Women in Medical Practice Management Conference 2026

Executive presence is not about position or title—it's about inspiring confidence, communicating with authority, and influencing others effectively. In today's healthcare environment, women leaders are challenged to navigate complexity, lead teams, and drive results while remaining authentic and approachable. 

Drawing on proven leadership principles and personal successes, this interactive workshop equips women leaders with practical strategies to strengthen their executive presence, amplify their influence, and lead with greater confidence. Participants will leave with practical and tactical tools to enhance their leadership impact and advance their professional success. 

Key Learning Topics of Lead with a Mission Mindset:  

• Lead with Ownership
  • Executive presence begins with personal accountability. Learn how successful leaders take ownership of their circumstances and focus on what they can control. Discover how leaders adopt a powerful mindset and use personalized mantras that filter out distractions and keep them moving toward their goals.  
• Clarify Your Leadership Vision
  • Define your leadership brand and discover how to align your daily actions with your values and aspirations. Learn the power of consistently exceeding expectations and creating a reputation that inspires trust and confidence.
• Build Executive Confidence
  • Overcome self-doubt and break free from impostor syndrome. Discover practical strategies to recognize your successes, strengthen your credibility, and project confidence in every leadership situation.
• Become a Leader Worth Following
  • Commit to continuous improvement. Learn how to solicit and respond to feedback. Discover how the power of communication styles, body language, posture, and even micro-facial expressions can set apart average leaders from extraordinary ones. Learn the difference between mentors and sponsors, and how to build mutually beneficial strategic alliances.
• Lead Through Change with Resilience
  • Maintain composure, confidence, and a solutions-focused mindset during times of uncertainty. Learn how to inspire others with optimism, adaptability, and the belief that "we can do this."
• Create a Culture of Success
  • Foster accountability, engagement, and excellence by recognizing contributions, encouraging growth, and leading with positivity while maintaining high performance standards.
• Develop Your Executive Presence Action Plan
  • Identify your leadership strengths, uncover opportunities for growth, and create a personalized strategy to increase your visibility, influence, and impact long after the workshop concludes. 

Speaker:

• June Ryan, USCG, June Ryan Global Solutions

Patients are changing how they engage with their care - Googling symptoms before they call, asking AI which provider to see, and arriving with expectations shaped by every other digital experience in their lives. At the same time, the staff who deliver that experience can see new technology as a threat rather than a tool. Practice leaders are caught in the middle, asked to adopt quickly while keeping both their teams and their patients comfortable. This panel brings together an experienced practice administrator, a front desk leader, and a patient voice, moderated by Molly Van Oordt of NextGen, to talk honestly about what is working and what is not. The conversation moves past the hype to the practical: how to introduce change in a way your team will actually embrace, how to serve patients across every generation and comfort level, and how to decide where technology should lead and where the human touch still wins. 

Learning Objectives 

• Describe the major technology shifts reshaping the patient experience - including AI tools, online symptom-checking, and self-directed provider selection - and their impact on day-to-day practice operations.
• Apply change-management and communication strategies that help staff adopt new technology as a partner rather than perceive it as a threat.
• Develop approaches to deliver an effective patient experience across generations and varying levels of technology comfort, balancing digital tools with human interaction. 

Moderator:

• Molly Van Oordt, NextGen Healthcare

Some of the most useful things we learn from each other never make it onto a formal agenda. This session changes that. One after another, a handful of women from across musculoskeletal practice management take the stage, each with a single idea and about ten minutes to share it. No long lead-ups, no filler - just real talk on the things that actually shape our work and our careers. 

The topics range widely, drawn from what matters most to women in this field right now, and every speaker leaves you with one thing you can put to use the moment you get back to your practice. Fast, honest, and a little bit different from anything else on the schedule, this is a session built to cover a lot of topics well in a short period of time.