Young Physician Leaders

The Young Physician Leaders (YPL) program is designed to develop the leadership talent of an international group of young, promising healthcare and public health professionals. Launched in 2011 by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and implemented in collaboration with the World Health Summit Academic Alliance (WHS AA), that hosts the YPLs in the annual World Health Summit in Berlin, it now brings together a network of more than 280 alumni.

Since 2015, ESMT Berlin has provided a leadership development workshop to each annual YPL cohort. The workshop:

Immediately following the first two days of leadership workshop, YPL participants:

The program is run as a collaboration between IAP, the World Health Summit and ESMT Berlin.

Date: October 8 - 13, 2026Location: Berlin (Germany)Price: €5,500*

*Our general terms and conditions apply

Registrations via the application form below.

The organizational interdependencies that lead to strategic action

Leadership styles adapted to distinct situations in the global health sector

Effective decision making

Diversity in the global health sector

Cooperation and teamwork across silos

You are a physician under the age of 40 from the global health sector, such as a clinician, educator, policy advocate, or a leader from the non-profit or private sector.

Examples of organizations whose employees participated in the Young Physicians Leaders program:

Ariel Glaser Pediatric AIDS Healthcare Initiative

Bayer AG

Ghana Health Service

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Oxford University

Pfizer

Philips Connected Care

Siemens Healthineers

WHO

Gain a greater awareness of leadership patterns and challenges

Strengthen your leadership style and understand cultural differences in leadership behaviors

Deepen your understanding of organizations acting in the global health sector

Participate in the design and presentation of a dedicated workshop at the world’s most prominent forum for addressing global health issues, the World Health Summit

Build a network of global contacts