Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Anjalee Galion, MD, President of the Medical Staff and Chief Physician Wellness Officer at Rady Children’s Health of Orange County
Feb 26, 2026
Anjalee Galion, MD, physician leader and Chief Physician Wellness Officer at Rady Children’s, focuses on clinician wellness and leadership development. She discusses building wellness-centered leadership programs and a Women Physicians Impact Network. Topics include reducing burnout, aligning leaders during a merger, and preparing the organization for financial and regulatory uncertainty.
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Create System-Level Physician Wellness Roles
- Rady Children's created an inaugural Chief Physician Wellness Officer role to drive system-level change in physician wellbeing.
- The role coordinates IT, physician-led programs, and retention strategies across a 350+ bed tertiary children's hospital with 1,300 clinicians.
Train Leaders In Wellness-Centered Leadership
- Train leaders in wellness-centered leadership to reduce burnout and strengthen alignment.
- Rady launched a funded research-backed cohort pairing physicians with executive leaders and saw double-digit burnout reductions.
Form Targeted Physician Affinity Networks
- Build affinity networks to retain underrepresented clinician groups.
- Rady launched a Women Physicians Impact Network Group to boost leadership, connection, and track progress via AMA organizational biopsy metrics.