Don't overlook the benefits of turning to past medical staff leaders to help resolve conflicts. This pool of former medical staff leaders represents a wealth of talent and experience that should not be overlooked as a resource.

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Physicians request leaves of absence for both personal and business reasons, such as overseas military assignments, extended education, parental leave, and health issues. Generally, medical staff bylaws allow a medical staff member to obtain, for good cause, a voluntary leave of absence. Keep reading to learn what policies, bylaws, and documentation your organization needs to have in place before physicians request a leave of absence.

Practitioners should complete this letter when requesting a leave of absence from your organization.

Medical staff services departments should send this letter to practitioners before they return from a leave of absence.

Nephrology is a subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of kidney and urinary system diseases, such as chronic kidney disease, kidney inflammation, and kidney cancer. Causes of kidney failure include diabetes mellitus and polycystic kidney disease. In addition, kidney disease can lead to other serious conditions, such as hypertension.