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Office of Faculty Faculty Professional Development Day & Awards

Thriving Through Change: Leading With Confidence and Vision

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Health Sciences Building & Zoom
60 N. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Questions? Contact Caitlin Curcio at cak332@drexel.edu.

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Agenda

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Student Life Exhibit Dedication Event

9th Floor Lobby

Includes dedication and permanent home for Dr. June F. Klinghoffer, WMC ’45, statue and office door

*Opens at 9:30 a.m.

Registration

1st Floor Lobby

**Please bring your Dragon Card or another form of ID

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.

Dean's Welcome & Introduction

Room 1W03-05, The Lewis W. and Emilie Foster Klahr Classroom

Charles B. Cairns, MD
Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean and Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs

Nancy D. Spector, MD
Senior Vice Dean for Faculty; Executive Director, ELAM; Professor of Pediatrics

Michele A. Kutzler, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty; Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology

10:15 – 11:00 a.m.

Confident Leadership: Building Community Amid Challenge and Uncertainty in Academic Medicine

Room 1W03-05

Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD
Dean, Chicago Medical School
Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.

Strength Through Community: Navigating Academic Medicine Through Turbulent Times

Room 1W03-05

Annette B. Gadegbeku, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Office of Community Health and Inclusive Excellence

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.

Move to Breakout Rooms

4th Floor

 

11:30 – 12:30 p.m.

Community Circles

Room 1W03-05

 

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

ROOM 2E02

 

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Empowering Leaders: Strategies for Leading for Success

Room 1W03-05

Charles B. Cairns, MD
Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean and Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs

Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH
Dana and David Dornsife Dean, Dornsife School of Public Health

Nathalie S. May, MD, FACP
Medical Director, Drexel Internal Medicine
Chief Quality Officer

Mauricio Reginato, PhD
Chair, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Moderator: Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD
Dean, Chicago Medical School
Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Proactive Leadership in a Vuca Environment

Room 1W03-05

Annette B. Gadegbeku, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Office of Community Health and Inclusive Excellence

Nancy D. Spector, MD
Senior Vice Dean for Faculty; Executive Director, ELAM; Professor of Pediatrics

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.

Break

   

3:45 – 4:45 p.m.

Presentation of Faculty & Professional Staff Awards

Room 1W03-05

Charles B. Cairns, MD
Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Dean and Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs

Nancy D. Spector, MD
Senior Vice Dean for Faculty; Executive Director, ELAM; Professor of Pediatrics

Michele A. Kutzler, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty; Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology

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