# When Physicians are in Crisis: Integrating Well-Being into Emergency Response

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Podcast: [AMA STEPS Forward® podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ama-steps-forward-podcast-3867562)
Published: 2026-02-04T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/steps-forward/pages/podcast
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## Resource

Explore the Caring for the Health Care Workforce During Crisis toolkit: https://bit.ly/3N9Ihr7 Explore the Value of Feeling Valued Playbook: https://bit.ly/3MYj8j9 Follow STEPS Forward® on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/steps-forward-linkedin When crisis strikes, health care organizations often focus on staffing, logistics, and patient care, while workforce well-being remains parallel rather than integrated. In this AMA STEPS Forward® podcast, Kevin Hopkins, MD, speaks with Ilanit Brook, MD, MA, FAAHPM, Chief Well-Being Officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, about how her team embedded well-being leadership directly into the hospital incident command center during the 2025 Southern California wildfires. Drawing on lessons from COVID-19 and large-scale emergency response, Dr. Brook explains why health care workers rarely ask for help, how proactive outreach changes outcomes, and what it takes to hardwire well-being into organizational emergency planning. This conversation is essential listening for health care executives, physician leaders, and well-being professionals working to support clinicians during a crisis.

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