We are so pleased to announce the graduation of the 26th Class of ELAM Fellows! As Nancy Spector, ELAM's Executive Director described, “The Class of 2021 showed grace and fortitude as they navigated the fellowship during the pandemic. We are so proud of how they led and managed through crisis and how they supported their classmates. The quality and impact of their IAPs is a testament to the capability of the members of this class to enact powerful systemic change at their home institutions and beyond even in a time of crisis.”

If you missed Lilly Marks's recent Pearls of Wisdom module, you can find the recording here: https://youtu.be/f_OsKKCyFbw.

Please RSVP to Heather Whitley at hwhitley@wakehealth.edu.

If you do NOT have parking access for Wake Forest's downtown school of medicine facility, please let Heather Whitely know when RSVPing, and they will arrange for parking to be available to you.

We created ELAM/ELUM specialty listservs in these areas/interests (five newly added):

ObGyn

Pediatrics

Surgery

Internal Medicine

Psychiatry/Behavioral Health

Well-Being

LGBTQ+

To join a specific listserv or if there is a specialty listserv you would like us to create, please contact bro29@drexel.edu.

Erika Brown, PhD (ELAM ’15) has been promoted to Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Professional and Academic Development at Morehouse School of Medicine.

Jada Bussey-Jones, MD (ELAM ’21) received Emory University’s Exemplary Teacher Award - a faculty honor supported by the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

Rebecca Dutch, PhD (ELAM ’21), has been named vice dean of research for the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Dr. Dutch has most recently served as chair of molecular and cellular biochemistry at the UK College of Medicine.

Veronica Mallett, MD (ELAM ’07), was announced as a member of the public company Sharecare, Inc.’s board of directors.

Alicia Monroe, MD (ELAM ’07) was selected to serve on the MedEdPORTAL’s Editorial Board.

Myra Muramoto, MD, MPH (ELAM ’17), has been named chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, effective Oct. 1. Dr. Muramoto is chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Melissa Perry, ScD, MHS (ELAM '20) published an Op Ed in The Hill discussing her recent paper on improvements to US pesticide risk assessment, published this week in Environmental Health. She also published a new Wikipedia page.

Ismene Petrakis, MD (ELAM ’14) has received the 2021 David M. Worthen Career Achievement Award.

Jehni Robinson, MD (ELAM ’22), was named president of University of Southern California Care Medical Group.

Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD (ELAM ’18) was selected to participate in the 2021-22 AAMC Council of Deans Fellowship.

Cynthia Downard and Teresa Waters (L to R; ELAM ’21) had a mini LC graduation brunch and met in person for the first time in Lexington, KY.

Bruce Z. Morgenstern, Brenda J. B. Roman, Deborah DeWaay, W. Christopher Golden, Erin, Rishindra M. Reddy, Ann E. Rutter, Rachel Salas, Madhu Soni, Stephanie Starr, Jill Sutton, David A. Wald & Louis N. Pangaro.

Parth Patel, Devinder Dhindsa, Danny J. Eapen, Amit Khera, Martha Gulati, Neil J. Stone, Clyde W. Yancy, John S. Rumsfeld, Laurence S. Sperling

The lack of paid parental leave at many institutions is just one of the many “parenting penalties” faced by mothers who are scientists, reported Nature.

RevCycle Intelligence reported on a recent JAMA Internal Medicine article on the gender pay gap among physicians. Women were paid at least 90 percent of men’s median annual salary for 10 of 13 internal medicine specialties, according to the study.

With women woefully underrepresented throughout academic medicine, myriad strategies strive to build gender equity through diversity-focused hiring practices, leadership training, and family supports.

Women, who were already disproportionately burdened, have been hit especially hard by the pandemic. How should institutions of higher learning respond?

In an excerpt from his new book, ‘Think Again,’ Wharton’s Adam Grant explains why success often comes from surrounding ourselves with “disagreeable” people – skeptics who can point out blind spots, question assumptions and help us overcome our weaknesses.

The demands of the profession appear to clash with the process of starting a family. “There’s a health risk in it.”

Simply hiring a chief diversity officer will never lead to success if we don’t take three key steps to infuse diversity, equity and inclusion efforts into the fabric of our institutions, argues Kendall D. Isaac.

— Are you a part of the problem or will you be part of the solution?

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In her recently released book, Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine, Dr. Amy Gottlieb states, “While much has been written about the problem of gender pay disparities in medicine, a robust discussion about how to rectify the situation has been missing from the conversation.” This 90-minute webinar will showcase several real-world examples of how schools have examined their policies and revised their practices in order to eliminate gender pay differences among faculty. We will also spend time learning and discussing any legal ramifications related to equity in compensation.

The AAMC is seeking mid- or senior-career academic researchers to serve as mentors for the AAMC Career Development Program for MOSAIC Scholars. The MOSAIC (Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers) program is part of the NIH’s efforts to enhance diversity within the academic biomedical research workforce.

Division Chief, Department of Medicine, Highland Hospital Division, University of Rochester Medical Center. ELUMs at the university are Adrienne Bonham, Yuhchyau Chen, Mary Dombovy, Colleen Fogarty, Diane Hartmann, Jennifer Harvey, Susan Hyman, Antonia Kolokythas, Paige Lawrence, Vivian Lewis, Susan McDaniel, Annie Medina-Walpole, Karen Mustian, Janet Williams and Karen Wilson.

Chair of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University College of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Carol Bradford, Karen Calhoun, Linda Cripe, Isabelle Deschenes, Wendy Frankel, Deborah Larsen, Clara Lee, Dana McTigue, Laura Phieffer, Alison Walker, and Judith Westman (COM); Purnima Kumar, Fonda Robinson (COD); Karen Patricia Williams (College of Nursing); Kate Deans, Ihuoma Eneli, Maryam Fouladi (Nationwide Children’s Hospital).

Chair, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard. ELUMs at Harvard are Maryam Asgari, Sharon Inouye, Barbara Kahn, Deborah Levine, Madhu Misra, Emily Oken, Susan Redline, Hope Ricciotti, Julie Silver, Gyongyi Szabo, Jeanine Wiener-Kronish, Joanne Wolfe (Medical School); Sang Park (SODM); Karen Emmons (SOPH).

Director of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ELUMs at the university are Stephanie Abbuhl, Susan Brozena, Elizabeth Drum, Sydney Evans, Carmen Guerra, Eve Higginbotham, Ellie Kelepouris, Judith McKenzie, Raina Merchant, Kathleen Montone, Kim Olthoff, Marylyn Ritchie, Marilyn Schapira, Sarah Tishkoff (SOM); Anh Le, Esra Sahingur (SODM); Allison Ballantine, Angie Ellison, Susan Furth, Holly Hedrick, Kim Smith-Whitley (Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania).

Chief of Pediatric Urology, Connecticut Children’s Hospital and University of Connecticut School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Nancy Adams, Anne Kenny, Sandy Weller (SOM); Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou, Susan Reisine (SODM).

Division Chief, Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. ELUMs at Temple are Simin Dadparvar, Susan Fisher, Nina Gentile, Amy Goldberg, Anu Paranjape, Ellen Tedaldi (SOM); Laura Siminoff (COPH).

Section Chief of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine. ELUMs at Baylor are Hoda Badr, Susan Blaney, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Jenny Christner, Toi Harris, Alicia Monroe, Carolyn Smith.

Pediatric Oncology Division Chief/Medical Director, CHOC Children’s Hyundai Cancer Institute, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine/Children’s Hospital of Orange County. ELUMs at UC Irvine are Ruth Benca, Daniela Bota, Coleen Cunningham, Deena McRae.

Residency Program Director, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University. ELUMs at Yale are Nita Ahuja, Ferne Braveman, Nancy Brown, Anees Chagpar, Cindy Crusto, Gail D'Onofrio, Rosemarie Fisher, Barbara Kazmierczak, Diane Krause, Carolyn Mazure, Marcella Nunez-Smith, Ismene Petrakis, Marina Picciotto, Uma Reddy, Carrie Redlich, Lynn Tanoue (SOM); Melinda Irwin, Judy Lichtman, Melinda Pettigrew (SOPH).

Chief Medical Officer, Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, MA.

Chair of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Jennifer Bizon, Martha Brown, Brenda Fahy, Susan Frost, Maria Kelly, Colleen Koch, Carol Mathews, Leigh Neumayer, Maureen Novak, Roberta Pileggi, Elizabeth Shenkman, Lindsay Thompson, Sonal Tuli, Ellen Zimmermann (SOM); Linda Cottler and Tara Sabo-Attwood (COPH).

Chair, Department of Medicine, Loyola Medicine and the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Current fellow Elaine Morrato is dean of Loyola University Chicago's Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health.

Chief, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tulane University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Mary Killackey and Gabriella Pridjian.

Chair/Chief Department of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Care New England (CNE) Health System. ELUMs at the university are

Angie Caliendo, Kimberle Chapin-Robertson, Phyllis Dennery, Alyson McGregor, Audrey Tyrka.

Director, Precision Oncology, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. ELUMs at UT Southwestern are Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, Helen Yin.

Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education, Whole Health School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL.

Chair, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. ELUMs at Mount Sinai are Margaret Baron, Nina Bickell, Stephanie Blank, Joanna Chikwe, Angela Diaz, Lisa Edelmann, Amy Kelley, Madhu Mazumdar, Sarah Millar, Maria Padilla, Lynne Richardson, Barbara Vickrey, Karen Wilson, Karen Zier.

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock. ELUMs at Dartmouth are Ilana Cass, Jocelyn Chertoff, Joanne Conroy, Leslie Fall, Barbara Jobst.

Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Mary Dankoski, Linda DiMeglio, Gayle Gordillo, Flora Hammond, Cherri Hobgood, Abby Klemsz, Kathy Miller, Aina Puce, Lexy Torke, Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds (SOM); Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch, Melanie Peterson (SOD).

A number of positions were submitted by the search firm AMN Healthcare/Merritt Hawkins:

Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine. ELUMs at UC Davis are Allison Brashear, Amy Brooks-Kayal, Colleen Clancy, Diana Farmer, Ellen Gold, Lydia Howell, Jesse Joad, Helen Kales, Karen Kelly, Nancy Lane, Susan Murin, Tina Palmieri, Ruth Shim, Sandhya Venugopal, Amparo Villablanca, Rachel Whitmer.

Vice Chair of Research, Anesthesiology, Roy J. and Lucille B Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. ELUMs at the university are Lois Geist, Isabella Grumbach, Donna Hammond, Loreen Herwaldt, Sue O'Dorisio, Susan Schultz, Debra Schwinn, Patricia Winokur, Catherine Woodman, and Cynthia Wong (COM); Betsy Chrischilles and Corinne Peek-Asa (COPH).

Program Director – Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mohawk Valley Health System-Utica, NY.

Program Director of Psychiatry, Mohawk Valley Health System-Utica, NY.

Chief, Division of Multispecialty Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Roy J. and Lucille B Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Director, Supportive and Palliative Care Program, University of Iowa. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Family Medicine Residency Program Director, Aspirus Health Care, Wausau, Wisconsin.

Director, Pediatric Maltreatment Program, Section Director Child Abuse Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. ELUMs at the university are Shari Barkin, Colleen Brophy, Meg Chren, Ellen Clayton, Cheryl Coffin, Cathy Eng, Maureen Gannon, Tina Hartert, Katherine Hartmann, Alyssa Hasty, Mary Hooks, Julie Lewis, Beth Malow, Ann Richmond, Virginia Shepherd, Kyla Terhune, Consuelo Wilkins, Mary Zutter.

Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director, UnityPoint Health - Des Moines.

Director of Women’s Imaging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. An ELUM at TTUHSC El Paso is Sireesha Reddy.

Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Lilian Abbo, Annie Burdick, Diana Cardenas, Latha Chandran, Sylvia Daunert, Norma Kenyon, Judy Schaechter, Judith Simms-Cendan, Joan St. Onge, Omaida Velazquez.

Chief Nursing Officer, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Division Head (Chair equivalent), Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. ELUMs at MD Anderson are Karen Basen-Engquist, Diane Bodurka, Sharon Dent, Sharon Giordano, Val Lewis, Gigi Lozano, Karen Lu, Lavinia Middleton, Elizabeth Rebello, Louise Strong, Liz Travis, Liz Wagar, Wei Yang.

Division Chief of Hospital Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Lilian Abbo, Annie Burdick, Diana Cardenas, Latha Chandran, Sylvia Daunert, Norma Kenyon, Judy Schaechter, Judith Simms-Cendan, Joan St. Onge, Omaida Velazquez (SOM).

Chief Medical Officer, Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital, University of California San Francisco. ELUMs at UCSF are Claire Brindis, Marcelle Cedars, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Linda Giudice, Jane Koehler, Catherine Lucey, Amy Murtha, Mary-Ann Shafer, Julie Ann Sosa, Louise Walter (SOM); Yvonne Kapila and Caroline Shiboski (SOD).

Senior Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT.

Senior Medical Director, Imaging Services, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt lake City, UT.

Chair, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ELUMs at UPenn are Stephanie Abbuhl, Denise Adams, Allison Ballantine, Susan Brozena, Elizabeth Drum, Angie Ellison, Sydney Evans, Susan Furth, Carmen Guerra, Holly Hedrick, Eve Higginbotham, Ellie Kelepouris, Judith McKenzie, Raina Merchant, Kathleen Montone, Kim Olthoff, Marilyn Ritchie, Marilyn Schapira, Gail Slap, Sarah Tishkoff, and Kim Smith-Whitley (SOM); Anh Le and Esra Sahingur (SODM).

Director, Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. ELUMs at UAB are Vera Bittner, Cynthia Brown, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Jackie Feldman, Mona Fouad, Nita Limdi, Amie McLain, Sarah Morgan, and Jane Schwebke (SOM); Jean O'Neal and Michele Robinson (SOD).

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. ELUMs at the university are Shuk-mei Ho, Jill Mhyre, Gloria Richard-Davis, Jessica Snowden, and Sara Tariq (SOM), Wendy Nembhard, (COPH).

Associate Director, Basic Research, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. ELUMs at Augusta are Annette Johnson, Sylvia Smith, and Martha Tingen (MCG); Carole Hanes, Carol Lefebvre (DCG).

Section Chief, Medical Oncology/Deputy Cancer Center Director, Norris Cotton Cancer, Center Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. See above for ELUMs at Dartmouth.

Medical Director, USC Brain Tumor Center/Division Chief, Neuro-Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center/Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California. ELUMs at USC are Zea Borok, Rima Jubran, Michele Kipke, and Jehni Robinson (SOM). 

Chair, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. ELUMs at Dartmouth are Ilana Cass, Jocelyn Chertoff, Joanne Conroy, Leslie Fall, and Barbara Jobst (SOM).

Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Penn State College of Medicine. ELUMs at Penn State are April Armstrong, Xuemei Huang, Sarah Iriana, Shou-Ling Leong, Barbara Miller, Eileen Moser, Ann Ouyang, Leslie Parent, Susan Promes, Erika Saunders, Nan Schwann, and Britta Thompson (COM); Sharon Griswold and Elisabeth Kunkel (Milton S. Hershey); Kathryn Schmitz (Cancer Institute).

Chair, Department of Family Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem.

Deputy Executive Director for Patient-Centered Research Programs, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington, DC.

Program Director, Cancer Immunology, Inflammation & Tolerance, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Deputy Director of Clinical Services, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ELUMs at UPenn are Stephanie Abbuhl, Denise Adams, Allison Ballantine, Susan Brozena, Elizabeth Drum, Angie Ellison, Sydney Evans, Susan Furth, Carmen Guerra, Holly Hedrick, Eve Higginbotham, Ellie Kelepouris, Judith McKenzie, Raina Merchant, Kathleen Montone, Kim Olthoff, Marilyn Ritchie, Marilyn Schapira, Gail Slap,Kim Smith-Whitley and Sarah Tishkoff (SOM) ; Anh Le and Esra Sahingur (SODM).

Program Director for Assessment and Evaluation, Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Program Director, Teaching and Learning, Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UT Health San Antonio. ELUMs at UT Health are Robin Brey, Sandra Burge, Chiquita Collins, Deb Conway, Carlayne Jackson, Jan Patterson, Jennifer Potter, Paula Shireman, Gail Tomlinson, Janet Williams (SOM); Adriana Segura (SOD).

Director, Comprehensive Breast Program, University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute.

Director, Medical Oncology, Head and Neck Cancers, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. ELUMs at UT Southwestern are Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, and Helen Yin.

Director, Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health San Antonio. ELUMs at UTHSC San Antonio are Robin Brey, Sandra Burge, Chiquita Collins, Deb Conway, Carlayne Jackson, Ambika Mathur, Jan Patterson, Jennifer Potter, Paula Shireman, Gail Tomlinson, Janet Williams (SOM); Adriana Segura (SOD).

Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at the institution.

Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University. ELUMs at VCU are Cheryl Al-Mateen, PJ Coney, Paula Ferrada, Karen Hendricks-Múñoz, Betty Anne Johnson Susan Kornstein, Joyce Lloyd, Andrea Pozez, Betsy Ripley, Karen Sanders Sally Santen, Bela Sood, Shumei Sun, Michelle Whitehurst-Cook.

Vice Chair, Educational Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University. See above for ELUMs at VCU.

Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at the institution.

Chair, Department of Pediatrics & Physician-in-Chief, Virginia Commonwealth University. See above for ELUMs at VCU.

Director, Electrophysiology, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at the institution.

Parkinson’s Disease Tenure-Track Faculty Investigator, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at UTHSA.

Division Chair, Geriatric Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University. See above for ELUMs at VCU.

Director, Cardiac Imaging, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at UTHSA.

Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. ELUMs at USC are Rima Jubran, Michele Kipke, Jehni Robinson and Luanne Thorndyke.

Designated Institutional Officer, Adena Health System, Chillicothe, OH.

Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. See above for ELUMs at Keck.

Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at UTHSA.

Chief, Surgical Oncology, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at UTHSA.

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, University of North Carolina Health. ELUMs at UNC are Wendy Brewster, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Nancy Chescheir, Alice Chuang, Cristin Colford, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Stephanie Davis, Andrea Hayes-Jordan, Melina Kibbe, Suzanne Landis, Kenya McNeal-Trice, Kate Menard, Genevieve Neal-Perry, Leslie Parise, Nancy Thomas (SOM); Julie Byerley, Valerie Murrah (SOD).

Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of California, Irvine. See above for ELUMs at UC Irvine.

For all job posting requests, please email: elamcareers@drexel.edu.

Did you know that a medical student just won a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics? Lee Kiefer is the first U.S. woman to win gold in individual foil (fencing, for the uninitiated), and she also happens to be a medical student at University of Kentucky College of Medicine.