FMA – Physician Leadership Academy

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mariana Rodero Cardoso, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Radiology, who has been selected to be part of the Florida Medical Association’s 2025 Leadership Academy Class.

About the Academy

The Physician Leadership Academy, offered exclusively for FMA members who practice in the state of Florida, is aimed primarily at young and midcareer physicians, who are selected annually through an application process. Participants come from a variety of specialties and practice environments but share a common objective of becoming effective advocates for the medical profession and their patients.

Selected physicians will be invited to participate in five in-person, intensive workshops facilitated by nationally recognized experts, with expenses for materials, lodging at the FMA-contracted rate, sponsored meals, and speaker fees covered by the FMA’s Foundation for Healthy Floridians. Participants are required to pay their own travel expenses to get to each in-person meeting. The 2025 Leadership Academy will also include a virtual series of interactive sessions between the live workshops.