David J Bachrach, FACMPE, FACHE   ELAM Alliance President, The Physician Executive's Coach, Inc. 2650 Juilliard Street Boulder, CO 80305-7031 Phone: 303-497-0844 Fax: 303-497-0845 Email: PhysXCoach@aol.com Website: www.PhysXCoach.com

Mr. Bachrach provides leadership advisory services to physicians presently in, or aspiring to executive roles within academic health centers. He works principally with the physician CEOs of academic health centers, deans of medical schools, clinical department chairs and cancer center directors.
Mr. Bachrach's services include:

• Comprehensive Physician Executive Coaching

This is a comprehensive process of personal assessment that includes a determination of the individual's knowledge about management and leadership technique, communication mechanisms, skills, interests, thought and learning processes. From this assessment, and after extensive discussion, the Coach and the individual work together to develop a work plan for the acquisition of necessary knowledge and the development of essential skills. The comprehensive work continues for a full calendar year and generally includes 10 full day sessions spread throughout this period, supplemented by additional opportunities for telephone/Internet communications on an as needed basis between sessions to support the individual as they address issues.

• Focused Coaching Of The Physician Aspiring To, Or Being Actively Recruited To An Executive Position*

The Coach develops a process tailored to the needs and intent of the physician who is seeking a leadership position. Their work together includes: A clarification of career goals and how the position in question fits that intent; a cogent articulation of skills, strengths and leadership style; and, the development and refinement of interviewing techniques and the development of an ease and comfort with the interview process. As the individual moves toward preferred candidate status, the Coach works with him or her to help them optimally position themselves for responding appropriately to an offer of the position. The Coach will assist the individual in the interpretation of a formal offer, including all aspects of a comprehensive offer package. Work of this nature generally includes two full days of work together, followed by additional hours of communication by phone, email, mail and FAX.

• Advisory Services To Physician Executive Search Committees*

Mr. Bachrach provides advisory services to medical schools, teaching hospitals and cancer centers that are engaged in the search for a physician executive to lead a clinical department or major program or to serve as a dean or in another senior physician executive position. He assists the committee, and/or its Chair, in defining the leadership and management aspects of the position and the qualities they seek in such a candidate. Mr. Bachrach provides input into the development of the position description and reviews the curriculum vitae of candidates being seriously considered for the position. He offers his observations in light of the established criteria and the candidates' experience and credentials. He will offer guidance to the committee in the development of interview questions and the assessment of candidate responses. Work generally involves three days on-site supplemented by additional hours of communication by phone, email, mail and FAX.
* Note: Mr. Bachrach will provide support to the Candidate or the recruiting institution, but not both in a given search.

• Background

David Bachrach has served as a senior executive in several physician-lead academic health care organizations, including the University of Michigan Medical School and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He has held concurrent faculty appointments, most recently as Professor of Health Services Management at M. D. Anderson. He has nearly three dozen publications to his credit, including a comprehensive text on faculty practice plans and articles concerning faculty compensation plans, medical school finance and the leadership development of physician executives. He has provided consultation to chairs, deans and hospital executives at more than 30 institutions and is a frequent speaker on these topics at national forum. In the course of the past 30 years Mr. Bachrach has been involved in the recruitment and development of many physician leaders.