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Making A Mid-Career Transition
Jan 02, 2016
Currently Chair of the Department of Quality and Patient Safety at Mount Auburn Hospital (a CRICO-subscriber organization) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cheung’s story begins in July 2012 when she transitioned from being a long-time anesthesiologist to becoming one of four physicians who formed the first fellowship class of the Harvard Medical School Fellowship in Patient Safety and Quality program, funded by CRICO.
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Cheung Y. Making a mid-career transition. Physician Leadership Journal. Jan 2016. [Reprinted from Physician Leadership Journal with permission]
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