Pooja Kumar

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I'm Dr. Pooja Kumar, a partner at McKinsey & Company.

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In today's episode of McKinsey on Healthcare, I speak with Dr. Anne Klebanski, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mass General Brigham, a Boston-based integrated healthcare system.

Beyond her leadership of one of the nation's largest healthcare systems, Anne is also recognized internationally for her high-impact research in neuroendocrine disorders and pituitary tumors, and she's been described as a trailblazing woman leader in healthcare.

Anne, in 1997, you were the first woman from Mass General's Department of Medicine to earn the rank of full professor at Harvard.

You had a respected career as a clinical researcher.

Then in 2019, you became the first female chief executive of Partners Healthcare, the state's largest private employer.

And you were named one of the top 25 women leaders in healthcare.

You are a trailblazer indeed.

In 2019, you were quoted as saying, it's important to create a future state where no one will say here is the first woman in any role.

How would you describe the progress we've made in this area over the past few years?

What still needs to happen to make this a reality?

That's very helpful.

And I think well said about the particular issues that have been there for a long while in our society and in the way that we work.

You said in an interview with Barnard College that the best legacy is to develop the next generation of leaders and help people find what it is they want to dedicate their life to.

How do you practice this belief in your day-to-day work?