Summary:
Dr. Karen Weiner discusses some of the issues she has faced as an organizational leader with Oregon Medical Group.
Weiner, who joined AAPL in 2013 and became a CPE two years later, discusses some of the issues she has faced as an organizational leader.
After 16 years as a pediatrician with Oregon Medical Group, Karen Weiner, MD, MMM, CPE, wasn’t on a career path for the C-suite until she noticed what she calls “deep dissatisfaction and frustration among my colleagues.”

Karen Weiner
She wanted to change that, so she shifted gears with a goal of becoming CEO — a role she’s held with the Eugene-based group since 2016.
Weiner, a member of the American Association for Physician Leadership since 2013, discusses some of the issues she has faced as an organizational leader.
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Weiner, who joined AAPL in 2013 and became a CPE two years later, discusses some of the issues she has faced as an organizational leader.
After 16 years as a pediatrician with Oregon Medical Group, Karen Weiner, MD, MMM, CPE, wasn’t on a career path for the C-suite until she noticed what she calls “deep dissatisfaction and frustration among my colleagues.”
She wanted to change that, so she shifted gears with a goal of becoming CEO — a role she’s held with the Eugene-based group since 2016.
Weiner, a member of the American Association for Physician Leadership since 2013, discusses some of the issues she has faced as an organizational leader.
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