A Conversation with Medical Affairs Leader Lee Gervitz

In this episode of OnPoint: The Mentor Sessions, host Linda Traylor sits down with Lee Gervitz, Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Xenon Pharmaceuticals, a neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company. Lee shares the mindset shift that reshaped his leadership — what he calls metacognition, or "thinking about your thinking" — and unpacks how it changed the way he leads teams, frames decisions, and develops talent.

In this episode:

• The mindset shift from being right to being useful — and why metacognition is leadership leverage
• What separates good Medical Affairs leaders from exceptional ones
• Why "stay in your lane" is the worst advice given to rising MA professionals
• How the COM-B model reframes evidence, behavior, and clinical adoption
• Two very different futures for the Medical Affairs profession — and the choice ahead