Gail Gazelle, MD, MCC

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Dr. Gazelle is a former hospice physician, part-time Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor, and Master Certified Coach for physicians. She has coached over 700 physicians and physician leaders one-on-one on leadership development, communication, teamwork, managing burnout, building charting efficiency, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence.

Dr. Gazelle recognizes that problems in the current healthcare system leave many physicians in a vulnerable, no-win situation. She is passionate about helping physicians and physician leaders achieve the career and life satisfaction they desire. 

Dr. Gazelle is the author of the 2023 Mindful MD. 6 Ways Mindfulness Restores Your Autonomy and Cures Healthcare Burnout and the 2020 Everyday Resilience. A Practical Guide to Build Inner Strength and Weather Life’s Challenges. She hosts the popular private Facebook group, Women in Medicine First.

Dr. Gazelle provides mentor coaching to individuals wishing to build their expertise in coaching physicians.

Dr. Gazelle's mindfulness and physician coaching has been featured in The Physician Leadership Journal, Institute of coaching webinars, and an American College of Physicians webinar. Her 2015 article Physician Burnout: Coaching a Way Out was one of the first articles on coaching in a medical journal. Dr. Gazelle is the author of the FREE 14-day mini mindfulness course, The Daily Dose of Calm, and the 2013 Harvard Health Guide Mindfulness Support for Alzheimer’s Caregivers.   She has been featured on the NPR show “All Things Considered,” on CNN, and on Wisconsin and Michigan Public Radio. Her work has been highlighted in such venues as O, the Oprah Magazine; Business Week; The Baltimore Sun; and American Medical News. In addition to two narrative pieces in the New England Journal of Medicine, her writing has appeared in a variety of medical journals.

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