While the representation of women in academia is growing, women faculty early in their careers face unique barriers to success. Inadequate mentorship, discrimination, and imbalanced work-life responsibilities contribute to career dissatisfaction, burnout, and ultimately under-representation of women in senior faculty and leadership roles.

Inspired to address these challenges after attending the 2018 AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Development Workshop, Drs. Wari Allison (University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth) and Emily Vail (University of Pennsylvania) launched the Resources, Advice, Insight, Support and Education (RAISE) Extension for Community Health Outcomes (ECHO) program, which virtually connects early-career women faculty with academic leaders and career development experts.

ELAM understands the importance of mentoring early-career women faculty. Nancy Spector (ELAM ’10 and ELAM Executive Director) participated as a faculty panelist for the May 18, 2022 session, and now they’re looking for more ELUMs to get involved! There are a number of ways that ELUMs can participate in this important program:

•     Volunteering to participate in an upcoming session as a didactic speaker or panelist

•     Sharing program and registration information from colleagues and mentees who may be interested in joining our community

•     Volunteering to serve as a member of our developing advisory board

•     Sharing opportunities for RAISE ECHO to secure extramural funding to support expanded programming and community building

More information about the program is available at:

Please feel free to contact Dr. Wari Allison (waridibo.allison@unthsc.edu) or Dr. Emily Vail (Emily.vail@pennmedicine.upenn.edu) for more information about the program and how you can become involved.

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Liselotte "Lotte" Dyrbye, MD (ELAM ’21), senior associate dean of faculty and chief well-being officer for the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and Colin West, MD, PhD, a professor of biostatistics, medical education, and medicine at Mayo Clinic, co-wrote a study in JAMA Network Open titled “Physicians’ Experiences With Mistreatment and Discrimination by Patients, Families, and Visitors and Association With Burnout.”

Dana Farabaugh, MD (ELAM ’23) received the 2022 Angelo Pinto Basic Science Educator Award from Drexel University.

Heide Ford, PhD (ELAM ’22), has been named chair of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, effective June 15. Dr. Ford is professor of pharmacology at the medical school.

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the Vilcek Foundation have announced that Mona Fouad, MD, MPH (ELAM ’07), has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare. Dr. Fouad was selected for her leadership in health disparities research and for her career-long commitment to equity in health care. The award will be presented during Learn Serve Lead 2022: The AAMC Annual Meeting in November.

Maureen Gannon, PhD (ELAM ’19), is the recipient of the 2022 Lois Jovanovic Transformative Woman in Diabetes Award from the American Diabetes Association.

Children’s National Hospital named Monika Goyal, M.D., MSCE (ELAM ’23) as the first endowed chair of Women in Science and Health (WISH) for her outstanding contributions in biomedical research.

Daniela Ladner, MD, MPH (ELAM ’23) was named the Vice-Chair of Research & Innovation in the Department of Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.

Angela M. Mills, MD (ELAM ’19) was elected as 2022-2023 president of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Sang E. Park DDS, MMSc, Dahee Chung BS, William V. Giannobile DDS, MS, DMSc

Hanson, Joshua T.; Busche, Kevin; Elks, Martha L.; Jackson-Williams, Loretta E.; Liotta, Robert A.; Miller, Chad; Morris, Cindy A.; Thiessen, Barton; Yuan, Kun

If interested, please go to the abstract submission portal for more details.

The Center for Women in Academic Medicine and Science (CWAMS) is now accepting applications for its Faculty Advisory Network, which offers ongoing and individually tailored support, services, and expertise for established women faculty who aim to join the ranks of leadership. Participating faculty will be matched with a CWAMS Senior Advisor, who will directly provide confidential guidance and/or connect you to needed resources, including sponsors.

Applications will be accepted through June 15. Read more about eligibility criteria and apply here: https://cwams.org/faculty-network-application/

Senior Associate Dean for Research, University of Missouri School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Kristin Hahn-Cover, Elizabeth Parks, Kimberly Hoffman, Richelle Koopman, Laine Young-Walker (SOM).

Chair of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Giulia Bonaminio, Amy O'Brien-Ladner, Pam Shaw, Kim Templeton, Belinda Vail, Carrie Wieneke (SOM).

Chair of Neurology, NYU Long Island School of Medicine. An ELUM at the institution is Gladys Ayala.

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Cheryl Al-Mateen, PJ Coney, Karen Hendricks-Múñoz, Betty Anne Johnson, Susan Kornstein, Joyce Lloyd, Andrea Pozez, Betsy Ripley, Karen Sanders, Sally Santen, Bela Sood, Shumei Sun, Michelle Whitehurst-Cook (SOM).

Endowed Chair of Bioethics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Martha Alexander-Miller, Lynn Anthony, Sonia Crandall, Suzanne Danhauer, Debra Diz, Cynthia Emory, Kristie Foley, Julie Freischlag, Sara Jones, Amy McMichael, Katherine Poehling, Angela Sharkey, Sally Shumaker, Lynne Wagenknecht (SOM). 

Health Services Research Center Director and Associate Director for Cancer Health Policy and Care Delivery, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Elizabeth Bonney, Beth Kirkpatrick, Debra Leonard (COM).

Head, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. ELUMs at MD Anderson are Karen Basen-Engquist, Diane Bodurka, Sharon Dent, Sharon Giordano, Val Lewis, Gigi Lozano, Karen Lu, Lavinia Middleton, Elizabeth Rebello, Louise Strong, Liz Travis, Liz Wagar, Wei Yang.

Clinical Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. ELUMs at the NIH are Diana Bianchi, Rena D'Souza, Cindy Dunbar, Karen Frank, Maureen Goodenow, Janice Lee, Holly Lisanby, Sung-Yun Pai, Julie Segre, Irini Sereti, Debara Tucci.

Director, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. ELUMs at the university are Beth Burnside, Molly Carnes, Beth Drolet, Valerie Gilchrist, Ellen Hartenbach, Amy Kind, Pat Kokotailo, Elizabeth Petty, Nasia Safdar, Lynn Schnapp, Christie Seibert, Maureen Smith, Susan Thibeault, Betsy Trowbridge, Terri Young (SOMPH).

Section Head Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic. ELUMs at the Cleveland Clinic are Ruth Keri, Karen Murray.

A number of positions were submitted by the search firm AMN Healthcare/Merritt Hawkins:

Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Takesha Cooper, Deborah Deas (SOM). 

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, University of Nebraska Medical Center. ELUMs at the university are Aviva Abosch, Ann Anderson Berry, Vimla Band, Shilpa Buch, Pam Carmines, Shirley Delair, Sheila Ellis, Jennifer Larsen, Merry Lindsey, Deb Romberger, Kari Simonsen, Shelley Smith (COM); Yun Saksena (COD).

Endowed Chair in Healthy Aging and Geriatrics/Division Chief Geriatric Medicine, Hospice, and Palliative Care, University of California, Davis School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Amy Brooks-Kayal, Colleen Clancy, Diana Farmer, Ellen Gold, Lydia Howell, Jesse Joad, Helen Kales, Karen Kelly, Nancy Lane, Susan Murin, Tina Palmieri, Ruth Shim, Sandhya Venugopal, Amparo Villablanca, Rachel Whitmer (SOM).

Chair of Psychiatry, Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Program Director of Endodontics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry. An ELUM at UTHSC is Owen Phillips.

Medical Director of Outpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Henry Ford Health System.

Graduate Medical Education Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion/Associate Designated Institutional Official, Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Nita Ahuja, Ferne Braveman, Nancy Brown, Anees Chagpar, Cindy Crusto, Gail D'Onofrio, Rosemarie Fisher, Barbara Kazmierczak, Diane Krause, Carolyn Mazure, Ismene Petrakis, Marina Picciotto, Carrie Redlich, Lynn Tanoue (SOM); Melinda Irwin, Judy Lichtman, Melinda Pettigrew (SOPH).

Division Director Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center. ELUMs at the institution are Adrienne Bonham, Yuhchyau Chen, Mary Dombovy, Colleen Fogarty, Diane Hartmann, Jennifer Harvey, Susan Hyman, Antonia Kolokythas, Paige Lawrence, Vivian Lewis, Susan McDaniel, Annie Medina-Walpole, Karen Mustian, Janet Williams, Karen Wilson (SOMD).

Section Chief, Community Oncology, Oregon Health Science University Knight Cancer Institute. ELUMs at OHSU are Sharon Anderson, Amanda Clark, Renee Edwards, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Donna Hansel, Leslie Kahl (SOM); Phyllis Beemsterboer, Pam Hughes (SOD). 

Chief, General Internal Medicine Division, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Lillian Abbo, Anne Burdick, Diana Cardenas, Latha Chandran, Sylvia Daunert, Norma Kenyon, Judith Simms-Cendan, Joan St. Onge, Omaida Velazquez (SOM).

Inaugural Director, Marcus Institute for Integrative Health, Florida Atlantic University. An ELUM at the university is Julie Pilitsis.

Division Chief of Clinical Pathology, University Hospitals Health System/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. ELUMs at Case Western are Betsy Allen, Jennifer Bailit, Barbara Cromer, Alison Hall, Eleanor Harris, Lia Logio, Susan Nedorost, Cathy Sila, Georgia Wiesner (SOM); Kristi Victoroff (SOD). 

Chief of Pediatric Radiology, University of California, San Francisco. ELUMs at the institution are Claire Brindis, Marcelle Cedars, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Linda Giudice, Jane Koehler, Catherine Lucey, Amy Murtha, Mary-Ann Shafer, Julie Ann Sosa, Louise Walter (SOM); Yvonne Kapila, Caroline Shiboski (SOD). 

Director, Contact Dermatitis Program, Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science University. ELUMs at the institution are Sharon Anderson, Amanda Clark, Renee Edwards, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Donna Hansel, Leslie Kahl (SOM); Phyllis Beemsterboer, Pam Hughes (SOD).

Section Head for Fetal Diagnosis & Therapy, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mayo Clinic. ELUMs at the institution are Rebecca Bahn, Lotte Dyrbye, Deborah Lightner, Dawn Milliner, Veronique Roger, Teri Rummans, Paula Schomberg, Patty Simmons, Amy Williams (SOM).

Pediatric Endocrinology Division Director/Distinguished Endowed Chair, University of Rochester Medical Center. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Division Chief of Medical Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. ELUMs at the university are Nancy Adams, Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou, Mary Casey Jacob, Anne Kenny, Susan Reisine, Sandra Weller.

Division Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Rochester Medical Center. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Medical Director, General Internal Medicine Residency Clinic, Houston Methodist.

Ambulatory Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Houston Methodist.

Division Director, Gastroenterology, Jefferson Health. ELUMs at Thomas Jefferson University are Gretchen Diemer, Meg Frizzola, Sharon Lehman, Carol Lippa, Ana Maria Lopez, Sue Menko, Edith Mitchell, Karen Novielli, Vijay Rao, Susan Rosenthal.

Division Chair of Adult Ambulatory Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University. ELUMs at VCU are Cheryl Al-Mateen, PJ Coney, Karen Hendricks-Múñoz, Betty Anne Johnson, Susan Kornstein, Joyce Lloyd, Andrea Pozez, Betsy Ripley, Karen Sanders, Sally Santen, Bela Sood, Shumei Sun (SOM).

Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. ELUMs at the institution are Jen Boardman, Julie Byerley, Shubhra Shetty, Janet Townsend.

Executive Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Boston Medical Center.

Dean, School of Podiatric Medicine, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine. ELUMs at the institution are Ruth Benca, Daniela Bota, Coleen Cunningham, Deena McRae (SOM).

Chief, General Internal Medicine, University of Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biosciences. ELUMs at the institution are Sarah Berga, Allison Brashear, Anne Curtis, Margarita Dubocovich (SOM).

Section Head, Neuromuscular Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center. ELUMs at the institution are Nora Gimpel, Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, Helen Yin. 

Vice Chair, Community Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College. ELUMs at the institution are Jenny Chang, Barbara Hempstead, Yoon Kang, Rainu Kaushal, Susan Pannullo, Sallie Permar, Monika Safford, Rache Simmons (Medical College); Thurayya Arayssi (Medical College in Qatar).

Vice Chair of Research, Molecular Pathogenesis, Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College. See above for ELUMs at the institution.

Vice Chair of Research, Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center. ELUMs at the institution are Adrienne Bonham, Yuhchyau Chen, Mary Dombovy, Colleen Fogarty, Diane Hartmann, Jennifer Harvey, Susan Hyman, Antonia Kolokythas, Paige Lawrence, Vivian Lewis, Susan McDaniel, Annie Medina-Walpole, Karen Mustian, Janet Williams, Karen Wilson (SOM & D).

Director, Surgical Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College. ELUMs with Weill Cornell and Texas A&M (affiliated with Houston Methodist) are: Thurayya Arayssi, Jenny Chang, Kate Heilpern, Barbara Hempstead, Yoon Kang, Rainu Kaushal, Susan Pannullo, Sallie Permar, Monika Safford, Rache Simmons, Judy Tung (Weill Cornell); Amy Waer (Texas A&M).

Director, Clinical Pathology, Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College. See above for ELUMs at the institution.

Chair, Department of Medicine, Guthrie Clinic, affiliated with the Mayo Clinic, Sayre, PA. See above for ELUMs at the Mayo Clinic. 

Director, Cardiac Imaging, UT Health San Antonio. ELUMs at UTHSA are Robin Brey, Sandra Burge, Chiquita Collins, Deb Conway, Carlayne Jackson, Jan Patterson, Jennifer Potter, Paula Shireman, Gail Tomlinson, Janet Williams (SOM); Adriana Segura (SOD).

Director, Advanced Heart Failure Program, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at UTHSA.

Division Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at UTHSA.

Division Chief, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Houston Methodist. ELUMs with Weill Cornell and Texas A&M (affiliated with Houston Methodist) are: Thurayya Arayssi, Jenny Chang, Kate Heilpern, Barbara Hempstead, Yoon Kang, Rainu Kaushal, Susan Pannullo, Sallie Permar, Monika Safford, Rache Simmons, Judy Tung (Weill Cornell); Amy Waer (Texas A&M).

Head, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation, Houston Methodist. See above for ELUMs affiliated with Houston Methodist.

Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs, Clerkships, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine.

Endowed Stanley Cooper Endowed Professorship in Oncology Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. ELUMs at the university are Mei Ho, Gloria Richard-Davis, Jessica Snowden, Sara Tariq (COM); Wendy Nembhard (COPH). 

Senior Vice President, Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute, Lehigh Valley Health Network.

Director and Chief Executive Officer, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center. ELUMs at the institution are Loretta Cordova de Ortega, Melvina McCabe, Martha McGrew, Leslie Morrison, Tassy Parker, Karlett Parra, Valerie Romero-Leggott, Anne Simpson, Aimee Smidt, Carolyn Voss, Bronwyn Wilson (SOM); Tracie Collins (COPH).

Physician-in-Chief, Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute, Lehigh Valley Health Network.

Medical Director of Lung Transplantation Program, The University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division. ELUMs at the institution are Yolanda Becker, Deborah Burnet, Jessica Kandel, Karen Kaul, Karen Kim, Stacie Levine, Funmi Olopade.

Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Lilian Abbo, Annie Burdick, Diana Cardenas, Latha Chandran, Sylvia Daunert, Norma Kenyon, Judith Simms-Cendan, Joan St. Onge, Omaida Velazquez (SOM). 

Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Penn State College of Medicine. ELUMs at Penn State are April Armstrong, Sharon Griswold, Xuemei Huang, Sarah Iriana, Elisabeth Kunkel, Shou-Ling Leong, Barbara Miller, Eileen Moser, Ann Ouyang, Leslie Parent, Susan Promes, Erika Saunders, Kathryn Schmitz, Nan Schwann, Britta Thompson.

Chief Physician Executive/Chief Clinical Officer, Jackson Health System.

Vice President for Medical Affairs/Dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa. ELUMs at the university are Lois Geist, Isabella Grumbach, Donna Hammond, Loreen Herwaldt, Sue O'Dorisio, Heather Schacht Reisinger, Susan Schultz, Patricia Winokur, Cynthia Wong, Catherine Woodman (COM); Betsy Chrischilles (COPH); Erica Teixeira (COD).

President, Physician Enterprise & Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. ELUMs at MCW are Diane Braza, Laura Cassidy, Pat Donohoue, Libby Ellinas, Judy Kersten, Karen Marcdante, Mary Otterson, Julie Panepinto, Ann Rosenthal, Daisy Sahoo, Marjorie Wang, Earnestine Willis.

Director, Precision Oncology, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. ELUMs at the institution are Nora Gimpel, Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, Helen Yin.

Division Vice President, Graduate Medical Education, HCA Healthcare, North Texas Division.

Vice President, Chief Quality Officer, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. ELUMs at the institution are April Armstrong, Sharon Griswold, Xuemei Huang, Sarah Iriana, Elisabeth Kunkel, Shou-Ling Leong, Barbara Miller, Eileen Moser, Ann Ouyang, Leslie Parent, Susan Promes, Erika Saunders, Kathryn Schmitz, Nan Schwann, Britta Thompson (COM).

Founding Dean, Joint School of Public Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University and Eastern Virginia Medical School. ELUMs at EVMS are Bonnie Dattel, Christine Matson.

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. See above for ELUMs at the institution.

Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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