14–16 November 2026 · Valencia

ENES
Well-Being for Doctors
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Program

Three days.
Keynotes & workshops.
A shared framework for change.

Plenaries, keynotes, panels and parallel workshops across three days in Valencia. All sessions in English. Designed by the international expert committee. The program may be subject to change.

Six tracks. Pick your path.

Track 01

Physician well-being & system accountability

Where individual responsibility ends and institutional duty begins. The defining question of the field.

Track 02

High-risk threats to well-being

Suicide, severe burnout, moral injury. The conversations the profession needs to be having out loud.

Track 03

AI & innovation applications

Promise, limits, pitfalls. The vendor pitch versus the evidence.

Track 04

Work-environment design

Empowering workplaces. Psychologically safe and supportive cultures by design, not by accident.

Track 05

Implementation lessons

Real-world programs from the systems that actually moved the needle.

Track 06

Leadership & sustainable performance

Boundaries, recovery, well-being-centred leadership. The leadership skills the next generation needs.

Day-by-day.

All times Central European Time · Sessions translated EN / ES

Day 1 · Saturday 14 November

Day 1 of 3

Concept to application: setting the field, defining ownership, naming the high-risk threats.

Time
Session
  • 14:00
    Welcome

    Welcome address from the Committee

    WBD Expert Committee

  • 14:15
    Plenary

    Physician Well-Being Today: From Concept to Application Across Individuals and Systems

    • 14:15–14:35 Phua Ghee Chee · Deputy CEO, Singapore General Hospital; Group Director of Staff Wellness, SingHealth, Singapore
    • 14:35–14:45 Q&A
  • 14:45
    Keynote

    From Burnout to System Accountability: Building the Infrastructure for Physician Well-Being

    • 14:45–15:05 Heather Farley · VP of Professional Satisfaction, American Medical Association (AMA), USA
    • 15:05–15:15 Q&A
  • 15:15
    Break

    Well-Being refreshment break

  • 16:00
    Session 1

    The Elephant in the Room: Addressing High-Risk Threats to Physician Well-Being

    • 16:00–16:10 Physician well-being in crisis and disaster contexts: sustaining performance under extreme demand Jose M. Martín-Moreno · Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Valencia, Spain
    • 16:10–16:20 Emotional challenges physicians face and how to emerge scarred but healed Egidio J. da Silva · Consultant Anaesthetist and Clinical Director, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK
    • 16:20–16:30 Preventing Physician Suicide: Whose Responsibility Is It? Lalith Wijedoru · Social Health Consultant; Founder, Behind Your Mask; former Consultant Paediatric Emergency Physician, NHS, UK
    • 16:30–16:40 Physical and mental wellbeing risks among UK healthcare workers from diverse ethnic and migration backgrounds Katherine Woolf · Professor of Medical Education Research, UCL, UK
    • 16:40–17:00 Panel discussion
  • 17:00
    Keynote

    Keynote: to be announced

    • 17:00–17:20 Tomas Zapata · Unit Head, Health Workforce and Service Delivery, Division of Health Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Denmark
    • 17:20–17:30 Q&A
  • 17:30
    Break

    Short break

  • 17:40
    Session 2

    Innovation & AI in Physician Well-Being: Promise, Limits, and Pitfalls

    • 17:40–17:52 What actually improves well-being vs what just improves efficiency Ioana Gheonea · Professor, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova; Chair, Young European Society of Radiology Committee, Romania
    • 17:52–18:04 AI as a clinical ally: reducing workload and redefining sustainable medical practice Patricia Udaondo · AIKEN Clinic, Spain
    • 18:04–18:30 Panel discussion: opportunities and challenges of integrating digital tools and AI into healthcare professional well-being strategies Corinne Isnard Bagnis · Sorbonne University; AP-HP, France Ioana Gheonea · Craiova, Romania Patricia Udaondo · AIKEN Clinic, Spain
  • 18:30
    Reception

    Harmony in Health: a sustainable welcome reception

    Open to all delegates and partners

Day 2 · Sunday 15 November

Day 2 of 3

Leadership, culture and sustainable practice, building the systems back better.

Time
Session
  • 09:00
    Workshops

    Parallel workshops

    • Workshop 1 · Beyond Burnout: Boundaries, Recovery, and Sustainable Performance in Healthcare Milan Mehta · NHS General Practitioner; Stress Management Coach; Founder, Success Mindset Solutions, UK
    • Workshop 2 · Micro-Recovery in Motion: Reimagining Wellbeing in Healthcare Systems Yasmine Weeks · General Practitioner; ADHD Physical Health Specialist, NHS; Founder, Retreats4Medics, UK
  • 10:00
    Plenary

    Well-Being–Centered Leadership: Building Community, Trust, and Engagement

    • 10:00–10:20 Jamile Ashmore · Chief Wellness Officer and Director of Medical Psychology, Baylor Scott & White – The Heart Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine, USA
    • 10:20–10:30 Q&A
  • 10:30
    Break

    Well-Being refreshment break

  • 11:00
    Session 3

    Mental and Physical Health Strategies for Sustainable Performance in Clinical Practice

    Proven techniques and tools for best results · individual skills plus organizational enablers · when self-care is appropriate vs insufficient

    • 11:00–11:10 To be announced Diana Ionescu · Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of British Columbia; Medical Director, Cervical Cancer Screening Laboratory and Clinical Trials, BCCA Laboratories, Canada
    • 11:10–11:20 The challenge of teaching mindfulness and compassion as non-technical skills of healthcare professionals Corinne Isnard Bagnis · Professor of Nephrology, Sorbonne University; Senior Clinician at AP-HP (Paris), France
    • 11:20–11:30 You cannot care for others if you do not care for yourself first Caroline Justich · Founder, Be accepted – Home of the smart 8; Past Chairperson & Member, European Society of Radiology Patient Advisory Group, Austria
    • 11:30–11:50 Panel discussion
  • 11:50
    Session 4

    Empowering Workplaces: Designing Well-Being–Focused Work Environments

    • 11:50–12:00 From Overseas to Overwhelmed: Well-Being Challenges Unique to International Medical Graduates from South Asia in the NHS Sandeep Buddha · Consultant Stroke Physician, North Bristol NHS Trust; Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
    • 12:00–12:20 Designing a Well-Being-Focused Hospital Philip Yu · Chief Medical Executive, Sutter Medical Center Sacramento, USA Laurie Gregg · Chief Well-being Officer, Sutter Independent Physicians & Sutter Medical Center Sacramento, USA
    • 12:20–12:30 Burnout is a Design Flaw: Re-engineering Surgical Pathways to Protect Clinician Well-Being and Improve Patient Outcomes Pratap Dutta · Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Skin Cancer Lead, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK
    • 12:30–12:40 From Compassion to Culture: Leadership Models for Well-Being-Focused Healthcare Workplaces Shreedhar Aranganathan · Consultant Spinal Surgeon; Member, Commonwealth Leadership Institute (CLI), UK
    • 12:40–13:00 Panel discussion
  • 13:00
    Lunch

    Well-Being lunch break

  • 13:30
    Workshops

    Parallel workshops

    • Workshop 1 · Find your Joy of Medicine through mindfulness and connections Irina Korman · Internal Medicine Physician; Member of the Board of Directors, Sierra Foothills Medical Society, USA
    • Workshop 2 · Steady Under Pressure: practical regulation skills for stress and distress in medicine James Brunning · Consultant Anaesthetist; Final FRCA Examiner; Trust Wellbeing Lead; SOMA Breath Instructor, UK
  • 14:30

    To be announced

  • 15:15
    Session 5

    Harmonizing Lives: Boundaries, Recovery, and Sustainable Performance

    Energy management · recovery and how systems could support it · role modelling by leadership

    • 15:15–15:25 To be announced Svetlana Galitzine · Consultant Anaesthetist, Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
    • 15:25–15:45 To be announced
    • 15:45–16:00 Panel discussion
  • 16:00
    Break

    Well-Being refreshment break

  • 16:30
    Workshops

    Parallel workshops

    • Workshop 1 · Building Resilience & Mindfulness: practical strategies for daily practice Diana Ionescu · Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of British Columbia; Medical Director, BCCA Laboratories, Canada
    • Workshop 2 · Designing a Comprehensive Organisational Physician Well-Being Program (governance, funding, evaluation) Jonathan Ripp · Dean for Well-Being and Resilience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), USA Phua Ghee Chee · Deputy CEO, Singapore General Hospital; Group Director of Staff Wellness, SingHealth, Singapore
    • Workshop 3 · Peer Support Pearls Laurie Gregg · Chief Well-being Officer, Sutter Independent Physicians & Sutter Medical Center Sacramento, USA Mibhali Bhalala · Obstetrician-Gynaecologist, Lifestyle Medicine, Kaiser Permanente; ACOG, USA Judy Kimelman · former Obstetrician-Gynaecologist; Fellow, ACOG, USA
    • Workshop 4 · Shift Happens: Connection, Failure, and Finding Belonging in Medicine Yasmin Rahman · GP, Educator, Trainer, Appraiser, Mentor; Programme Director, New to Leadership (North Central & North East London), UK

Day 3 · Monday 16 November

Day 3 of 3

From insight to action: the 6–12 month roadmap and the Valencia commitments.

Time
Session
  • 09:00
    Plenary

    Physician and Healthcare Workforce Well-Being Programs: Lessons from Real-World Implementation

    • 09:00–09:20 Nigel Girgrah · Chief Wellness Officer, Ochsner Health, USA
    • 09:20–09:30 Q&A
  • 09:30
    Session 6

    Innovation & AI in Physician Well-Being: Promise, Limits, and Pitfalls (Part II)

    • 09:30–09:40 Can AI reduce physician burnout? From hype to real clinical impact Salvador García-Delpech · Medical Director, AIKEN Clinic, Spain
    • 09:40–09:50 To be announced Muneer Alobeidli · Founder & CEO, Future Well Being, UAE
    • 09:50–10:00 To be announced
    • 10:00–10:15 Panel discussion
  • 10:15
    Break

    Well-Being refreshment break

  • 11:00
    Plenary

    Organizational Commitment to Well-Being: What does it look like and how to get started?

    • 11:00–11:20 Jonathan Ripp · Dean for Well-Being and Resilience; Professor of Medicine, Medical Education and Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), USA
    • 11:20–11:30 Q&A
  • 11:30
    Closing panel

    Looking Ahead: Shared Commitments and Next Steps in Physician Well-Being

    Panellists

    • Jonathan Ripp · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), USA Phua Ghee Chee · Singapore General Hospital; SingHealth, Singapore Diana Ionescu · University of British Columbia, Canada Mercedes Hurtado Sarrió · Professor, University of Valencia; Ophthalmologist; President, Medical College of Valencia, Spain Ioana Gheonea · University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
  • 12:00
    Lunch

    Well-Being light refreshment lunch

* The program could be subject to changes.

Accreditation

CME credits.

A certificate of attendance is included with every registration. CME / CPD accreditation is being finalised; details will be confirmed with the published program.

All sessions are delivered in English. There is no virtual / hybrid option; attendance is in-person only. Registered badges are mandatory for all event areas; non-registered guests are not permitted.

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