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!