Breakout Session Speaker

Join this panel discussion with a diverse group of C-suite leaders in a variety of roles and across industries (healthcare administration, business development, nonprofit, publishing, and retail.) These panelists will share their thoughts on leading with courage and clarity, current challenges, and lessons learned on the way to, and in, the C-Suite.

Cheri L. Canon, M.D is the president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (HSF) and chief physician executive of UAB Health System. She was the prior chair and the Witten-Stanley Endowed Chair of Radiology at UAB for 13 years. She earned her degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and completed her residency at UAB. She is the president of the American Board of Radiology and serves on its Board of Governors. A former vice president and board member of the American College of Radiology (ACR), Dr. Canon received the ACR Gold Medal in 2021 and the Alabama Academy of Radiology’s Silver Medal in 2022. Dr. Canon served on the inaugural ACR Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) and received the ACR RLI Lawrence R. Muroff Luminary Award. She is a past president of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments (SCARD) and co-created the LEAD women's leadership program. Dr. Canon was recognized with the American Association of Women in Radiology Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award in 2020 and the UTMB Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumni Award in 2022.