Maureen “Mo” Leffler, DO, was named the first Chief Well-being Officer for Nemours Children’s Health in July 2020. In this role, Dr. Leffler leads the organization’s mission to improve well-being for all associates, by developing and implementing a strategic approach to well-being. During her tenure, she has launched the Nemours Center for Associate Well-being, reinvigorated, and expanded the Peer Support program, broadened the scope of resources available to support the emotional and mental health needs of Nemours associates, and directed targeted clinical team assessments and systems-based interventions. Dr. Leffler has played a major role in the organization’s COVID-19 response, leading the Enterprise PPE Task Force and Enterprise COVID-19 Leadership Group. Prior to her current role, Dr. Leffler served as a physician liaison on the Patient Experience team since 2018, supporting her colleagues in improving the care they provide by demonstrating the relationship between clinician engagement and the patient experience. Dr. Leffler works with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) as the Course Director for the Chief Resident Leadership Training Program and served as the co-chair of the ACGME’s National Task Force on Well-being responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. She continues to lead the ACGME National Well-being Community calls.
Dr. Leffler earned her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She then completed a residency in Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Rheumatology at Nemours/Thomas Jefferson University, where she proudly served as chief resident and later became a faculty member and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Rheumatology at Nemours Children’s Health.