ELAM Edge: Have You Registered Yet?

We hope you plan to join us for our 2017 ELUM Professional Development Program, Next-Level Leadership: Building Personal and Organizational Capacity, this January 12-14 at the Four Seasons in Denver, Colorado.

Sponsored by the University of Colorado School of Medicine, this program will welcome alumnae from ELAM and ELATE to strengthen their skills in communication, philanthropy and organizational change. ELAM's new director, Nancy Spector, and the former directors, Page Morahan, Rosalyn Richman and Diane Magrane, welcome you to this three-day event to connect alumnae across the nation and to continue to strengthen the leadership skill-building begun during the fellowship.

For more information and a detailed
schedule, visit our website.

Applications Are Now Open!

ELAM is now accepting applications for its 2017-2018 class through our online application process. We ask that you please share this information with colleagues you think would be a good candidate for ELAM, and also through any relevant listservs or groups of which you are a part. More information on the application process is available on our website . Applications are due by January 15, 2017.

Quote of the Day

Surely in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, "It can't be done".

-Eleanor Roosevelt (contributed by ELUM Sally Shumaker)

Positions

Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer.

Dean, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Annie Burdick, Diana Cardenas, Sylvia Daunert, Norma Kenyon, and Omaida Velazquez (SOM).

Assistant Dean, College of Medicine Accreditation and Planning, University of South Alabama. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Karen Fagan, Susan LeDoux, and Mary Townsley (COM).

Chair, Department of Dermatology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Submitted by executive search firm Korn Ferry.

Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. ELUMs at the school are Bonnie Dattel and Christine Matson.

Chair, Department of Internal Medicine , University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Submitted by Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at UNLV are Ellen Cosgrove (SOM); Georgia Dounis and Karen West (SODM); Kimberly Kendricks (ELATE - College of Sciences).

Chair of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Submitted by executive search firm Witt Kieffer. ELUMs at the university are Jeanne Heard, Gloria Richard-Davis, and Sara Tariq.

Chair, Department of Pediatrics , University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Baretta Casey, Wendy Hansen, and Kristine Lohr (COM); Cynthia Beeman and Reny de Leeuw (COD); Donna Arnett and Pamela Teaster (COPH).

Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm CBO Partners. ELUMs at the university are Rena D'Souza, Mary Beckerle, Carrie Byington, Wendy Chapman, Catherine deVries, Kathleen Digre, Evelyn Gopez, Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, Harriet Hopf, Vicki Judd, Mary Murray, and Monica Vetter (SOM).

Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Martha Brown, Brenda Fahy, Susan Frost, Maureen Goodenow, Nancy Hardt, Carol Mathews, Lucia Notterpek, Maureen Novak, Betsy Shenkman, and Sonal Tuli (COM); Ozlem Yilmaz (COD); Linda Cottler (COPH and Health Professions).

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

Miles J. Edwards Chair in Professionalism and Comfort Care, Oregon Health & Science University. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Sharon Anderson, Amanda Clark, Jeanne-Marie Guise, and Leslie Kahl (SOM); Phyllis Beemsterboer (SOD).

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.

Vice Chair of Research , Marshall University. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. An ELUM at the university is Darshana Shah.

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. An ELUM at the university is Beth Nelson.

Medical Director & Chief of Pediatric Surgery , Stanford University School of Medicine. Submitted by Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at Stanford are Juli Barr, Constance Chu, Iris Gibbs, Sabine Girod, Cheryl Gore-Felton, Mary Hawn, Paula Hillard, Marlene Rabinovitch, and Sherry Wren (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 , 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 of Geriatrics , Western Michigan University. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

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 of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences , Washington State University. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Chief of Orthopedic Hand Surgery , University of Cincinnati. 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).

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.

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 Genetics , 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, Ezgi Tiryaki, and Paula Termuhlen (Medical School); Judith Buchanan and Sheila Riggs (SOD); Beth Virnig (SOPH).

Division Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/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.

Division Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the university are Mary Dankoski, Stephanie Davis, Sara Jo Grethlein, Cherri Hobgood, Abby Klemsz, and Aina Puce (SOM); Melanie Peterson (SOD).

Division Director, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Albert Einstein are Julia Arnsten, Judy Aschner, Yvette Calderon, Chinazo Cunningham, Marti Grayson, Nadine Katz, and Sharmila Makhija (COM).

Division Director, Gynecologic Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. See above for ELUMs at Albert Einstein.

Chief of Pediatric Neurology , University of Chicago. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Maryellen Giger, Jessica Kandel, and Karen Kim.

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.

Division Chief, Vascular Surgery , University of Colorado in Denver. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. Eva Aagaard, Aviva Abosch, Marsha Anderson, Brenda Bucklin, Evalina Burger, Colleen Conry, Robin Deterding, Laurie Gaspar, Joanne Hilden, Liz Kovacs, Jean Kutner, Chris Nyquist, Judy Regensteiner, Jane Reusch, Carol Rumack, Nanette Santoro, and Ann Thor (SOM); Denise Kassebaum (SODM).

Section Chief - Section of Luminal Gastroenterology , University of Minnesota. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Chief, General Thoracic Surgery at the VA , Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at Wake Forest are Sarah Berga, Allison Brashear, Sonia Crandall, Debra Diz, Amy McMichael, Katherine Poehling, Sally Shumaker, and Lynne Wagenknecht (SOM).

Section Chief of Hospitalist Medicine , Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Associate Division Chief of Endocrinology , Marshall University. 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).

Program Director, Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine , University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at UICOM-Peoria are Meenakshy Aiyer, Ai-Xuan Holterman and Sara Rusch.

Medical Director, Inpatient Psychiatry - Residency Coordinator , Oregon Health & Science University. Submitted by Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the university are Phyllis Beemsterboer, Sharon Anderson, Amanda Clark, Jeanne-Marie Guise, and Leslie Kahl.

Director of Pain Management Services , University of California Irvine, School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at the UC Irvine are Shyrl Sistrunk and Dee Wing (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.

Director of Medical Student Education in Pediatrics , Western Michigan University. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins.

Director of Stroke Neurology, Stony Brook School of Medicine. Submitted by executive search firm Merritt Hawkins. ELUMs at Stony Brook are Latha Chandran (SOM); Maria Ryan (SODM).

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

ELUM News

Elizabeth Datner, M.D. (ELAM '11) has been appointed Chair of Emergency Medicine at Einstein Healthcare Network.

Jean King, PhD (ELAM '12), has been named vice provost for biomedical research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Debra Klamen, MD, MPHE (ELAM '02) was named Senior Associate Dean for Education and Curriculum at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

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

JDR Clinical & Translational Research, October 28, 2016:

Our Essential and Endangered Dentist-Scientist Workforce

R.N. D'Souza, J.S. Colombo, M.C. Embree, J.M. Myers, T.A. DeRouen

Academic Medicine, Volume 91, Issue 11, November 2016:

The Importance of the Premedical Experience in Diversifying the Health Care Workforce

Morgan, Helen K. MD; Haggins, Adrianne MD, MS; Lypson, Monica L. MD, MHPE; Ross, Paula PhD

Is Canada Ready for Nationwide Collaboration on Medical School Admissions Practices and Policies?

Hanson, Mark D. MD, MEd; Moineau, Geneviève MD; Kulasegaram, Kulamakan (Mahan) PhD; Hammond, Robert MD

The ABMS MOC Part III Examination: Value, Concerns, and Alternative Formats

Hawkins, Richard E. MD; Irons, Mira Bjelotomich MD; Welcher, Catherine M.; Pouwels, Mellie Villahermosa MA; Holmboe, Eric S. MD; Reisdorff, Earl J. MD; Cohen, Joshua M. MD, MPH; Dentzer, Susan; Nichols, David G. MD, MBA; Lien, Cynthia A. MD; Horn, Thomas D. MD; Noone, R. Barrett MD; Lipner, Rebecca S. PhD; Eva, Kevin W. PhD; Norcini, John J. PhD; Nora, Lois Margaret MD, JD, MBA; Gold, Jeffrey P. MD

Assessing Residents' Competency at Baseline: How Much Does the Medical School Matter?

Gollehon, Nathan S. MD; Stansfield, R. Brent PhD; Gruppen, Larry D. PhD; Colletti, Lisa MD; Haftel, Hillary MD, MHPE; Woolliscroft, James O. MD; Lypson, Monica L. MD, MHPE

Professionalism in the Twilight Zone: A Multicenter, Mixed-Methods Study of Shift Transition Dynamics in Surgical Residencies

Coverdill, James E. PhD; Alseidi, Adnan EdM, MD; Borgstrom, David C. MD; Dent, Daniel L. MD; Dumire, Russell D. MD; Fryer, Jonathan MD, MHPE; Hartranft, Thomas H. MD; Holsten, Steven B. MD; Nelson, M. Timothy MD; Shabahang, Mohsen MD, PhD; Sherman, Stanley MD; Termuhlen, Paula M. MD; Woods, Randy J. MD; Mellinger, John D. MD

"Staying in the Game": How Procedural Variation Shapes Competence Judgments in Surgical Education

Apramian, Tavis MA, MSc, PhD; Cristancho, Sayra PhD; Watling, Chris MD, PhD; Ott, Michael MSc, MD; Lingard, Lorelei PhD

Journal of Women's Health, Volume: 25, Number: 11, November 2016:

The Toxicity of Self-Blame: Sex Differences in Burnout and Coping in Internal Medicine Trainees

Brielle M. Spataro, Sarah A. Tilstra, Doris M. Rubio, and Melissa A. McNeil

Outcomes of a Clinic-Based Educational Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention by Race, Ethnicity, and Urban/Rural Status

Amparo C. Villablanca, Christina Slee, Liana Lianov, and Daniel Tancredi

Endometrial Cancer Associated Symptoms: A Case-Control Study

Janelle B. Pakish, Karen H. Lu, Charlotte C. Sun, Jennifer K. Burzawa, Anthony Greisinger, Frances A. Smith, Bryan Fellman, Diana L. Urbauer, and Pamela T. Soliman

Articles of Note

CNN.com, October 26, 2016:

Racism in medicine: An 'open secret'

What happened on a hot summer day two years ago still shakes Dr. Emily Whitgob to the core.

The Palo Alto, California-based pediatrician had just started supervising interns at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. She was sitting in the doctors' workroom, listening to one of her interns describe a young patient in the emergency department.

"By the way," the intern said, "the dad just looked at my name tag and asked, 'Oh, is that a Jewish last name? I don't want a Jewish doctor.' "

The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 31, 2016:

The Best Search Committees

By nature, they are imperfect and varied, but successful ones share some traits

Quartz, October 31, 2016:

There's a better way to write your to-do lists

A well-crafted to-do list acts as a guiding light for your day. It helps you overcome feelings of being overwhelmed, and reduces anxiety around whether you're being productive throughout the day. Before I dive in to explain how I craft my to-do list each day, I'd like to point out that to-do lists come in all shapes and sizes-it's all about what works for you as an individual. This method is what works for me personally; it's up to you to decide what to implement into your own planning system. I encourage you to try these techniques, but if you find that only some apply to your life, then by all means take what works for you and leave the rest.

Fast Company, November 10, 2016:

Actually, Women Do Ask For Raises As Often As Men-They Just Don't Get Them

A recent study shows that women know what they're worth and aren't afraid to ask for it. It's their employers that don't.

How To Coach Confidence In People Who Are Feeling Defeated

The self-doubt that follows a setback can be turned into a useful tool for doing better. Here's how to activate it.

Center for Creative Leadership, Leading Effectively, November 15, 2016:

The No. 1 Reason You are Stressed and How to Change It

Is stress at work and home beating you down? By shifting your mindset, you can go from 10 to 0 on the stressed-out scale. Learn how now.

Myth: You Need to Learn to Live with Stress

Stress is caused not by what happens to you, but by rumination, according to a new book by CCL coauthor Nick Petrie. Learn how to kick this bad habit.

The Last Word

Contributed by Sally Shumaker (ELAM '98): Thought you might enjoy this link - another reason why making education more affordable to all people in the US (and available to all women throughout the world) is so important. Nice to see that a couple of smart women, with backgrounds in psychology, economics, history and statistics - beat out the rest of the pollsters, in predicting the outcome of the election.

The Washington Post, November 9, 2016:

Two college seniors got the election right when almost everyone else got it wrong

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