The pandemic has contributed to an unprecedented exodus of women from the medical workforce. Since women make up the majority of health care workers, this shift will have a significant impact on patient care and the advancement of medical research. Join us in the Give Her a Reason to Stay in Healthcare campaign and show how innovative your company or organization is by taking specific actions now to support women in medicine. The campaign was developed by current fellow Julie Silver, MD, and is supported by ELAM and the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA). Order #GiveHerAReasonToStay masks here.

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We created ELAM/ELUM specialty listservs in these areas/interests (five newly added):

ObGyn

Pediatrics

Surgery

Internal Medicine

Psychiatry/Behavioral Health

Well-Being

LGBTQ+

To join a specific listserv or if there is a specialty listserv you would like us to create, please contact bro29@drexel.edu.

Scarlett Bellamy, ScD (ELAM ’22) will be the recipient of the 2021 Lagakos Distinguished Alumni Award from Harvard University.

Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM (ELAM ’08) was awarded the Eric N. Prystowsky, MD Advocate for Patients Award from StopAfib, the leading patient advocacy group for atrial fibrillation. The Award recognizes a healthcare provider who has demonstrated outstanding service to and contributions for the benefit of afib patients and their families.

Catherine Krawczeski, MD (ELAM ’21) was recently named Senior Vice Chair of Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

In the Washington Post, the leaders of the four historically Black medical schools wrote an essay explaining why they were collectively requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all medical students at their institutions. Among the reasons for their decisions: “Black doctors are more likely to work in underserved communities, focus on issues that predominantly affect minority patients and display greater cultural sensitivity when treating patients of color. That last point is particularly vital when it comes to overcoming vaccine hesitancy in minority communities, which stems in part from deeply rooted institutional mistrust”. The authors were Wayne A.I. Frederick, MD, president of Howard University; Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD (ELAM ’04), president of Morehouse School of Medicine; David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD, president of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; and James E.K. Hildreth, PhD, MD, president of Meharry Medical College.

Doris Rubio, PhD (ELAM '09) was awarded a Pitt Seed grant to engage the University of Pittsburgh community to create a culture of inclusive excellence at Pitt to promote the retention of underrepresented faculty.

Erika Saunders, MD (ELAM ’19) and Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD (ELAM ’18) were accepted into the AAMC 2021-2022 Council of Deans Fellowship Program.

Angela Sharkey, MD (ELAM ‘15) will serve as Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical education at Wake Forest School of Medicine effective September 1.

Julie Silver, MD (ELAM ’22) was featured in an August 17 Forbes article, Half The Workforce Is Leaving: Here’s What You Can Do About It.

Jessica L. Dunne, Jennifer L. Maizel, Amanda L. Posgai, Mark A. Atkinson, Linda A. DiMeglio

Cuddy, Monica M. MA; Foster, Lauren M. MS; Wallach, Paul M. MD, MA; Hammoud, Maya M. MD, MBA; Swanson, David B. PhD

Liselotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE; Daniel Satele, BA; Colin P. West, MD, PhD

Leong, Shou Ling MD; Gillespie, Colleen PhD; Jones, Betsy EdD; Fancher, Tonya MD, MPH; Coe, Catherine L. MD; Dodson, Lisa MD; Hunsaker, Matthew MD; Thompson, Britta PhD; Dempsey, Angela MD, MPH; Pallay, Robert MD; Crump, William MD; Cangiarella, Joan MD

Raina M. Merchant, MD, MSHP; Carlos Del Rio, MD; L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH

Women -- especially women of color -- and graduate students and postdocs are more likely to think they don’t belong in fields perceived to value genius over training, study says.

Nature published an article on the closing gender gap in research as more women are entering science careers. A recent study showed that women are more likely to pursue research careers today than they were 20 years ago.

A science group’s program helps colleges move beyond the same tired task forces and diversity trainings.

We need such leaders not only because we're in a global pandemic, but also because we continue to face crises that have harmed our academic institutions and people we serve, writes Annmarie Caño.

The organizers behind a Mothers in Science conference say that it’s time academia provide more support to researchers who are pregnant or looking after children.

Elena A. Miranda highlights the actions and behaviors of gatekeepers who hold the power to make or break careers and perpetuate the disenfranchisement of women and people of color.

Medscape covered a 2020 AAMC report, noting that fewer than 1 in 5 women physicians practice in the top five high-paying specialties.

The AAMC is seeking mid- and senior-career academic researchers to serve as mentors for the AAMC Career Development Program for Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) Scholars. The MOSAIC program is an effort of the National Institutes of Health to enhance diversity within the academic biomedical research workforce.

Coach Approach to Professional Development and Wellness, Center for Excellence in Coaching & Mentoring, November 18 - 19, 2021.

Dean and Chief Academic Officer, The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and Carle Health. An ELUM at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is Janet Jokela.

Designated Institutional Official for Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Accredited Programs, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. ELUMs at the NIH are Diana Bianchi, Rena D'Souza, Cindy Dunbar, Karen Frank, Maureen Goodenow, Barbara Graves, Lisa Halvorson, Janice Lee, Holly Lisanby, Julie Segre, Debara Tucci.

Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Kristen Atkins, Karen Ballen, Linda Duska, Maryellen Gusic, Karen Johnston, Mary Faith Marshall, Peggy McNaull, Vicky Norwood, Debra Perina, Sue Pollart, Martha Zeiger (SOM).

Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. ELUMs at UTSMS are Nora Gimpel, Robin Jarrett, Shawna Nesbitt, Helen Yin.

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Florida College of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Jen Bizon, Martha Brown, Brenda Fahy, Susan Frost, Colleen Koch, Carol Mathews, Maureen Novak, Betsy Shenkman, Lindsay Thompson, Sonal Tuli, Ellen Zimmermann (COM); Roberta Pileggi (COD); Linda Cottler, Tara Sabo-Attwood (COPH).

Designated Institutional Official, New York Medical College. An ELUM at NYMC is Barbara Greenberg (CODM).

Director, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university Juli Barr, Constance Chu, Iris Gibbs, Sabine Girod, Cheryl Gore-Felton, Odette Harris, Mary Hawn, Kim Hazard, Paula Hillard, Megan Mahoney, Carla Pugh, Marlene Rabinovitch, Hannah Valantine, Sherry Wren (SOM).

Chief, Basic Immunology Branch, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. See above for ELUMs at the NIH.

Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Mary Beckerle, Wendy Chapman, Catherine deVries, Kathleen Digre, Angie Fagerlin, Evelyn Gopez, Rachel Hess, Wendy Hobson-Rohrer, Harriet Hopf, Vicki Judd, Sara Lamb, Nancy Murphy, Mary Murray, Neli Ulrich, Monica Vetter (SOM).

Chief, Division of Neonatology, Project Newborn Distinguished Chair in Neonatology/Medical Director, Newborn Services, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Health System. ELUMs at the university are Lilian Abbo, Annie Burdick, Diana Cardenas, Latha Chandran, Sylvia Daunert, Norma Kenyon, Judy Schaechter, Judith Simms-Cendan, Joan St. Onge, Omaida Velazquez (SOM).

Section Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunologic Diseases, Wake Forest Baptist Health. ELUMs at Wake Forest are Martha Alexander-Miller, Lynn Anthony, Sonia Crandall, Debra Diz, Cynthia Emory, Kristie Foley, Julie Freischlag, Sara Jones, Amy McMichael, Katherine Poehling, Angela Sharkey, Sally Shumaker, Lynne Wagenknecht.

Director, Division of Hematology and Oncology, School of Medicine/Associate Director for Clinical Programs, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham. ELUMs at UAB are Vera Bittner, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Jackie Feldman, Mona Fouad, Nita Limdi, Amie McLain, Sarah Morgan, Jane Schwebke (SOM); Jean O'Neal, Michelle Robinson (SOD).

Chief Medical Officer, Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, MA.

Chair of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Jennifer Bizon, Martha Brown, Brenda Fahy, Susan Frost, Maria Kelly, Colleen Koch, Carol Mathews, Leigh Neumayer, Maureen Novak, Roberta Pileggi, Elizabeth Shenkman, Lindsay Thompson, Sonal Tuli, Ellen Zimmermann (SOM); Linda Cottler and Tara Sabo-Attwood (COPH).

Chair/Chief Department of Family Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Care New England (CNE) Health System. ELUMs at the university are

Angie Caliendo, Kimberle Chapin-Robertson, Phyllis Dennery, Alyson McGregor, Audrey Tyrka.

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

Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL.

Chair, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. ELUMs at Mount Sinai are Margaret Baron, Nina Bickell, Stephanie Blank, Joanna Chikwe, Angela Diaz, Lisa Edelmann, Amy Kelley, Madhu Mazumdar, Sarah Millar, Maria Padilla, Lynne Richardson, Barbara Vickrey, Karen Zier.

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock. ELUMs at Dartmouth are Ilana Cass, Jocelyn Chertoff, Sonia Chimienti, Joanne Conroy, Leslie Fall, Barbara Jobst.

Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Mary Dankoski, Linda DiMeglio, Gayle Gordillo, Flora Hammond, Cherri Hobgood, Abby Klemsz, Kathy Miller, Aina Puce, Lexy Torke, Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds (SOM); Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch, Melanie Peterson (SOD).

Chancellor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center. ELUMs at UTHSC are Penny Asbell and Owen Phillips.

Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs, University of Vermont Health Network. ELUMs at the university are Elizabeth Bonney, Beth Kirkpatrick, Debra Leonard.

Chief Clinical Officer, Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc.

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

Vice Chair of Research, Anesthesiology, Roy J. and Lucille B Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. ELUMs at the university are Lois Geist, Isabella Grumbach, Donna Hammond, Loreen Herwaldt, Sue O'Dorisio, Susan Schultz, Debra Schwinn, Patricia Winokur, Catherine Woodman, and Cynthia Wong (COM); Betsy Chrischilles and Corinne Peek-Asa (COPH).

Program Director – Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mohawk Valley Health System-Utica, NY.

Program Director of Psychiatry, Mohawk Valley Health System-Utica, NY.

Chief, Division of Multispecialty Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Roy J. and Lucille B Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Director, Supportive and Palliative Care Program, University of Iowa. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Family Medicine Residency Program Director, Aspirus Health Care, Wausau, Wisconsin.

Director, Pediatric Maltreatment Program, Section Director Child Abuse Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. ELUMs at the university are Shari Barkin, Colleen Brophy, Meg Chren, Ellen Clayton, Cheryl Coffin, Cathy Eng, Maureen Gannon, Tina Hartert, Katherine Hartmann, Alyssa Hasty, Mary Hooks, Julie Lewis, Beth Malow, Ann Richmond, Virginia Shepherd, Kyla Terhune, Consuelo Wilkins, Mary Zutter.

Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director, UnityPoint Health - Des Moines.

Director of Women’s Imaging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. An ELUM at TTUHSC El Paso is Sireesha Reddy.

Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Lilian Abbo, Annie Burdick, Diana Cardenas, Latha Chandran, Sylvia Daunert, Norma Kenyon, Judy Schaechter, Judith Simms-Cendan, Joan St. Onge, Omaida Velazquez.

Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics, The University of Colorado School of Medicine. ELUMs at the university are Marsha Anderson, Leslie Appiah, Kathleen Barnes, Laura Borgelt, Suzanne Brandenburg, Brenda Bucklin, Evalina Burger, Nichole Carlson, Colleen Conry, Robin Deterding, Neill Epperson, Heide Ford, Laurie Gaspar, Melissa Haendel, Janine Higgins, Joanne Hilden, Liz Kovacs, Jean Kutner, Anne Libby, Kristen Nadeau, Chris Nyquist, Judy Regensteiner, Jane Reusch, Angie Ribera, Carol Rumack, Nanette Santoro, Ann Thor, Maggie Wierman, Shanta Zimmer (SOM); Denise Kassebaum (SODM).

Chief Medical Officer, Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital, University of California San Francisco. ELUMs at UCSF 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 and Caroline Shiboski (SOD).

Senior Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT.

Senior Medical Director, Imaging Services, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt lake City, UT.

Chair, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ELUMs at UPenn are Stephanie Abbuhl, Denise Adams, Allison Ballantine, Susan Brozena, Elizabeth Drum, Angie Ellison, Sydney Evans, Susan Furth, Carmen Guerra, Holly Hedrick, Eve Higginbotham, Ellie Kelepouris, Judith McKenzie, Raina Merchant, Kathleen Montone, Kim Olthoff, Marilyn Ritchie, Marilyn Schapira, Gail Slap, Sarah Tishkoff, and Kim Smith-Whitley (SOM); Anh Le and Esra Sahingur (SODM).

Director, Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. ELUMs at UAB are Vera Bittner, Cynthia Brown, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, Jackie Feldman, Mona Fouad, Nita Limdi, Amie McLain, Sarah Morgan, and Jane Schwebke (SOM); Jean O'Neal and Michele Robinson (SOD).

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. ELUMs at the university are Shuk-mei Ho, Jill Mhyre, Gloria Richard-Davis, Jessica Snowden, and Sara Tariq (SOM), Wendy Nembhard, (COPH).

Associate Director, Basic Research, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. ELUMs at Augusta are Annette Johnson, Sylvia Smith, and Martha Tingen (MCG); Carole Hanes, Carol Lefebvre (DCG).

Section Chief, Medical Oncology/Deputy Cancer Center Director, Norris Cotton Cancer, Center Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. See above for ELUMs at Dartmouth.

Medical Director, USC Brain Tumor Center/Division Chief, Neuro-Oncology, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center/Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California. ELUMs at USC are Zea Borok, Rima Jubran, Michele Kipke, and Jehni Robinson (SOM). 

Chair, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. ELUMs at Dartmouth are Ilana Cass, Jocelyn Chertoff, Joanne Conroy, Leslie Fall, and Barbara Jobst (SOM).

Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Penn State College of Medicine. ELUMs at Penn State are April Armstrong, Xuemei Huang, Sarah Iriana, Shou-Ling Leong, Barbara Miller, Eileen Moser, Ann Ouyang, Leslie Parent, Susan Promes, Erika Saunders, Nan Schwann, and Britta Thompson (COM); Sharon Griswold and Elisabeth Kunkel (Milton S. Hershey); Kathryn Schmitz (Cancer Institute).

Chair, Department of Family Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem.

Deputy Executive Director for Patient-Centered Research Programs, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Washington, DC.

Program Director, Cancer Immunology, Inflammation & Tolerance, Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. See above for ELUMs at the university.

Deputy Director of Clinical Services, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. ELUMs at UPenn are Stephanie Abbuhl, Denise Adams, Allison Ballantine, Susan Brozena, Elizabeth Drum, Angie Ellison, Sydney Evans, Susan Furth, Carmen Guerra, Holly Hedrick, Eve Higginbotham, Ellie Kelepouris, Judith McKenzie, Raina Merchant, Kathleen Montone, Kim Olthoff, Marilyn Ritchie, Marilyn Schapira, Gail Slap,Kim Smith-Whitley and Sarah Tishkoff (SOM) ; Anh Le and Esra Sahingur (SODM).

Program Director for Assessment and Evaluation, Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Program Director, Teaching and Learning, Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UT Health San Antonio. ELUMs at UT Health 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, Comprehensive Breast Program, University of Rochester Wilmot Cancer Institute. ELUMs at the University of Rochester 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.

Director, Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health San Antonio. ELUMs at UTHSC San Antonio are Robin Brey, Sandra Burge, Chiquita Collins, Deb Conway, Carlayne Jackson, Ambika Mathur, Jan Patterson, Jennifer Potter, Paula Shireman, Gail Tomlinson, Janet Williams (SOM); Adriana Segura (SOD).

Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at the institution.

Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University. ELUMs at VCU are Cheryl Al-Mateen, PJ Coney, Paula Ferrada, 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.

Vice Chair, Educational Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University. See above for ELUMs at VCU.

Division Chair, Geriatric Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University. See above for ELUMs at VCU.

Director, Cardiac Imaging, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at UTHSA.

Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. ELUMs at USC are Rima Jubran, Michele Kipke, Jehni Robinson and Luanne Thorndyke.

Designated Institutional Officer, Adena Health System, Chillicothe, OH.

Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. See above for ELUMs at Keck.

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

Chief, Surgical Oncology, UT Health San Antonio. See above for ELUMs at UTHSA.

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, University of North Carolina Health. ELUMs at UNC are Wendy Brewster, Jan Busby-Whitehead, Nancy Chescheir, Alice Chuang, Cristin Colford, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Stephanie Davis, Andrea Hayes-Jordan, Melina Kibbe, Suzanne Landis, Kenya McNeal-Trice, Kate Menard, Genevieve Neal-Perry, Leslie Parise, Nancy Thomas (SOM); Julie Byerley, Valerie Murrah (SOD).

Director, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of California, Irvine. See above for ELUMs at UC Irvine.

Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. ELUMs at the university are Mei Ho, Gloria Richard-Davis, Jessica Snowden, Sara Tariq (COM); Wendy Nembhard (COPH).

Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. ELUMs at USC are Rima Jubran, Michele Kipke, Jehni Robinson, and Luanne Thorndyke.

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