Interview with Dr. Indira Lanig about Leadership and Mental Toughness Lessons from Dealing with Spinal Cord Injuries

So fired up to get send you this interview! The coolest thing about this interview for me is that I grew up right across the street from Dr. Indira Lanig! I knew she was good at what she did, but interviewing her gave me insight into her life I had never heard before. She is truly one in a million and has impacted lives in HUGE ways in her life and career.

Let me tell you a bit about the good doctor...

Indira Lanig is a physician leader, facilitator, and speaker with an incredible background anchored in her subspecialty expertise of Neurotrauma and Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. She is a Past President of the American Paraplegia Society - a professional society of physicians and researchers focused on the medical and societal consequences of paralysis and spinal cord injury.

She has served in both national and international leadership positions including - Chief of Service within the VA system many years ago when she was in academic medicine, as a physician at Craig Hospital for over 20 years--a center of excellence for spinal injury, as well as most recently as Medical Director at a freestanding rehabilitation hospital in northern Colorado.

She now focuses on leadership development and its critical role in the healthcare industry.

Highlights of her 25-year medical career include:

• 21 years as an inpatient attending physician at Craig Hospital Rocky Mountain Regional Model SCI System
• Chief of the Spinal Cord Injury Service at the Houston VAMC, Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated teaching hospital
• Recipient of the 2005 Baylor College of Medicine Alliance Distinguished Alumni Award
• The first Black female president of the American Paraplegia Society (APS), and a recipient of both the APS Estin Comar Distinguished
• Clinical Service Award and the APS Special Recognition Award for her leadership, vision, and commitment
• Chairperson of the Annual Scientific Program Committee for the American Paraplegia Society
• Co-Chair of the Congresses on Spinal Cord Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Medical Director of Northern Colorado Rehabilitation Hospital
• Lead author and editor of A Practical Guide to Health Promotion after Spinal Cord Injury
• Author and co-author of several chapters on SCI care, including a chapter in DeLisa’s textbook: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Yes, she is incredible, and you will take a ton of leadership and mental toughness lessons from this interview!

As I always recommend, please connect with Dr. Lanig at http://www.drindiralanig.com  Enjoy!