After training, supervising and mentoring hundreds of medical students, medical residents and practicing physicians, Jennifer Hunt, MD became aware of an unexpected prevalence of impostor syndrome among women leaders. Now, in addition to serving as the chair of pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, she is a sought-after speaker and executive coach for current and aspiring leaders in the field of medicine. She also leads a very popular leadership development program for women addressing impostor syndrome in their professional lives called Unlocking the Authentic Self. Her passion is to increase the number of women in leadership. Since impostor syndrome appears to be holding talented women back, she tackles this problem head-on through speaking engagements and her highly touted leadership program.
Dr. Hunt is an internationally recognized head and neck and endocrine pathologist, and is also board certified in molecular genetic pathology. In addition to her clinical and management responsibilities, she has served in leadership roles at her institution and nationally, including chief of staff for her hospital, elected member of the board of governors for the College of American Pathologists, president of the Association for Molecular Pathology and president of the College of American Pathologists Foundation. She has held previous academic appointments at the University of Pittsburgh, the Cleveland Clinic, and Harvard Medical School. She was raised in Arizona and Idaho before spending more than a decade in Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia. She has lived nearly a decade in Little Rock with her husband, three children, and an assortment of dogs and cats.
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