
1004_SHSO_MEC Leadership Summit_Live
Description:
The MEC Summit brings together Medical Executive Committee leaders, Medical Staff Services professionals, and key stakeholders to discuss emerging trends, regulatory updates, and best practices impacting medical staff governance and credentialing. Participants will gain insights into systemwide initiatives, operational improvements, and strategies for strengthening leadership, collaboration, and compliance across Sutter Health. This interactive forum provides opportunities to share experiences, discuss challenges, and align on priorities that support a high-performing and unified medical staff community.
Target Audience
Physicians (MD or DO)
Other Healthcare Professionals
Learning Objectives
By the end of this educational event learners should be able to:
- Recognize and respond to practitioner's health, competency, and conduct concerns that may impact patient safety.
- Apply Medical Staff bylaws, peer review principles, and performance-monitoring tools to evaluate practitioner qualifications and performance.
- Distinguish the roles of Medical Staff leaders, the MEC, Well-Being Committee, and Board in credentialing and corrective action processes.
- Identify reporting and information-sharing obligations arising from practitioner health, peer review, and disciplinary matters.
- Implement appropriate strategies for addressing unprofessional conduct while maintaining compliance with applicable legal and governance requirements.
- Apply principles of fair process, progressive discipline, and due process when evaluating practitioner performance and conduct concerns.
- Differentiate clinical competence issues, disruptive behaviors, impairment concerns, and professional conduct violations to determine appropriate leadership responses
- Describe the legal roles and responsibilities of the self-governing organized medical staff and explain their impact on quality of care.
- Examine the structure of the organized medical staff and identify key processes related to credentialing, privileging, and peer review.
- Analyze the legal roles, responsibilities, and limitations of medical staff leaders to apply effective leadership practices within the organized medical staff.
Course summary
- 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physician Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 9.50 Non-Physician Participation Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 9.50 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest
Dr. Dieter Bruno disclosed a consulting relationship with Medeon Bio related to BPH stent product review. The educational session focuses on physician professionalism, disruptive behavior, leadership responsibilities, conflict resolution, and organizational processes. The disclosed financial relationship does not appear relevant to the educational content; therefore, mitigation is not indicated based on the information reviewed.
No one else involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.
– Provider Designee/Verification: Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D.
Bill Isenberg, MD, PhD
Krista Lopes, MBA Health Care Administration
Robin Reuben
Alexia Woo
Chase Bennion, MHA, CPHQ
Dieter Bruno, Chief Medical Executive
Dana Buchanan, Dana Buchanan, DO
Jeralynn Fredrick
Bill Isenberg, MD, PhD
Rana Javed
Dayna Matthews, Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant
Deven Merchant
Erin Muellenberg, JD, CPMSM, CPCS, FMSP
Joy Pao
Aditi Patel
Thomas Peitz
Jon Perlstein, MD, FACS
Kristi Seargeant, Juris Doctor
Anup Singh
Vanessa Walker
Phillip Yu
Glenda Zarbock, Medical Staff Attorney
Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statement
Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 9.50 of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note to Other Disciplines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
Available Credit
- 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physician Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 9.50 Non-Physician Participation Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 9.50 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

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