Physician Leadership Academy 2026-27 Application
Facilitating your journey to health care enterprise leader
Physicians increasingly lead beyond the bedside—shaping strategy, product, research, operations, and growth across the health ecosystem. But the skills to translate clinical credibility into enterprise outcomes—aligning stakeholders, managing risk, leading teams, and measuring impact—aren’t typically built in medical training or day-to-day practice. Deloitte’s Physician Leadership Academy (PLA) is designed to close that gap and help you lead with confidence, clarity, and measurable impact.
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.
2025–26 PLA Graduate Reflections
"It exceeded all of my expectations hands down. The fact that we're getting Deloitte expertise in health care, combined with top-level lecturers from business leaders, and learnings from the peer cohort, has been something that has been better than my wildest dreams."
“The PLA has helped me feel like I’m not only becoming a better health care provider, not only a better health care leader, but a better person. I've been through a number of leadership programs in my lifetime, and there is something extremely unique about the PLA.”
“I greatly benefited from the PLA, which provided essential skills and knowledge absent from my traditional medical training, equipping me with frameworks to navigate complex organizational challenges. The program also offered valuable networking opportunities, time for reflection, and insights from dedicated leaders who have enhanced my capabilities as a physician leader.”
Physician Leadership Academy: Shaping the future of health
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Participant testimonials
As physician leaders, we are being called upon to navigate the uncharted waters of a transforming health care industry. To meet the challenges needed to improve the health of our communities, we need new skills, new competencies, and a new mindset.
—Kenneth J. Abrams, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Felix Matthews, MD, MBA
Dr. Jay Bhatt
Howard Drenth
