National Leadership Program Names New Class of Fellows

April 17, 2013

The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine is pleased to announce the selection of its 2013-2014 class of fellows.

This is the 19th incoming class for ELAM®, the only program in North America dedicated to preparing women for senior leadership roles in academic health science institutions, where they enhance institutional leadership diversity while contributing to organizational strategy and innovation.

Upon completion of the one-year fellowship in May 2014, the 54 members of this class will join a community of highly accomplished leaders. Over 800 alumnae around the world serve in a variety of leadership positions including department chairs, research center directors, deans and college presidents as well as chief executives in health care and accrediting organizations.

"The alumnae are key to the success of ELAM's mission," said Diane Magrane, MD, director of Drexel's International Center for Executive Leadership in Academics, which supports the program. "I am pleased to hear how, in many of our medical, dental and public health schools, the alumnae are not only in strong leadership positions, but also are collaborating to prepare and support their school's fellow as she enters this intensive year of on-the-job study. In this way, the school makes the most of the investment in its faculty members' ELAM participation."

Each fellow is supported by the dean or other senior official of her institution in her nomination for the program and continued mentorship. One aspect of this relationship is the curricular requirement to conduct an Institutional Action Project, developed in collaboration with the senior leadership. These action projects are designed to address a strategic institutional priority. Magrane explains, "The fellows' projects 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, positive 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 May 2014. Fellows begin the first of three week-long, in-residence sessions when they meet for the first time at the ACE Conference Center in Lafayette Hill, Pa., on September 28, 2013.

2013-2014 ELAM Fellows

Marsha S. Anderson, MD University of Colorado School of Medicine	Gladys Maria Ayala, MD, MPH New York Medical College
Lynne Taylor Bemis, PhD University of Minnesota Medical School	Lori A. Boardman, MD, ScM University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD Baylor College of Medicine	Diane Wolf Braza, MD Medical College of Wisconsin
Yvette Calderon, MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University	Ruth C. Carlos, MD University of Michigan Medical School
Mercedes Renee Carnethon, PhD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Millicent King Channell, DO University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine
Linda Chaudron, MD University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	Susan Chubinskaya, PhD Rush Medical College of Rush University
Lorraine M. Conroy, ScD University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health	Cynthia Elizabeth Dunbar, MD National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Francesca Colecraft Dwamena, MD Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	Helen Link Egger, MD Duke University School of Medicine
Dee E. Fenner, MD University of Michigan Medical School	Digna Saunders Forbes, MD Meharry Medical College School of Medicine
Jeanne-Marie Guise, MD, MPH Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine	Barbara L. Hempstead, MD, PhD Weill Cornell Medical College
Cherri D. Hobgood, MD Indiana University School of Medicine	Debra E. Houry, MD, MPH Emory University School of Medicine
Denise Marie Hynes, PhD, MPH, RN University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine	Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH Harvard Medical School
Beth Diane Kirkpatrick, MD University of Vermont College of Medicine	Anh Dao Le, DDS, PhD University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Janice S. Lee, DDS, MD, MS University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry	Sharon S. Lehman, MD Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Lorelei Anne Lingard, PhD University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry	Jennifer Katherine Lodge, PhD Washington University School of Medicine
Ambika Mathur, PhD Wayne State University School of Medicine	Sarah E. Millar, PhD Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Eileen Marie Moser, MD Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine	Leigh Neumayer, MD, MS University of Utah School of Medicine
Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH Temple University School of Medicine	Tassy Parker, PhD, RN University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Elizabeth Kimberli Peck, MD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine	Irina Petrache, MD Indiana University School of Medicine
Ismene L. Petrakis, MD Yale University School of Medicine	Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Jane Frances Reckelhoff, PhD University of Mississippi School of Medicine	Sheila Riggs, DDS, DMSc University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Monica A. Shaw, MD University of Louisville School of Medicine	Elizabeth Ann Shenkman, PhD University of Florida College of Medicine
Melissa Andrea Simon, MD, MPH Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Maureen A. Smith, MD, PhD, MPH University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Anna Spagnoli, MD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine	Tamara L. Thomas, MD Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Martha Smith Tingen, PhD Georgia Regents University Medical College of Georgia	Debra Beth Waldron, MD, MPH The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Leslie Renee Walker-Harding, MD University of Washington School of Medicine	Karen Patricia Williams, PhD Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Yolanda H. Wimberly, MD, MSc Morehouse School of Medicine	Shanta M. Zimmer, MD University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine