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ELAM News to Know
ELAM @ GFA
Are you attending the upcoming Association of American Medical College's Group on Faculty Affairs Professional Development Conference in Boston? If so, please join us as we gather at the Seaport Hotel in Boston on July 19 from 6-8 pm. There will be time for connecting and networking, and Diane Magrane will lead a Conversation Café designed to help us begin to explore the direction of ELAM over the next decade. Light refreshments will be served.
GFA Reception and Workshop
July 19, 2014
6 - 8 pm
The Magnum Room of the Aura Restaurant at Seaport Hotel
200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA
Please RSVP to Olivia Lee by July 14 at Olivia.lee@drexelmed.edu or 215-991-8248
We look forward to seeing you there!
ELATE at Drexel Wins Prestigious Award
We are excited to announce that ELATE at Drexel® (ELAM's sister program) was the recipient of the 2014 Women in Engineering Initiative Award from the Women in Engineering Proactive Network (WEPAN). Diane Magrane accepted the award on June 11 at an awards ceremony at the WEPAN Change Leader Forum in Minneapolis, MN.
Rosalyn Richman Featured in WESH Leadership Journal
The Spring 2014 WESH Leadership Journal has a lovely interview with Rosalyn Richman where she talks about her time at ELAM, her new role with us, and where she even reveals a "secret" or two.
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Quote of the Day
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
- Mary Oliver
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Positions
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center. Submitted by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer. ELUMs at UMass are Joanna Cain, Debbie DeMarco, Ellen Gravallese, Julia Johnson, Jean King, Katherine Luzuriaga, Michele Pugnaire, Gyongyi Szabo, and Luanne Thorndyke.
Chief of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Texas Tech are Marjorie Jenkins, Betsy Jones, Cynthia Jumper, Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman, Patti Patterson, and Kim Peck (SOM); Michele Follen, Kathy Horn, and Veronica Mallett (Paul L. Foster SOM).
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Diana Farmer, Julie Freischlag, Ellen Gold, Lydia Howell, Jesse Joad, Karen Kelly, Nancy Lane, Susan Murin, Tina Palmieri, Dena Towner, and Amparo Villablanca (SOM).
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Submitted by Jordan Search Consultants. ELUMs at the university are Deb Klamen and Linda Toth (SOM).
Chair, Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Stephanie Abbuhl, Valerie Arkoosh, Jill Baren, Susan Brozena, Simin Dadparvar, Betsy Datner, Phyllis Dennery, Sydney Evans, Eve Higginbotham, Sarah Millar, Kim Olthoff, Marilyn Schapira, Kathryn Schmitz, Gail Slap, and Kim Smith-Whitley (SOM); Anh Le (SODM).
Founding Director, Penn Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Submitted by the institution. See above for ELUMs at the university.
Assistant Dean, Medical Student Education, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Adela Casas-Melley, Archana Chatterjee, Janet Lindemann, Robin Miskimins, Mary Nettleman, and Leigh Washburn (SOM).
Associate Dean for Medical Education, University Park Regional Campus, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. ELUMs at Penn State are Kathy Eggli, Eileen Moser, Barbara Ostrov, Ann Ouyang, Nan Schwann and Dani Zander (COM).
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine/Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Research, The Pennsylvania State University. See above for ELUMs at Penn State.
Dean, School of Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center. Submitted by executive search firm Korn/Ferry.
Assistant Vice President for Education, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education Research.
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ELUM News
AAMC STAT, June 16, 2014:
AAMC Council of Deans Fellowship Program Names 2014-2015 Fellows
The AAMC has named Allison Brashear, M.D., M.B.A. (ELAM '07), Wake Forest School of Medicine; Robert S.D. Higgins, M.D., MSHA, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; and D. Brent Polk, M.D., Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California as the 2014-2015 Council of Deans (COD) Fellows. Last year, the COD resumed its fellowship program for senior faculty, including department chairs and assistant and associate deans, to enhance the development of future leaders in academic medicine. Key program components include going on campus visits with two dean mentors, being introduced to the COD's strategic activities, participating in COD meetings and other professional development opportunities specific to deans, and completing a leadership project that addresses an important challenge at his or her institution.
Mary Coleman, M.D., Ph.D. (ELAM '03), has accepted the position of Department Head of Family Medicine at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans effective July 1.
Jean S. Kutner, M.D., M.S.P.H. (ELAM '08) has been named the new chief medical officer of the University of Colorado Hospital and associate dean for clinical affairs of the CU School of Medicine.
Jennifer K. Lodge, Ph.D. (ELAM '14), has been appointed vice chancellor for research for Washington University.
Anne B. Newman, M.D., M.P.H. (ELAM '12), has been selected as the first Katherine M. Detre Endowed Chair of Population Health Science at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
Joan E. Nichols Ph.D. (ELAM '12), is the new Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Etta Pisano, M.D. (ELAM '04) and Laura Schweitzer, Ph.D. (ELAM '99) were mentioned in a May 22, 2014 article in Newsweek, The Sunshine Act Will Publicize Big Pharma's Undue Influence on Doctors.
AAMC CFAS-News, June 6, 2014:
Terri Young, M.D. (ELAM '10), has been appointed chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health. Young currently is professor of ophthalmology, pediatrics, and medicine at Duke University. She will join UW in September.
If you have news about yourself, your ELAM Learning Community, or other ELUMs that you would like to share in the Edge, please send it to ELAM@DrexelMed.edu.
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ELUM Articles
Journal of Women's Health. June 2014, 23(6):
What Midlife Women Want from Gynecologists: A Survey of Patients in Specialty and Private Practices Beth A. Prairie, Marcia Klein-Patel, MinJae Lee, Katherine L. Wisner, Judith L. Balk
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Articles of Note
AAMC CFAS-News, May 30, 2014:
In a recent post on AM Rounds, the blog of the journal Academic Medicine, Janet Bickel, a leadership and career development coach, offers "10 Tips for Men with Questions about How to Excel as Mentors of Women." Among other tips, Bickel counsels, "Internalizing limiting cultural messages, women tend to underestimate themselves. Be prepared to bolster a mentee's belief that she can set and achieve big goals."
AAMC STAT, June 9, 2014:
New Guide Available on Developing Diversity and Inclusion in Academic Medicine
A new AAMC publication, produced by a multidisciplinary team of experts, provides a roadmap to help institutions comply with important diversity standards for accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. These standards include specific language for medical education programs to use for policies and practices, as well as programs and partnerships to achieve diversity and inclusion goals. Part one of the guide provides nine essential tasks in a roadmap for diversity and inclusion strategic planning and offers key questions to help institutions think through each task. Part two identifies specific strategies that could be included in a plan to meet diversity and inclusion goals, tips for working with leadership, and the skills and competencies needed for diversity officers to succeed.
Fast Company Leadership Weekly, June 9, 2014:
The New Subtle Sexism Toward Women in the Workplace
Take it from years of behavioral research: implicit biases have an overwhelmingly negative effect on women in traditionally male professions.
Fast Company Leadership Weekly, June 16, 2014:
How The Founder Of Take Our Daughters To Work Day Is Working To Close The Gender Wage Gap
Decades ago Nell Merlino started a 20-million-person-strong movement, now she's fighting for economic equality for women entrepreneurs.
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Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.
AAMC CFAS-News, June 13, 2014:
Applications are now being accepted for the AAMC Executive Development Seminar for Associate Deans and Department Chairs, being held Sept. 19-23 in Tempe, Ariz. The five-day seminar is designed to provide professionals in these roles within academic medicine with essential leadership and management skills needed to support their institutions' mission and goals. The application phase is open until July 23.
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The Last Word
Contributed by ELAM executive coach David Bachrach:
The New York Times, June 1, 2014:
Yes, All Men
Fighting female objectification and discrimination and violence against women isn't simply the job of women; it must also be the pursuit of men.
Inside Higher Ed, June 6, 2014:
Academic Minute: Health and Happiness
In today's Academic Minute, Julia Boehm, assistant professor in psychology at Chapman University, discusses the correlation between mind and body. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
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