Episode 45 – Dr Sonali Kinra
Dr Sonali Kinra is a General Practitioner (Family Physician) and the Deputy Medical Director of North Central London Integrated Care Board. She completed her undergraduate training in India, moved to England in 2004, and began practising as a GP in 2008.
She has held multiple clinical leadership roles across NHS at system and national level, improving patient and staff experience and outcomes.
She set up the first sponsorship program in 2022 across the Midlands region for women working in General Practice and Primary Care, which had resounding success.
Sonali’s commitment to workforce equity and improved accessibility to excellent healthcare has been recognized with the Professional excellence Award 2021 by the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) and in her inclusion on the Health Service Journal’s 2022 Rising start list of 50 most influential BAME people in health.
She is also one of the youngest trustee Board members of Royal College of General Practitioners. She lives in London with her surgeon husband.
In this episode, Sonali and I chatted about:
- Her leadership roles
- Her leadership style
- Her leadership journey
- The leaders that helped her rise
- The challenges she faced on her journey
- How she navigated those challenges
- How she thinks you can become a strong and kind leader
- Her ‘take home’ leadership messages for the listeners, and
- What she is currently excited to be working on.
Sonali can be found and/or contacted via the following online platform addresses:
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonali-kinra-6a4155114/
X (Twitter): @SonaliKinra
Please reach out to Dr Harrison for individual coaching and/or organisational training via [email protected].
His web address and social media profile links / handles include:
www.dradamharrison.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dradamharrison/
www.youtube.com/c/DrAdamPhysicianCoach
https://www.facebook.com/coachingmentoringdoctors/
