January 4, 2018 
ELAM News

 See You Next Week!

We are extremely excited to be joining the more than 60 ELUMs who have registered for our 2018 ELUM Professional Development Program, Leadership During Challenging Times: Building Resilience and Versatility.  Running from January 11-13 in Denver, CO, this program promises to be rich in lessons on how to lead through the numerous challenges facing our academic institutions. Sessions will be led by ELUMs and other academic leaders, and topics will range from exploring issues of equity and bias to organizational planning and systems engineering.  

We look forward to seeing you there and learning along with you!
 
 
Applications to the 2018-2019 ELAM and ELATE
Fellowship Years Are Now Open - DEADLINE APPROACHING!
 
A reminder that the online application to the 2018-2019 ELAM Fellowship year is now open, and we are once again asking you to assist us in recruiting a new cohort of outstanding women to apply by sharing this information through your networks, email listservs, and with your colleagues. Information on the application and nomination process is available on our website, and applications are due on January 19, 2018.
 
Please note that application to ELAM's sister program,  ELATE, which is geared towards women in the STEM fields, is also now open. Please share information on this program throughout your networks and to any qualified colleagues. Information on the application and nomination process is available on the  ELATE website, and applications are due on January 19, 2018.
 

 
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Positions

Dean, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont. ELUMs at the university of Vermont are Beth Kirkpatrick and Debra Leonard.
  
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Human Resources, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Case Western are Betsy Allen, Jennifer Bailit, Barbara Cromer, Alison Hall, Susan Nedorost, Cathy Sila, and Georgia Wiesner (SOM).
  
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at the college are Sylvia Smith and Martha Tingen.
  
Chair, Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centers - Amarillo. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at TTUHSC are Jannette Dufour, Betsy Jones, Cynthia Jumper, Rakhshanda Layeequr-Rahman, Patti Patterson, and Kim Peck (SOM); Kathy Horn and Sireesha Reddy (Paul L. Foster SOM).
  
Chair, Department of Psychiatry , Drexel University College of Medicine. ELUMs at Drexel are Jane Clifford, Mary Anne Delaney, Amy Fuchs, Cheryl Hanau, Kim Kahng, Ellie Kelepouris, Diane Magrane, Jane McGowan, Olimpia Meucci, Mary Moran, Donna Murasko, Ana Núñez, Donna Russo, Kathy Ryan, Barbara Schindler, Nancy Spector, and Elisabeth Van Bockstaele (COM); Janet Fleetwood, Marla Gold, Shannon Marquez, and Yvonne Michael (SOPH); Nily Dan, Trish Gallagher, and Michele Marcolongo (COE).
  
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo. ELUMs at the university are Anne Curtis, and Margarita Dubocovich (SOM).
  
Associate Chief Medical Officer of GME/Designated Institution Official, New York-Presbyterian. Submitted by Spencer Stuart.
  
Inaugural Chief, Division of Urology, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Submitted by Witt/Kieffer. ELUMs at the university are Setsuko Chambers, Mindy Fain, Sue Pepin, Kathryn Reed, Taylor Riall, and Anne Wright (COM).  
  
Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, The University of North Carolina/UNC Children's Hospital. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at UNC are Wendy Brewster, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Julie Byerley, Nancy Chescheir, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Joanne Jordan, Melina Kibbe, Suzanne Landis, Kate Menard, Leslie Parise, and Nancy Thomas (SOM); Valerie Murrah (SOD).
  
Chief, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at Duke are Ann Brown, Sharon Hull, Mary Klotman, Catherine Kuhn, Chris Marx, Amy Murtha, Ann Reed, Julie Ann Sosa, Marilyn Telen, and Debara Tucci (SOM).
  
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. ELUMs at UCSF are Claire Brindis, Marcelle Cedars, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Linda Giudice, Jane Koehler, Catherine Lucey, Mary-Ann Shafer, and Jacqueline Tulsky (SOM); Caroline Shiboski (SOD).
  
Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Submitted by the institution. 
 
 
A number of positions were submitted by the search firm Korn/Ferry:

Founding Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham. ELUMs at UAB are Vera Bittner, Jackie Feldman, Mona Fouad, Robin Lorenz, Amie McLain, Sarah Morgan, and Jane Schwebke (SOM); Jean O'Neal (SOD).
  
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Executive Director, Women's Healthcare Service Line, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. An ELUM at the institution is Julie Freischlag.  
 
Chair, Department of Pediatrics & Physician-in-Chief, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. ELUMs at UTHSC Houston are Patricia Butler, Katherine Loveland, Dianna Milewicz, and Margaret Uthman.

Chair, Department of Ophthalmology ,   Nationwide Children's.

Chief, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology , Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. ELUMs at Yale are Ferne Braveman, Anees Chagpar, Gail D'Onofrio, Rosemarie Fisher, Diane Krause, Carolyn Mazure, Ismene Petrakis, Marina Picciotto, Carrie Redlich, and Lynn Tanoue (SOM); Melinda Pettigrew (SOPH).
 
Chief, Section of Pediatric Cardiology , Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. See above for ELUMs at the university.


ELUM News
 
Becker's Hospital Health, December 1, 2017:
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System selected Kathleen Clem, MD (ELAM '03), to serve as executive vice president and chief clinical officer, effective Dec. 1.
 
M Live, December 15, 2017:
Terri Goss Kinzy (ELAM '04), vice president for research at Rutgers University, will take the reins Jan. 8 as vice president for research at Western Michigan University.
 
Lia Suzanne Logio, MD (ELAM '17), has been appointed chair of the Department of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, effective March 1.
 
Yvonne W. Lui, MD (ELAM '17) has been appointed Director of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Radiology at New York University School of Medicine.
 
Michele Marcolongo (ELAM '11) has been elected  as a 2017 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow.
 
Amy Murtha, MD (ELAM '15) has been appointed  as the Chair of Ob-Gyn and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California San Francisco and will begin May 1, 2018.
 
 

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@drexel.edu.


ELUM Articles

Academic Medicine, Published Ahead-of-Print, December 19, 2017:
Hunt Dan MD MBA; Klamen, Debra MD, MHPE; Harden, Ronald M. MD, FRCP(Glas), FRCS(ED), FRCPC; Ali, Farzand MBA
 
AAMC News, December 22, 2017:
An editorial in JAMA by Catherine R. Lucey, MD, explored the question of whether medical education is a public or a private good. Dr. Lucey is vice dean for education at the UCSF School of Medicine and a former member of the AAMC's Board of Directors.
 
Journal of Dental Education, Vol. 82, No. 1, January 2018:
Svetlana Tikhonova, Félix Girard and Margherita Fontana

Articles of Note

Inside Higher Ed, December 14, 2017:
Men are far more likely to ask, study finds
 
Harvard Business Review, December 15, 2017:
How developing a leadership pipeline can help.
 
Inside Higher Ed, December 15, 2017:
Today on the Academic Minute , Jennifer Mueller, associate professor of management at the University of San Diego, explains why many organizations actually reject creativity.
 
Harvard Business Review, December 18, 2017:
First, draw a map.
 
Center for Creative Leadership, Leading Effectively, December 19, 2017:
10 Leadership Resolutions for a Successful 2018
Want others to see you as an awesome leader in the New Year? Embrace these practical resolutions to stay on track with your business and personal goals.
 
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe Today, December 19, 2017:
What's the best way to respond when your dream job in administration quickly turns into a nightmare?
 
Inside Higher Ed, December 19, 2017:
Study finds that men speak twice as often as women do at colloquiums, a difference that can't be explained away by rank, speaker pool composition or women's interest in giving talks.
 
AAMC News, December 20, 2017:
A First: Women Outnumber Men in 2017 Entering Medical School Class
New AAMC data provide an in-depth breakdown of U.S. medical school applicants and enrollees in 2017.

Inside Higher Ed, December 21, 2017:
Most Dutch universities are missing goals for hiring increased share of female faculty members.
 
Fast Company, December 22, 2017:
2017 was a year of extremes in Leadership, with plenty of lows and plenty of highs. We saw racial tensions play out in ugly and violent ways, and we saw many sexual harassment allegations being brought to the forefront of our attention. But even the tumultuous times did not stop you from being committed to learning about making yourselves better-as illustrated by our top Leadership stories of 2017. As we go into the holidays, we hope that you have a festive celebration ahead and that you're looking forward to making 2018 a productive and fulfilling year.
 
Inside Higher Ed, December 22, 2017:
Craig Weidemann and Marie A. Cini provide some strategies and tactics for gaining a seat at the decision-making table.
 
Fast Company, January 1, 2018:
Could eating cake for breakfast and never listening to your voicemail help you get more things done?
 
Inside Higher Ed, January 2, 2018:
Lisa M. Rudgers and Julie A. Peterson predict the challenges that higher education will face in the coming year.

 
Calls for Application, Nomination, Etc.

AAMC News, December 20, 2017:
Vision Commission Seeking New Members
The planning committee for the Continuing Board Certification: Vision for the Future initiative is seeking 21-25 individuals to serve on the Vision for the Future Commission. The commission will bring together multiple stakeholders to assess the current state of continuing board certification and envision its framework for the future. The submission deadline is Jan. 8, 2018.
Deadline Approaching for Some AAMC Award Nominations
The AAMC is accepting nominations for its 2018 awards that recognize individuals and institutions for their outstanding contributions to academic medicine. There are two deadline periods for the multiple awards; the first deadline is Jan. 26, 2018.

ASPPH Friday Letter, December 29, 2017:
2018 ASPPH Annual Meeting - Registration Open
Registration is open for the 2018 ASPPH Annual Meeting, March 7-9 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. Leaders, faculty, staff, and students from all ASPPH-member schools and programs are encouraged to attend.
 
2018 Sex and Gender Health Education Summit
April 8-10, 2018
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, UT
The 2018 Sex and Gender Health Education Summit is a follow-up to the 2015 Sex and Gender Medical Education (SGME) Summit, which brought together medical educators from over 100 medical schools to create a road map for integrating sex and gender based medicine into medical education. The 2018 Sex and Gender Health Education Summit will build upon that momentum and expand multi-disciplinary opportunities by convening health education leaders from 5 major professions - medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and allied health.  The goal will be to support and progress the integration of sex and gender differences into health professionals' education.
For more information and to register, visit sghesummit2018.com/  .
 

The Last Word

Inside Higher Ed, December 20, 2017:
A departmental committee told a professor he had to teach Judith Butler in his class in the name of gender balance. He refused. As for Butler, she doesn't want her work forced on him.