ELAM is proud to celebrate the achievements and steady advancement of our fellows and alumnae. Many of our graduates now hold key leadership positions at academic health centers and other institutions around the U.S. and Canada, where they are working to set the course for the future of academic medicine, dentistry and public health. Below is a listing of some of the key positions and awards earned by our graduates in the last few years:
Sandra Andrieu, President, American Dental Education Association
Donna Arnett, Epidemiology Chapter of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health Alumni Association’s 2010 H.A. Tyroler Distinguished Alumni Award
Phyllis Beemsterboer, Honorary Fellowship, Board of Regents of the American College of Dentists
Carol Bernstein, President, American Psychiatric Association
Vera Bittner, President, National Lipid Association
Susan Blaney, Co-director, The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baylor College of Medicine
Joann Bordurtha, 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award, Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Ann Brown, Vice Dean for Faculty, Duke University School of Medicine
Nancy Brown, Chair, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Brenda Bucklin, Assistant Dean for the Clinical Core, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anees B. Chagpar, Director, Yale Breast Center at Smillow Cancer Hospital
Latha Chandran, Test Committee Representative, National Board of Medical Examiners
Linda Cottler, Founding Chair, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Health Professions
Anne B. Curtis, Mary and Charles Bauer Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Simin Dadparvar, Greater NY Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s Berson-Yalow Award
Deborah DeMarco, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Sherin Devaskar, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief, Mattel Children’s Hospital
Teresa Dolan, Board member, Florida State Correctional Medical Authority
Rene D’Souza, Vice President, American Association of Dental Research
Elise Eisenberg, 2011 ADEA/William J. Gies Foundation Education Fellowship
Karen Emmons, President-Elect, Society of Behavioral Medicine
Janet Fleetwood, Vice Provost, Drexel University
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Member, Institute of Medicine
Deborah German, Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Central Florida
Rose Goldstein, Vice-Principal, Research and International Relations, McGill University
Donna Hammond, Interim Executive Associate Dean, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Sandra Harris-Hooker, Interim Dean and Senior Vice President, Morehouse School of Medicine
Jeanne Heard, Senior Vice President, Department of Accreditation Committees, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Jeri Hepworth, President –Elect, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Eve Higginbotham, Senior Vice President, Executive Dean for Health Sciences, Howard University
Lydia Pleotis Howell, Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine
Sharon Hull, President-Elect, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research
Leslie Karns, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Patient Care, University of Southern Nevada College of Dentistry
Nadine Katz, Senior Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs, New York University School of Medicine
Terri Goss Kinzy, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Mary Klotman, Chair, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
Janice Knebl, Chair-Elect, National Board of Osteopathic Medicine Examiners
Elisabeth Kunkel, Fellow, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Vivian Lewis, Deputy to the President, Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, University of Rochester
Sara Hollingsworth Lisanby, Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
Catherine Lucey, Interim Dean, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Jeanette Magnus, Member, The Institute of Medicine's Committee on Preventive Services for Women
Meridith Marks, Ian Hart Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Education, Canadian Association for Medical Education
Carolyn Meltzer, President, American Society of Neuroradiology
Mary Moran, Vice President, Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, and Vice Dean, Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Drexel University College of Medicine
Sarah Morgan, Sam Brown Bridge Builder Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
Mariana Morris, Assistant Vice President for Graduate Programs, Wright State University
Martha Clare Morris, Assistant Provost for Community Research, Rush Medical College of Rush University
J. Lee Nelson, Editor-in-Chief, Chimerism
Carol Newlon, Director of Faculty Affairs, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Lois Margaret Nora, President Emeritus and Dean Emeritus, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy
Karen Novielli, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Olufunmilayo Olopade, Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Ann Ouyang, Associate Dean for Faculty and Professional Development, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Kamala Patel, Associate Dean of Faculty Development, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine
Jan Patterson, President-elect, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Debra Perina, National Association of EMS Physicians’ 2011 Ronald D. Stewart Award
Etta Pisano, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
Doris Rubio, President, Association for Clinical Research
Maria Emanuel Ryan, Victress Award in Health
Marilyn Schapira, President, Society of Medical Decision Making
Maryjean Schenk, Vice Dean for Education, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Darshana Shah, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Susan Shurin, Acting Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Roberta Sonnino, 2010 Women in Leadership Award, AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Sciences
Lisa Staiano-Coico, President, The City College of New York
Gyongyi Szabo, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lisa Tedesco, Chair-elect, Council of Graduate Schools
Luanne Thorndyke, Vice Provost for Faculty, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Janice Wagner, Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Suzanne White, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Detroit Medical Center, and Executive Vice President, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Katherine Wisner, 2011 Woman in Science Award, American Medical Women’s Association
Pamela Zarkowski, Provost, University of Detroit Mercy
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