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ELAM/ELH Leaders Forum

The Leaders Forum is a unique opportunity for fellows and their institutional leaders to discuss the wide range of organizational change initiatives addressed during the fellowship year.

2019 ELAM Leaders Forum

2025 Leaders Forum

The 2025 Leaders Forum will be held Wednesday, April 30, at the W Hotel, 1439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Programming runs from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

The general agenda includes a leaders breakfast, welcome symposium and keynote speaker, lunch with fellows, Institutional Action Project (IAP) presentations and closing dinner with a keynote speaker.

How to Register for the Leaders Forum

All sponsors should have received an email with the Leaders Forum registration link and information. If you have not received registration information via email, please contact ELAM’s program manager, Clare Reckner (cjr382@drexel.edu), for assistance.

Once sponsors have registered, the ELAM team will follow up with information regarding our hotel room block for discounted hotel accommodations.

Fellow Graduation and ELAM’s 30th Anniversary Celebration

When the Leaders Forum concludes, we welcome sponsors to continue their stay in Philadelphia for the fellows’ graduation, as well as ELAM’s 30th Anniversary celebration.

Fellow Graduation:
Thursday, May 1, 2025
1:30 p.m.
W Hotel

ELAM’s 30th Anniversary Celebration:
Thursday, May 1, 2025
6-10 p.m.
Gala dinner with keynote speaker Katalin Karikó, PhD, awards ceremony and more
Four Seasons Hotel

Friday, May 2, 2025
8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Day of innovative programming
Four Seasons Hotel

If sponsors are interested in staying for the ELAM 30th Anniversary celebration, they will be able to keep their reservations for the duration of their stay.

2024 Leaders Forum

Interested in viewing last year’s program?

Download the Leaders Forum Book

View 2024 Presentations

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ELAM is a core program of the Institute for Women's Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa. The Institute continues the legacy of advancing women in medicine that began in 1850 with the founding of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, the nation's first women's medical school and a predecessor of today's Drexel University College of Medicine.