enabled me to think of practical aspects of clinical and academic medicine that I could then put into use to maintain and further develop our world-class department.

Physician Leadership Academy brought the perfect balance of academic rigor, practical advice, insights from finance experts, and inspirational talks and sessions. In addition, the great value and pleasure of interacting with my peers cannot be underestimated. We all had different backgrounds but similar and overlapping challenges, so we most definitely learned from each other.”

Michael T. Harris, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey

“This program is really amazing; what an incredible group. A very natural and amazingly quick friendship has developed among our cohort, and we are learning a great deal from each other. Even though I’ve only been through one-third of the program, it has been one of the most exciting experiences of my professional career. It has already changed the way that I do business.

As an example, I begin many meetings now by having an open conversation about decision ownership. Having that discussion up front has made an enormous difference—it is extremely effective in clearing the path to getting real work done.

The executive coaching piece is also great. I am learning a lot about myself and look forward to continuing that engagement over the course of the program. I have found the 360-degree feedback and Hogan Assessments to be very useful. They helped validate some of the things I thought about myself, in terms of strengths as well as areas where I can work to improve as a leader.

I’m a huge fan of this program.”