Knowing Your Worth: Compensation, Value, and Career Negotiation for Surgeons

Understanding one’s professional value is essential for career advancement, yet many surgeons lack transparency and guidance on compensation, negotiation, and career positioning. Panelists will share strategies for contract negotiation, promotion discussions, and advocating for equitable compensation and leadership opportunities. Through this discussion, this session aims to empower surgeons to confidently assess and articulate their worth. There will be an audience Q&A at the end of the discussion.

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Moderator

Amalia Stefanou, MD, FACS

• Associate Member, Moffitt Cancer Center

Panelists

Saikrishna Yendamuri MD, MBA, FACS

• Chief Strategy Officer, SVP Business Development and Outreach, President and CEO, RPCI Oncology PC
• Professor and Chair, Department of Thoracic Surgery; Director, Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratory, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Shannon F.R. Small, MD, FACS

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine

Lauren Kaufman, JD

• Attorney, Sioux Falls, SD
• Resolve