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:

Explores themes concerning the sources of leadership and the different styles a leader needs.
Identifies the complex processes of decision making and organizational change.

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

Prepare and present a session on the concerns of young physicians at the World Health Summit.
Join the worldwide network of Young Physician Leaders alumni and continue to interact with their peers.

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

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

*Our general terms and conditions apply

Registrations via the application form below.

Key facts

Your profile

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

Program Highlights

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

Topics

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

Why ESMT?

ESMT Berlin is consistently ranked as one of the best business schools in Europe for executive education
Attend and present at the World Health Summit
Benefit from a collaborative learning environment where you’ll build your network as well as expand your skill set