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WHERE IS THE Conference

Reunion Resort and Golf Club Orlando, Florida ( 7593 Gathering Drive, Kissimmee, FL 34747 )

WHEN IS THE Conference

Dec 4, 2026 - Dec 5,2026

Mission Statement

Build a Portfolio Career: Skills and Strategies for Developing Successful Side Ventures

Join us for a dynamic conference designed to guide you in starting or advancing your portfolio career. The schedule features interactive sessions focused on clarifying your vision and framing your future as well as enhancing essential skills such as influential communication and ecosystem networking. Throughout the conference you will have an opportunity to engage in exercises and discussions that help refine your vision, build business acumen, and expand your professional network. You will learn strategies to be more efficient and have greater impact. Bring your laptop, come ready to participate, and leave equipped to shape your reimagined future.  

Agenda

Conference Schedule

4TH DEC

Friday

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7:30-8:30am
Registration and continental breakfast
8:30-9:45am
Chart Your Own Path: How to Build a Dynamic Portfolio Career

Julie Silver, MD

9:45-10:30am
Insider Insights: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Pathways to Success
  • Reem Ghalib, MD, MS
  • Philomena Asante, MD, MPH
  • Adaira Landry, MD, MEd
10:30am-10:50am
Break
10:50am-11:30am
Turning Your Vision into Reality: Strategies for Effective Idea Implementation

Reem Ghalib, MD, MS

11:30am-12:30pm
Opening Doors: Mastering the Skill of Engaging Introductions

Adaira Landry, MD, MEd

12:30pm-1:30pm
Lunch with Course Participants
1:30pm-2:00pm
Insider Insights: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Pathways to Success
  • Nuha El Sayed, MD, PhD
  • Amy Oxentenko, MD, MACP, MACG
  • Laurie Baedke, MHA
2:00pm-2:30pm
Leveraging AI to Increase Your Efficiency and Impact

Julie Silver, MD

2:30pm-3:30pm
Business Models and Strategy for Consultative Services

Laurie Baedke, MHA

3:30pm-5:30pm
Break on your own
5:30pm-8:00pm
Dinner Reception and Round Table Discussions with Experts
7:30am-8:30am
Continental breakfast and networking
8:30-9:30am
Building Business Acumen: Strategies to Become Financially Savvy

Amy Oxentenko, MD, MACP, MACG

9:30am-10:15am
Business Models for Side Ventures

Nuha El Sayed, MD, PhD

10:15am-10:35am
Break
10:35am-11:00am
Insider Insights: Focus on Finances and Championing Change
  • Hailey Ghalib, CAIA, AIA
  • Amy Oxentenko, MD, MACP, MACG

  • Laurie Baedke, MHA

11:00am-12:00pm
How to Identify the Value Proposition and Pitch Like an Expert

Julie Silver, MD

12:00pm-1:00pm
Lunch with Course Participants
1:00pm-1:30pm
Ecosystem Networking: Strategically Building Your Network for the Future

Adaira Landry, MD, MEd

2:45pm-3:30pm
Collaborative Negotiation: Skills and Strategies to Get to a “Win-Win” Solution

Nuha El Sayed, MD, PhD

3:30pm-4:00pm
Flourishing Forward: Embracing the Journey Ahead

Julie Silver, MD

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Core Competencies for Portfolio Careers

⭐ Future Framing

⭐ Opportunity Blueprinting

⭐ Pathway Navigation

⭐ Finance Fundamentals

⭐ Digital Fluency

⭐ Influential Communication

⭐ Ecosystem Networking

⭐ Collaborative Negotiation

01.

Future Framing

Craft a vision for your portfolio career that aligns with your values and the life you want to lead.

02.

Opportunity Blueprinting

Identify and evaluate new ideas, ensuring your ventures align with your aspirations and are positioned for success.

03.

Pathway Navigation

Learn how to pitch, implement, and promote new ideas by understanding the most effective steps from concept to launch, helping you bring fresh possibilities to life.

04.

Finance Fundamentals

Expand your financial acumen. Although this course does not offer an in-depth exploration of business finance, it introduces key foundational principles for side ventures to help you make smart choices in your portfolio career.

05.

Digital Fluency

Use technology and AI tools to streamline workflows, accelerate idea testing, and scale portfolio projects—maximizing efficiency, reach, and impact.

06.

Influential Communication

Enhance your written and oral communication skills to strategically articulate your vision, engage stakeholders, and advance your portfolio career.

07.

Ecosystem Networking

Build and leverage strategic networks, creating connections that open doors as you shape your unique career portfolio.

08.

Collaborative Negotiation

Master the art of collaborative negotiation, so you can forge win-win partnerships and drive your ventures forward.

FAQ

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS !!

A portfolio career combines your primary medical role with additional pursuits, often called side ventures, such as consultative services, entrepreneurial endeavors, or creative projects.

If you are seeking more meaningful professional growth, enhanced well-being, and new creative or financial opportunities, this conference is for you. If you are ready to expand your horizons beyond the usual clinical, research, or other career paths in medicine, a portfolio career opens new options: build a side business, consult or advise, apply your medical expertise in innovative ways, or explore entrepreneurial ventures — all while maintaining your core role in medicine. This approach gives you the flexibility to shape your future, pursue goals, and elevate your professional reputation, without giving up your career in medicine or the life you have built.

This conference equips you to build the skills and competencies needed to excel in a portfolio career. You will learn from experts how to evaluate and shape your opportunities — from idea to implementation. You’ll hone core competencies to lead confidently, communicate and negotiate effectively, establish a strong business and financial foundation, and forge strategic connections that open doors. Perhaps you have already started your portfolio career with one or more side ventures and want to be more strategic and grow professionally. Whether you are just exploring possibilities, ready to launch your next venture, or aiming to take what you’ve already built to the next level, you will gain the tools, insights, and support to turn your passions and expertise into fulfilling, sustainable career options.

This conference welcomes women in medicine who are just beginning to explore a portfolio career as well as those who have already taken initial steps. If you are new to the idea, you will discover essential skills and explore a wide range of portfolio options. If you have started building your portfolio career, you’ll find valuable insights, practical skills, and new connections to support your continued growth.

No conference can give you everything you will ever need, but this one offers opportunities you are unlikely to find elsewhere. You will have a supportive environment to explore new possibilities, access to content tailored specifically for women in medicine, and dedicated time onsite to connect with experts and fellow participants. Leave with new knowledge, an expanded network, and tangible resources to help you pursue or grow your portfolio career.

While this conference is not a substitute for business advisors or mentors, participants will have opportunities to engage with the instructors, experts, and fellow attendees. Each registered participant will receive a pre-conference toolkit designed to help them make the most of their onsite experience.

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Julie Silver, MD

Conference Organizer

Julie K. Silver, MD serves as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Success at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where she is also a tenured Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Silver founded a successful startup company, and she has been an advisor to numerous companies as well as many entrepreneurs. The Boston Globe named her a Top Innovator in Medicine. 

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Reem Ghalib
MD, MS

Conference Organizer

Reem Ghalib, MD is a nationally recognized gastroenterologist, transplant hepatologist, and clinical researcher. She is the Founder and Medical Director of Texas Clinical Research Institute, one of North Texas’s leading Phase I–IV clinical trial centers specializing in hepatology and gastroenterology. Dr. Ghalib has built a distinguished career at the intersection of clinical medicine, translational research, and program development. She has authored more than 200 scientific publications and has served as a principal investigator on numerous clinical trials focused on liver disease. 

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Amy S. Oxentenko
MD, MACP, MACG

Dr. Amy S. Oxentenko is an academic physician–executive and national healthcare leader with expertise in clinical operations, healthcare finance, governance, and federal advocacy. She serves as Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean of Mayo Clinic Practice, providing strategic oversight of clinical operations across Mayo Clinic’s enterprise to strengthen performance, quality, and organizational culture.

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Laurie Baedke
MHA

Laurie Baedke, MHA is the founder and CEO of Growth Edge Leadership and a seasoned healthcare executive, entrepreneur, and executive coach. She launched her first company at age 25 and has spent more than two decades advising entrepreneurs, including hundreds of physicians and surgeons in the successful startup and management of successful private practices. She also serves as a trusted coach to physician leaders navigating the complexities of traditional and non-traditional careers in medicine. Ms. Baedke is a sought-after keynote speaker at international conferences, and the host of a weekly leadership podcast The Growth Edge. 

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Adaira Landry, MD MEd

Adaira Landry, MD MEd is a physician–educator whose mission focuses on making professional education and career advancement more accessible and transparent. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and serves as an Academic Society Associate Director and Advisor in the Office of Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School. She previously spent two years as a physician consultant for the AI-ultrasound startup EchoNous, leading the development of a software. platform that tracks learners’ progress.

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Nuha El Sayed, MD, PhD

Dr. Nuha El Sayed is a physician-scientist and senior leader in diabetes, metabolic health and obesity medicine, with over two decades of experience translating complex clinical evidence into practice-changing frameworks. She holds a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School and has led scientific and medical strategy at the intersection of clinical research, guideline development, and health innovation.

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Philomena Asante
MD, MPH

Philomena Asante, MD, MPH Medical Director, School Based Health Centers Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, Mount Sinai Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Adolescent Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine Philomena Asante, MD, MPH is the Medical Director of School Based Health Centers at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Asante has mentored and sponsored women at all levels of graduate and post-graduate medical education and early career professionals. 

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Hailey Ghalib
CAIA, AIA

Hailey Ghalib serves as Senior Managing Director and Head of Housing Investment and Development for Affinius Capital. She is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Hailey leads Affinius’ multifamily, mixed-use and senior housing business and runs its ground-up development program for housing. In this role since 2007, Hailey has influenced the company’s housing investment strategy and has led sourcing, negotiating and executing Affinius’ ground up development investments in addition to directing several portfolio transactions. 

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ACCME AMA PRA category 1 credit for physicians are pending.

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12/4-12/5/26

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Reunion Resort, Orlando, Florida

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Cancellations made 30 days or more before the course will receive a 50% refund minus a $100 processing fee. Cancellations made within 30 days of the course are nonrefundable.

Silver Julie K
(MD)

Julie K. Silver, MD serves as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Success at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where she is also a tenured Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Silver founded a successful startup company, and she has been an advisor to numerous companies as well as many entrepreneurs. The Boston Globe named her a Top Innovator in Medicine. Dr. Silver previously founded and directed the Harvard Medical School CME accredited course titled Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare that trained thousands of physicians and other healthcare leaders throughout the United States and internationally. Dr. Silver’s leadership at Harvard Medical School included serving as Chief Editor of Books at Harvard Health Publications. She is an award-winning author and a sought-after keynote speaker. With over 250 published papers and extensive media experience, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and major TV networks, Dr. Silver is a respected voice on the many ways healthcare professionals can build successful careers. Her honors include the Harvard Medical School Shirley Driscoll Dean’s Leadership Award for advancing women’s career, and the highest honor bestowed by the American Medical Women’s Association, the Elizabeth Blackwell Award. She graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed her residency at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC.

Reem Ghalib
( MD, MS )

Reem Ghalib, MD is a nationally recognized gastroenterologist, transplant hepatologist, and clinical researcher. She is the Founder and Medical Director of Texas Clinical Research Institute, one of North Texas’s leading Phase I–IV clinical trial centers specializing in hepatology and gastroenterology. Dr. Ghalib has built a distinguished career at the intersection of clinical medicine, translational research, and program development. She has authored more than 200 scientific publications and has served as a principal investigator on numerous clinical trials focused on liver disease. Her work has contributed significantly to advancing therapies and improving outcomes for patients with complex liver diseases. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Research Design and Biostatistics from the University of Michigan, reflecting her deep expertise in clinical trial methodology and evidence-based medicine. Over the course of her career, Dr. Ghalib has established three clinical research programs and two liver transplant programs within academic and hospital-based medical centers, demonstrating strong leadership in building innovative clinical and research infrastructures. She has been named Top Doctor in Texas and repeatedly recognized as one of the Best Doctors in Dallas by D Magazine. She was also honored by the Dallas Business Journal for her leadership in launching a new liver transplant program and developing a major clinical research program in the Dallas area. In addition to her medical and research achievements, Dr. Ghalib is an entrepreneur who owns and manages a portfolio of more than 10 luxury short-term vacation rental properties. Ghalib is also the Director of the GHALA Education Institute, which focuses on physician and community education. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, followed by Gastroenterology and Hepatology fellowship training at Washington University in St. Louis.

Amy S. Oxentenko
(MD, MACP, MACG)

Amy S. Oxentenko, MD, MACP, MACG.
Professor of Medicine | Vice Dean of Practice, Mayo Clinic

Dr. Amy S. Oxentenko is an academic physician–executive and national healthcare leader with expertise in clinical operations, healthcare finance, governance, and federal advocacy. She serves as Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean of Mayo Clinic Practice, providing strategic oversight of clinical operations across Mayo Clinic’s enterprise to strengthen performance, quality, and organizational culture. A recognized leader in healthcare finance, Dr. Oxentenko has completed executive training in finance for healthcare leaders and chaired the Finance Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). She lectures nationally on healthcare economics and physician financial stewardship. In partnership with the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, she leads the Whitney MacMillan Mayo–ASU Physician Leadership Business Academy, preparing new chairs to lead effectively in the financial and strategic dimensions of clinical practice. Nationally, Dr. Oxentenko has held progressive leadership roles within the ACG and other gastroenterology societies. She serves on the ACG Board of Trustees and Executive Committee and is the ACG Immediate Past President. During her presidency, she led national advocacy efforts amid evolving federal healthcare policy, representing frontline clinicians in Washington, DC. She actively engaged in legislative forums, signed formal policy statements, and championed protections for patient access and the future healthcare workforce. Dr. Oxentenko has delivered more than 270 national/international lectures, served as Visiting Professor at 28 institutions and published widely in gastroenterology, medical education, leadership and belonging. She is the recipient of multiple institutional and national honors, including the Mayo Clinic Distinguished Educator Award and Healio’s GI Woman Disruptor of the Year and Lifetime Disruptor Awards. In 2025, she was elected to Mastership in both the American College of Physicians (MACP) and the American College of Gastroenterology (MACG).

Laurie Baedke
( MHA )

Laurie Baedke, MHA is the founder and CEO of Growth Edge Leadership and a seasoned healthcare executive, entrepreneur, and executive coach. She launched her first company at age 25 and has spent more than two decades advising entrepreneurs, including hundreds of physicians and surgeons in the successful startup and management of successful private practices. She also serves as a trusted coach to physician leaders navigating the complexities of traditional and non-traditional careers in medicine. Ms. Baedke is a sought-after keynote speaker at international conferences, and the host of a weekly leadership podcast The Growth Edge. She previously served as the founding Program Director of the Executive MBA program at Creighton University, where she developed and executed a curriculum designed to equip healthcare professionals with the strategic, financial, and operational capabilities required to lead and scale in dynamic environments. She holds a master’s degree in healthcare administration, is a board-certified Fellow of both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American College of Medical Practice Executives. She is certified by The Gallup Organization as a Strengths Performance Coach, and the author of two books The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide and Mentor Coach Lead to Peak Professional Performance.

Adaira Landry
( MD MEd )

Academic Society Associate Director and Advisor, Office of Student Affairs Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Adaira Landry, MD MEd, is a physician–educator whose mission focuses on making professional education and career advancement more accessible and transparent. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and serves as an Academic Society Associate Director and Advisor in the Office of Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School. She previously spent two years as a physician consultant for the AI-ultrasound startup EchoNous, leading the development of a software platform that tracks learners' progress. Dr. Landry is the co-founder of Writing in Color, a nonprofit that teaches writing skills to emerging writers. She is also the author of MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact (HarperCollins) and a healthcare contributor for Forbes. Her writing has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, CNBC, the Boston Globe, Vogue, and Teen Vogue, and she has been quoted in The New Yorker and The New York Times. Dr. Landry has built a national speaking career as a keynote speaker and workshop leader. She is currently founding an education software startup focused on supporting healthcare education. Since 2019, she has received fifteen awards for education and mentorship, including the Excellence in Mentoring Award and the Michael Shannon Excellence in Mentorship Award from Harvard Medical School and the Outstanding Mentor Award from Mass General Brigham. Dr. Landry earned her medical degree from UCLA, completed residency at NYU—where she served as chief resident—and went on to complete an ultrasound fellowship and a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Nuha El Sayed, MD, PhD

Dr. Nuha El Sayed is a physician-scientist and senior leader in diabetes, metabolic health and obesity medicine, with over two decades of experience translating complex clinical evidence into practice-changing frameworks. She holds a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School and has led scientific and medical strategy at the intersection of clinical research, guideline development, and health innovation.

Dr. El Sayed has built and led high-performing teams across academic medicine, professional societies, and emerging ventures, developing deep expertise in the architecture of scientific programs from the ground up. Her work spans evidence synthesis, AI-enabled clinical tools, and the development of large-scale implementation and research initiatives.

A recognized voice in cardiometabolic medicine, she has navigated complex stakeholder negotiations across industry, government, academia, and health systems, drawing on a leadership philosophy grounded in clarity of intention, solution orientation, complexity science and long-term value creation. Her current work includes launching new ventures at the nexus of clinical science and digital health.

Dr. El Sayed speaks regularly at national and international forums on diabetes, cardiometabolic disease, evidence-based medicine, metabolic therapeutics/ technology, and the future of AI in healthcare.

Philomena Asante
( MD, MPH )

Philomena Asante, MD, MPH Medical Director, School Based Health Centers Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, Mount Sinai Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Adolescent Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine Philomena Asante, MD, MPH is the Medical Director of School Based Health Centers at the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Asante has mentored and sponsored women at all levels of graduate and post-graduate medical education and early career professionals. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Diva Docs Black Women MD Network, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization that provides community and support to Black women medical students, trainees and physicians. Under Dr. Asante’s leadership, in 2019 the Diva Docs launched a groundbreaking partnership with Coverage, a news service of Blue Cross Blue Sheild, and published a monthly column featuring a Diva Docs member. In 2020 the series was honored with a Digital Health Award. Dr. Asante is an alumni of 2022 MassChallenge Early-Stage Accelerator Program in Boston and currently serves as a judge and mentor for healthcare start-ups at MassChallenge. In 2024, Dr. Asante founded Mena’s Garden LLC, a 5.3-acre flower farm in North Guilford, CT that specializes in creating unique bouquets from seasonal field-grown flowers. This Black woman owned floricultural small business hosts seasonal flower-picking events and offers floral designs services for weddings and special events. Mena’s Garden LLC has been featured in the CT shoreline paper and “The E-List,” as well as on WFSB Channel 3 Hartford, CT’s “Great Day, Connecticut.” Mena’s Garden LLC has received varying amounts of grants and awards from the US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS), CT Department of Agriculture, University of Connecticut’s Solid Ground Program, National Young Farmers Coalition (New CT Farmer’s Alliance), CitySeed New Haven, Farm Credit East, and the Town of Guilford, CT.

Hailey Ghalib
( CAIA, AIA )

Hailey Ghalib serves as Senior Managing Director and Head of Housing Investment and Development for Affinius Capital. She is a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Hailey leads Affinius’ multifamily, mixed-use and senior housing business and runs its ground-up development program for housing. In this role since 2007, Hailey has influenced the company’s housing investment strategy and has led sourcing, negotiating and executing Affinius' ground up development investments in addition to directing several portfolio transactions. During Hailey’s tenure, the firm developed, acquired or sold more than 33,000 housing units. She was responsible for leading multi-disciplinary teams through the successful formation and launch of several dedicated housing funds and investment programs. Hailey is the portfolio manager for Affinius Housing Platform, the company’s flagship fund for investing in rental housing. Hailey has 30 years of industry experience with a passion for creating housing. Hailey received a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Texas at Austin; a Master of Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley; and Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Houston. She is an active member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a member of the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC). Hailey is a licensed Architect in the State of Texas and holds the Charter of Alternative Investment Analysts (CAIA) designation. Her recent recognitions include Dealmaker of the Year by ConnectCRE and AB100 (2025), GlobeSt’s Women of Influence (2024), and Bisnow’s 2026 San Antonio Women Leading Real Estate. She serves as a member of the GlobeSt. Multifamily Advisory Board.