We received 92 applications for the 2008-09 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.  The applications came from 62 schools of medicine (including two Canadian schools), 9 schools of dentistry, and 3 schools of public health. 

 

Ten institutions (2 SOM, 5 SOD, 3 SPH) have never before had an ELAM Fellow:

• Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
• Louisiana State University School of Public Health
• SUNY Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine
• Temple University School of Dentistry
• The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
• University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine
• University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
• University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine
• Yale University School of Public Health

Of the 74 institutions submitting applications:

• 56 forwarded a single candidate
• 18 forwarded two candidates:
  • Boston University SOM
  • Drexel University COM
  • Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
  • Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • New York University SOM
  • Temple University SOM
  • The Ohio State University COM
  • University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • University of Michigan Medical School
  • University of Minnesota Medical School
  • University of Pennsylvania SOM
  • University of Pittsburgh SOM
  • University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston SOM
  • University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
  • University of Wisconsin at Madison SOM and Public Health
  • Virginia Commonwealth University SOM

Seventeen applicants applied previously to ELAM, including four who were Alternates last year.  Thirteen applicants identified their ethnicity as non-Caucasian or “other.”

The candidates’ credentials included 62 MD/MbBs/DO/MD, PhD, 7 DDS (or equivalent), 15 PhDs, 1 Dr.PH, 1 ScD;1 VMD, 8 department chairs and 14 vice/associate chairs; 1 associate vice president, 1 assistant provost, and 15 vice/senior associate/associate/assistant deans.

Since its inception in 1995 and including the current application cycle, the ELAM Program has had Fellows from 112 U.S. medical schools (88% of U.S. medical schools) and from 32 U.S. dental schools (57%), as well as 4 Canadian medical schools (24%), 4 U.S. schools of public health, and 2 U.S. osteopathic schools.  ELAM Fellows and alumnae continue to play an important part of the applications process.

 

ELAM 2008-09 Admissions Committee

• Sally Atherton PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
• Janet Bickel MA, Bickel & Associates
• Mary Anne Delaney MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Lois Geist MD, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
• Judith Katz EdD, ELAM Core Faculty
• Sade Kosoko-Lasaki MD, MPH, MBA, Associate Vice President for Health Sciences, Creighton University
• Margaret Kripke PhD, Special Adviser to the Executive Vice President, Provost, and Chief Academic Officer, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Joan Lakoski PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor  for Academic Career Development, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences; Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Education, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Keith Lindor MD, Dean, Mayo Medical College
• Diane Magrane MD, Associate Vice President for Faculty Development and Leadership Programs, AAMC
• Page Morahan PhD, Co-director, ELAM Program
• Mary Moran MD, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Drexel University College of Medicine
• Kathleen Nelson MD, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
• Marsha Rappley MD, Dean, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
• Jerry Reves MD, Dean, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
• Rosalyn Richman MA, Co-director, ELAM Program
• Sally Rosen MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Special Assistant to the Provost, Temple University
• Roberta Sonnino MD, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Creighton University School of Medicine