To the class of 2016 - welcome to your first edition of the ELAM Edge! We hope that you'll find the Edge informative, interesting, and stimulating. It will arrive in your inbox every other Thursday with ELAM news, job postings, ELUM news, and relevant articles and opportunities. We also rely on some of the content for the Edge to come from YOU - if you know of any exciting leadership positions available, have any news to share with the ELUM community (papers published, awards, promotions, personal achievements), or if you just found something interesting you think the ELUM community might enjoy, please pass it along to us at elam@drexelmed.edu.

We look forward to hearing from all of you - and again, welcome to the Edge!

In ELAM's earliest years, foundation support provided initial funding to help institutionalize the program. Through the efforts of ELAM Founder D. Walter Cohen, ELAM also became the beneficiary of a Philadelphia-area philanthropist, Mrs. Patricia Kind, who supported a variety of causes and organizations related to healthcare, especially for vulnerable and underserved in the community. Walter, along with Page Morahan and Rosalyn Richman, approached Pat Kind to consider supporting ELAM. By preparing women for leadership roles in healthcare, the program's graduates would be more likely to focus greater attention on such populations. Ultimately, Pat and her mother donated more than $1 million to establish a partial endowment that continues to provide financial support for ELAM. In appreciation, the ELAM program was renamed the Hedwig van Ameringen ELAM Program in memory of Pat Kind's mother.

We are saddened at the loss of Patricia Kind, whose generosity and caring for the less fortunate benefited the ELAM Program and many more worthy organizations, and we extend our condolences to her family.

Quote of the Day

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

- Anais Nin

Positions

Vice President of Research, University of Utah. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Mary Beckerle, Carrie Byington, Wendy Chapman, Catherine deVries, Kathleen Digre, Rena D'Souza, Evelyn Gopez, Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, Harriet Hopf, Vicki Judd, Mary Murray, and Monica Vetter (SOM); Denise Dearing (ELATE - COE).

Vice President, Clinical Quality, University of Minnesota. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the University are Lynne Bemis, Iris Borowsky, Linda Carson, Maria Hordinsky, Nancy Raymond, Betsy Seaquist, Jill Siegfried, and Ezgi Tiryaki (Medical School); Paula Termuhlen (Medical School, Duluth).

Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Central Florida College of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Diane Davey, Cristina Fernandez-Valle, and Debbie German (COM).

Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Susan Fisher, Laura Goetzl, Amy Goldberg, Anu Paranjape, and Ellen Tedaldi (SOM); Laura Siminoff (COPH).

Director of Executive Health, University of Minnesota. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Chair, Department of Biomathematics, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Ines Boechat, Sherin Devaskar, Sarah Dry, Lynn Gordon, Sarah Kilpatrick, Margi Stuber, and Barbara Vickrey (David Geffen SOM); Kathryn Atchison and Diana Messadi (SOD).

Chair, Department of Medical Sciences, Quinnipiac University. Submitted by the institution.

Chief, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Harvard are Christine Albert, Sharon Inouye, Barbara Kahn, Deborah Levine, Susan Redline, Hope Ricciotti, and Jeanine Wiener-Kronish.

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Margaretha Casselbrant, Gabriella Gosman, Kathleen McIntyre-Seltman, Doris Rubio, Lori Shutter, Ann Thompson, Ora Weisz, Jennifer Woodward, and Shanta Zimmer (SOM); Anne Newman (Graduate SOPH); Anne Robertson and Judy Yang (ELATE - SOE).

Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - El Paso. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. ELUMs at the university are Jannette Dufour, Marjorie Jenkins, Betsy Jones, Cynthia Jumper, Rakhshanda Layeequr-Rahman, Patti Patterson, and Kim Peck (SOM); Michele Follen, Kathy Horn, Veronica Mallett, and Sireesha Reddy (Paul L. Foster SOM); Zaida Gracia and Rattikorn Hewett (ELATE - COE).

Chair, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Chair, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Submitted by the institution. See above for ELUMs at Harvard.

Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Chris Abrass, Soo Borson, Ginny Broudy, Lorrie Langdale, Karen Murray, J. Lee Nelson, Catherine Otto, and Leslie Walker-Harding (SOM); Wendy Mouradian and Rebecca Slayton (SOD).

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

Chief, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation, Weill Cornell Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Korn Ferry. ELUMs at Weill Cornell Medical College are Barbara Hempstead, Rainu Kaushal, Susan Pannullo, and Rache Simmons.

Director, Division of Hematology-Oncology and Chief Medical Director, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Evie Alessandrini, Maria Britto, Melanie Cushion, Mercedes Falciglia, Neeru Hershey, Mei Ho, Uma Kotagal, Patty Manning-Courtney, Ardythe Morrow, Lori Stark and Laura Wexler (COM); Chia-Chi Ho (ELATE - College of Engineering and Applied Science).

Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Medical Director, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Chair, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the institution are Rebecca Bahn, Michele Halyard, Deborah Lightner, Dawn Milliner, Veronique Roger, Teri Rummans, Paula Schomberg, Patty Simmons, and Amy Williams (Mayo Medical School).

Chief of Pediatric Neurology, University of Chicago. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Yolanda Becker, Halina Brukner, Deborah Burnet, Jessica Kandel, Karen Kaul, Karen Kim, Debby Nelson, and Funmi Olopade (SOM); Maryellen Giger (ELATE).

Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Jeanne Heard and Gloria Richard-Davis.

Primary Care Center Director, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the Health Science Center are Robin Brey, Sandra Burge, Carlayne Jackson, Jan Patterson, Paula Shireman, Gail Tomlinson, and Janet Williams.

Ultrasound Medical Director, Texas Tech University. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Michele Follen, Kathy Horn, and Veronica Mallett (Paul L. Foster SOM); Marjorie Jenkins, Betsy Jones, Cynthia Jumper, Rakhshanda Layeequr-Rahman, Patti Patterson, and Kim Peck (SOM).

Program Director, Dermatology Residency, University of New Mexico. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Deborah Helitzer, Melvina McCabe, Martha McGrew, Leslie Morrison, Tassy Parker, Arti Prasad, Cynthia Reyes, Valerie Romero-Leggott, Anne Simpson, Carolyn Voss, and Bronwyn Wilson (SOM).

Director of Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University of New Mexico. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Director of Perioperative Care, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin . Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. An ELUM at the university is Beth Nelson.

Director, Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at USC are Michele Kipke and Mandy Termuhlen (SOM).

Surgical Director of the LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes, The Dell Medical School at the University of Texas. Submitted by the executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Pediatrics Residency Program Director, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Program Director, Family Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Associate Chair, Educational Strategy & Program Development, The Dell Medical School at the University of Texas. Submitted by the executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Associate Chair, Investigation & Discovery, Department of Women's Health, University of Texas at Austin. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for an ELUM at the university.

Associate Chair of Clinical Integration and Operations, University of Texas at Austin. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for an ELUM at the university.

Co-Director, Ambulatory Care Center, University of California San Francisco, Fresno. ELUMs at the university are Claire Brindis, Marcelle Cedars, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Linda Giudice, Jane Koehler, Catherine Lucey, Mary-Ann Shafer, and Jacqueline Tulsky (SOM); Caroline Shiboski (SOD).

For all job posting requests, please email: elamjobs@drexelmed.edu.

ELUM News

Kathleen Clem, R.N., B.S.N., M.D. (ELAM '03) was interviewed for the December 25, 2015 Washington Post article, As mass casualties continue, hospitals keep honing their preparedness.

Tamera Coyne-Beasley, M.D., M.P.H. (ELAM '15) was elected President-Elect of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.

Katherine Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D. (ELAM '06) was highlighted in an article in the January 2016 edition of Nashville Lifestyles magazine. See pages seven and eight of this PDF.

Karin Muraszko, M.D. (ELAM '03) was honored as one of the women who changed Dr. Sanjay Gupta's life in the CNN article, The Women Who Changed My Life.

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

Circulation, 2015 Dec 22, Volume 13, Number 25:

Sex Differences in the Cardiovascular Consequences of Diabetes Mellitus: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Regensteiner JG, Golden S, Huebschmann AG, Barrett-Connor E, Chang AY, Chyun D, Fox CS, Kim C, Mehta N, Reckelhoff JF, Reusch JE, Rexrode KM, Sumner AE, Welty FK, Wenger NK, Anton B; American Heart Association Diabetes Committee of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, and Council on Hypertension.

Journal of Women's Health, Volume 25, Number 1, January 2016:

A Report of the Women's Health Congress Workshop on The Health of Women of Color: A Critical Intersection at the Corner of Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity

Jennifer L. Plank-Bazinet, Susan G. Kornstein, Janine Austin Clayton, Worta McCaskill-Stevens, Lauren Wood, Nakela Cook, Salman M. Tajuddin, Gina M. Brown, Tamara Harris, Michele K. Evans, Lisa Begg, Claudette E. Brooks, Leah R. Miller, Amy Caroline Mistretta, and Terri L. Cornelison

Articles of Note

Inside Higher Ed, January 6, 2016:

For a Diverse Faculty, Start With Retention

Recruiting underrepresented faculty without fixing retention problems creates a revolving door, not long-term change, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.

Chronicle of Higher Ed Academe Today, January 7, 2016:

Should You Speak Up or Shut Up?

Better to be the one who ignites the conversation than the one who dominates it

AAMC CFAS News, January 8, 2016:

Inside Higher Ed ran an article this week, "Systemic Change Required," that explores solutions to the gender gap in academic research leadership. The author, Jeremy Haefner, PhD, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology, writes, "Despite the fact that more than half of America's population is female, and the gender ratio among college and university students has been increasingly favoring women for nearly 50 years, higher education institutions don't get very good grades in terms of hiring and promoting female leaders."
Read More

Inside Higher Ed, January 11, 2016:

Female Economists Advised to Avoid Group Work

Could lack of credit for co-written papers explain the underrepresentation of women in economics? New research by Heather Sarsons, a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Harvard University, detailed in The New York Times, suggests that women struggle to earn tenure in the collaboration-heavy field because they aren't afforded the same recognition for group work as their male co-authors.

Chronicle of Higher Ed, Academe Today, January 14, 2016:

So You Want to Be a Dean?

If you want to be a dean you'd better be skilled at risk management and compromise

AAMC CFAS News, January 15, 2016:

This week STAT also published "Female Professors Are Woefully Outnumbered at Med Schools Nationwide," an article about how the number of women in academic medicine has increased but is notably behind that of men on faculty. The article also describes wide variations in numbers at different institutions, citing UC Davis School of Medicine and the University of Puerto Rico as having higher numbers of women on faculty.
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Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.

AAMC STAT January 11, 2016:

AAMC Updates Web Course on Unconscious Bias

Academic research has shown that unconscious or hidden bias may influence the evaluation and selection of candidates for leadership positions in all types of organizations, including medical schools and teaching hospitals. The AAMC has recently updated its free Web-based course to aid in the search and recruitment process and acquaint search committees and others with the research on unconscious bias and how to mitigate its effects. The popular course has been accessed by more than 8,000 participants since 2010.

The Last Word

The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 18, 2016:

The 13 Best 'Onion' Stories About Higher Education

The satirical news website has beefed up its coverage of academe, sending up not just absent-minded profs and hard-partying frats but issues like adjunct labor and free college. We're all the richer.

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