Hilary Thompson

Hilary Thompson, CTSS is a nationally-recognized expert on thriving in high-stress cultures. She is a best-selling author, award-winning speaker, former Fortune-500 executive, and healthcare changemaker. Currently, she oversees the world's largest pediatric heart transplant caregiver support group with nearly 3,000 families worldwide. In her speaking and consulting role, she helps leaders integrate better self-care, improving emotional stability and wellness, in order to improve outcomes and consumer experience, restoring job satisfaction, and reducing burnout. Delivered with a rare blend of lived expertise and data-driven research, her evidence-based frameworks are a roadmap for success for hundreds of teams. She is frequently recommended to present engaging and impactful programs for medical conferences, grand rounds presentations, corporate and healthcare professional development and continuing education, keynotes, workshops, leadership development, and quality improvement consulting.