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Save the Date

for the

2017 ELUM Professional Development Program

Next Level Leadership:
Building personal and organizational capacity

January 12-14, 2017

The Four Seasons

Denver, CO

Please save the date to join us in Denver, CO this coming January, for the next ELUM professional development program, Next Level Leadership: Building personal and organizational capacity. Our Colorado hosts have put together an excellent opening with a presentation on inclusive leadership for an alumnae and Fellows dinner. The program opens the next morning with a panel of national leaders invited by and including ELAM facilitator Lily Marks to address what next level leadership looks like. In addition, you will have the opportunity to join workshops on communication skills, building ELAM/ELATE-like programs at home, and using systems engineering to improve health care.

Expect registration to begin in late summer, and keep an eye on the ELAM Edge and our website for more information in the coming weeks.

We hope to see everyone there!

Quote of the Day

Nothing will work unless you do.

- Maya Angelou

Positions

Associate Vice President, Health Systems Planning and Analytics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Submitted by executive search firm Cejka Search. ELUMs at the university are Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, Joan Schiller, and Helen Yin.

Chief Quality Officer, University of Texas Health Science Center at 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.

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).

Chairperson, Department of General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Susan Chubinskaya, Martha Morris, Lynda Powell, VJ Reddy, and Anna Spagnoli.

Chair, Department of Medical Specialties, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California. Submitted by executive search firm Merrit Hawkins.

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Irvine, School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. ELUMs at the university are Shyrl Sistrunk and Dee Wing.

Chair, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia, School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm CBO Partners. ELUMs at the university are Mary Faith Marshall, Karen Johnston, Vicky Norwood, and Debra Perina.

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

Chief Clinical Officer, Palmetto Health. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer.

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).

Director of Bone/Soft Tissue Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. 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 (SOPH); Anne Robertson and Judy Yang (ELATE - SOE).

Senior Clinical Research Psychologist, Boston Children's 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.

Chief of Orthopedic Hand Surgery, University of Cincinnati. Submitted by executive search firm Merrit Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Chief, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of Iowa Children's Hospital. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Lois Geist, Donna Hammond, Loreen Herwaldt, Susan Johnson, Sue O'Dorisio, Susan Schultz, Debra Schwinn, Debra Waldron, Patricia Winokur, Catherine Woodman, and Cynthia Wong (COM); Lily Garcia (COD); Betsy Chrischilles and Corinne Peek-Asa (COPH); Diane Slusarski (ELATE - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences); Keri Hornbuckle and Tonya Peeples (ELATE - COE).

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 Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine, University of Iowa. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Nevada School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Mimi Bar-on, Vani Dandolu, and Deborah Kuhls (SOM).

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, State University of New York, Buffalo. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at SUNY Buffalo are Anne Curtis and Margarita Dubocovich (SOM).

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh. Submitted by the institution. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Viv Budnik, Joanna Cain, Debbie DeMarco, Ellen Gravallese, Julia Johnson, Jean King, Mary Lee, Katherine Luzuriaga, Michele Pugnaire, Gyongyi Szabo, and Luanne Thorndyke (Medical School); Marietta Schwartz (ELATE - Boston College of Science and Mathematics).

Chief, Infectious Disease, Michigan State University. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Francesca Dwamena and Karen Patricia Williams (College of Human Medicine).

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

Section Chief - Section of Luminal Gastroenterology, 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); Beth Virnig (SOPH); Judith Buchanan and Sheila Riggs (SOD).

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.

Medical Director, Division of Psychiatry, Unity Center for Behavioral Health, Portland, OR. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Medical Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Colorado. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Eva Aagaard, Aviva Abosch, Marsha Anderson, Brenda Bucklin, Evalina Burger, Colleen Conry, Robin Deterding, Laurie Gaspar, Jean Kutner, Chris Nyquist, Judy Regensteiner, Jane Reusch, Carol Rumack, Nanette Santoro, and Ann Thor (SOM); Denise Kassebaum (SODM).

Vice Chair and Director of Anatomic Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at MCW are Diane Braza, Patricia Donohoue, Beth Drolet, Elizabeth Ellinas, Judy Kersten, Karen Marcdante, Mary Otterson, Julie Panepinto, Ann Rosenthal, and Earnestine Willis.

Associate Chair of Clinical Integration and Operations, The Dell Medical School at the University of Texas. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. An ELUM at the university is Beth Nelson.

Associate Chair of Education, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, The Dell Medical School at the University of Texas. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for an ELUM at the university.

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

Ultrasound Medical Director, Texas Tech University. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Jannette Dufour, Betsy Jones, Cynthia Jumper, Rakhshanda Layeequr-Rahman, Patti Patterson, and Kim Peck (HSC - SOM); Michele Follen, Kathy Horn, Veronica Mallett, and Sireesha Reddy (HSC - Paul L. Foster SOM); Zaida Gracia and Rattikorn Hewett (ELATE - COE).

Director of Gynecology Oncology, Texas Tech University. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at Texas Tech.

Director of Living Donor Program, University of California, Davis. Submitted by executive search firm Merrit Hawkins. ELUMs at UC Davis are Colleen Clancy, Diana Farmer, Julie Freischlag, Ellen Gold, Lydia Howell, Jesse Joad, Karen Kelly, Nancy Lane, Susan Murin, Tina Palmieri, and Amparo Villablanca (SOM).

Director of Medical Critical Care, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at USC are Michele Kipke, Kathleen Nelson, and Mandy Termuhlen.

Co-Director, Sleep Fellowship Program, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at USC.

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

ELUM News

Cindy Lyon, R.D.H., D.D.S., Ed.D. (ELAM '15), has been appointed as the James R. Pride, DDS and Carolyn L. Pride Endowed Chair for Practice Management at University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.

Susan Mayne, Ph.D., (ELAM '09), Director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, was the FDA's lead spokesperson on the recent sodium reduction initiative for the U.S. food supply. She was widely quoted in national media, and authored a blog posting with additional information on the FDA's recent action.

Etta Pisano, MD, FACR (ELAM '04), was chosen to represent the medical imaging community at the June 29 National Summit for the National Cancer Moon Shot Initiative in Washington.


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We received the following update from Sheila Riggs, D.D.S., D.M.Sc. (ELAM '14):

I wanted to share some exciting news. I was chosen Distinguished Alumni of the Year at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. ... I got to enjoy the day with fellow ELUM Janice Lee, D.D.S., M.D., M.S.('14) who also attended the festivities.

AAMC CFAS News, June 10, 2016:

Margaret Steele, MD (ELAM '08), will be the new dean of medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine. She is now vice dean for hospital and interfaculty relations at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University in London, Ont. Dr. Steele starts her new position Aug. 15.

AAMC CFAS News, June 17, 2016:

Deborah C. German, MD (ELAM '96), dean of the Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando published a note, "Living with Tragedy-a Message from the Dean" on the school's website on Monday in the wake of the shootings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando over the weekend. "During this time of sadness we must recommit to our values and help one another to cope and to heal. This is especially important in our profession," she wrote.

Wayne State University announced the creation of the Office of Scientific Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity, to be headed by Ambika Mathur, PhD (ELAM '14), dean of the graduate school. The new office will be housed in the Office of the Provost and will work in partnership with deans from each of the university's schools and colleges.

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

Journal of Women's Health. May 2016, ahead of print:

The Association of Inflammation with Premenstrual Symptoms

Gold Ellen B., Wells Craig, and Rasor Marianne O'Neill

Journal of Women's Health, Volume 25, Number 6, June 2016:

Sexual Safety Planning as an HIV Prevention Strategy for Survivors of Domestic Violence

Jill Foster, Ana Núńez, Susan Spencer, Judith Wolf, and Candace Robertson-James

The American Journal of Medicine, Volume 129, Issue 7, July 2016:

Effects of Extended-Release Niacin Added to Simvastatin/Ezetimibe on Glucose and Insulin Values in AIM-HIGH

Ronald B. Goldberg, Vera A. Bittner, Richard L. Dunbar, Jerome L. Fleg, George Grunberger, John R. Guyton, Lawrence A. Leiter, Ruth McBride, Jennifer G. Robinson, Debra L. Simmons, Carol Wysham, Ping Xu, William E. Boden

Real-Time Automated Sampling of Electronic Medical Records Predicts Hospital Mortality

Hargobind S. Khurana, Robert H. Groves, Michael P. Simons, Mary Martin, Brenda Stoffer, Sherri Kou, Richard Gerkin, Eric Reiman, Sairam Parthasarathy

Articles of Note

LinkedIn Pulse, June 5, 2016:

Unique Habits of Ridiculously Likeable People

Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likeable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few-the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. It's easy to fall prey to this misconception.

Inside Higher Ed, June 10, 2016:

The Effective Diversity Statement

Tanya Golash-Boza gives faculty job applicants eight tips for writing a stellar diversity statement that stands out to search committees.

Knowledge @ Wharton, Weekend Edition, June 10, 2016:

'Negotiating the Nonnegotiable' at Work and at Home

Daniel Shapiro, director and founder of the Harvard International Negotiation Program, has negotiated some of the most challenging conflicts with heads of state, corporate executives and even families. Shapiro recently joined us on the Knowledge@Wharton show on Wharton Business Radio on SiriusXM channel 111 to talk about his new book on the subject, Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts.

Fast Company, June 12, 2016:

The One Word That Can Transform Your Negotiating Skills

Human beings need to feel they're being treated fairly. Here's how to use that principle to your advantage.

The Chronicle of Higher Ed, Academe Today, June 17, 2016:

Learn From My Mistakes as a Dean

The worst way to start a deanship is by sharing your great ideas for how people can do things better.

Fast Company, June 19, 2016:

The Hidden Leadership Skill Every Good Parent Eventually Masters

Like military commanders, effective parents know how to create guidelines, set expectations, and get out of the way.

Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.

Registration for Learn Serve Lead 2016, the AAMC's annual meeting in Seattle, Nov. 11-15, is now open. The program features more than 100 sessions on issues and challenges facing academic medicine. Plenary speakers include Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, surgeon and health policy scholar; presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; and Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD, professor of psychiatry and author. The early bird rate ends Aug. 31.

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