“I always think about careers as some mixture of careful career planning and then leaving tremendous amounts of space for serendipity,” says Dr. Peter Buckley, whose career as a researcher, a physician, academic leader, and health system leader includes membership on the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges. In this episode of Raise the Line, Dr. Buckley shares with Shiv Gaglani how he became drawn to psychiatry, academic leadership, and the issue of schizophrenia, specifically, and discusses the increased importance of mental healthcare now as a result of COVID. What are the changes that VCU School of Medicine has had to make due to the pandemic, and which of those are here to stay? What is behind the increase in medical school enrollments and med school philanthropic giving? Tune in to discover answers to these questions, Dr. Buckley's advice to students, and his optimistic take on the ongoing transformation of the healthcare industry in America.