ELAM Program Announces 2020-2021 Class of Fellows
May 6, 2020
The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program for Women at 91ÖÆƬ³§ is pleased to announce the selection of its 2020-2021 class of fellows.
ELAM® is the only longitudinal program in North America dedicated to preparing women for senior leadership roles in schools of medicine, dentistry, public health and pharmacy. The prestigious program is dedicated to developing the professional and personal skills required to lead and manage in today's complex health care environment, with special attention to the unique challenges facing women in leadership positions. The ELAM program has been specially developed for senior women faculty at the associate or full professor level who demonstrate the greatest potential for assuming executive leadership positions at academic health centers within the next five years.
The effectiveness of ELAM's distinctive approach to leadership preparation is broadly recognized within the academic health community. ELAM alumnae number over 1,000 and serve in leadership positions at 263 academic health centers around the world. ELAM carries on the legacy of advancing women in medicine begun by the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, the nation’s first women’s medical school and a predecessor of 91ÖÆƬ³§ where ELAM is hosted.
“We’re excited to welcome 66 fellows into the 2020-2021 class of ELAM,” says Nancy D. Spector, MD, executive director of ELAM. “The women are exceptional leaders who are capable of making critical systemic change in their institutions.ÌýThe need for the highest quality leaders in academic health care has never been greater, and we are doing everything we can to help meet that need by providing outstanding and innovative leadership training for women.” The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on academic medicine and healthcare has become an opportunity for ELAM to provide real time crisis leadership instruction for its fellows. To that end, the program has added additional curriculum within our modules that will help address issues that the fellows and their institutions are currently facing.
In order to be accepted into the program, each fellow must be nominated and supported by the dean or other senior official of her institution. ELAM continues to cultivate strong partnerships with participating institutions throughout the year-long fellowship. One aspect of this relationship is the curricular requirement to conduct an Institutional Action Project, developed in collaboration with the fellows’ dean or other senior official. These action projects are designed to address an institutional or departmental need or priority. “We are extremely excited to see the impact these women will have on their institutions as they work through the ELAM curriculum and develop their action projects,” explains Spector. “The projects the fellows conduct not only help them understand the challenges facing academic health centers and the skills a leader must possess to address these challenges, but also often result in concrete changes at their institutions.”
The work for this incoming class begins in May with online assignments and community building activities that continue through the end of the program in April 2021. Fellows begin the first of three week-long sessions on September 12, 2020.
2020-2021 ELAM Fellows
Hoda Badr, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Allison Ballantine, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Patricia Birk, MDÌý
University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine
Jennifer Bizon, PhDÌý
University of Florida College of Medicine
Elizabeth Bonney, MD, MPH
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Jada Bussey-Jones, MDÌý
Emory University School of Medicine
Michelle Caird, MD
University of Michigan Medical School
Alice Chuang, MD, MEd
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Gretchen Diemer, MD
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University
Cynthia Downard, MD, MMSc
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Rebecca Dutch, PhDÌý
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lotte Dyrbye, MD, MHPE
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Susanna Evans, MD, FAAFPÌý
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AngelaÌý Fagerlin, PhDÌý
University of Utah School of Medicine
Colleen Fogarty, MD, MScÌý
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Kristie Foley, PhD, MSÌý
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Beth Fox, MD, MPHÌý
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
Samara Ginzburg, MD
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
SharonÌý Giordano, MD, MPH
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Riki Gottlieb, DMDÌý
University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry
Melissa Haendel, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Irene Hamrick, MDÌý
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Florette Hazard, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Caridad Hernandez, MD
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Janine Higgins, PhDÌý
University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical Campus
Sarah Iriana, MDÌý
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Denise Jamieson, MD, MPHÌý
Emory University School of Medicine
Arundhathi Jeyabalan, MDÌý
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Rima Jubran, MD, MPH, MACM
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Helen Kales, MD
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
Amy Kelley, MD, MSHS
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Catherine Krawczeski, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Sarah Lamb, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine
Clara Lee, MD, MPPÌý
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Jo Anna Leuck, MDÌýÌý
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
Judith Lichtman, PhD, MPHÌý
Yale University School of Public Health
Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Raina Merchant, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Jill Mhyre, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Elaine Morrato, DrPH, MPHÌý
Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health
Steffi Oesterreich, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Emily Oken, MD, MPHÌý
Harvard Medical School
Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFPÌý
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Donna Parker, MDÌý
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Page Pennell, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Julie Pilitsis, MD, PhD
Albany Medical College
Uma Reddy, MD, MPH
Yale University School of Medicine
Nasia Safdar, MD, PhDÌý
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Sinem Sahingur, DDS, MS, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Celia Schiffer, PhDÌý
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Julia Segre, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Nancy Sicotte, MD
University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Aimee Smidt, MDÌý
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Abby Spencer, MD, MS
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Randi Streisand, PhD
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Kimberly Templeton, MD
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Stephanie Terezakis, MDÌý
University of Minnesota Medical School
Julie Thacker, MDÌý
Duke University School of Medicine
Britta Thompson, PhD, MS
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, MPH, MS
Indiana University School of Medicine
Barbara Van de Wiele, MD
University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Amy Waer, MDÌý
Texas A&M University College of Medicine
Teresa Waters, PhDÌý
University of Kentucky College of Public Health
Carrie Wieneke, MDÌý
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Bessie Young, MD, MPHÌý
University of Washington School of Medicine
Wei Zhou, MD
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson