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ELAM and ELH Programs Name 2023-2024 Classes of Fellows

May 26, 2023

The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) program and the Executive Leadership in Health Care (ELH) program at Drexel University College of Medicine are pleased to announce the selection of the 2023-2024 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 ELH program is designed for senior-level women leaders interested in advancing in hospitals and health care systems to positions such as CEO, CMO, CNO and CFO.

The effectiveness of ELAM and ELH’s distinctive approach to leadership preparation is broadly recognized within the academic health community. ELAM and ELH alumnae number more than 1,300 and serve in leadership positions at over 300 academic health centers around the world. ELAM and ELH carry on the legacy of advancing women in medicine begun by the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, the nation’s first degree-granting medical school for women and a predecessor of Drexel University College of Medicine, where ELAM and ELH are hosted.

“To accommodate a very strong pool of applicants, we have accepted 96 fellows into the 2023-24 class of ELAM, and 45 fellows into ELH,” says Nancy D. Spector, MD, executive director of ELAM and ELH. “The program continues to grow, as this is our largest cohort of fellows to date.”

“The women are exceptional leaders who are capable of making critical systemic change in their institutions. The 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.”

In order to be accepted into the program, each fellow must be nominated and supported by the dean, CEO or other senior official of her institution. ELAM and ELH continue 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 fellow’s sponsor. 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 and ELH 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 June with online assignments and community-building activities that continue through the end of the program in April 2024.

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2023-2024 ELAM Fellows

Jennifer Adams, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical Campus

Mary Ahn, MD
UMass Chan Medical School

Maria Alcaide, MD
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Irene Alexandraki, MD, MPH
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

Lee-Ann Allen, PhD
University of Missouri- Columbia School of Medicine

Lisa Barroilhet, MD, MS
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Catherine Bradley, MD, MSCE
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

April Buchanan, MD
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville

Irina Burd, MD, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Andrea Cedfeldt, MD
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine

Lina Chalak, MD-MSCS
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH
Stanford University School of Medicine

Marie Crandall, MD, MPH
University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville

Roxana Dronca, MD
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Jan Eberth, PhD
Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

Nada Fadul, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine

Sara Fazio, MD
Harvard Medical School

Carrie Francis, MD
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Annette Gadegbeku, MD
Drexel University College of Medicine

Tiffany Gary-Webb, PhD, MHS
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health

Inginia Genao, MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Cynthia Gerhardt, PhD
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Marilyn Glassberg Csete, MD
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Melody Goodman, PhD
New York University School of Global Public Health

Felicia Goodrum, PhD
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

Laura Hansen, PhD
Creighton University School of Medicine

Nan Hatch, D.MD, PhD
University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Sarah Hawley, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan Medical School

Leslie Heinberg, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Anna Hemnes, MD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Mary Hoffman, MD, MSPH
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Jennifer Hsu, MD
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Nadia Ismail, MD
Baylor College of Medicine

Michaela Jansen, PharMD, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Natalie Jeong, DMD, MA
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc
Harvard Medical School

Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS
Baylor College of Medicine

Nicole Karjane, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Meg Keeley, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Ann Kellams, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Kristen Kelly, MD
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Candice Klug, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Lyuba Konopasek, MD
The Frank H. Netter, MD, School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Sandhya Kortagere, PhD
Drexel University College of Medicine

Diann Krywko, MD
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Monisha Kumar, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Michelle Lall, MD, MHS
Emory University School of Medicine

Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, MEd
Drexel University College of Medicine

Eleni Linos, DrPH, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine

Amy Locke, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine

Claudia Lora, MD
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine

Jennifer Lucero, MD, MA
University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

Lindsay Mazotti, MD
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA
Weill Cornell Medical College

Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Elizabeth Morris, MD
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Emma Morton-Eggleston, MD, MPH
West Virginia University School of Medicine

Aditee Narayan, MD, MPH
Duke University School of Medicine

Quyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPH
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Linda Niccolai, PhD Sc.M.
Yale University School of Public Health

Tatiana Oberyszyn, PhD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Princess Ogbogu, MD
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Neesh Pannu, MD, SM
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Nuria Pastor-Soler, MD, PhD
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Erika Petersen, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Karin Peterson, PhD
National Institutes of Health

Jennifer Philips, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Julie Phillips, MD, MPH
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Yanina Purim-Shem-Tov, MD, MS, FACEP
Rush Medical College of Rush University

Marizen Ramirez, PhD, MPH
University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Barbara Rehermann, MD
National Institutes of Health

Milagros Rosal, PhD, MS,
UMass Chan Medical School

Hilary Ryder, MD, MS
TCU Burnett School of Medicine

Basmah Safdar, MD, MSc
Yale University School of Medicine

Neomi Shah, MD, MPH, MSc
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Tina Simpson, MD, MPH
Tulane University School of Medicine

Rachel Stanley, MD, MHSA
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Stephanie Staras, MSPH, PhD
University of Florida College of Medicine

Laura Stroud, PhD
Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

Annemarie Stroustrup, MD, MPH
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Rulla Tamimi, ScD
New York -Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Lisa Tannock, MD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Barbara Taylor, MD, MS
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Rebecca Toonkel, MD
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Shelley Tworoger, PhD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.

Corey Ventetuolo, MD, MS
Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

Tisha Wang, MD
University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Alana Welm, PhD
University of Utah School of Medicine

Andrea Wendling, MD
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Sarah Wiehe, MD, MPH
Indiana University School of Medicine

Sandra Wong, MD MS
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Sarah Wood, MD
The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University

Karen Zur, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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2023-2024 ELH Fellows

Kavita Babu, MD
UMass Memorial Health

Arna Banerjee, MD, MMHC, FCCM
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Sarah Barnhard, MD
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Elizabeth Barr, PhD
National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women's Health

Erin Clark, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine

Lanla Conteh, MD, MPH, MBA
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Carrie Cwiak, MD
Emory University School of Medicine

Julia Dahl, MD
University of Michigan Medical School

Sheetal Desai, MD, MSEd
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Lindsey Douglas, MD, MS
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Susan Evans, MD, MBA
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Vera Feuer, MD
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Christine Finn, MD
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Elizabeth Gaughan, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Laura Gelfman, MD, MPH
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Nicole Guinn, MD, MBA
Duke University School of Medicine

Edith Gurewitsch Allen, MD, MBA, MEd
Montefiore Medical Center

Suzanne Haney, MD, MS
Children's Hospital & Medical Center

Heather Herrington, MD
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

Eunice Huang, MD, MS
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Tarina Kang, MD, MHA
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Ruple Laughlin, MD
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Joyce Lee, MD, MPH
University of Michigan Medical School

Michele Lossius, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine

Judette Louis, MD, MPH
University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine

Fauzia Mahr, MD, MBA, MBBS
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Caroline Milne, MD, MBA
University of Utah School of Medicine

Vineeta Mittal, MD, MBA
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Natalie Pageler, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine

Sareh Parangi, MD
Harvard Medical School

Camiron Pfennig, MD, MHPE
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville

Kristin Ray, MD, MS
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Raquel Reinbolt, MD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Julie Samora, MD, PhD, MPH, MPA
Nationwide Children's Hospital

Soma Sengupta, MD, PhD
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Shalini Shah, MD, MBA
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Zarine Shah, MD
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Erin Shaughnessy, MD, MSHCM
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine

Beth Shaz, MD, MBA
Duke University School of Medicine

Diane Sliwka, MD
University of California San Francisco Health

Lucy Spalluto, MD, MPH
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Kristan Staudenmayer, MD, MS
Stanford University School of Medicine

Ndidi Unaka, MD, MEd
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Jamie Wagner, DO, MBA
University of Kansas Medical Center

Jameela Yusuff, MD, MPH, MSHCDL, FACP
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

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