AMWA SPEAKERS BUREAU

Professor and Vice Chair for Education, DOM, Academy of Educators, Wash U School of Medicine

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health Contraception

Biosketch:

Dr. Abby Spencer currently serves as Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine and as Director of the Academy of Educators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  She previously served as Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and Vice Chair for Education for the Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Spencer graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience from Tulane University, and received her MD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed her Primary Care Internal Medicine residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell Medical Center and subsequently completed a fellowship in General Internal Medicine with a concentration in Women’s Health and earned a Master’s Degree in Medical Education from the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Spencer is an innovative and enthusiastic educator. She is exceptional at finding the strengths and potential in others and cultivating their strengths to help them achieve their highest potential. She has dedicated her career to innovating, developing curriculum, building teams, and developing others in medical education. In her role as Director of the Internal Medicine residency program at Cleveland Clinic from 2014-2020, Dr. Spencer led curriculum development, program innovation, teaching, mentoring, leadership development and faculty development. She has delivered over 150 invited faculty development/educational courses and workshops locally, regionally and nationally. She has won numerous national awards for her teaching, educational scholarship, mentorship, and leadership including the 2016 Society of General Internal Medicine and Association of Chiefs and Leaders in GIM National Brancati Leadership and Mentorship Award, the 2017 SGIM National Scholarship in Education Award, and the 2020 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award. She was awarded the Cleveland Clinic Women’s Professional Staff Women’s Champion Award in 2020, which recognizes contribution to the advancement, development and wellbeing of the women professional staff at Cleveland Clinic. She completed the ELAM fellowship in 2022 and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of General Internal Medicine.  Dr. Spencer has held leadership positions in many national organizations across academic internal medicine, most recently as a councilor for the Association for Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) and now serves on the ACGME Internal Medicine Review Committee.  Her greatest professional joy is mentoring, teaching, sponsoring, and developing others.

Associate Professor
RWJBarnabas Health

Specialty:

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Subspecialty or Other Areas of Expertise

Women’s Health; Transgender Health; Pelvic Pain; Women’s Wellness in the Workplace

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Sexual Health
Women’s Health- Endometriosis
Sex and Gender Specific Health
Burnout
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Patel is an Interventional Pain Physician with an expertise in pelvic pain and women’s health. She is double board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and is also certified in lifestyle medicine and encourages the implementation of lifestyle modifications in the treatment of chronic pain conditions. Alopi is a women’s health advocate with research interest in women’s health in the workplace. As an expert in her field, she has published dozens of papers, book chapters and news articles in the fields of pain medicine and anesthesiology.  Dr. Patel launched a podcast called The Hurt by The Female Pain Docs which is meant to empower and educate patients regarding their health on topics within anesthesiology, pain medicine and lifestyle medicine.

Her unique lectures include captivating presentations on women’s health in the workplace, perioperative management of the transgender patient, comprehensive pelvic pain management, and supporting women’s health issues from residency to retirement from menstruation to menopause.

Dr. Patel received her MD from New Jersey Medical School and completed her residency at Mount Sinai West and Morningside in New York and her fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital. She currently practices in New Jersey at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

CEO, Balance With Dr. Shola, LLC

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Biosketch:

Dr. Adeshola Ezeokoli, MD, is CEO of Balance with Dr. Shola and founder of Physician Heal Yourself and Empowered Womanhood brands. She is board certified with 22 years experience in Medicine, and has almost a decade of experience as a speaker/coach. She works with Women Physicians in the areas of Burnout Prevention, Career Transitions, and Business building. She joined AMWA to help fellow Women Physicians create their dream life.

Dr. Ezeokoli attended the University Of Ibadan College of Medicine, and completed her internal medicine residency in John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. She is a Certified Life Coach; certified in Organizational Leadership (Harvard Business School Online), Business Consulting. She lives in Chicago, Illinois where she is contracted with the Dept Of Human Services to work with Elgin Mental Health Center. She is also the Medical Director Of Dreamers Academy and a Certified Medical Examiner Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA).

Awards:

1. Everyday Heroes Certificate Of Appreciation For Enriching the Lives Of Women: Mary Kay 2021
2. Certificate Of Appreciation for programming delivered for the UNESCO center for peace 2020
3. NCQA awards from 2014 to 2017 for delivery of quality Cardiovascular Care
4. NCQA awards from 2014 to 2017 for delivery of quality Diabetes Care

Books:

Free To Be: The Empowered Woman’s Handbook
Physician Heal Yourself: Ten Remedies For a Complete Life Makeover For Doctors

CME program:

Ezeokoli A. Burnout To Freedom: Total Physician Wellness A six week course on
physician wellness approved by the ACCME for prevention of Physician Burnout- 2021

Doctor, Hillside Primary Care and Mindful Coaching

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Burnout
Career Advancement
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Mentorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

As a primary care physician with extensive experience in various sectors, including Academics, Private Practice, and HIV clinic primary care, I have developed a strong interest in women’s health, reproductive health, and LGBTQ+ care. Recently, I joined committees focused on these areas through the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and look forward to contributing to and learning from them.  I completed my medical school training at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Dublin, Ireland) from 2001-2007 and my residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) in 2010.

Since 2013, I have been residing in San Antonio, TX, and recently joined the boards of Planned Parenthood South Texas and a local non-profit, The Patient Institute. Additionally, I serve on two county-level committees (the Physician wellness committee and the Public Health and Patient Advocate committee) and I was also just voted to the Women Physician Section Executive Council of the Texas Medical Association, where we advocate for Texas doctors. In addition to these committees, I practice part-time in an outpatient clinic and volunteer at the University of Incarnate Word – School of Medicine.  Over the years, I have published several articles on physician wellness and women physician wellness in the local “Medicine” publication and have been coaching physicians nationwide on wellness and burnout prevention to optimize physician health and, in turn, improve patient health. 

Assistant Professor, West Virginia University, Charleston Campus

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Obesity/Weight Management

Biosketch:

Dr. Anees is an international medical graduate from Aga Khan University, Pakistan, currently working as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at West Virginia University, Charleston Campus where she also serves as an associate program director for Charleston Area Medical Center. She has been a member of AMWA since 2020 and part of the advocacy committee as well. Dr. Anees also presented a talk at the virtual conference in 2021 on “Healing with sharing”. Her areas of interest are DEI, Microaggressions, physician wellness, GME/resident education, faculty development and obesity medicine.

Director, Sex & Gender in Emergency Medicine

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine

Speaking Topics

Covid-19
Global Health & Women
Human Trafficking
LGBTQiA Issues
Transgender Health
Medical Humanities
Sex and Gender Specific Health

Biosketch:

The desire for equity is one of the main driving forces behind Dr. Angela Jarman’s career. She is working to understand and mitigate modifiable health disparities for women through educational, research, and clinical initiatives. And while her focus is specifically on sex and gender, it is impossible to study these without being reminded daily of the importance of intersectionality and the weight of minority status in any number of demographics (education, socioeconomic status, race, religion, disability, etc). While at her undergraduate training at Duke University was in Gender Studies, she didn’t fully appreciate the impact of that lens until she began practicing medicine and saw the myriad ways in which both patients’ sex and gender impacted their health. Unfortunately, women have far too often been historically excluded from research that informs their care.

The house of medicine has had to learn the hard way through disparate morbidity and mortality rates than women are not in fact men with substituted sex organs. She has dedicated her career to advancing our knowledge about the ways in which sex and gender impact acute care medicine. Following residency training, she completed an additional two–year academic fellowship in Sex & Gender in Emergency Medicine to develop and hone her skills. As part of that training, she earned a Masters in Public Health and spent time in Rwanda learning about the effects of sex and gender as determinants of disease on a global scale. Her ultimate goal is to improve the care that we provide to women, such that modifiable health disparities based on their sex and gender are mitigated or eliminated.

In addition to her academic interest in health equity, she remained a staunch advocate for diversity of all kinds and at all levels within [and outside of] her institution. One of the motivators behind her move to California and to UC Davis was the diversity of the patient population that they care for, particularly on the front lines in the Emergency Department. As a health equity advocate, she tirelessly works to increase physician diversity to more accurately reflect their patient population, as we know this improves outcomes for our patients. She is a founding member of our department’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Committee and continues to work on a number of efforts to increase the recruitment and retention of outstanding resident and faculty candidates from all backgrounds. She is a strong advocate of holistic review and has written letters of recommendation for medical students from underrepresented backgrounds in support of their excellent candidacies for residency. She is also lucky to be able to provide didactic and workshop training in her department on caring for LGBTQ patients, and victims of gender–based violence (physical and sexual), and to educate her peers and trainees on the principles of trauma-informed care. This care paradigm, which places the patient at the center and emphasizes cultural humility is crucial to our providing excellent clinical care and is a universally applicable concept.

She herself is a woman and as such belongs to a nationally underrepresented group in academic emergency medicine. She believes that a diverse workforce is an excellent workforce and she supports the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women in EM both locally and nationally. She routinely participates in mentoring activities within the SOM, including an annual AMWA–sponsored mentoring dinner, to support medical students and help them understand the unique challenges and rewards of a career in academic EM. She personally mentors several outstanding young women (medical students, residents, fellows) both at UC Davis and other institutions specifically to try to support their management of challenges that may be specific to their minoritized identities. In addition, she hosts an annual gathering for women trainees in her home in a continued effort to create a safe and supportive space to share their experiences and creative solutions to any challenges they may have encountered. Finally, as a Woman in Medicine and Health Sciences departmental liaison, she also co-leads programming specifically for women in her department. It is one of her primary goals to advocate for equity at all levels for both our patients and our providers.

Professor, Vice Chair, Medical Director, and Chief of Ca Svcs JHNJ

Specialty:

Oncology

Speaking Topics:

Infomatics/Digital Health
Medical Humanities
Sex and Gender Specific Health

Biosketch:

Dr. Lopez is an experienced researcher in the field of oncology, telemedicine, and patient-centered care. Dr. Lopez, a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (A.B. Philosophy) and Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University (M.D.), is dedicated to translational research that improves access to care and the reduction of health disparities. She completed residency training in Internal Medicine, served as a Chief Resident and completed fellowships in General Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology at the University of Arizona. As a Fellow in Medical Oncology, Dr. Lopez was awarded a Cancer Prevention and Etiology Fellowship from the National Institute of Health. Concurrent with her subspecialty training, she completed a MPH at the University of Arizona and was awarded the Epidemiology Award ($10,000) for outstanding accomplishments. She then joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine faculty and also became the Associate Dean for Outreach and Multicultural Affairs. In 1997, she was designated as the founding Medical Director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program.

With a passion for addressing issues on access to care, Dr. Lopez has embedded this priority in a majority of her studies. Studies have ranged from health research at the biological molecular level to the broader systematic health delivery level, all of which contribute to establishing optimal health care for individuals and communities. Her most recent work has focused on the promotion of patient-reported outcomes, which are intended to reflect an individual’s perspective on and participation in his or her health. This work primarily focuses on developing patient-centered technologies, which range from a patient symptom self-management program, to a patient portal to monitor health and communicate with a care team, and a screening and diagnostic decision-making tool to promote the adoption of screening recommendations. These projects have focused on serving disease-specific populations, with the intention of serving a larger population in the future.

Dr. Lopez’s research, outreach, and her realization of her beliefs have been acknowledged on numerous occasions, with recent recognitions including Women of the Year by the Hispanic Professional Action Committee (2010), Best Doctors in America (1998-2010), America’s Top Oncologists (2007 and 2008), and the Peter W. Likins Inclusive Excellence Award (2009).

Special Advisor for DEI Programs, Stanford University

Specialty:

General Surgery

Speaking Topics:

Obesity/Weight Management
Medical Humanities
Covid-19
Burnout
Career Advancement
Diversity
Gender/Career Equity
Sponsorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Salles is a national leader in diversity, inclusion, and equity, having earned a PhD studying these topics at Stanford University. Dr. Salles is also a surgeon and has extensive lived experience as a woman of color working in a male-dominated environment. Dr. Salles completed medical school and residency in general surgery at Stanford prior to completing a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. After staying on faculty in St. Louis for a few years, Dr. Salles moved back to Stanford in 2019 to work with the medical school on issues related to diversity and inclusion. Her research focuses broadly on gender equity, implicit bias, diversity, inclusion, and physician well-being. During the pandemic, Dr. Salles has served as a disaster relief physician, caring for patients with COVID in the ICU. She is a sought-after speaker and has given over 90 national and international invited talks related to gender equity, sexual harassment, and physician well-being.

Dr. Salles is a prolific researcher and writer, having had her work published in prominent medical journals such as JAMA, The Lancet, and JAMA Surgery. She also writes for broad audiences through outlets such as USA Today, TIME Magazine, and the Washington Post. She is passionate about helping workplaces better support marginalized people. She currently serves as the Special Advisor for DEI Programs at the Stanford University Department of Medicine.

Director, Women’s Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University of Pennsylvania

Specialty:

Hematology
Oncology

Speaking Topics:

Infertility
Sex and Gender Specific Health
Women’s Health- Infertility

Biosketch:

Dr. Marshall is a benign (non-malignant) hematologist specializing in thrombosis and hemostasis, particularly disorders of thrombosis and hemostasis in women.  She was an Associate Professor of Medicine in Hematology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and will shortly be transitioning to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she will build a Women’s Thrombosis and Hemostasis program.  Dr. Marshall is also a medical educator with a focus on career development, leadership, and mentorship.  She previously served as the Associate Program Director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at Mayo Clinic and will be transitioning to Associate Program Director for the Benign Hematology Fellowship at University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Marshall has a particular interest in gender equity in medicine and leads several research projects and advocacy initiatives to advance career development opportunities for women in medicine and science.  She is the Curriculum Chair for the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) IGNITE Program and a member of the AMWA Infertility Task Force.  Her advocacy efforts led to the formation of the ASH Women in Hematology working group – which she Co-Chairs – and she is leading research and advocacy efforts in fertility/infertility awareness, parental health, and gender equity for women in medicine nationwide.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University

Specialty:

Hematology & Oncology

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health in Bleeding & Clotting Disorders
Career Advancement
Gender/Career Equity
Imposter Syndrome
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Work-Life Balance
Disability and Medicine

Biosketch:

Dr. Samuelson Bannow is passionate about improving hematologic research and clinical care, particularly for female-identifying individuals and those with the potential to menstruate or become pregnant. She believes achieving this mission requires success in four equally important areas: 1) establishing true interdisciplinary teams, from basic scientists to clinicians to social scientists and public health experts, 2) improving the well-being and leadership potential of a diverse workforce of physicians and researchers, 3) increasing knowledge about the role of sex as a biological variable (SABV) and 4) decreasing stigma around aspects of female reproductive health such as menstruation and pregnancy.

Dr. Samuelson Bannow lives out her vision daily through a combination of original research, patient and provider education, leadership and advocacy. Her NIH-, HRSA- and foundation-funded, investigator-initiated research is designed to understand the role of disordered hemostasis on reproductive health outcomes and the impact of disordered hemostasis on those with the capacity to menstruate or become pregnant. She seeks to provide exceptional, direct patient care in innovative, multidisciplinary clinics and also to improve care of patients more broadly. Recognizing that meeting the needs of this patient population requires a healthcare workforce that is ready to innovate, collaborate and thrive, she seeks to achieve this through ongoing educational efforts, service work, advocacy and leadership roles designed to bring attention to and improve the situation of female-identifying patients, researchers and clinicians. Dr. Samuelson Bannow leverages a unique ability to network and connect teams, a dynamic and engaging speaking style, an out of the box problem-solving approach and a passion born of personal experience as a patient and a healthcare provider to make meaningful progress toward these goals.

Physician, AMWA Board Member

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Fibroids
Technology/Telehealth
Caregiving
Career Advancement
Diversity
Gender/Career Equity
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Physician Wellbeing

Biosketch:

Dr. Adebisi (Bisi) Alli is a dual board-certified Internal Medicine & Lifestyle Medicine physician and quality improvement and patient safety expert as a LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt.

As Principal of WellNEST Medicine, she is passionate about empowering people and organizations to prioritize lifestyle medicine through quality improvement and culture changes.

Formerly, she was an Assistant Professor for the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Consultant for the Division of Women’s Health Internal Medicine.

As a Michigan native, she moved to Arizona for residency training. In continuation of her chief resident year, she served as inaugural medical director for the residency clinic she launched through the Phoenix VA Healthcare System & as an Associate Program Director for the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Dr. Alli earned her LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt for formalizing and spreading multi-hospital quality improvement and patient safety innovations, including a resident-directed curriculum with system-level interventions with promotion of just and fair culture. This program was recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Association of American Medical Colleges, Joint Commission, Veterans Integrated Services Network, and American College of Physicians. Similarly, she has developed advance care planning initiatives with clinicians across the state of Arizona to prioritize outpatient discussions about goals of care & I-DARE curriculum integration at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine with related peer-reviewed publications, talks, and workshops. Dr. Alli serves as a coach and mentor for underrepresented medical students, residents, and attendings to promote successful career navigation and wellness. Previous awards include the 2021 Arizona Chapter ACP Women in Medicine Award, 2021 Women in Medicine I Stand with Her Award, 2020 AMWA Exceptional Mentor Award, 2019 AMA Inspiration Award, and 2017 ACP Early Career Physician.

She has been proudly re-elected to the Board of Directors of the American Medical Women’s Association, represents the American College of Physicians for the national Women’s Wellness through Equity and Leadership (WEL) Program, and serves on the Payer Strategy Subcommittee of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Associate Medical Director, Center for Children & Women Southwest, Texas Children’s Health Plan

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Genecology

Speaking Topics:

Reproductive Care
Migraines
Women’s Health- Sexual Health
Women’s Health- Fibroids
Women’s Health- Endometriosis
Women’s Health- Menopause
Women’s Health- HPV
Women’s Health-Contraception
Women’s Health-Infertility
Women’s Health- Vaginitis
Sex and Gender Specific Health
Lesbian Health
Transgender Health
LGBTQiA Issues
Infertility (clinic)
Global Health & Women
Career Advancement
Diversity
Gender/Career Equity
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Mentorship
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Ring, MD, MA, MBA, FACOG, FAWM, FACS is a board-certified Obstetrician & Gynecologist and is the Associate Medical Director for Texas Children’s Health Plan – Center for Children and Women Southwest in Houston, TX and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine.  Dr. Ring is a proven executive leader within state and national specialty societies.  Dr. Ring actively advocates for patients, colleagues, and changes to healthcare delivery and is frequently found in state and national capitols discussing health policy. Dr. Ring’s specialty interests include high-risk and low-risk pregnancy, perinatal mental health, family planning, wilderness medicine, adolescent and LGBTQ care, well-women care and preventative health.

Originally from Colorado, Dr. Ring completed an undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and worked in biopharmaceutical and device consulting on drug and device development, industry trials, and as a clinical trial practice and documentation educator.  This sparked a deep interest in medicine, healthcare delivery, and pharmaceutical and device development that inspired a move to Boston.

While in Boston, Dr. Ring was captivated by the energy and vibrancy of the Boston medical community and completed both a Master’s Degree and then a Medical Doctorate at Boston University School of Medicine. At Boston Medical Center a deep passion for serving the underserved developed and involvement in multiple national organizations including the American Medical Women’s Association, American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) provided extensive experience developing health policy to address health care disparities.  Over the last 15 years Dr. Ring has become an advocate for patients and physicians through this policy work. Dr. Ring has been instrumental in writing and implementing national policy and working with elected officials and large corporations to change healthcare delivery. Dr. Ring completed residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at York Hospital in York, PA and completed a fellowship wilderness medicine through the Wilderness Medical Society in 2019.

An exemplary leader in healthcare, Dr. Ring has served as the AMA Resident and Fellow Section Speaker of the House for two terms and as the Speaker and Chair of the AMA Young Physician Section.  Dr. Ring served as Chair of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Junior Fellow College Advisory Council (JFCAC) for the 2018-2019 term after 8 years of service in multiple leadership roles across multiple states and regions.  Dr. Ring has 15 years of executive board experience including service on the Executive Board of ACOG, the Colorado Medical Society, the York County Medical Society and the Aurora-Adams County Medical Society.  Dr. Ring is actively involved in multiple International, National, Regional and State committees for multiple organizations and served on state level task forces including the Texas Naloxone Project, Colorado’s CURE initiative and Pennsylvania’s Partnership for Healthy Youth.  Dr. Ring recently served as co-chair on the National Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Healthcare Delivery and Disparities Research (HDDR) Advisory Panel as the first Obstetrician/Gynecologist in that role.

Dr. Ring brings to every organization a dedication to making the organization relevant and rewarding by bringing innovation and technology to the forefront. Dr. Ring has extensive leadership training and is a requested International and National speaker and educator with ability, tenacity, experience, and an innovative approach that has allowed implementation of meaningful change across the healthcare sector for 15 years. Dr. Ring obtained her MBA from Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management in 2021 and has experience with multiple healthcare business models in private practice as an employee, owner, partner, and now as the Associate Medical Director of a National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized federally qualified health center with a multi-specialty, community focused mission.

Navy Psychiatry Specialty Leader
U.S. Navy

Specialty:

Psychiatry

Subspecialty

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Sexual Health
Sex and Gender Specific Health
Physician Mental Wellness
Lesbian Health
Transgender Health
LGBTQiA Issues
Global Health & Women
Diversity
Gender/Career Equity
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Physician Well-being
Work-Life Balance

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Specialty:

Gastroenterology

Speaking Topics:

Biosketch:

Chung Sang Tse, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated as a Farr Scholar from the Yale School of Medicine, where her educational research on hospice and palliative care was recognized by the John P. Peters Commencement Award. At Yale, she served as the Co-President of the Internal Medicine Interest Group, Women in Medicine group, American Medical Association (AMA) Yale Chapter, and as a Medical Student Council Member at the Connecticut State Medical Society.

Dr. Tse completed her Internal Medicine residency training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Gastroenterology fellowship at Brown University, and an Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Preceptorship at the University of California, San Diego. Dr.

Tse has stayed active in AMWA throughout her medical training in medical school, residency, and fellowship. She served as the AMWA National President of the Residents’ and Fellows’ Division from 2020-2021 and the MWIA Centennial Congress Residents’ Co-Chair in 2019-2020. She is honored as a recipient of the AMWA Charlotte Edwards Maguire, MD Outstanding Resident Mentor Award (2017), AMWA Susan Love Resident Writing Competition (2017, 2nd place), and the AMWA Young Women in Science Award (2016). She continues to serve as a mentor for undergraduate students, medical students, and residents. She hopes to advance women in medicine through mentorship, networking, leadership, and academic scholarship.

Faculty Physician – North Colorado Family Medicine

Specialty:
Family Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Imposter Syndrome
Leadership

Biosketch:

Dr. Briana Money is a faculty member at North Colorado Family Medicine Residency in Greeley, Colorado. One of her main focuses and passions is on advancing women in leadership roles in medicine. During residency, she had the opportunity to complete a leadership program specifically for residents. Dr. Money is now co-director of that program and also co-director of the AMWA ELEVATE leadership program, launching soon. She thinks programs like these are important because as physicians they are often looked to as leaders despite often inadequate training in this area. Her goal is to provide resources and introduce leadership topics to resident physicians to better prepare them to enter/advance in leadership roles now and in the future.

Dr. Money is originally from Texas and attended the University of North Texas Health Science Center – Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine and graduated in 2017. She then moved to Colorado to complete her residency at NCFM in Greeley. They are a full-spectrum Family Medicine residency including obstetrics. She has been on faculty since she graduated in the summer of 2020. She currently serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the Northern Colorado Medical Society. As mentioned, she is co-director of the ELEVATE leadership program for AMWA. Dr. Money also recently started an AMWA branch in Colorado for physician members.

Her passions include teaching and mentoring residents, learning more about leadership and advancing her own leadership experience, and eventually (hopefully in the next 18-24 months) she plans to become an ICF- certified coach. Dr. Money would love to be able to put my leadership experience and eventual coaching training to use in the resident-physician community. She thinks this is a key demographic and important time in a young physician’s life and would love to be able to support and mentor them more during this period of significant change. She hopes to have an accepted publication soon.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, New York University School of Medicine

Specialty:

Endocrinology

Speaking Topics:

Burnout
Career Advancement
Gender/Career Equity
Leadership
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Connie Newman is an endocrinologist, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NY, USA, Past President of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), Vice President Medical Women’s International Association North America Region,  and a member of the FDA Endocrine and Metabolism Drugs Advisory Committee.   Committed to health and gender equity, Dr. Newman writes and lectures on health equity, challenges facing women in medicine, physician burnout, sex and gender- based healthcare, and non-traditional career paths. She is a co-editor of the medical textbook “How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice: An Evidence Based Approach to Patient Care”, Elsevier, 2021.  Her chapter in this textbook addressed sex and gender differences in lipids, diabetes and obesity. In 2021 Dr. Newman co-chaired the Sex and Gender Health Education Summit. She has also served as Chair or Co-Chair of the AMWA Leadership Council, the AMWA Fellowship Committee, the Preventive Medicine Task Force, and the Opioid Addiction in Women Task Force.

Dr. Newman has expertise in lipids, obesity, and diabetes and has made significant contributions to cardiovascular medicine through her research and publications on statin safety.  She is internationally recognized for her clinical research and her expertise in drug safety.  She is a member of the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration, a group of clinical investigators of  large randomized controlled trials evaluating cardiovascular outcomes in patients treated with statins to reduce low density lipoprotein cholesterol.  She served as Chair of the Writing Committee for the 2020 Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline, “Lipid Management in Patients with Endocrine Disorders”. She also chaired the Writing Committee for the 2019 American Heart Association Scientific Statement: “Statin Safety and Associated Adverse Events”.  Dr. Newman is the co-editor of a 2022 volume of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America which provides an update on the diagnosis and management of hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. Dr. Newman has been honored by the AMWA Bertha Van Hoosen Award, a Mastership in the American College of Physicians, and a Fellowship in the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Medical Women’s Association and the American Heart Association.  She has been featured in the Twenty Years, Twenty Leaders exhibit of the Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation.

Notable publications include:

Marjorie Jenkins and Connie Newman, Editors. How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice: An Evidence Based Guide to Clinical Care. Elsevier/Academic Press, 2020.

Newman C.  Commentary: Mortality in COVID-19: Further Evidence for a Sex-Based Difference in the OpenSAFELY Study. J Women’s Health 2021  published online Feb 2021 and in print June 2021

Connie Newman and Kim Templeton.  Sexual Harassment in the Modern Era.  In Jacob Sadavoy and Michelle Zube. A Scientific Framework for Compassion and Social Justice. Rutledge, New York and London, 2021

Newman, C., Templeton, K, Chin EL. Inequity and Women Physicians: Time to change millennia of societal beliefs. 2020. Perm J 2020; 24:20.024

Templeton K, Bernstein CA, Sukhera J, Nora LM, Newman C, Burstin H, Guille C, Lynn L, Schwarze ML, Sen S, Busis N. Gender-based differences in burnout: issues faced by women physicians.  National Academy of Medicine Discussion Paper. May 28, 2019

Haffizulla F, Newman, C, Kaushal S, Williams CA, Haffizulla A, Hardigan P, Templeton K. Assessment of Burnout: A Pilot Study of International Women Physicians.  Perm J 2020; 24: 20.028

Connie Newman and Alan Chait, Editors. Update on Diagnosis and Management of Dyslipidemia. Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, Elsevier, to be published 2022

Newman CB, Tobert JA. Statin Intolerance: Reconciling clinical trials and clinical experience.  2015. JAMA 313 (10): 1011-1012.

Tobert JA, Newman CB.  Statin tolerability: In defense of placebo-controlled trials. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2016  23(8): 891-6

Tobert JA and Newman CB The nocebo effect in the context of statin intolerance. 2016 J Clin Lipidology 2016, 10: 739-47.

Newman, CB, Preiss D, Tobert JA, Jacobson TA, Page RL 2^nd, Goldstein LB, Chin C, Tannock LR, Miller M, Raghuveer G, Duell PB, Brinton EA, Pollak A, Braun LT, Welty FK; on behalf of the American Heart Association Clinical Lipidology, Lipoprotein Metabolism and Thrombosis Committee, a Joint Committee of the Council on Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology and Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Clinical Cardiology; and Stroke Council. Statin safety and associated adverse events: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Bio. 2019; 39:e38-e81.

Newman CB, Blaha MJ, Boord JB, Cariou B, Chait A, Fein HG, Ginsberg HN, Goldberg IJ, Murad MH, Subramanian S, Tannock LR. Lipid Management in patients with endocrine disorders: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.  J Clin Endocr Metab 2020; 105 (12), dgaa674     https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa674

Cholesterol Treatment Trialists’ (CTT) Collaboration. [Writing Committee: Emberson J, Kearney P, Blackwell L, Newman C, Reith C, Bhala N, Holland L, Peto R, Keech T, Collins R, Simes J, Baigent C.]  Lack of effect of lowering LDL cholesterol on cancer: meta-analysis of individual data from 175,000 people in 27 randomised trials of statin therapy. PLoS ONE 2012; 7(1): e29849, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029849.

Newman C, Henderson C, Laraque-Arena D. COVID-19 and pregnancy: A public health, evidence-based approach. J Nat Med Assoc 2022, in press

Neves JS, Newman C, Bostrom JA, Buysschaert M, Newman JD, Medina JL, Goldberg IJ, Bergman M. Management of dyslipidemia and atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk in prediabetes. Diab Res and Clin Pract 2022; available online July 3 2022

Hasan B, Nayfeh T, Alzuabi M, Wang Z, Kuchkuntla AR, Prokop LJ, Newman CB, Murad MH, Rajjo TI.   Weight loss and serum lipids in overweight and obese adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.  J Clin  Endocrinol Metab  2020; 105 (12), dgaa673  https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa673

Newman CB, Melmed S, George A, Torigian D, Duhaney M, Snyder P, Young W, Klibanski A, Molitch ME, Gagel R, Sheeler L, Cook D, Malarkey W, Jackson I, Vance ML, Barkan A, Frohman L, Kleinberg DL.  Octreotide as primary therapy for acromegaly.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab  1998; 83: 3034-3040.

Newman CB, Tsai J, Szarek M, Luo D, Gibson E.Comparative safety of atorvastatin 80 mg versus 10 mg derived from analysis of 49 completed trials in 14,236 patients.  Am J Cardiol 2006; 97: 61-67.

Newman CB, Frisch KA, Rosenzweig B, Roubenoff R, Rey M, Kidder T, Kong Y, Pursnani A, Sedlis SP, Schwartzbard A, Kleinberg DL.  Moderate doses of hGH improve lipids but not cardiovascular function in GH deficient adults with normal baseline cardiac function.  J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011; 96 (1): 122-132.

Founder – Practice Balance PLLC

Specialty:

Anesthesiology

Speaking Topics:

Infertility

Physician Mental Wellness

Women’s Health- Infertility

Biosketch:

Dawn L. Baker MD, MS is a practicing anesthesiologist and a dedicated writer, speaker, and coach for busy professionals in the areas of work-life balance, mindful achievement, and infertility. Her initial interest in physician wellness stemmed from her personal experiences with burnout and a cancer diagnosis during residency training. She is an active member of the Physician Coaching Alliance and sits on the AMWA Physician Fertility Committee. She has collaborated with well-known leaders such as the White Coat Investor, Brave Enough, and Physician on FIRE. Her writing has been featured in KevinMD and MedpageToday in addition to the book Mothers in Medicine: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned. Dawn also enjoys slow travel, rock climbing, strength and conditioning exercise, attempts at practicing yoga, and long walks with her family.

Assistant Professor Vascular and Interventional Radiology

University of Chicago Hospitals

Specialty:

Radiology, Interventional

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Fibroids
Imposter Syndrome

Biosketch:

Divya Kumari, MD is an Assistant Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of Chicago Medicine.  She performs vascular and non-vascular interventions, including angioplasty, stenting, thrombolysis, and embolization, as well as transplant-related procedures. Her clinical expertise is in portal and hepatobiliary interventions, venous interventions, interventional oncology, women health interventions, and trauma interventions. She is a feature editor of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology M&M section and serves on the ABR committee. She enjoys teaching and collaborating with colleagues from other specialties.

President, Sapphire Women’s Health Group

Specialty:

Other

Speaking Topics:

Caregiving

Covid-19

Drug Addiction

Global Health & Women

Gun Control

Diabetes, Type 1

Diabetes, Type 2

Fraudulent Drugs

Human Trafficking

Infertility (clinical)

Infertility (personal)

Infomatics/Digital Health

LGBTQiA Issues

Transgender Health

Lesbian Health

Medical Humanities

Migraines

Multiple Sclerosis

Obesity/Weight Management

Osteoporosis/Bone Health

Physician Mental Wellness

Sex and Gender Specific Health

Technology/Telehealth

Women’s Health-infertility

Women’s Health- cervical cancer

Women’s Health- Contraception

Women’s Health- HPV

Women’s Health- menopause

Women’s Health- endometriosis

Women’s Health- fibroids

Women’s Health- sexual health

Women’s Health- vaginitis

Biosketch:

Dr. Donnica Moore is a highly regarded media expert and advocate, a physician educator, and a media commentator.  Dr. Moore is the Founder and President of Sapphire Women’s Health Group LLC, a multi-media health education, communications, and consulting firm.   She is also Founder and President of www.DrDonnica.com, an award-winning women’s health information website and host of the popular podcast “In The Ladies’ Room with Dr. Donnica” (available on iTunes).   Dr. Moore is the Editor-in-Chief of the comprehensive, highly illustrated book Women’s Health for Life (DK Publishing; 2009).

Best known as “Dr. Donnica”, she is most well recognized for her appearances in over 850 television interviews and hundreds of radio interviews on various women’s health and general medical topics.  She has been a frequent contributor to “The Dr. Oz Show”, for which she is also a Medical Advisory Board member, and “The Steve Harvey Show”.  From 2009—2011, Dr. Donnica was a regular women’s health contributor on ABC’s “Good Morning America Health”.  From 1999-2000, Dr. Donnica was the weekly women’s health contributor for NBC’s Later Today Show.  Previously, she was a frequent guest on NBC’s Weekend Today Show.  She has also been a guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, “The View”, “Good Morning America, “The Today Show”, The Tyra Banks Show”, CNN, “The Rachael Ray Show”, and many others, as well as a featured expert in several E!Entertainment specials.  Many of her television interviews remain available online, including a segment teaching Tyra Banks to breast feed, which was a VH-1 “Best Week Ever” selection and has had millions of views on YouTube.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvgt2Agsgqw ).  On the radio, her voice was heard daily from September 2000 through March 2002 on the nationally syndicated “Dr. Donnica’s Women’s Health Report” which air’ed in 132 markets.

Dr. Donnica’s latest media venture is hosting the podcast “In the Ladies’ Room with Dr. Donnica”.  Launched in Jan. 2018, it features real conversations, with real women about really intimate issues.  Many guests have been other physicians; others include Olympians, celebrities, politicians, authors, and others who are experts in the topics they’re discussing because they have lived through those issues, successfully managed them, and are eager to share their “Been There, Done That” experiences so that other women may benefit, and laugh or cry along.  Guests have included actress/comedienne Vicki Lawrence; Lesley Jane Seymour (former Editor-in-Chief of More Magazine); Olympic Champions Nancy Hogshead, Joetta Clark Diggs & Chante Lowe; Susan G. Komen Foundation founder, Ambassador Nancy Brinker; & former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Dr. David Shulkin.

Dr. Moore is a popular speaker for both medical and consumer audiences on topics related to general medical issues, women’s health, preventive health, vaccines, drug development, balancing work and family, and others.  She is well known for her engaging and entertaining style which she refers to as “Medutainment”:  using humor as the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down.  She has addressed numerous women’s fairs, employee groups, consumer, professional associations, and medical organizations.  She has also often been the physician to accompany numerous celebrities on their media tours—both on-camera and off-camera–when health and medical issues are involved.

Dr. Moore’s more than 180 published articles (in medical journals and consumer magazines) focus on women’s health and career issues.  She was the “Doctor on Call” columnist for First for Women magazine (circ. 1 million) from 2002–2010.  Her articles have covered women’s health clinical and research issues, the drug discovery and development process, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, cervical cancer screening, product liability, the impact of managed care on clinical research, media management of women’s health and disease management.

Dr. Moore’s presence on the Internet goes beyond her site at DrDonnica.com.  She was the women’s health expert for YahooHealth.com from 2003–2007.  She is a medical advisory board member for the Cosmetics Executive Women website www.CancerAndCareers.com.  Dr. Moore is also the founder of Princeton University’s award-winning Alumni on-line discussion group “Parent-Net” which deals with balancing work/family issues.

Dr. Moore has received more than 30 awards for her achievements in medicine and business.  Most recently, the State University of New York conferred upon her an honorary Doctorate of Science Degree for her achievements in scientific and medical communications (2020). In 2017, the organization “Leading Women Entrepreneurs” honored her as one of their Top 25 Women Entrepreneurs.  She was a recipient of the 2007 Women in Government Presidential Leadership Award in recognition of her efforts to raise awareness about cervical cancer prevention and early diagnosis.  She received the first “Alumnae Leadership Award” from Princeton University’s Women’s Center in 2001.  In 2000, Dr. Moore was named “One of the Most Influential Forces in Healthcare Information Technology” by Advance for Healthcare Technology magazine.  She is the 1999 winner of the New Jersey Commission on the Status of Women’s Connie Woodruff Award (for “the woman who has best demonstrated a major commitment to women’s issues and concerns”); the Soroptomist Woman of Distinction Award (for her contributions to women’s health); and the American Medical Women’s Association Calcium Education Nutrition Award (for the woman physician who has done the most to advance osteoporosis education).  She has also been honored twice as Woman of the Year by the Women’s Health & Counseling Center (Somerville NJ). DrDonnica.com has also been the recipient of the HOPE Award and the ObGyn.net Outstanding Achievement Award.  Her work has been featured in more than 40 periodicals such as Business Week, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Dr. Moore has been active in organized medicine for over 30 years.  She was a founding member of the Corporate Advisory Council for the Society for Women’s Health Research and served for 3 terms on its Board of Directors.  For 7 years she served on the Board of Directors of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) in several regional and national elected positions; she is currently serving another term on the AMWA Board (2021-2023).  She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research.  Dr. Moore was a founding member and first co-chair of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists Corporate Advisory Board; a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Council on Women’s Health; and a member of the Board of Directors of Research!America, a national coalition of over 300 organizations and institutions committed to supporting biomedical research; she is currently an “Emeritus member” of their Board.

Dr. Moore’s interest in women’s health research began as a member of the 9th class of women at Princeton University (1981), where she wrote the senior honors thesis “Elective Hysterectomy and the Unnecessary Surgery Debate.”  She graduated cum laude from Princeton and won a Rotary International Graduate Fellowship to the University College of Dublin (Ireland).  She earned her medical degree from the State University of New York School of Medicine at Buffalo (1986), where she conducted research in athlete’s amenorrhea, breast cancer rehabilitation, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, chorionic villus sampling, and endometriosis.  She underwent residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Temple University where she was involved with several clinical trials in addition to patient care.  This was followed by additional training in family medicine at Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, NJ.

Dr. Moore’s previous professional positions included Director, Professional Relations at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation (now Novartis) where she also held several other management-level positions over seven years.  Dr. Moore joined Sandoz in 1989 in Medical Operations, charged with overseeing medical services, medical marketing and phase IV clinical research in neuroendocrinology. In this role she had the opportunity to examine issues relevant to both endocrinology and women’s health research from an industry perspective.  Recognizing the void in physician awareness and education about these issues, she created and developed the Sandoz Medical Education Center in 1990, which she directed until 1993.  Her responsibilities also included supervising the Medical Publications Department.  Her work was recognized with the Sandoz Marketing Excellence Award.  Later, as Director of Professional Relations, she represented Sandoz with external customer groups including professional and medical organizations, legislators, the media, and the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Moore served as the founder and Chairman of the Dupont Health Advisory Board for 10 years.  She has also served as a Medical Advisory Board member for AccuMed International; UroMed, Inc.; MediSphere Partners; Swiss Precision Diagnostics (SPD) and Imago Systems, for which she was also a founding Board of Directors member.

Dr. Moore resides in Chester NJ and is the mother of two young adults.  Her complete curriculum vitae (128 pages) is available upon request.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Continuing Medical Education, Director of GME Wellness Initiatives, University of New Mexico

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Burnout

Diversity

Leadership

Mentorship

Physician Wellbeing

Biosketch:

Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH, FAMWA, SFHM, MACP, is a New Mexican internal medicine physician, an American Medical Association-Satcher Health Leadership Institute Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellow, Chair of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Committee Advocacy Committee, a member of AMWA’s Governance Committee, and a member of AMWA’s Board of Directors. She is also a Regent Emeritus of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and multi-state District Chair of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM).

A former Graduate Medical Education Wellness Initiatives Director and Director for Continuing Medical Education at the University of New Mexico, Dr Barrett’s research and scholarly work are in areas of clinician wellbeing, gender equity, health equity, and substance use disorders. She has received awards from the NM ACP Chapter in advocacy and for early career leadership, and was recognized by the NM SHM Chapter as the 2020 Physician of the Year. Dr Barrett received a 2019 Exceptional Mentor Award from the AMWA, is an elected member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and received a 2021 Award of Excellence in Humanitarian Services from SHM.

Dr Barrett earned her MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MD at Georgetown University, completed internal medicine residency at Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital, and completed a Rural Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of Arizona. She currently works in Albuquerque.

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Specialty:

Hematology & Oncology

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Medical Humanities

Physician Wellbeing

Biosketch:

Dr. Elaine Schattner is a journalist, cancer survivor, and physician with a rare perspective on healthcare. A graduate of Yale College and New York University School of Medicine, she worked as a blood and cancer specialist before completing a journalism degree at Columbia University. Her forthcoming book, From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer will be available in February, 2023. Dr. Schattner cares deeply about the health and future success of women physicians. Based on her prior experiences as an academic physician and cancer researcher with serious health concerns including breast cancer and depression, resulting in her clinical career’s premature ending, she wrote on the value of physicians’ health in “The Personal Toll of Practicing Medicine,” one of the ten most-read articles of 2017 in the leading policy journal, Health Affairs.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Penn State Health/Penn State College of Medicine

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Endometriosis

Women’s Health- Infertility

Physician Mental Wellness

Medical Humanities

Infertility

Burnout

Career Advancement

Leadership

Mentorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Eliana Hempel, MD, FACP  has a long-standing interest in education, mentorship and leadership. Dr. Hempel’s career began in graduate medical education, due to a strong desire to educate and mentor young physicians considering careers in primary care. Her background education includes training in adult cognitive learning theory, participation in the Harvard Macy Program for Post-Graduate Trainees, the Harvard Medical School Maximize Your Teaching program, certification in the Stanford Clinical Skills Framework and several other professional development programs.  She has served as Assistant and then Associate Program Director of the Penn State Health Internal Medicine Residency Program. She currently serves as director of the Primary Care Track, a program designed to prepare residents for careers in primary care, and director of the 3+3 Internal Medicine Accelerated Pathway at Penn State, a program designed to provide accelerated training for medical students pursuing careers in primary care.  Through these roles, Dr. Hempel has developed and evaluated curricula, recruited students and residents, worked closely with institutional leadership to advocate for resident education, and served as a mentor for junior faculty, residents and medical students.

In 2021, she transitioned into the role of Associate Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine with the goals of advocating for and supporting my colleagues and exploring her passion leadership and mentorship.  Her background in leadership includes ACP LEAD certification and participation in the AAMC LEAD program, AMWA ELEVATE program and engagement in the ACLGIM and AAPL. Her personal experiences with infertility and loss and grief have sparked her strong desire to represent and advocate for women in medicine with similar experiences. Dr. Hempel’s research interest include education in primary care, narrative medicine, and health systems science. Her mission is to use her relationship-centered approach to establish mutually respectful and trusting relationships that serve as a foundation for collaborative leadership that result in the creation of ‘win-win’ outcomes.

Assistant Professor and Director of Medical Student Education, Duke University

Specialty:

Anesthesiology/Pediatric Anesthesiology

Speaking Topics:

Caregiving

Covid-19

Biosketch:

Dr. Elizabeth Malinzak is an Associate Professor at Duke University, where she serves as the Director of Medical Student Education for the Department of Anesthesiology.  She attended medical school and residency at Duke and pursued a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at the University of North Carolina.  Dr. Malinzak is the Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Young Physicians and is an APPLIED examiner and MOCA Question Author for the American Board of Anesthesiology.  She is also the current President of Women in Anesthesiology. As a pediatric anesthesiologist, her interests include fasting guidelines and adults with pediatric disease.  Her other academic interests include advocacy for women in medicine and young physicians, medical education and simulation, social media, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development.  She has published and presented on topics including: adults with pediatric disease, work-life conflict, social media for professional development, generational differences, use of technology in medical education, and leadership development.

Doctor, ARC Fertility

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Speaking Topics:

Global Health & Women

Infertility

Women’s Health- Infertility

Women’s Health- Endometriosis

Biosketch:

G. David Adamson, BSc, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, FACS is a reproductive endocrinologist and surgeon, Clinical Professor ACF at Stanford University, and Associate Clinical Professor at University of California San Francisco. His undergraduate, medical school and obstetrics/gynecology residency training was at the University of Toronto and his Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility fellowship training at Stanford University. Currently he is Director of Equal3 Fertility, APC, and CEO of ARC® Fertility.

Dr. Adamson has over 300 peer-reviewed and scientific/medical publications and has lectured extensively for over 3 decades nationally and globally on assisted reproductive technologies, endometriosis, surgery, infertility, access to quality reproductive health care, gender equity, evidencebased standards of care, and cost and affordability of fertility care. Dr. Adamson led the committee that created The FIGO Fertility Toolbox and the organization that created the global Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project (EPHect), and he created the Endometriosis Fertility Index, all digital tools used globally to improve health care for reproductive age women. He led development of a comprehensive practice management and electronic medical record system (ARCIS).

He is Chair of the International Committee Monitoring ART (ICMART), a non-State actor (NSA/NGO) in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO), and President of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF). He is on the Board of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) and International Federation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FIGO) Committee on Reproductive Medicine of which he is Past Chair. He is Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Reproductive Care (ARC® Fertility), the largest United States network fertility company.

Dr. Adamson is Past President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART), AAGL, and several other major gynecological societies. He has been recognized as one of the best 400 physicians for women in America and received many awards, including the Outstanding Achievement in Medicine award from the Santa Clara County Medical Society, a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for contributions to the community, Distinguished Surgeon award from the Society of Reproductive Surgeons, Honorary Life Membership from the Canadian Association of Internes and Residents, the Barbara Eck Founders Award from RESOLVE, numerous honorary memberships and professorships, and the ASRM Distinguished Service award for his outstanding achievements in advancing the practice of reproductive medicine.

Dr. Adamson enjoys spending time with his family, reading, hiking, traveling and ice hockey.

www.arcfertility.com; https://www.facebook.com/arcfertility/; Twitter @ARCFertility; Instagram @arcfertilityusa; https://www.linkedin.com/company/advanced-reproductive-care/

Executive Physician, Founder, Single Mom MD

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

IM Hospitalist

Speaking Topics:

Technology/Telehealth

Sex and Gender Specific Health

Physician Metal Wellness

Obesity/Weight Management

Caregiving

Medical Humanities

Informatics/Digital Health

Global Health & Women

Burnout

Career Advancement

Diversity

Gender/Career Equity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Sponsorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Gail Clifford, MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, FHM, a professor of medicine since 1996 at Saint Louis University, the Mayo Clinic, and a variety of medical schools across the Midwest and northwest, developed a passion for helping women physicians overcome the overwhelm of too little time, money, and support and now focuses on Single Mom Physicians to help them improve their life-work balance to better enjoy her time both at work and with her family.

Dr. Clifford graduated from New York Medical College (Valhalla, NY) in 1991, initial general surgery residency (categorical) at the now defunct Polyclinic Medical Center in Harrisburg, PA, and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at University of Texas Health Science Center – Houston.

In addition, Dr. Clifford completed the Executive Certification program at University of Nebraska – Omaha, typically referred to as the “mini-MBA” program in May, 2003.

In 2010, Dr. Clifford completed the Masters in Medical Management at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) in partnership with the American College of Physician Executives which also sponsored my physician executive certification (CPE) in 2012.

Whilst in private practice, Dr. Clifford advanced from being a member of the Institution Review Board to the Chair for several years. Dr. Clifford was the first woman physician Chair of Medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital (Mt. Vernon, IL) in 1999 and named the  ACP-ASIM Community Speaker of the Year, 1998-1999, 2000 whilst receiving the St Mary’s- Good Samaritan, Inc Quality Award for outstanding contribution to clinical teams, 1998, 1999. Dr Clifford has been named Doctor of the month and Gold Star Award at multiple locations, named one of America’s Top Physicians for decades, a Leading Physicians of the World in 2016 by the International Association of Healthcare Professions, and was the 2018 Recipient Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Medicine.

She also developed the first hospitalist program at Good Samaritan Hospital in 1997 to address the issue of unassigned patients admitted to the hospital.

In 2020, with her daughter, Jacqueline Mullen, Dr. Clifford became an Amazon International Best-Selling Author for the Children’s Book: “Mommy Magic: Anatomy & Sex Ed for Pre-Schoolers.”

In 2021, with Dr. Clifford’s publisher (Best Sellers’ Publishing) compilation, “The Expert’s Cure,” I became a Wall Street Journal / USA Today Best Selling Author with her chapter contribution, “The Physician’s Better Way” which discusses strategies to reduce depression and suicide in physicians by learning how to achieve a better life-work balance.

CEO/Founder, Providence Health Inc.

Specialty:

Psychiatry

Speaking Topics:

Global Health & Women

Physician Mental Wellness

Associate Professor

University Health, KC

Specialty:

Internal Medicine
Obesity medicine
Lifestyle medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Obesity/Weight Management
Global Health & Women
Drug Addiction
Burnout
Career Advancement
Diversity
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Medical Director, Medstar

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- HPV
Women’s Health- Cervical Cancer
Women’s Health- Vaginitis
Physician Mental Wellness
Osteoporosis/Bone Health
Obesity/Weight Management
Diabetes, Type 2
Global Health & Women
Drug Addiction
Burnout
Career Advancement
Leadership
Mentorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

I am a dedicated physician and Facility Medical Director at Medstar Medical Group in Annapolis, Maryland. With a focus on providing high-quality patient care, I oversee clinical operations, policy development, and patient engagement initiatives. I am committed in advancing medical knowledge is reflected and have made research contributions, including key publications under the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where my team has explored how drug addiction affects brain functions.

In addition to my clinical and research work, I am actively involved in promoting volunteerism and community service. I serve as a Co-Chair of the Volunteerism Committee at the American College of Physicians (ACP), leading initiatives that encourage physicians to give back to their communities. I am a proud member of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), as it cherish my passion to advance the role of women in medicine.

Chair in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology

Harvard Medical School

Speaking Topics:

Reproductive Care
Medical Humanities
Global Health & Women
Gender/Career Equity
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

I have delivered health care in obstetrics and gynecology in Boston at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Dimock Center, and Fenway Health Center. I am also an editor at large of Harvard Women’s Health Watch and a faculty member in the American Association of University Women with a role in promoting gender equity, economic security, and leadership for women. I was the Clinical Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Dimock Center in Roxbury. I delivered ambulatory gynecologic care at the Fenway Center. I was the chair of a major Harvard Medical School department. I have authored over 70 academic journal articles, 4 textbooks, and multiple commentaries. I wrote 10 books for the community with major publishers which have received critical acclaim and sold widely. I was a member of Oprah’s Women’s Health Speaking Tour and was regularly voted one of the Top Doctors in Boston.

I have a unique story that explains why I no longer practice medicine. In 2018, I sudden noticed a bad headache. This was unusual for me, as I had no history of headaches, no medical problems, and I was fit and healthy. After two days of mentioning this headache, my husband found me unresponsive in our home, so he called 911. I was brought by ambulance to nearby Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the same medical center where I was the Department Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Clinical Associate Professor Emerita

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Speaking Topics:

LGBTQiA Issues

Sex and Gender Specific Health

Women’s Health- Menopause

Biosketch:

Janice Werbinski is a board-certified Gynecologist and Certified Menopause Practitioner who practiced Women’s Health and Gynecology for 40 years in Michigan, retiring from clinical practice in 2013.

She is former Medical Director of Bronson Women’s Center, Borgess Women’s Health, and the YWCA Sexual Assault Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

She is Clinical Associate Professor Emerita at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine (WMed), where she continues to teach, and has written an iBook on Sex and Gender Medicine for students. She is Founding Secretary of the WMed AMWA Branch.

She is currently President of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA). Her work with AMWA began in the early 1980’s, when she was a Resident Physician. She was chair of the AMWA Women’s Health Working Group for 5 years, then served on the Board of Directors for 6 years. She served as the Executive Director of the Sex and Gender Health Collaborative, designed to inform students and clinicians in sex and gender appropriate medicine. This organization evolved and is supported by AMWA through their Women’s Health Working Group.

Dr. Werbinski has been instrumental in advocating for exciting changes in the medical world which are targeted to change the way that we deliver healthcare to women, taking into consideration the many ways in which women, their health, and their needs differ from men.

Education:

BS, Medical Technology, Magna Cum Laude, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 1968

MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1975

OB/Gyn Residency, EW Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI, 1975-1979

Certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1985

Awards:

Clinical Teaching Award, MSU College of Human Medicine, Class of 1992

Clinical Excellence Award, National Association of Professionals in Women’s Health, 1996

Glass Ceiling Award, Kalamazoo Network, 1998

President’s Award, MSMS, for service as President of a National Physician Professional Organization.

Spotlight Award, Kalamazoo YWCA Women of Achievement Tenth Annual Award Dinner, 1994.

President’s Award, AMWA, 2009, 2012 for creation of Web-Based Women’s Health Digital Resource Library

Listing: “Guide to America’s Top Obstetricians and Gynecologists.” 2004,2009

Lila A. Wallis Women’s Health Award, AMWA, 2019

Publications Related to Sex and Gender Specific Medicine:

J.Amer.Med.Wom.Assn, A Women’s Health Curriculum for an Internal Medicine Residency. Vol.53 (3) Suppl. P 133-4. Aug.1998. (This article was chosen to be placed in a time capsule at NIH in 2000.)

J Women’s Health, AMWA’s role in women’s health curriculum. Vol 17(10):1555. DOI:10.1089/jwh. Dec. 2008.1148a.

J Women’s Health American Medical Women’s Association Position Paper on Sex and Gender Specific Medicine. Vol 17(10:1557. DOI:10.1089/jwh. Dec. 2008.1148b

J Women’s Health, Embedding concepts of sex and gender health differences into medical curricula. Vol 22(3):194-202.Mar 2013.

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Family Medicine/Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician, U.S. Navy

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Sports Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Sexual Health

Women’s Health- HPV

Women’s Health- Contraception

Women’s Health- Infertility

Lesbian Health

Transgender Health

LGBTQiA Issues

Infertility

Biosketch:

Janelle Marra DO FAAFP CAQSM is a clinical assistant professor of Family Medicine  at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). She is serving as the interim Group Surgeon with 1^st Marine Logistics Group and the  regimental surgeon with Combat Logistics Regiment-17, 1^st Marine Logistics Group, on Camp Pendleton in CA. Dr. Marra is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has a certificate of added qualifications in sports medicine. She was awarded fellowship status in the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Medical Women’s Association. She has presented nationally on LGBTQ+ healthcare.

Dr. Marra completed her internship and residency in Family Medicine at the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, in Camp Pendleton, CA from 2008-2011. She completed her Fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Camp Pendleton, CA from 2013-2014.

Dr. Marra has  8 peer reviewed publications  with one pending publication later this year on various topics in family medicine, sports medicine and LGBTQIA+ healthcare. She has been a speaker at  15 national conferences on topics in family medicine, reproductive health, LGBTQIA+ healthcare. She has been a member of panel discussions on diversity equity and inclusion in medicine. She has been an invited guest speaker for several undergraduate and graduate medical schools.

She has been awarded 2018 Military Health System (MHS) Female Physician Leadership Award (Navy , Junior Officer).  She was awarded the warfare device , Fleet Marine Force Officer (FMF-O). Her military awards and ribbons include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with Gold Star for third award) , Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal , Humanitarian Service Medal, Overseas Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal , and Navy Pistol Ribbon.

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Burnout
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

My own challenge with burnout early in my career led me to transition out of clinical practice in my first decade after residency. The process of figuring out what to do next brought me to being coach for early career physicians seeking to enjoy life inside and outside of work, whether at the bedside, elsewhere or both.

Owner, Conscious Anti-Racism, Conscious Health Meditation and Wellness

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Biosketch:

Dr. Jill Wener is a Board-certified physician leader with academic, social justice, wellness, and entrepreneurial experience. She is an active member of AMWA and is on the AMWA DEJI committee. She graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 2003, completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Washington in 2006, and she worked as an academic hospitalist at Rush University Medical Center from 2006-2015, where she served as the Director of Education of the Division of Hospital Medicine and the Director of Faculty Development of Rush Medical College. She transitioned out of clinical medicine in 2015, and she now works as an expert in physician wellness and as an anti-racism educator. She is the Owner of Conscious Health Meditation + Wellness and the CEO of Conscious Anti-Racism LLC.

Jill has 2+ years practice teaching and implementing social justice and anti-racism programs for individuals, healthcare, and corporate, including co-authoring a book on social justice (Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change, published in November 2020), hosting a social justice podcast, creating/delivering online and live/virtual anti-racism trainings, and serving as a Faculty Facilitator for the ACGME Equity Matters program. She has experience in design, direction and implementation of an anti-racism curriculum for healthcare professionals focused on increasing knowledge of systemic racism and social determinants of health and reducing the negative health outcomes due to implicit bias. Jill has a special focus and interest in trauma and how it perpetuates systemic racism within the healthcare system (and what may be done to heal from and prevent that trauma).

Jill also has 5+ years full-time practice of teaching and implementing wellness and stress-reduction programs for physicians and healthcare organizations. She is a certified Conscious Health Meditation instructor, an EFT/Tapping practitioner, and she is the creator of the CME-accredited online meditation course called ‘Meditation for Doctors: A Guide to the REST Technique’. She has developed and delivered presentations nation-wide on social justice, anti-racism, stress management, mindfulness, meditation, and medical education. She leads meditation retreats for women in healthcare around the world, and she is the Chief Wellness Officer of the TransforMD Mastery Retreat for Women Physicians.

In addition to publishing her Conscious Anti-Racism book, Jill has published multiple articles on KevinMD, has been featured on the Al Jazeera show ‘The Stream’ talking about burnout and moral injury, and she has been featured on multiple podcasts.

Pediatric Intensivist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Burnout

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

In PICU fellowship, Dr. Jillian Bybee experienced a major depressive episode and burnout. She has spent the last 8 years recovering and has experienced significant post-traumatic growth. She spends a majority of her academic time teaching others about the effects of trauma, how to care for themselves better as healthcare workers, and facilitating peer support and debriefing. She has found that many can relate to her experience.

Physician, Wellstar Health System

Specialty:

Endocrinology

Speaking Topics:

Osteoporosis/Bone Health

Obesity/Weight Maagement

Diabetes, Type 1

Diabetes, Type 2

Diverity

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Joanna Miragaya graduated from Valenca Medical School, Brazil. She completed her PhD in Foods & Nutrition, with a focus on effects of acute stress on food and body regulation, at University of Georgia, Athens, GA. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital, followed by fellowship in Endocrinology & Metabolism at Wayne State University/ Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI. She is certified in Radioactive Iodine through American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) pathway and was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology in May, 2016. Dr. Miragaya became a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine in April 2021.  She was a clinical endocrinologist at the Hallett Center for Diabetes and Metabolism from 2015 to 2016, Providence, RI, and an assistant professor at Emory University, Atlanta, GA, from 2016 to 2019.

She is currently in private practice at Wellstar Health System, GA, where she also serves as a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. She remains committed to graduate medical education and is actively involved with the Wellstar Kennestone Internal Medicine residency program. She remains engaged in medical education by contributing in the ABIM Endocrinology writing task force, and advocate for high quality clinical guidelines as the vice-chair of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Oversight Committee of AACE. She is also actively DEI committee at the American Thyroid Association (ATA). Dr. Miragaya is currently the president of the Georgia Society of Endocrinology. She has completed the leadership program by the American Medical Women Association.

Pediatrician, Nemours Children’s Health

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Infomatics/Digital Health
Career Advancement
Leadership
Mentorship
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch

Dr. Joannie Yeh is a primary care pediatrician with a special interest in mental health disorders. She is currently a physician leader at Nemours Children’s Health and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. She is a member of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion council at AMWA and a lifetime member of AMWA. Dr. Yeh is committed to improving personal and professional life balance for women in medicine through teaching about negotiation strategies and intentional career development planning.

Dr. Joannie Yeh graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago campus and completed her residency at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, DE. Afterwards, she completed a one-year mini-fellowship in outpatient psychiatry with Nemours. She is currently going through the AMWA-sponsored Korn Ferry Advance’s Leadership U for Humanity course.

Dr. Joannie Yeh has been a past speaker at AMWA conferences on topics of career negotiation, mentorship, and the gender pay gap. In her pediatric circles, Dr. Yeh has spoken on national and regional platforms on treating mental health disorders in children and on using social media for advocacy and networking. Within her hospital organization, Dr. Yeh serves as a volunteer peer support to offer a confidential check in to other doctors, and has also served on the resident wellness committee.

Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Adolescent Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Reproductive Care

Women’s Health- Contraception

Human Trafficking

Biosketch:

Kanani Titchen, MD, FAAP, is an Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine physician at Rady Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor at University of California San Diego, as well as a co-founder of the American Medical Women’s Association’s (AMWA) Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans (PATH) committee. Dr. Titchen is a former President of the national AMWA Residency Division, current Chair of the Rady Children’s Human Trafficking and CSEC (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children) Working Group, and she serves as Co-Chair of the Research and Data Subcommittee for the San Diego Human Trafficking and CSEC Advisory Council and on the American Academy of Pediatrics State Government Affairs. Research interests include women in medicine, social media, reproductive health for youth (specifically anxiety around intrauterine device insertion/use,) trauma-informed care, and prevention of human trafficking through medical-community and medical-arts partnerships.

Dr. Titchen first encountered human trafficking while scrubbed into a surgery in medical school at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in 2011. While still a pediatric resident at Jefferson/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Dr. Titchen trained with nonprofit GEMS (Girls Educational & Mentoring Services) in New York City, created an online video tutorial to educate doctors about human sex trafficking, and co-founded AMWA-PATH. During her Adolescent Medicine fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at the Children’s Hospital At Montefiore, Dr. Titchen worked with the New York Police Department, Sanctuary for Families, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, and survivors of human trafficking to better understand issues surrounding health and medical care of exploited youth.

Dr. Titchen has authored over a dozen articles for medical journals and for the lay press about U.S. domestic child trafficking and physician education, is editor of the first case-based medical guide about human trafficking in adolescents, and has advocated for labor and sex trafficking survivors on The Hill and at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She has spoken at multiple academic institutions, hospitals, on public radio, and via TEDx about the need for trauma-sensitive physical exams and a patient-centered, trauma-informed approach for working with victims and survivors of labor and sex trafficking. Dr. Titchen has received multiple awards and grants for her work on human trafficking, including the Medelita HERO Award, a UCSD ENRICH grant, and an AAP CATCH grant.

Physician, Owner, Kara McElligott Park, MD, PLLC

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Obesity Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Sexual Health

Women’s Health- Fibroids

Women’s Health- Endometriosis

Women’s Health- Menopause

Women’s Health- HPV

Women’s Health- Contraception

Women’s Health- Cervical Cancer

Women’s Health- Infertility

Women’s Health- Vaginitis

Technology/Telehealth

Sex and Gender Specific Health

Obesity/Weight Management

Informatics/Digital Health

Biosketch:

Kara McElligott Park, MD, MPH is a board certified OB/GYN and certified menopause practitioner with over 12 years of experience in academic medicine. She has experience in public health research, business development, and clinical informatics. She is passionate about the care of women, especially those who may not have their needs met in traditional health care settings. Her current area of focus is support during the menopausal transition.

As a medical student at UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. McElligott Park was the Chair for Community Outreach and developed a women’s health curriculum for women inmates. She is striving to improve the health of women by reaching beyond the traditional health care model to provide menopausal health support to women in North Carolina.

Dr. McElligott Park graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. After completing her OB/GYN residency at Duke Health, she returned to UNC Health for a fellowship in Epidemiology and Clinical Trials. She is now board certified in OB/GYN and Obesity Medicine. She is also a Certified Menopause Practitioner. She has a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Healthcare and Prevention from University of North Carolina School of Public Health. She obtained a Masters of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCI) from Duke University.

Dr. McElligott Park has 4 peer reviewed publications.* She was formerly full-time faculty at Duke Health, UNC Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Center. She served on several academic committees including: Data Science Steering, Maestro Leadership, Care Redesign and the Investigational Review Board Committee.

*Peer reviewed publications can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/kara.mcelligott.1/bibliography/public/

Principal, Nichols Leadership

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Geriatrics

Speaking Topics:

Physician Leadership

Biosketch:

Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, CS is most recently the Dean of the Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (MWU/CCOM) serving since 2002 until stepping down July 2018. Prior to serving as Dean, she was Assistant Dean, Post-Doctoral Education and Chair, Internal Medicine at the MWU/Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine since 1997. She was in the private practice of internal medicine and geriatrics in Mesa, Arizona from 1985 through 2002. A graduate of the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCU-COM) with a DO degree, she holds a Master’s degree in Management with a specialty in Healthcare Administration from Central Michigan University.

Dr. Nichols has received the highest awards bestowed by the AOA, the American Association of College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA), Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society and KCU-COM, as well as the alumni associations of CCOM and KCU-COM. She holds 8 honorary degrees.

She has served as President of the AOA, President of the AOMA and President of the American College of Osteopathic Internists and was the first woman to hold all those positions. She is Past President of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago Board of Governors.

In 2004 Dr. Nichols created the endowed Costin Institute for Osteopathic Medical Educators, sited at MWU/CCOM, a one-year hybrid fellowship which has graduated over 300 medical educators. Dr. Nichols teaches nationally and internationally on the topics of end-of-life care, physician leadership, and women leaders in medicine.

Division Chief of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital, Owner/Medical Director, Providence, Multi-care, PNWU, and Self

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Education

Longevity and Age-Management Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Sexual Health

Physician Mental Wellness

Obesity/Weight Management

Medical Humanities

Burnout

Career Advancement

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Sponsorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Katheryn D. Hudon, DO, FAAP, FACOP has extensive experience in leadership, academia, clinical practice, and the business of medicine. Her current roles include: Division Chief of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Clinical Faculty, Pediatric Hospitalist, and Owner/Medical Director of a direct care private practice. Dr. Hudon’s areas of specialty include: Pediatric Medicine, Medical Education, Coaching, Business of Medicine, Longevity and Age Management Medicine.

Her research areas include pediatric medicine, medical education, and improvement of outcomes in rural/underserved areas by integrating unique medical school curriculum into the community. She maintains a strong focus on medical student, resident, and physician well-being within the culture of medicine, with a particular interest in the well-being of women physicians, and serves as contributing faculty for the Women in Medicine club, Faculty advisor for the Pediatric Interest Group, and contributing speaker for the AMWA section 9 conference series.

Dr. Hudon attended medical school at Pacific Northwest University, Residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. Additional training for certification in clinical weight management through A4M, Women’s hormonal health through Heather Hirsch, and executive coaching through Brave Enough.

Her awards and accolades include being the recipient of the Golden Cane Award, consecutive years named as Preceptor of the Year, and consecutive years selected for the Last Lecture series.

Specialty:

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Speaking Topics:

Other
Physician Mental Wellness
Medical Humanities
Imposter Syndrome
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. LaPorte was born near Sioux City, Iowa. She grew up on a farm where her best friends were the dogs, cats, geese, turkeys, goats, hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits that surrounded her on her days spent outside playing. She credits this upbringing to the development of her deep love of animals.

Dr. LaPorte knew even as a teenager that she loved science and wanted to pursue a career as a surgeon. Upon high school graduation, she received a full academic scholarship to the University of Nebraska, Lincoln where she was inducted into the University Honors program and awarded a specialized position as an athletic tutor for the NCAA.

She graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Biology in 2007 and progressed to Creighton University Dental School. During dental school, Dr. LaPorte performed research surrounding cleft lip and palate malformations. Her research was submitted by the Creighton University faculty and subsequently awarded a travel scholarship to the National Institute of Health in Washington DC, where she presented her findings to scientists working on the cutting edge in the dental and medical fields in our nation’s capital.

Upon her completion of dental school in 2013, Dr. LaPorte graduated with highest academic distinction and was awarded the Excellence in Surgery Award by the Creighton University Surgical faculty.

After dental school, Dr. LaPorte matriculated into the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She attended medical school while at the Nebraska Medical Center and was awarded a scholarship for her high academic performance as a medical student. She received her Doctor of Medicine in 2016, after which Dr. LaPorte successfully completed and passed all sections of the United Stated Medical Board Examinations and received licensure as a Board Certified Physician.

After medical school, Dr. LaPorte successfully completed a 2-year residency training in General Surgery, with a special focus on Head and Neck surgery, Pediatric general surgery, as well as Cleft Lip & Palate and Craniofacial surgical training through the Omaha Children’s Hospital. She also worked for two years as a resident surgeon on the highly specialized Boys Town National Research Hospital Cleft Lip and Palate /Craniofacial multidisciplinary team clinic. She was then appointed as Chief Resident in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery division at the Nebraska Medical Center, which she completed with highest distinction in June 2019.

During her time as Chief Resident, Dr. LaPorte was awarded a travel scholarship to South America, where she worked in a local operating room in Lima, Peru with a team of medical providers to administer life-changing surgical care to individuals with devastating developmental and acquired defects of the face, mouth, jaws, head and neck.

After her time in residency, Dr. LaPorte transitioned to private practice. She subsequently successfully passed the written and oral board examinations for the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, earning Diplomate status in 2021.

In addition to her academic accomplishments, Dr. LaPorte enjoys spending time with her husband Kevin, her son Shelby, and their three dogs, Daisy, Señor, and Lenny, their cats Josephine and Gracie and their guinea pigs Bill and Ted. She enjoys music and has played the piano since the age of 5 years old. She loves cooking, hiking, and being in nature.

Professor and Vice Chair and Associate Dean

University of Kansas Medical Center

Specialty:

Surgery, Orthopedic

Speaking Topics:

Sex and Gender Specific Health
Physician Mental Wellness
Osteoporosis/Bone Health
Transgender Health
Burnout
Career Advancement
Diversity
Gender/Career Equity
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Owner, Attending Physician, The Doctor Is In! LLC

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Diabetes, Type 2

LGBTQiA Issues

Transgender Health

Lesbian Health

Obesity/Weight Management

Physician Mental Wellness

Sex and Gender Specific Health

Women’s Health- Menopause

Women’s Health- Sexual Health

Women’s Health- Vaginitis

Biosketch:

Landi Frances Lowell is the Owner and Sole Proprietor of “The Doctor Is In!” LLC. Dr. Lowell is Self Employed in Private practice and an Attending Physician. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, with a Specialty in Adult and Children’s Medicine. Dr. Lowell does both Primary Care and Consults.

In her personal life, she has two children and is fluent in written and spoke Spanish. She is a member of the Gillette Community Band where she plays both the flute and piccolo. She makes creative and artistic birthday cakes for her friends and family. Dr. Lowell also writes poetry and is working on a novel. In her free time she loves to travel both domestically and internationally.

CEO, Dr. Toya Coaching

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Subspecialty

Perinatal Mental Health

Speaking Topics:

Burnout
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch

Dr. La Toya Luces-Sampson, affectionately known as Dr. Toya on social media, is a wife, mother, board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist, perinatal mental health specialist and Coach. Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, she moved to the United States where she went on to earn both her Bachelor and Medical Degrees from Howard University in an accelerated 6-year BS/MD program. She completed her residency training at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia and has lived in Northern California since.

After caring for pregnant and postpartum women as an OBGYN for more than a decade, she now focuses on the unique needs of physician moms who rarely feel supported as they navigate caring for their babies, a new identity, and the ongoing intensity of clinical medicine. Dr. Toya helps Physician Moms set up systems, navigate complications, advocate for themselves in both personal and professional contexts, so they can feel good about themselves, with confidence and joy. She spreads her message of self-love and self-care on her podcast, ✨ Stethoscopes and Strollers ✨ .

A dynamic and engaging speaker, Dr. Toya brings her expertise to audiences nationwide on physician well-being, work-life integration, and preventing burnout in healthcare. Drawing from both her professional experience and personal journey as a physician mother, she delivers actionable insights with authenticity and warmth. Speaking topics include:

• Preventing burnout and creating sustainable medical careers
• Implementing strategic self-care practices in medicine
• Building effective support systems and villages
• Mastering negotiation and asking for support
• Advocating for physician mothers in healthcare
• Transforming medical culture through physician well-being

Her talks resonate particularly well with medical organizations, women physician groups, and healthcare leadership teams seeking to better support and retain their physician workforce. Dr. Toya is available for keynotes, workshops, and panel discussions, customizing each presentation to meet the specific needs of your organization and audience.

Professor, West Virginia University of Medicine

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Obesity/Weight Management

Biosketch:

Laura Davisson, MD, MPH, FACP, is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. After years of practicing Internal Medicine in a women’s health primary care clinic focused on prevention, Dr. Davisson recognized the contribution of obesity to many chronic conditions she treated. This motivated her to get additional training to specialize in obesity medicine. Dr. Davisson founded and now directs WVU Medicine’s Medical Weight Management program in the Medical and Surgical Weight Loss Center.

Dr. Davisson received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University. She earned her medical degree and MPH from West Virginia University (WVU). Dr. Davisson completed an Internal Medicine residency at WVU and served as Chief Resident. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

Dr. Davisson is active in medical education where she serves as a role model for future women in medicine. As Associate Program Director, she directs internal medicine resident quality improvement activities and the residency research track. Dr. Davisson is the WVU School of Medicine Nutrition Curriculum Thread Director. To reach her goal of creating a regional workforce to treat obesity, the Medical Weight Management clinic serves as a training site for students, residents, and fellows. Dr. Davisson is the Founder and Program Director for WVU’s Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Fellowship which is the first program in WV to train fellows in obesity medicine skills. She served as Faculty Advisor for the medical student Internal Medicine Interest Group and American Medical Women’s Association. She spearheaded an effort to introduce a multidisciplinary women’s health elective for medical students and residents, developed an online curriculum, and directed the rotations.

Dr. Davisson has been active in the American College of Physicians (ACP) and was granted ACP fellowship in 2009.  She was elected as ACP’s WV Chapter Governor, serving a four-year term on the ACP Board of Governors until April 2023. Dr. Davisson serves on committees for the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) and American Board of Obesity Medicine. She has been a contributing author for OMA’s Obesity Algorithm. Dr. Davisson enjoys participating in outreach activities, such as speaking and writing in her areas of interest in prevention, obesity, and women’s health and advocating for the prevention and treatment of obesity and related conditions.

Founder, Purposeful MD

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Burnout
Career Advancement
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Laura Suttin is a family physician, a certified coach, a consultant, an author, a speaker, and an entrepreneur. She completed her medical training at the McGovern Medical School in Houston and her residency at the Christus Spohn Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program in Corpus Christi, Texas. She received her MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2016. Her first book, The Purposeful MD-Creating the Life You Love Without Guilt, was published in October 2024.

Dr. Suttin began working with a coach over 10 years ago, and found it so life-changing that she became a coach herself. She launched Purposeful MD in 2021, with the mission of empowering physicians and other medical professionals to create the lives they love without guilt. In her spare time, she enjoys running, triathlon, travel, and glamping with her family in their travel trailer.

Professor Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology;

Adjunct Professor Department of Global Health, University of Washington; Author

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Subspecialty

Infectious Disease

Speaking Topics:

Reproductive Care
Women’s Health- HPV
Women’s Health- Cervical Cancer
Global Health & Women
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Mentorship

Biosketch:

Dr. Linda Eckert is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and an internationally recognized expert in immunizations and cervical cancer prevention. She worked as a consultant with the World Health Organization on global cancer prevention for fifteen years, facilitating policy development for the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer screening. She is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology with an Infectious Disease Fellowship at University of Washington’s Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health. For over thirty years, Dr. Eckert worked at Seattle’s Harborview Hospital, the largest public hospital in the Pacific Northwest, serving people from all over the globe who represent a broad spectrum of economic means and disease symptoms.

In 2024, Dr. Eckert’s first book, “Enough: Because We Can Stop Cervical Cancer” was published by Cambridge University Press.  “Enough”, which is evidence based and written for the general public, centers the voices of women who have cervical cancer, combining their stories with her own global clinical experience to wrestle with the political, economic, and gender-based reasons that this preventable cancer continues to kill.  Since publication, Dr. Eckert has delivered key note addresses to individual radio interviews, spoken in 6 countries and over 20 states to myriad audiences ranging from high school students to book clubs, grand rounds to speciality academic conferences, focusing her presentations on evidence, equity, and advocacy in cervical cancer prevention.

Dr. Eckert is also in the national spotlight for her expertise regarding vaccines in pregnancy.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, she was interviewed and quoted in more than thirty national publications, ranging from Bloomberg and Politico to Glamour and Mother Jones, and did countless radio interviews about vaccines in pregnancy, including being interviewed on NPR’s Here & Now, a syndicated radio news show with five million listeners. She has written for the Los Angeles Times on the subject.

Dr. Eckert also serves on the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Expert Immunization Committee, served as the ACOG Liaison to CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for five years, and is a research investigator for COVID-19 and RSV vaccines in pregnancy and HPV vaccines in individuals living with HIV. Her areas of clinical expertise include infections in women, vaccines, vulvar disease, cervical cancer screening, and cross-cultural medicine. She is the author of more than eighty peer-reviewed research articles appearing in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Medical Director Environmental Health Center of Martha’s Vineyard

Specialty:

Environmental Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Migraines
Other
Women’s Health- Sexual Health
Women’s Health- Endometriosis
Women’s Health- Menopause
Women’s Health-Infertility
Sex and Gender Specific Health
Physician Mental Wellness
Osteoporosis/Bone Health
Obesity/Weight Management
Multiple Sclerosis
Transgender Health
Infertility (personal)
Fraudulent Drugs
Diabetes, Type 2
Global Health & Women
Drug Addiction
Covid-19
Burnout
Diversity
Leadership
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Lisa is well versed in the treatment in the very sensitive patient as well as the average individual who wants to feel better than they do. Board Certified in Environmental Medicine. Dr. Lisa Nagy has recovered from severe Environmental Illness which began in 2000. She now lectures nationwide, has spoken at congressional meetings and government agencies like EPA , CDC, NIEHS.

Assistant Dean for Simulation, Netter School of Medicine

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Medical Education

Trauma Informed Care

Biosketch:

Dr. Listy Thomas, MD, MBA, FACEP is a professor of medical sciences at the Frank H. Netter School MD School of Medicine in Connecticut, where she is the Assistant Dean for Simulation and Academic Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Hartford Healthcare / St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT where she is also a practicing emergency physician. She was the founding AMWA faculty advisor at the Netter School of Medicine and has advised numerous women medical students in presenting at and attending AMWA conferences and events.

Dr. Thomas completed her undergraduate training at NYU and went on to medical school at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, NY. She completed a dual training residency program in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at NorthShore/LIJ (currently Northwell health system) in New Hyde Park, NY. She obtained an MBA in Healthcare Management from Quinnipiac University. She is an expert in medical education and has taught throughout the UME, GME, and CME spectrum in medical content areas in internal medicine and emergency medicine, as well as ultrasound and procedural training, advanced diagnostic reasoning, advanced communication skills, teamwork, and relationship-centered clinical skills. Dr. Thomas received the AMA Inspiration Award in 2020 and the Certificate of Excellence in Diversity Equity and Inclusion Awarded by the Students of the EID-Collective at the Perspectives on Equity Advancement Research and Learning Symposium. She is passionate about promoting racial and gender equity in healthcare and in the classroom.

Founder, CEO, TeleMed MFM, Dr. Luissa K

Specialty:

Obstetrics and Gynecolory

Speaking Topics:

Technology/Telehealth

Global Health & Women

Career Advancement

Diversity

Gender/Career Equity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Sponsorship

Biosketch:

Dr. Kiprono is the Founder and CEO of World Gateway Perinatal Consultants & TeleMed MFM. She is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) physician specialist who works with health organizations to improve equal delivery of highrisk pregnancy care locally, regionally, and nationally using Telehealth clinical consulting services, developing partnerships, and teaching in the field of MFM.

Through the years Dr. Kiprono has emerged as a strong advocate for Women in Medicine & Leadership through one-on-one motivational development, speaking engagements, and community service. In Spring 2023 she launched Dr. Luissa K – the platform for Women Empowerment. She authored her first non-fiction book PUSH, then BREATHE – Trauma, Triumph, and the Making of an American Doctor due for release on 13th of February 2024.

Dr. Kiprono’s last 20 years of service in Women’s Health as OBGYN and MFM physician highlight her tireless calling. “I have the privilege to care for my fellow women and their unborn babies – who often are the sickest and most complex cases – with compassion and realism. I am humbled and proud by the opportunity to provide medical care to these high-risk moms for the best possible outcome.”

For the past decade she has held various leadership positions as corporate medical director at Pediatrix® MDG1, MaternalFetal director HCA & Tenet Health2, MFM & Genetics Center of Southern Indiana, perinatal service/maternal transport, Ascension Health3. For the past decade she has been a key contributor to various leadership policies within former and present organizations.

In addition to leadership positions, Dr. Kiprono has served as MFM clinical assistant professor for the University of Incarnate Word SOM, University of Texas MB, Tenwek OB-GYN residency program in Kenya; the ABOG OB-GYN MFM quality examination development and site surveyor for ACOG’s Texas Levels of Maternal Care, just to name a few. Over the years she has organized, lectured, and presented at numerous peer-review academic and clinical conferences at regional, national, and international level, authored several research papers in her medical and leadership fields as well as key opinion leader for LabCorp Genetics & Women’s Health.

Aside of her academic pursuits, for the past 15 years Dr. Kiprono has provided care for the underserved medical community internationally through medical humanitarian missions to Latin, South America, and Sub-Saharan Africa, organizing and teaching “Train the Trainer” programs for the indigen OB-GYN health providers. Additionally, for more than a decade, Dr. Kiprono has served the rural OB-GYN and MFM medical community as locum tenens physician.

Dr. Kiprono had served for 12 years in US Air Force as officer and physician where she completed her medical studies and specialty training. She received the highly sought USAF Health Professions Scholarship.

Dr. Luissa K lives in San Antonio with her husband Charles, her mother, and their two younger sons. She is an avid triathlete & Ironman® finisher. She enjoys international travel, cooking, and dancing.

1 Pediatrix® MDG San Antonio 2019 – 2022
2 St Luke Baptist Hospital, Metropolitan Methodist Hospital San Antonio 2019 – 2022
3 Ascension St Vincent Hospital Evansville 2014 -2018

Infectious Disease Medical Director and Director of Infection Control, Archcare, Essen Medical Associates

Specialty:

Infectious Disease

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Covid-19

Career Advancement

Diversity

Leadership

Mentorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Mana Rao, MD is a board-certified Infectious Diseases physician and has been in clinical practice since 2017. Dr. Rao is also board certified in Internal Medicine. Currently, she serves in the capacities of the subspecialty medical director of infectious diseases and director of infection control. Her responsibilities include authoring and updating infectious diseases policy documents, steering and overseeing infection control activities at nursing homes and community programs, providing subspecialty opinion to clinicians, leading the institutional Program to Eliminate Contagion at Archcare (PROTECT) committee and influenza committee. She has also been a member of and an active contributor to the institution’s peer review group and COVID-19 Taskforce.

Medical Director, Weight Management & Wellness Online

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Obesity Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Obesity/Weight Management

Biosketch:

Marsha Novick, MD, FAAFP, dABOM is the Medical Director of Weight Management & Wellness Online, a private online weight loss practice serving adults and children in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, DC, Maryland, and Virginia (www.weightwellnessonline.com). Dr. Novick is board-certified in family medicine and is a national expert in the field of Obesity Medicine. Prior to private practice, she was the Director of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center’s Healthy Weight Program for Children and Teens from 2012-2023. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of obesity medicine and has treated thousands of adults and children with weight problems. Dr. Novick currently serves as co-Chair of AMWA’s Obesity Management & Prevention Working Group where she passionately works to improve the health of women and women physicians.

Director of Pediatric MS and Wellness, Mellen Center, Cleveland Clinic

Specialty:

Neurology

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Multiple Sclerosis

Caregiving

Medical Humanities

Burnout

Career Advancement

Diversity

Gender/Career Equity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Sponsorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Mary R. Rensel, MD, FAAN, ABIHM is active in; clinical care, teaching and research here at the Cleveland Clinic (CC), in the surrounding region and nationally. Dr. Rensel has completed lectures and grand rounds regionally and nationally on various topics related to my specialty of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).  She has given Institutional lectures to: Neurology residents, Neurology resident applicants and Pediatric Neuropsychology on various topics. She has been an Activity Director in the planning and execution of CME events at CC. Dr. Rensel has spoken on special interest topics related to MS such as Wellness and Complementary medicine, Pediatric MS and Women’s issues. She has completed the yearlong training for the Distinguished Educator Certificate at CCF in 2007 and was awarded outstanding preceptor for Medical students in 2019.

She has worked with medical students, residents and fellows at the Mellen Center since 2006. They had our first Pediatric Demyelination fellow in 2014; she was involved with Drs. Jeff Cohen and Mani Moodley in proposing and structuring the Pediatric MS Fellowship at Mellen Center. She mentors learners of various levels from high school to fellows and support clinical learning and research projects.  She serves as a coach and mentor at Cleveland Clinic and is a mentor for the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Rensel is a PI on multiple clinical trials including treatment trials of Pediatric MS and Neuromyelitis Optica.

She is also involved with local, national and international organizations in various roles; she is a fellow of the AAN, AAN MS section group member and graduate and mentor of the AAN Advocacy program. She continues to use the skills that she learned such as media training and using social media to help educate the public about MS.  She was a clinical trial committee member of the International Pediatric MS study group and a member of the steering committee of the National Network of Pediatric MS Centers. Dr. Rensel also serves on multiple local and state boards.

Director, Assistant Professor

Imagine Pediatrics Behavioral Health & Wellness

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Subspecialty

Behavioral Health
Childhood Anxiety
ADHD
Physician Wellness
Burnout Prevention

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Caregiving
Medical Humanities
Burnout
Leadership
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch

Dr. Mary Wilde is an integrative pediatrician and owner of Imagine Pediatrics Behavioral Health and Wellness in St. George, Utah. She uses a strength-based, whole-child approach to address emotional and behavioral issues in kids. Her main focus areas are anxiety, ADHD, and parenting. Dr. Wilde has created several online resources, including an online program for kids and teens with anxiety called “Resilience School,” and a parenting membership community called “Compassion Parenting.” She is an author, podcaster, TEDx speaker, and frequent contributor to various online platforms. Dr. Wilde has served as a keynote speaker at various medical conferences around the country on the subject of Physician Wellness. She hosts physician wellness retreats in Southern Utah which include poetry workshops, hiking at Zion national Park, and yoga in the canyon. Dr. Wilde recently joined the faculty at Rocky Vista University School of Osteopathic Medicine in the Medical Humanities department. She has a love for the arts and humanities and sings with the St. George Chamber Singers. She founded the St. George Children’s Choir, which will perform at Carnegie Hall in the Spring. She participates in the Music and Medicine and Literary Committees for AMWA (American Medical Women’s Association). Dr. Wilde and her husband Jason are the parents to 8 sons.

Adoption and Fertility Attorney

Shulman Family Law Group

Speaking Topics:

Reproductive Care
Other
Infertility (personal)
Global Health & Women
Burnout
Career Advancement
Diversity
Mentorship
Work-Life Balance

CEO Executive Coach

Mindy’s Executive Coaching

Specialty

Education
Leadership and Coaching

Subspecialties

Leadership
Coaching
Communication
Emotional Intelligence
Strategy
Negotiation
Executive Presence
Resilience
Wellbeing
Team Building
Succession Planning
Interview Prep

Speaking Topics:

Burnout
Career Advancement
Diversity
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance
Leadership
Coaching
Communication
Emotional Intelligence
Strategy
Negotiation
Executive Presence
Resilience
Wellbeing
Team Building
Succession Planning
Interview Prep

Biosketch

Mindy’s Executive Coaching epitomizes a transformative journey, fostering dynamic partnerships with clients to unlock their innate potential and ignite a profound sense of creativity, leadership, passion, and determination. With an unwavering dedication to coaching and consulting, Mindy’s mission is to empower physicians and senior executives, guiding them to elevate their leadership acumen and transcend professional, team, organizational, and personal milestones.

With over 17 years of expertise in cultivating healthcare leaders across both physician and administrative domains, Mindy has honed her craft through the design and delivery of personalized leadership courses and executive coaching within a prestigious academic healthcare framework. As an Assistant Professor of Healthcare Administration at the esteemed Mayo Clinic, she brings academic rigor and real-world insight to her practice.

An accomplished professional speaker and holder of a Master’s degree in Education specializing in Leadership and Organizational Development, Mindy is recognized by the International Coaching Federation as a credentialed Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and hold certifications as a Certified Executive Coach.

Mindy’s passion for guiding individuals toward their zenith extends beyond coaching sessions to engaging keynote addresses and workshops. She specializes in an array of topics crucial for personal and professional growth, including leadership effectiveness, emotional intelligence, crucial conversations, resiliency, burnout prevention, and navigating transitions in leadership roles.

Moreover, Mindy’s expertise extends to strategic areas such as time management, career development, agility, team dynamics, and facilitating board retreats. She holds certifications in pivotal methodologies such as Crucial Conversations, EQ2.0 and EQ2.0 360, DiSC, Proci Change Management, and Visionary Coaching, among others.

Mindy is committed to being a catalyst for transformation, guiding individuals and organizations toward realizing their full potential and achieving unparalleled success.

Associate Professor and Department Chair

Tufts Medical Center

Specialty

Otolaryngology

Subspecialty

Head and neck surgical oncology

Speaking Topics:

Gender/Career Equity
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Work-Life Balance

CEO, Women Centered

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Sexual Health
Women’s Health- Menopause
Women’s Health-Contraception
Technology/Telehealth
Sex and Gender Specific Health
Infomatics/Digital Health
Women’s Health Innovation
Fem tech
Investing in Women’s Health
Primary care of women
Imposter Syndrome
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch

Mitzi Krockover, M.D. is the Founder and CEO of Woman Centered, LLC, a consulting and media company, and the host and producer of *Beyond the Paper Gown* podcast. Both initiatives reflect her ongoing commitment to inform, inspire, and engage women in achieving optimal health, as well as helping companies succeed in optimizing women’s health.

Throughout her career, Dr. Krockover has focused on advancing women’s health across various sectors. She was the founding Medical Director of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Center, which was designated a Center of Excellence by the Department of Health and Human Services. She also directed the Women’s Health Program in the Department of Medicine at UCLA. Later, she served as Vice President of Women’s Health for Humana Inc., where she acted as the company’s chief healthcare strategist and spokesperson for women’s health.

Recognizing that innovation is key to translating women’s health research into practical applications and market solutions, Dr. Krockover became a Managing Director at Golden Seeds, an angel investment organization funding early-stage woman-led companies. She co-chairs the Golden Seeds Health Care Sector Group and is a founding member and co-leader of the Arizona Chapter. Her involvement extends to the Women’s Health Innovation Council of Springboard, where she supports women-led companies focused on women’s health.

Dr. Krockover’s expertise is valued in advisory roles. She is a member of the Forum of the Women’s Health Innovation Economic Forum, sponsored by the Gates Foundation and NIH. She also serves on the National Council of the Institute for Public Health at Washington University.

Her board service has included both private corporate and non-profit organizations, such as the Institute for Mental Health Research and the Black Women’s Health Imperative. These roles underscore her holistic approach to women’s health, recognizing the interconnections between various aspects of wellbeing.

Dr. Krockover’s educational background includes an AB in Arts and Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis, an MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and residency training in internal medicine at Northwestern University. This foundation has supported her multifaceted career dedicated to improving women’s health through clinical practice, corporate initiatives, investment, and education.

Rolf H. Scholdager Professor of Medicine

Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Subspecialities

Education
Leadership
Primary Care
Health Equity

Speaking Topics:

Career Advancement
Diversity
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch

Dr. Lypson is the President of the Society of General Internal Medicine. She recently joined Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons as Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Education on June 1, 2021. She previously served as a professor, Vice-Chair of Medicine, Division Director of General Internal Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medical and Health Sciences. Her work focuses on innovations and improvements in health professions education and assessment, health equity, workforce diversity, faculty development, medical care delivery, and provider communication skills. Dr. Lypson’s prior role in government included serving as the Director for Medical and Dental Education for the Veterans Health Administration, where she oversaw undergraduate and graduate medical education across the nation within the Department of Veteran Affairs.

She is a board-certified general internist with significant leadership experience in clinical, educational, and administrative arenas. Prior to this role, she served in many hospital leadership roles at the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System, including Acting Chief of Staff. She also spent years in educational leadership roles at the University of Michigan Medical School where she served as Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Interim Associate Dean for Diversity and Career Development and Faculty Director of the Standardized Patient Program. She is a clinician educator and has published over 80 peer-reviewed publications in top-tier medical education journals in the areas of resident assessment, communication skills, cultural competency education, workforce diversity and faculty development. Dr. Lypson has held many national roles focused on health professions education, including with the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the National Board of Medical Examiners, and served previously as Secretary of the Society of General Internal Medicine. As a medical education leader in administrative, organizational and professional matters she also serves as an executive coach; she has mentored faculty, staff as well as peers in various specialties and administrative areas.

After graduating from Saint Ignatius, Dr. Lypson graduated from Brown University and received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She completed her graduate medical training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Internal Medicine – Primary Care. Subsequently, she went on to complete a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program at the University of Chicago and a master’s in Health Professions Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has trained to be an executive coach; and recently entered the fourth cohort of the Aspen Health Innovator program that is part of the Aspen Institute.

As a strategic, visionary thinker, Dr. Lypson inspires all people, at all levels, to meet their goals and optimize their full potential. She is immensely committed to high quality, cost effective care for all including veterans.

Dr. Lypson continues to strive for wellness and work life balance. She has written on the topic of physician marriages especially in academic medicine and is the wife of Dr. Andrew D. Campbell, a pediatric hematologist oncologist, and a mother of two school aged children.

Transplant Hepatologist, University of California, Las Angeles

Specialty:

Gastoenterology

Speaking Topics:

Obesity/Weight Management

Informatics/Digital Health

Burnout

Career Advancement

Diversity

Gender/Career Equity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Monica Tincopa completed medical school and her internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins. She completed her gastroenterology and transplant hepatology fellowships at the University of Michigan (UM) in Ann Arbor. Dr. Tincopa also completed her master’s in health and health care Research at UM. She is board certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, transplant hepatology and obesity medicine. Dr. Tincopa has presented research at multiple national society meetings including AASLD, ATC and DDW.

Dr. Monica Tincopa specializes in general and transplant hepatology and is currently faculty at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She has a particular interest in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and in nutrition and exercise as primary treatments for metabolic syndrome.

Dr. Tincopa also has a specific interest in women in medicine and care for underserved populations. She has served as a mentor to numerous trainees from undergraduate to junior faculty.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Other

Biosketch:

Nicole P. Sandhu, MD, PhD, FACP, FAMWA, the 2020-2021 President of AMWA, is a board certified internist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN where she has been in practice for nearly 16 years. She spends the majority of her clinical time seeing patients with breast cancer, high risk patients, and patients with benign breast health concerns in the Breast Diagnostic Clinic, where she works with a team of multidisciplinary physicians and allied health staff. She continues to practice general internal medicine, participating in the evaluation and care of patients with complex medical issues. Her academic interests and research primarily focus on the cardiovascular impact of cancer-related therapy. She previously served as a scientific member of the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board, serves as co-chair of the Breast Clinic Research Committee and as a member of the General Internal Medicine Research Committee, and has been Principle Investigator or Co-Investigator on numerous research protocols.

She became the Program Director for the Women’s Health Fellowship in 2009 and subsequently developed and served as the Program Director for the General Internal Medicine Fellowship for 10 years. Through her role as Program Director, Dr. Sandhu developed and implemented new curricula. She is involved in the education, supervision, and mentoring of medical students, residents, and fellows, and has mentored undergraduate and graduate students. She has been named as a top educator in the Internal Medicine residency program numerous times. Dr. Sandhu has coauthored 40 peer-reviewed publications and 5 medical textbook chapters, has served as course co-director for the Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review Course and associate editor of the Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review textbook, and has presented at numerous regional, national, and international conferences.

After graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 2001, Dr. Sandhu completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education in 2004 and was selected as the 2004 recipient of the LeAnne McCaffrey Women in Medicine Award. Prior to medical school, Dr. Sandhu completed her PhD in molecular biology at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science under the mentorship of Thomas Spelsberg, PhD, during which she cloned and characterized the gene for chicken oviduct receptor binding factor, a nuclear matrix protein important for specificity of hormone receptor binding to DNA targets.

Dr. Sandhu has been an active member of AMWA since 2009. She has served as Co-Chair and Chair of the Membership Committee, and Co-Chair of the Breast Cancer Task Force, and has served as a member of the Governance Committee. Prior to becoming President-Elect in 2019, she served on the Board of Directors.

In addition to AMWA, Dr. Sandhu is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP), and is a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine, and the National Consortium of Breast Centers (formerly the American Society of Breast Diseases).

Dr. Sandhu currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Rochester, MN Diversity Council, to which she was elected in 2017. She is engaged in local community efforts related to diversity and inclusion, as well as efforts at Mayo Clinic, where she is a member of the General Internal Medicine Diversity and Inclusion Planning Team. She has previously been named a Diversity Champion at Mayo Clinic. During her year as president, Dr. Sandhu plans to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion with an emphasis on health equity.

On a personal level, Dr. Sandhu is the very proud mother of two wonderful daughters, Amrit (currently completing her sophomore year at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities where she is majoring in Global Studies, minoring in Public Health and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and is considering medical school) and Simran (an avid artist and animal lover who is completing her freshman year in high school in Rochester). Both are members of the AMWA premedical student division. While Dr. Sandhu derives joy from her clinical practice where she feels privileged and humbled to be trusted by her patients to care for them at their most vulnerable, she considers her greatest accomplishment to be raising two strong, independent young women who speak out against injustice and intolerance wherever they see it and want to do their part to change the world for the better.

Dr. Sandhu is very grateful and humbled to have been selected by her fellow members to lead AMWA, and she continues to be delighted and fulfilled to build relationships with women physicians across the US and to participate in mentoring the next generation of women physicians through AMWA, the oldest organization for women in medicine in the US.

Professor, Drexel University College of Medicine

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Addiction Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Medical Humanities

Drug Addiction

Burnout

Career Advancement

Mentorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Simoyan is an addiction medicine physician and holds an appointment as a full professor in the department of psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine. She also holds adjunct faculty positions at Penn State University College of Medicine and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. She was the Founding Medical and Executive Director of Research at Caron Treatment Centers and the program director for the addiction medicine fellowship at Geisinger Marworth prior to her current position. She was also a founding faculty member at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

Dr. Simoyan earned her medical degree from Penn State University College of Medicine, receiving the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award at graduation. She completed an internship in psychiatry/family medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/Western Psychiatric Institute and her family medicine residency at the Penn State/Good Samaritan Hospital Family and Community Medicine Residency program, graduating with the Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarship.

Prior to her medical training, Dr. Simoyan received a dental degree from the University of Ibadan College of Medicine in Nigeria and a Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is board certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine and has contributed to international public health education as a Fulbright specialist in Nigeria and an Erasmus Mundus scholar in France and the U.K. She has also volunteered on medical mission projects in Nigeria and Haiti.

Dr. Simoyan has several peer-reviewed publications and has previously served on the editorial board of Medical Education Online, the Publications Council of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the addiction medicine sub-board of the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

She was the Founding Editor in Chief of Black Diamonds and Silver Linings, literary journals published by Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and Reading Hospital, respectively.

A member of the American Medical Women Association’s Music and Medicine committee, Dr. Simoyan has curated a photographic exhibit featuring prominent women in medicine. As someone committed to bridging the gap between the medical sciences and the arts, she has served on both the research and the medical humanities Graduate Medical Education subcommittees at Reading Hospital/Tower Health.

Dr. Simoyan’s scholarships and awards include the Emerging Leader award from the Family Medicine Education Consortium (2010) and the American Association of Medical College’s Herbert Nickens Faculty Fellowship (2012). She also received the Humanism in Medicine Award from the Arnold Gold Foundation (2022) and the Award of Excellence in Humanitarian Services from Pro-Health International (2022). She is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Medical Women’s Association and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

She has combined her interests in writing and photography in several books, including a workbook for patients in recovery, Transformation and Recovery – lessons from the butterfly. Dr. Simoyan strongly believes in the need to transform education and healthcare, with a focus on creativity, problem solving and integration of the arts and sciences.

www.thedoctorwriter.com

Link to Amazon author page

CEO, Melanin & Medicine

Specialty:

Coaching

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Multiple Sclerosis

Burnout

Diversity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo, MD, MPH is the founder of Melanin & Medicine, a Black woman physician-owned company serving women of color in healthcare who want to make a social impact and achieve health equity for their communities. In Dr. Uwemedimo’s daily work, she supports BIPOC-led healthcare practices by prioritizing the hiring of people who grasp and empathize with the lived experiences of her clients and their patients. She has served as a mentor to nearly 40 BIPOC women physicians across the U.S. in the last year, along with helping her clients see consistent grant wins that contribute directly to community equity. In 2022, Dr. Omolara served on AMWA’s Antiracism in Medicine Committee where she provided insights into how to support more Black and Brown physicians, especially women, as they grow their practices.

Dr. Omolara received her Doctor of Medicine (MD) from New York University in 2004. Her key focus areas are child and family medicine along with DEI and cross-cultural care. After cultivating an interest in public health, Dr. Omolara earned her Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 2011. She was a Clinical Scholars Fellow for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Leadership Institute, a highly competitive leadership training program for practitioners from diverse fields of health care, from 2017- 2020. Most recently, she was selected to be part of Village Capital’s Health Equity Entrepreneurship Accelerator for early-stage startups reducing health disparities for people of color in the U.S.

Dr. Omolara was awarded the Innovative Leadership Award by the Child Center of NY in 2019. Earlier, in 2016, she was selected as a Health Disparities Scholar by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities shortly after finishing her Research Scholarship through the Academic Pediatrics Association. Dr. Omolara has published a number of peer-reviewed articles in the Journal of Advanced Pediatrics and Child Health, PLoS One, Pediatrics, and Frontiers in Pediatrics. She is also viewed as a credible source for the general public and has been approached by NPR, Newsweek, and Reuters to provide expert commentary.

Founder & Executive Director, Physician Just Equity

Specialty:

General Surgery

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Gender/Career Equity

Physician Wellbeing

Biosketch:

Pringl Miller, MD, FACS is the founder and executive director of the 501c3 organization Physician Just Equity (PJE). Dr. Miller is also a co-founder of the Surgical Palliative Care Society (SPCS) and holds the appointment of adjunct lecturer at the University of Illinois (UIC) College of Medicine in the Department of Medical Education. Dr. Miller’s clinical areas of interest, expertise, and research include the intersection and integration of general surgery, clinical medical ethics, and hospice and palliative care for high risk surgical patients. Additionally, Dr. Miller has established herself as a content expert and visionary in the area of equity and justice for physicians and surgeons who experience workplace conflicts in an effort to support and retain talented under-represented clinicians in the workforce. Physician Just Equity and AMWA have collaborated on a series of webinars that aim to empower clinicians experiencing workplace injustices and shine a light on the impact of these injustices on the quality of patient care.

Founder, CEO & Lead Strategist and Consultant, Doctors Under the Radar

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Women’s Health

Speaking Topics:

Women’s Health- Sexual Health

Physician Mental Wellness

Medical Humanities

Informatics/Digital Health

Burnout

Career Advancement

Diversity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Quidest (Dr. Kiki) Sheriff, DO, MS, the “Physicians’ Advocacy Doc,” is a multi-lingual, award-winning Osteopathic Physician and the Founder, CEO, Lead Strategist and Consultant of Doctors Under the Radar (Doc U R), a disruptive mental health startup serving physicians. She is also the host of the Doc, U R…Podcast featuring candid conversations de-stigmatizing physician mental health. Dr. Kiki recently participated in the Ally Accelerator, The CUNY Public Health Innovation Accelerator and the Leadership U for Humanities program by Korn Ferry and the American Medical Womens’ Association (AMWA).

Dr. Kiki has garnered international recognition for her resourceful approach and empowering expertise in workplace transformational change centering on mental health and wellness, effective leadership, change management, self-care practices, burnout, and suicide prevention strategies.

Dr. Kiki acquired national distinction for her innovations as one of the Reasons to be Proud to be a DO on National Doctors’ Day 2021 by the American Osteopathic Association and one of 13 Entrepreneurs To Take You into 2021 by Black Girl Ventures, and her expertise is featured in Wired Magazine and Medium.

Dr. Kiki obtained numerous awards, including the New Jersey State Assembly Honorary Distinction. She also serves as an advisor for medical trainees, healthcare workers and entrepreneurs. Dr. Kiki participates with AMWA’s Humans Before Heroes initiative. In addition, she is the Founder and President of the young womens’ empowerment nonprofit Orthodox GEMS, Chair of St. Gabriel’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church Sisterhood, and advisor to the St. Gabriel’s Youth
Association.

An alumnus of the Albert Schweitzer and Paul Ambrose Fellowships, she holds a Masters of Biomedical Sciences from Rowan – School of Biomedical Sciences, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine, and attended the Family Medicine Residency at the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Kiki has dedicated herself to HEALING THE HEALERS!

Infectious disease physician

CHI health-Creighton University School of Medicine

Specialty

Infectious Disease

Speaking Topics:

Covid-19
Diversity
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship

AMWA Gender Equity Task Force Founder, AMWA Past President 2019-2020

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Medical Humanities

Burnout

Career Advancement

Gender/Career Equity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

As founder of the AMWA Gender Equity Task Force in 2010, Roberta Gebhard is a long‐time advocate for gender equity in medicine. Dr. Gebhard is a founding member of TIME’S UP Healthcare and part of their Advisory Board. She is heading AMWA’s “Revolution by Resolution” initiative to have all 50 states pass resolutions for gender equity, similar to the one introduced to the AMA by Drs. Julie Silver and Michael Sinha (among others) and passed at the AMA last year. The AMA‐WPS is uniquely positioned to help move gender equity in medicine forward.

Working together with other women physician groups like AMWA, we can improve the workplace for women physicians, making it a safer and more equitable environment for us to reach our full potential. During her term on the AMW‐WPS Governing Council, Dr. Gebhard will work to get the tens of thousands of their women physician members more engaged in advocating for gender equity and causes that women care about, and work with the many allies within AMA to improve the medical environment for all physicians.

Specialty:

Radiology

Diagnostics

Speaking Topics:

Burnout

Physician Mental Wellness

Biosketch:

Robyn Tiger is a proud “burnout thriver”! Dr. Tiger experienced many physical, emotional, and psychological symptoms, including suicidal ideation over a decade ago that were misdiagnosed. She took many pills, had lots of imaging and blood tests (all negative) and went for therapy. Then she took control of her life by learning how to successfully relieve her symptoms, which were caused by chronic stress. Dr. Tiger is deeply passionate about teaching women in medicine how you too can both prevent and relieve symptoms of chronic stress and burnout so you can  live your happiest, healthiest lives!

Vice Chair

West Virginia University Children’s Hospital

Specialty:

Radiology
Diagnostic

Subspecialty 

Pediatric

Speaking Topics:

Gun Control
Child abuse
Diversity
Gender/Career Equity
Leadership
Mentorship
Single parenthood by choice

Associate Professor

Specialty

Psychiatry

Subspecialty

Women’s mental health

Biosketch

Dr. Tareen serves as Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Wmed. She was trained as dermatologist at University of Wales, UK and later completed her residency in psychiatry at Michigan State, followed by subspecialty training in Psychosomatic Medicine. Her areas of interests are Women’s behavioral Health, Psychodermatology and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy for severe depression. She serves on the board of Kalamazoo Academy of Medicine and is actively involved in Michigan State Medical Society.

Owner/CEO of Aviation Medical Exams; Medical Director for Wound Clinic and Quickcare,

Emergency Medicine Physician Marlette Regional Hospital

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine
Wound Care
Aerospace Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Burnout
Career Advancement
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Sarah Albers, MD, MPH, FACEP, CWSP is a FAA designated Senior AME (Aviation Medical Examiner) who is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Wound Care. Dr. Albers completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees at University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Dr. Albers received her Doctor of Medicine from Wayne State University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University/Detroit Receiving Hospital. Dr. Albers currently works as a Attending Physician at Detroit Receiving Hospital.  Dr. Albers is a caring, compassionate, knowledgeable, trustworthy, and efficient Senior AME. She is delighted to help advocate for current and future pilots to fly safely.

Site Medical Director, Pediatric Developmental Center at Advocate Children’s Hospital

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Speaking Topics:

Other

Biosketch:

Dr. Sarah C. Bauer is a developmental and behavioral pediatrician in Chicago, and her clinical practice involves understanding and supporting neurodivergent children and their families. She has extensive experience in leadership, advocacy, public speaking, educational program development and implementation, and has been published in peer-reviewed journals as well as news outlets including Forbes, CNN, and Scientific American.  In 2023 and after her father’s short battle with hepatocellular carcinoma, her personal advocacy interests expanded to include improved education and screening guidelines for liver disease and diabetes. She is a member of the American Medical Women’s Association and served as co-president during medical school.

In 2004, she was graduated from The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed her pediatrics residency, chief residency, and developmental and behavioral pediatrics fellowship at The University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. During this time, she also earned a Masters of Science in Health Studies and completed the Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. At Advocate Children’s Hospital, Dr. Bauer completed the Pediatric Physician Leadership Development Program. She was awarded the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center’s Living Our Values Every Day Compassion Award. In her advocacy work, she has written multiple essays and op-eds on the role of women in medicine.

Doctor, UCSD

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Sports Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Burnout

Gender/Career Equity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Sarah Merrill works as a Family Medicine and Sports Medicine physician at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). In addition to seeing patients with a full range of chronic issues and acute injuries, she also serves as a Clinic Medical Director and team physician for multiple sports teams and athletic events. She is actively involved in medical education and teaching, mentoring and educating medical students, residents and sports medicine fellows while acting as the Assistant Program Director for the Family Medicine Residency Program. She participates in the development of formal mentoring and leadership programs geared toward early career women physicians and underrepresented minorities at UCSD. She serves as a member on several AMWA committees, including Diversity and Inclusion, Gender Equity Task Force, and Physician Wellness and Mental Health. Her goal is to improve the care of athletes, particularly females, while training the next generation of female physicians. Recently, she has also begun to focus on research and education on physician wellness and self care.

Dr. Merrill attended medical school at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and graduated with Honors in Research distinction. After completing both Family Medicine residency and Sports Medicine fellowship at UCSD, she was pursued by the institution to join as faculty. In addition to sports medicine and mentoring, she has a passion for faculty development and leadership for women in medicine. She has completed trainings with the National Center for Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM), UCSD/US Navy Health Leadership Academy, Stanford Physician Leadership Certificate Program, and is a facilitator for physician communication courses and faculty mentoring training through national organizations. She is a founding member of theUCSD Primary Care Reproductive Rights Workgroup. She serves on the UCSD Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women and the San Diego Academy of Family Physicians Executive Board. She has numerous publications and presentations, including chapters in the 5 Minute Sports Medicine Consult 5th Ed., posters and oral presentations at the American Academy of Family Physicians and American Society for Sports Medicine national conferences.

For her efforts, Dr. Merrill has received accolades including San Diego “Top Docs” distinction, UCSD PACE Program Faculty Excellence Award, Whitehill Teaching Award, and been named on the “Who’s Who in America” list.

Cardiologist and Physician Coach

Specialty:

Cardiology

Coaching

Speaking Topics:

Medical Humanities

Burnout

Imposter Syndrome

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Sarah Samaan is a retired cardiologist and a Master Certified Physician Development Coach. She practiced cardiology for over 27 years and retired in 2022 with the intention of pursuing her other life passions, including studying the arts and competing in the equestrian sport of dressage. Dr. Samaan is also a registered yoga teacher and a certified mindfulness meditation teacher.

Dr. Samaan served as Chief of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology at busy hospitals in her community, and was a Physician Partner at the Heart Hospital Baylor Plano.

She authored three nationally acclaimed books for the lay public, including most recently the DASH Diet for Dummies, now in its second edition. Her first book, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Heart Health, won Foreword Magazine’s Bronze award for Women’s Issues.

Dr. Samaan is currently enrolled as a full-time Bachelors of Fine Arts student and plans to pursue a masters degree in Fine Arts. She hopes to teach the humanities to medical students and physicians in training. As a woman in the male-dominated specialty of cardiology, Dr. Samaan attributes her success not only to her clinical skills, but to her ability to connect to a wide range of patients from diverse backgrounds. She believes that a strong grounding in the arts and creative process can be transformative, enhancing empathy and allowing physicians to see the world through another person’s eyes.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Well-being,

Master Certified Physician Development Coach

Specialty:

Pediatrics
Coaching

Subspecialty

Sedation medicine

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Burnout
Gender/Career Equity
Imposter Syndrome
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Sarah Webber is a pediatrician, leader, coach, writer, speaker, researcher and faculty member at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. After a personal experience of burnout, she developed a passion for exploring and leading clinician well-being work. She currently serves as the inaugural Pediatric Director of Well-being at the University of Wisconsin. She is a Master Certified Physician Development Coach™ through the Physician Coaching Institute and editor of the first pediatrician well-being textbook Understanding and Cultivating Well-being for the Pediatrician.

Dr. Webber has published many articles exploring physician well-being and values the power of qualitative work to tell the stories of physician experience through their own words. Driven by her devotion to equity, she has also led and published several studies investigating gendered experiences in medicine and is a graduate of the Women’s Wellness through Equity and Leadership program through the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is well versed in speaking to small and large groups and facilitating conversation among participants.

As a speaker, Dr. Webber brings a unique lens to common issues within physician well-being and burnout. Her primary aims as a speaker are to move audiences forward in the way they think about physician well-being issues, bring to light the things physicians wish they could say out loud, and incorporate ideas and perspectives from outside medicine. She sees her speaker role as a storyteller who brings emergent ideas to healthcare.

Webber’s clinical time is spent helping kids navigate medical procedures using sedating medications and psychological support. Her mission is to support her colleagues in living whole lives, reduce suffering, and empower women.

Physician- Epilepsy, Neurophysiology, Magnetoencephalography and Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Specialty:

Neurology

Surgical Epilepsy

Neurophysiology

Magnetoencephalography

Speaking Topics:

Global Health & Women

Medical Humanities

Sex and Gender Specific Health

Burnout

Diversity

Gender/Career Equity

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Sponsorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Sasha Alick-Lindstrom, MD is an assistant professor in the departments of neurology and radiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.

She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) in: Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy.  Areas of specialty and research focus include surgical and neuromodulation options for the management of intractable epilepsy. She is particularly interested in studying surgical outcomes and biomarkers for prediction. Additionally, she focuses on mental health and psychosocial comorbidities and quality of life in Epilepsy (QOLIE). Dr. Alick-Lindstrom is a leader in social justice and D&I work, including for the LGBTQ community. She dedicates particular effort to the well-being and advancement of women and underrepresented groups in medicine.

Dr Alick-Lindstrom completed her undergraduate degree at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She then attended Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC) School of Medicine in her island of Puerto Rico. She then attended the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, TX for Neurology residency, followed by two years of fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX. Her fellowships were in clinical neurophysiology and then advanced epilepsy. She subsequently pursued training in magnetoencephalography and magnetic source imaging (MEG/MSI) for the presurgical work-up of epilepsy.

She is the immediate past president for the Southern Epilepsy and EEG Society (2021-22) and Board Member for the National Professional Advisory Board of the Epilepsy Foundation (2022-2026). She is also Vice-Chair for Underrepresented in Neurology Section in the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), alumni of the Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum (PALF) in the AAN, Neurology on the Hill participant, and upcoming member of the selective Diversity Leadership Program (DLP) through the AAN. She is also committee member of the CME, MOC, Membership, and communications sections in the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) and Course Co-Director for the Annual ACNS Course of Diversity in Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Alick-Lindstrom is a key integrant of the treatments committee and early career professionals’ group for the American Epilepsy Society (AES). She is an acting department. She is faculty senator for the Department of Neurology on the UT Campus. Her dedication and contributions to her specialty professional societies are evidenced in her status as Fellow of the ACNS and upcoming Fellow of the AAN and AES, respectively.  She is active in education, clinical research, and mentorship/sponsorship of women and underrepresented in medicine.

SMF Facilitation Services, AN SMF Coverage & Solutions Business – Founder and Director

Specialty:

Coaching
Surgery, General
Education
Crisis management
Conflict resolution and prevention
Communication skills

Subspecialty

Acute Care Surgery
Trauma
Surgical Critical Care

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Medical Humanities
Burnout
Career Advancement
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Mentorship
Sponsorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance
Crisis management
Mitigation and mediation skills
Communication training

Locums Surgeon

Specialty:

Surgery, General

Subspecialty

Trauma Acute Care

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness
Medical Humanities
Burnout
Diversity
Imposter Syndrome
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Pediatrician, Founder of Radiant Living Institute

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Speaking Topics:

Physician Mental Wellness

Burnout

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Sheetal Ajmani MD is a board-certified pediatrician, fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and fellow of the American Medical Women’s Association. She currently serves as an Urgent Care Pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters and Assistant Professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School. In addition, she is the founder of Radiant Living Institute where she offers coaching and personal development programs to women in medicine. Through her coaching, speaking, and personal development programs, she helps women physicians mitigate burnout, cultivate tools for stress management, and create lifestyles that support overall well-being.

Dr. Ajmani graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School with her Medical Degree in 2006. She went on to complete her Internship in Pediatrics at the University of Virginia in 2007 and her Residency in Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2009. She has also completed 500-Hour Yoga Instructor and 300-Hour Ayurveda Consultant Certification programs in 2015.

She is co-author of the Amazon bestselling book, “Doctoring, Better: 11 Top Physician Coaches Reveal Secrets for Helping Others Create Better Lives.” Dr. Ajmani has served as a guest speaker at a Resident Physician Retreat, National Yoga Exposition, and numerous notable podcasts including Doctor Me First, The Industry Show, Conscious Matters, and The Prospective Doctor.

Vice Chair of Ambulatory care / Medical Director

UCSF Fresno

Specialty:

Internal Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Technology/Telehealth
Osteoporosis/Bone Health
Obesity/Weight Management
Infomatics/Digital Health
Diabetes, Type 2
Diabetes, Type 1
Global Health & Women
Burnout
Leadership
Mentorship
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Medical Specialty: Emergency Medicine/Ultrasound

Focus: I help professional women create strategic plans to define and achieve their goals without compromising themselves or families

Director, Graduate Medical Education; Co-Director, Academy of Medical Educators (Faculty Development; Hospitalist, Endocrine/Diabetes Consult Service, Inova Health System/Inova Fairfax Medical Campus

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Diabetology

Speaking Topics:

Obesity/Weight Management

Diabetes, Type 2

Mentorship

Physician Wellbeing

Biosketch:

Dr. Kalwaney is an Internal Medicine Physician and Educator with over 20 years of Graduate Medical Education (GME) experience. She has held various GME leadership roles, including Program Director for the Georgetown-Inova Transitional Residency and Associate PD for the Inova Internal Medicine Residency. She is currently the Director of GME at Inova Health System. Dr. Kalwaney has been instrumental in developing and implementing several high-quality residency and fellowship programs, including seven new ACGME-accredited and two non-ACGME-accredited programs. She oversees the ACGME accreditation process, conducts Special Reviews for underperforming programs, and leads the Annual Institutional Review Process, analyzing program data and formulating action plans. She is also a mentor and coach for Program Directors, Teaching Faculty, Chief Residents, and Trainees, providing guidance and support to help them achieve their goals.

As the GME Leader for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Dr. Kalwaney leads educational committees, organizes Mock Root Cause Analysis (RCA) sessions, and conducts monthly QI workshops. She is also the Director of the GME Quality Improvement Symposium, organizing and leading an annual scientific symposium for all GME programs. Dr. Kalwaney strongly advocates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in medical education. She participates in the ACGME DEI officer’s forum and her institution’s Diversity and Inclusion Council, overseeing comprehensive DEI initiatives for all Residents and Fellows. Dr. Kalwaney is also the Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators Program, which offers a combined UME-GME Faculty Development certificate program for Medical Educators.

Dr. Kalwaney developed the first two-provider Inpatient Diabetes Consult Services, which grew to the current six-provider Endocrine consult service at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. As a Hospitalist in the Endocrine/Diabetes Service, she developed an interest and expertise in Inpatient Diabetes and Nutrition education and has completed certification in Advanced Diabetes Management. She has developed a Nutrition and Food sustainability curriculum for residents and students. Dr. Kalwaney is particularly interested in how Dietary Patterns affect Metabolic Health in training and practicing physicians.

Associate Chief Quality Officer for Patient Experience; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Professional Coach

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Technology/Telehealth
Physician Mental Wellness
Infomatics/Digital Health
Burnout
Career Advancement
Imposter Syndrome
Leadership
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch

Sofie Morgan, MD, MBA, FACEP, CPXP currently serves as Associate Chief Quality Officer for Patient Experience at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine there as well. In addition, she is a professional coach. Her professional interest is in improving the human experience in medicine. This includes the experience of physicians including women, healthcare workers, and patients and families. Her focus is on systems, operations, wellness, and quality improvement. As a professional coach, she focuses on professionals in periods of transition including but not limited to new parents, mid-career evaluation, and retirement.

Sofie Morgan, MD, MBA, FACEP, CPXP currently received her MD MBA from Vanderbilt University in Nashville TN. Her residency is emergency medicine was at Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown in Washington DC.

Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, Pandia Health

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Adolescent Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Reproductive Care

Women’s Health- Sexual Health

Women’s Health- Menopause

Women’s Health- HPV

Women’s Health- Contraception

Women’s Health- Vaginitis

Technology/Telehealth

Obesity/Weight Management

Biosketch:

Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medical School. Areas of specialty/research: Race differences in response to oral contraceptive pills. Race/Ethnic differences in choices to have withdrawal bleed or not. Physician, college student, and adolescents’ knowledge of emergency contraception. Obesity and physically active video games. Life time member of AMWA. Feminist. Here to improve women’s lives. Advocate of #PeriodsOptional. Dr. Yen enjoys educating the public and other physicians about birth control, menstrual regulation/elimination (#PeriodsOptional), sexually-transmitted infections, acne, obesity, and other adolescent health issues.

Dr. Yen graduated: MIT, UC San Francisco (UCSF) Medical school, Children’s Hospital Oakland residency, UCSF Adolescent medicine fellowship, MPH at UC Berkeley in Maternal child health, focusing on obesity.

CEO, Hartselle & Associates

Specialty:

Psychiatry

Pediatric Psychiatry

Physician Mental Health

Sleep Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Caregiving

Drug Addiction

Fraudulent Drugs

Human Trafficking

LGBTQiA Issues

Lesbian Health

Physician Mental Wellness

Sex and Gender Health

Biosketch:

Dr. Hartselle is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; board-certified in pediatric and adult psychiatry. Dr. Hartselle received her MD from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her adult psychiatry training at New York University/Bellevue Hospitals and her child psychiatry training at Brown University where she served as chief resident. Previously, she directed the emergency psychiatry program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Dr. Hartsell treats all ages and all disorders with particular expertise in sleep disorders and OCD.

She is trained in evidence-based psychotherapy, holistic approaches to healing, and advanced psychopharmacology. Her awards include two Dean’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching at Brown University where she is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, the National Association for Social Work Nancy Gerwitz Award for Social Justice, and two consecutive national Junior Scholar Awards. She is a Distinguished Fellow with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She consults with directors and screenwriters from Netflix to Warner Brothers, working to improve the portrayal of mental illness in television and film. She is an expert speaker sought out for commentary in newsprint, on the radio, and on television across the country.

Founder/President

CardioSeeds, LLC

Specialty:

Cardiology
Lifestyle Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Sex and Gender Specific Health
Physician Mental Wellness
Obesity/Weight Management
Diabetes, Type 2
Global Health & Women
Covid-19
Burnout
Career Advancement
Gender/Career Equity
Leadership
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Interim Primary Care Chair, CHSU

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Subspecialty

OMT/Genetics and preventative health
Functional medicine
Mold, lyme and sensitives

Speaking Topics:

Covid-19
LGBTQiA Issues
Transgender Health
Physician Mental Wellness
Sex and Gender Specific Health
Technology/Telehealth
Women’s Health- menopause
Women’s Health- fibroids
Diversity
Gender/Career Equity
Physician Wellbeing
Work-Life Balance

Biosketch

Terri Turner DO is a integrative holistic physician with 26 years of experience combining alternative/osteopathic manipulation  and herbal medicine with the best of conventional medical care. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and neuromuscular medicine . She has trained medical students and has started 2 osteopathic medical schools . Her specialties include complex and multiple diagnoses, women’s health issues, bio-identical hormones, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Migraines including facial and oral pain and  ligament laxity including sciatica/Low back and neck pain. She also treats and  hepatitis C, and ILADS Lyme disease and chemical sensitivity/mold /Mast cell activation and Genetics for Preventive Health. She uses multiple modalities including Bemer/Frequent Specific microcurrent/Microvasc and teaches manipulation including cranial/ myofascial release /FDR and Visceral

She also addresses routine and preventive health care, pap smears and breast exams, environmental sensitivities, autoimmune disorders, gastrointestinal issues, thyroid conditions, depression, insomnia, Brain fog or changes , allergies and nutrition.

Dr. Turner serves a variety of roles in the integrative medical field as a local and national speaker and writer, especially in the areas of women’s health, Osteopathic  medicine, Nutritional medicine including weight loss and herbal medicine. While interested in the full spectrum of integrative medicine, her professional passion is to provide a broad range of non-surgical approaches to musculoskeletal pain that minimize dependence on opiates. She also has a particular interest in treating musculoskeletal pain stemming from pregnancy and delivery. Her goal is to integrate the best that standard allopathic medicine can offer with clinically proven complementary methods such as osteopathic manipulation, craniosacral therapy, prolotherapy, trigger point therapy, mind-body techniques, and individualized nutrition and exercise programs.

Professor of Medicine, AU/UGA Medical Partnership

Specialty:

Internal Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Gun Control

Sex and Gender Specific Health

Women’s Health- Cervical Cancer

Women’s Health- HPV

Women’s Health- Menopause

Career Advancement

Gender/Career Equity

Leadership

Mentorship

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Born one of 8 children, I never planned on going into medicine. Just getting into college and paying my way was enough to worry about! But, I found I loved science and found medicine and am grateful for the support I had along the way. Though I put myself through school, I can never say that I did this on my own. I had a family that supported me, women’s groups and others that provided scholarship funding, and colleagues that helped push me along when the going got tough. The summer programs during college were essential to learning more about the path to medicine, and the student clubs and organizations gave me leadership skills and foraged the path to medical school. Luckily, I never gave much thought to the naysayers who said “your kind don’t do that” or, “You can’t be a mother and a doctor.” I graduated from Cal State Long Beach and then went on to medical school at Weill College of Medicine at Cornell in New York City.

Met my now husband in medical school, matched together and completed residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland in Internal Medicine. Found that primary care general medicine was a great fit and for many years did both inpatient and outpatient medicine. We are both successful in our careers, have three fabulous adult children, and two grandchildren. We have been told we are a “Power Couple” and we agree. Our power lies in our passion to improve the lives of others and our sincere desire to empower women and all to reach their potential. I have been on an academic teaching faculty since completing residency and teaching the physicians of tomorrow is challenging and rewarding. To get up every day, excited about the possibilities that lay ahead and be happy to come home at the end of the day…what is better than that?

Medical Specialty: Psychiatry

Focus: Career transitions, leadership

Early in her career, Dr. Tracy Asamoah experienced how the lack of formal mentoring, leadership development, and working in a professional landscape not designed to support her career success created a series of obstacles. Hoping to help other women physicians avoid some of the roadblocks that she encountered, Dr. Asamoah embarked on her journey as a Career and Leadership Coach. Dr. Asamoah’s dedication to helping women physicians and other professionals navigate career transitions and develop as emerging leaders grew from her desire to see women professional grow and thrive.

Dr. Tracy Asamoah is an ACC level, ICF-credentialed Career and Leadership Coach, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and writer. Based in Austin, TX, she received her initial leadership coach certification through Coach Approach Ministries. She followed up with additional training in the Brain=Body program focusing on embodied awareness and Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence. Dr. Asamoah’s medical training began at the University of California, San Francisco, followed by residency and fellowship at the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine, specializing in general psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry. With over two decades of experience, Dr. Asamoah honed her skills in various clinical settings, including inpatient psychiatric facilities, residential treatment centers, and community-based outpatient clinics.

Dr. Asamoah’s commitment to professional development extends to her collaboration with organizations such as the American Medical Women’s Association, Physician Coaching Alliance, StrongLead consulting firm, RechargedMD, Spiro Coaching Institute and the Academy of Creative Coaching. Through these partnerships, she not only shares her coaching expertise but also contributes to teaching and mentoring aspiring professionals.

Her passion for knowledge dissemination extends beyond coaching, as Dr. Asamoah frequently engages in speaking engagements and writing on topics related to coaching and mental health. Her insights and experiences have made a lasting impact on the medical community.

When she’s not immersed in her professional pursuits, Dr. Asamoah enjoys hanging out with her husband, two daughters, and their pet bunny, Mylo, traveling and interior design.

Medical Director Trauma Informed Care and Education

Northwestern Hospital

Specialty:

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Subspecialty

Trauma Informed Care
Interpersonal violence
Menopause
Sex Medicine
Vulvar Health
Human Trafficking
Medical staff Trauma

Speaking Topics:

Reproductive Care
Women’s Health- Sexual Health
Women’s Health- Menopause
Women’s Health- Vaginitis
Physician Mental Wellness
Human Trafficking
Gun Control
Covid-19
Ableism in Medicine
Medical Staff Trauma
Long COVID
Gyne/Hormone health

Biosketch

Dr Kurtzer (she/her) is the Medical Director for Trauma Informed Care and Education for the Department of Obstetrics at Northwestern Medicine and dedicates her career to providing highly specialized trauma informed gynecology services at the Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She also works as the referral specialist for gynecologic issues for the Comprehensive Care after Covid-19 Center team. She spends her non-clinical time working on hospital and healthcare policy and on training other health care professionals and others on the importance of trauma informed, patient centered care, as well as the underserved areas of women’s health: perimenopause/menopause and sexual medicine.

She also lectures extensively on domestic violence, human trafficking, and on the intersection of firearms and gender-based violence. She is a founding member and past Co-chair for the Healthcare Committee of the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force and works in collaboration with many other community and civic organizations working on the prevention of interpersonal violence. She is a past President of the Chicago Gynecologic Society and the current President of the American Medical Women’s Associations- Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans (AMWA-PATH). She teaches nationally on human trafficking as an expert speaker for AMWA-PATH, HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy and Linkage Trafficking) and for Doctors for America as a member of the Community Health and Prevention committee.

In 2022, she was honored by the National Organization for Women with the Victoria Mastrobuono Award for Women’s Health for her efforts in prevention of intentional interpersonal violence in the community and healthcare spaces and for starting the first clinic in Chicago providing medical care focused on survivors of sexual assault. In 2024, she was honored by both the American Medical Women’s Association with the Lila B Wallace Award for Women’ Health and the Illinois State Medical Society named her the Volunteer Physician of the Year, both awards for integrating her medical expertise in treating and preventing gender-based violence using trauma informed gynecologic care in her office and with her community volunteer service and educational efforts.

Associate Director of Biomedical Informatics, FDA

Specialty:

Endocrinology

Clinical Informatics

Subspecialty

Biomedical Informatics

Resiliency Director and Wellness Champion, Vituity

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine

Speaking Topics:

Burnout

Imposter Syndrome

Leadership

Mentorship

Sponsorship

Physician Wellbeing

Work-Life Balance

Biosketch:

Dr. Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician, Resiliency Expert and Certified Professional Coach. She has 20 years of leadership experience and has an active clinical practice in Northern California. She is the Wellness Champion and Resiliency Director of Vituity, a national multi-specialty physician organization and a member of the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. She is a certified Compassion Fatigue Educator, a recognized Positive Neuroplasticity Trainer, and a Life and Leadership Coach for BIPOC physicians.

Dr. Calderón is a masterful educator and the CEO and Founder of The Life and Leadership Accelerator, a coaching program for BIPOC physicians. She also founded ICAREMD, the Institute for Compassion, Awareness, Empathy and Resiliency in Medicine. Dr. Calderón has spent over half a decade reconnecting healthcare providers to their original purpose in medicine through education and professional coaching.

She’s a sought after international public speaker. Through her keen sense of human connection, she has inspired audiences around the world. Besides leadership and wellness, her speaking interests include diversity, equity and inclusion, compassion and empathy in healthcare, women in medicine, and gender and neurodiversity in leadership. She’s a regularly invited speaker at National Healthcare Conferences, CME events, Physician Leadership and Risk courses, Grand Rounds and podcasts.

Dr. Calderón formerly served as the Department Chief and Medical Director of the St. Mary’s Hospital Emergency Department in San Francisco. She is an alumnus of the Vituity Management Fellowship and earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. She completed her emergency medicine residency at Albert Einstein Montefiore/Jacobi Medical Centers in New York City, where she served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Calderón has avidly been involved in patient advocacy, student mentorship and healthcare policy. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and served as the Director of Health Disparities for the American Medical Student Association from 2006-2007 in Washington DC.

Chief Medical Officer

Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Population Health

Professor, Infectious Diseases Faculty

SIU Medicine, Springfield, IL

Author, Learning to Listen: A Memoir

Specialty:

Infectious Disease

Speaking Topics:

Imposter Syndrome
Leadership

Biosketch:

Dr. Vidhya Prakash is the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Population Health and Chief Medical Officer at SIU Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. She is a Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases faculty. Dr. Prakash graduated from The Ohio State University with a BA in English. She received her MD degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency followed by Infectious Diseases fellowship at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium. After serving as an Infectious Diseases physician in the United States Air Force for ten years on active duty status, she retired from the military in 2014 and joined SIU School of Medicine. Dr. Prakash is founder and director of SIU Medicine’s Alliance for Women in Medicine and Science (AWIMS). She serves as Chair of the Health and Healthcare Committee, Illinois Council on Women and Girls and as Chair of the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Diversity in Health Care Task Force. Dr. Prakash previously served as chair of AMWA DEJI Council’s Rural Health Committee, and as Chair of AMWA’s Membership committee.

Medical Specialty(ies): Pediatrician, Lifestyle Physician

Coaching Focus: Live a life you don’t need a vacation from. Certified Life and Weight Coach, Certified Health and Well-Being Coach, Certified NLP Practitioner

Every physician needs a coach. Women in medicine have been taught to assimilate to a man’s world for far too many years. It’s now time to step into our power, recognize our strengths and mobilize them to create the practice of medicine that fuels us. I am drawn to coach women throughout the training continuum to share the tools that have been life-changing for me in my practice. My personal struggles with imposter phenomenon, self-doubt and perfectionism went unchecked for years. What I thought was not being a good enough doctor/wife/mother turned out to be burnout. Through coaching I changed my relationships with family, then my body, and then career. I now love my medical practice, as it is on my terms, and am drawn to coach other women to help them discover what is possible for their lives.