ELAM Edge: Our Contribution: The Pipeline and Pathways to Leadership

The recent release of the AAMC report on the status of women in medicine makes us aware of how persistent the gender gap in leadership remains. ELAM, however, has much to celebrate in terms of our contribution to this progress. Of the 372 women department chairs in the U.S., 127 are ELUMs, representing 34% of all U.S. women medical department chairs. Of the 141 U.S. allopathic schools included in the survey, women hold the deanship at 22 schools. Twelve of these deans and interim deans are ELUMs--an impressive 52% of all women medical school deans.

Compare your own school's information Click here to read the full AAMC report, "The State of Women in Academic Medicine: The Pipeline and Pathways to Leadership, 2013-2014".

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Congratulations to Kristan and Tim Stengel
On March 16th Kristan (our Communications Analyst) and her husband Tim welcomed their second child to the world.

Mom, Dad, baby William, and big brother Henry are all doing well!

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Kristan is the driving force behind the Edge. During her leave, we will publish the Edge every 2-3 weeks. Please continue to send in your announcements and accomplishments.

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ELAM News to Know

ELAM at 2015 ADEA Gies Awards

We have photos to share and stories we can't wait to tell.

Quote of the Day

"If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities."

- Maya Angelou

Positions

Leader, Population Health and Health Disparities Research, Duke University School of Medicine. Submitted by Duke University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Ann Brown, Helen Egger, Sharon Hull, Mary Klotman, Catherine Kuhn, Holly Lisanby, Chris Marx, Amy Murtha, Ann Reed, Vicki Seewaldt, Marilyn Telen and Debara Tucci (SOM); Linda Franzoni and Lori Setton (ELATE -School of Engineering).

Division Chief, Endocrinology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at Wayne State are Tsveti Markova, Ambika Mathur, Kathleen McCarroll, Liz Puscheck, Maryjean Schenk, Roberta Sonnino and Suzanne White (SOM); Monica Brockmeyer and Guangzhao Mao (ELATE - College of Engineering); Ratna Naik (ELATE - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences).

Division Director in Cancer Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Medicine. Submitted by University of Florida College of Medicine. ELUMS at this university include Martha Brown, Brenda Fahy, Susan Frost, Marueen Goodenow, Nancy Hardt, Lucia Notterpek, Maureen Novak and Elizabeth Shenkman (COM); Mary Stavropoulos and Ozlem Yilmaz (COD); Linda Cottler (SoPH).

Division Chief, Gastroenterology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Section Chief of General Medicine with the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine (Reno). Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Mimi Bar-on, Vani Dandolu and Deborah Kuhls (SOM); Karen West (Las Vegas SODM); Kimberly Kendricks (ELATE - Las Vegas College of Sciences).

Section Chief, Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Halina Brukner. ELUMs at this university are Yolanda Becker, Halina Brukner, Deborah Burnet, Karen Kaul, Karen Kim, Deborah Nelson and Olufunmilayo Olopade (SOM); Maryellen Giger (ELATE).

Division Chief, Rheumatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the health sciences center 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).

Division Chief, Rheumatology, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs are this university are Abbey Berenson, Kathryn Cunningham, Lisa Elferink, Nisha Garg, Kristene Gugliuzza, Marilyn Marx, Joan Nichols, Taylor Riall and Cheryl Watson; Vicki Freeman (ELATE).

Director, Division of Hematology Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at this university are Evaline Alessandrini, Maria Britto, Jannette Collins, Melanie Cushion, Sandra Degen, Mercedes Falciglia, Gurjit Hershey, Shuk-mei Ho, Uma Kotagal, Ardythe Morrow, Lori Stark and Laura Wexler (COM); Chia-Chi Ho (ELATE - College of Engineering and Applied Science).

Surgical Director, Liver and Pancreas Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Ruth Benca, Elizabeth Burnside, Mary Carnes, Valerie Gilchrist, Ellen Hartenbach, Patricia Kokotailo, Elizabeth Petty, Carla Pugh, Christie Seibert, Maureen Smith and Terri Young (SOM); Naomi Chesler (ELATE - College of Engineering).

Director, University Heart Failure Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Director, University Security Clinic Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Cardiovascular Research Medical Director & Associate Chief of Cardiology Division, Intermountain Medical Center. Submitted by Intermountain Medical Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Medical Director, Pediatric Epilepsy, University of California Davis School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. 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 Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Keiffer. See above for ELUMs at this university.

Chair, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College of Rush University. Submitted by Rush Medical College. ELUMs at this university are Susan Chubinskaya, Martha Clare Morris, Lynda Powell and Anna Spagnoli (Med College).

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Western Michigan University Stryker School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Chair, Department of Population Health, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Director for Behavioral Health Services, MedStar Health Franklin Square Medical Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at Georgetown are Lucile Adams-Campbell, Barbara Bayer, Priscilla Furth, Bonnie Green, Kathryn Sandberg, and Shyrl Sistrunk (SOM).

Dean, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. Submitted by Medical University of South Carolina. ELUMs at this university are Kathleen Brady, Deborah Deas, Susan Harvey, Brenda Hoffman, Flo Hutchison, Donna Johnson, Etta Pisano, Darlene Shaw, Melanie Thomas, and Cindy Wright (COM); Betsy Pilcher (CODM).

Dean, Rush Medical College of Rush University. See above for ELUMs at this university.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center submitted a number of available positions - see below. ELUMs at the university are Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, Joan Schiller, and Helen Yin.

Clinical Chief, Division of Endocrinology

Chief, Acute Care Surgery Services, Division of Burn, Trauma and Critical Care

Chief, Division of Epidemiology

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery

Director, Alzheimer's Disease Center

Director, Epilepsy Section

Director, Center for Human Nutrition

Director, Pediatric Hepatology and Transplant Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology

Director, Pediatric Respiratory Medicine

Director, Pediatric Neurology Division

Chair and Professor, Department of Bioinformatics

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Chair, Department of Physiology

Chair, Plastic Surgery

Chief, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services, Children's Medical Center

Chief, Department of Urology of Pediatric Division

Dean, School of Health Professions

ELUM News

Congratulations to Hanan Al-Kadri, M.D., Ph.D. (ELAM '13) who was promoted to the academic position of Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology. With this advancement, she became the first female clinician to be promoted to Professor at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

An exciting announcement for Sharon Anderson, MD (ELAM '04) who has been appointed chair of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Department of Medicine. A member of the OHSU faculty since 1991, Dr. Anderson is a professor in the Department of Medicine and a member of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. View the announcement here.

Bravo to Jeanne-Marie Guise, M.D., M.P.H. (ELAM '14), who has been appointed vice provost of academic career development and mentoring at Oregon Health and Science University. This position was created in response to requests from OHSU faculty, schools, and external reviews to enhance the resources for the academic advancement of faculty and to develop the next generation of clinical scientists.

We applaud the announcement of Anna Spagnoli M.D., (ELAM '14) being appointed as the Women's Board Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center. You can read more about Anna here. [Editor's note: We're thrilled to see that Anna's ELAM fellowship was included in her announcement!]

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.

ELUM Articles

Clinical and Translational Science: January 2015

EngageUC: Developing an Efficient and Ethical Approach to Biobanking Research at the University of California

Sarah B. Garrett, Barbara A. Koenig, Arleen Brown, Jen R. Hult, Elizabeth A. Boyd,

Sarah Dry M.D. (ELAM '12), Daniel Dohan and in collaboration with UC BRAID

Articles of Note

AAMC |CFAS News: March 6, 2015

The AAMC recently published its 2014 Annual Report, which highlights the many ways the association served and led the academic medicine community last year by advancing medical education, research, and patient care at medical schools, teaching hospitals, and health systems. Read more here

CCL: Center for Creative Leadership: Leading Effectively March 17, 2015

Women Leaders: It's Time to Choose

Making intentional choices about our careers is important for everyone. For women, it includes understanding the organizational and cultural roadblocks and realities that are unique to women in the workplace. It is also about understanding the barriers each woman places on herself - often needlessly and even without realizing it.

Take Back Your Meetings!

Too many, poorly run, waste of time, unproductive meetings have become the status quo for many of us - along with complaining about them. Meetings are too important to be so bad, according to Paul Axtell, author of the book, Meetings Matter: 8 Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations. This article is an interesting overview.

AAL| Academy for Academic Leadership, February 2015 Newsletter

A Checklist for Someone About to Take on a Tougher Job

Ed Batista, Harvard Business Review, January 6, 2015: Careers involve numerous transitions when we "step up" into a new role, typically one with greater rewards, bigger responsibilities, and higher stakes. We're well aware that these opportunities come as the result of effort and diligence in our previous role, but we can fail to appreciate how much hard work is required after we've made the transition to ensure that it's a successful one. read more

Read to Lead: 6 Steps to Develop a Daily Reading Habit

George Ambler, GeorgeAmbler.com, January 18, 2015: It's frequently said that those who lead, read. Research has shown that reading keeps leaders smart, creative and social. For those who want to lead, reading is not a nice to have or a luxury, reading is a habit successful leaders consider critical to their success. As a leader if you're not reading daily don't be surprised if you find yourself falling behind your peers! read more

10 Ways to Be a Leader Who's Easy to Follow

Karin Hurt, Let's Grow Leaders, February 2, 2015: Are you easy to follow? Before you say "Of course!" please know that everywhere I go these days, I ask this question. "Is your boss easy to follow?" The #1 response is just a belly laugh. The #2 usually contains some expletive. Most leaders make following harder than necessary: read more

Plexus News: February 12, 2015 Newsletter

What Makes a Better Team? More Women

The smartest members on a team don't necessarily mean you have the smartest team, there are other factors that go into making the most effective productive team including age, intelligence AND gender. What do you think about this interesting read from Plexus Institute?

Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.

Conversation About Women's Health

If you are in the Philly area on Friday March 27^th, you are invited to a Conversation About Women's Health on Drexel's Queen Lane campus. 2900 W. Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. All RSVPs can be sent to by email or phone (Janine.barber@drexelmed.edu) (215-991-8194). You can find out more by visiting their website OR viewing the flyer.

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AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference

Registration is now open for the 11th Annual AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference, April 30-May 1 in Alexandria, VA. With the theme, "Transforming the Health Workforce: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly," the conference is an opportunity for researchers, educators, and policymakers to meet and discuss state and federal workforce issues. The keynote speaker is Alan Weil, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs.

The Last Word

Choose Your Seat Wisely!

LinkedIn article, Joseph Crepaldi: Where to Sit in a Meeting

This post is dedicated to those who want to have influence during a meeting, exert authority even if initially they might not have the formal power. It's an interesting concept and we think, a good read especially if you are a newcomer to higher-level meetings.

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