Dr. Norris is in private practice as a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist. While serving in leadership positions for his practice, he realized he needed more knowledge about the business side of healthcare and decided to return to school for more education. It was during his business school education experience that David discovered his real passion – to help others improve their business intelligence and become stronger leaders through education. Together with two other like-minded friends, he formed a training and consulting company with an operations expert and a medical malpractice defense attorney. They work with academic departments, medical societies, and practices of all sizes to improve physicians’ knowledge in finance, negotiations, communication, legal issues, and leadership.

Dr. Norris teaches on leadership, financial intelligence, and negotiations at many regional and national conferences including those of the Medical Group Management Association and the National Association of Managed Care Physicians. He coaches healthcare providers through a variety of negotiation and business situations. He writes columns on leadership and negotiations for Physicians Practice and the American Association for Physician Leadership. His first book, “The Financially Intelligent Physician: What They Didn’t Teach You in Medical School,” was released in March 2017. His online school may be found at learn.davidnorrismdmba.com. In his free time,
Dr. Norris enjoys writing, teaching, and flying.

Dr. Inga Hofmann is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (UW Health). She received her medical degree at the University of Freiburg, Germany prior to completing a prestigious Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship program at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Hospital Blood and Cancer Center in Boston, Massachusetts at Harvard. Dr. Hofmann is passionate about blood disorders and pursed additional board certification in hematopathology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. After 11-years at Harvard she was recruited as the Director of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program at UW Health. In 2017 she accepted an additional leadership position as the Medical Director of the Program for Advanced Cellular Therapy.

She is a physician-scientist with national and international recognized expertise in pediatric myelodysplastic syndrome. She is passionate about providing the best comprehensive care for her patients, bringing physicians and scientist in the rare disease community together. She is currently developing a global initiative for pediatric MDS to support and educate families, and promote collaboration and research around the globe to find better treatments for these children.

Dr. Hofmann is also passionate about leadership in medicine and helps others to develop and embrace their leadership in healthcare and science. She is now an Executive Director with the John Maxwell Team, the fastest growing leadership training company in the world, and excited to help other physicians and scientist develop into the best leaders and physician-scientist they can be.

She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband and two little boys.

Dr. Burton specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation and worked in private practice for several years before realizing that there was more to being successful in medicine than just being a good doctor. He has authored multiple books, including Putting Out the Fire: How to Prevent Physician Burnout, Marketing Your Medical Practice, Personal Finance for Physicians, and others.

Dr. Burton is passionate about helping his fellow physicians succeed in their personal and professional lives as well. He believes the best way to improve our healthcare system is to take better care of those who are providing the care. That means ensuring a healthy, balanced lifestyle for all physicians and giving them the tools needed to succeed in every area of their career and personal life.

Through his involvement in local, state, and national medical organizations, Dr. Burton provides outstanding leadership in the healthcare community. He has served as Chair of the Young Physician's Section of the Florida Medical Association and President of the Escambia County Medical Society among other positions. He brings a wealth of knowledge and broad experiences everywhere he speaks.

Aside from being a best selling author and international speaker, Dr. Burton enjoys spending time with his family, sailing, traveling and pursuing his own on-going personal development.